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Appendix table 5. Persons suspected of offences and the entire population by socio-economic group, aged 15 and over 1)
Offences | Total | Self-employed persons | Upper-level employees | Lower-level employees | Workers | Students | Pensioners | Other, unknown | |
1 All offences | Suspected | 250,374 | 12,454 | 7,408 | 18,703 | 40,054 | 40,972 | 23,979 | 106,804 |
% | 100.2 | 5.0 | 3.0 | 7.5 | 16.0 | 16.4 | 9.6 | 42.7 | |
Offences against property | Suspected | 99,262 | 3,407 | 1,811 | 6,469 | 10,827 | 17,388 | 10,187 | 49,173 |
% | 99.9 | 3.4 | 1.8 | 6.5 | 10.9 | 17.5 | 10.3 | 49.5 | |
Theft offences | Suspected | 50,726 | 824 | 569 | 2,396 | 4,276 | 8,288 | 6,397 | 27,976 |
% | 99.9 | 1.6 | 1.1 | 4.7 | 8.4 | 16.3 | 12.6 | 55.2 | |
Robbery offences | Suspected | 1,310 | 26 | 13 | 47 | 134 | 319 | 79 | 692 |
% | 100.0 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 3.6 | 10.2 | 24.4 | 6.0 | 52.8 | |
Damage to property | Suspected | 10,993 | 367 | 224 | 701 | 1,684 | 3,263 | 799 | 3,955 |
% | 100.0 | 3.3 | 2.0 | 6.4 | 15.3 | 29.7 | 7.3 | 36.0 | |
Embezzlement offences | Suspected | 1,630 | 197 | 60 | 255 | 251 | 263 | 137 | 467 |
% | 100.0 | 12.1 | 3.7 | 15.6 | 15.4 | 16.1 | 8.4 | 28.7 | |
Frauds | Suspected | 19,378 | 649 | 394 | 1,827 | 2,509 | 3,183 | 1,464 | 9,352 |
% | 99.9 | 3.3 | 2.0 | 9.4 | 12.9 | 16.4 | 7.6 | 48.3 | |
Means of payment frauds | Suspected | 1,516 | 40 | 16 | 87 | 149 | 206 | 119 | 899 |
% | 99.9 | 2.6 | 1.1 | 5.7 | 9.8 | 13.6 | 7.8 | 59.3 | |
Tax offences | Suspected | 1,020 | 171 | 52 | 117 | 228 | 53 | 131 | 268 |
% | 100.1 | 16.8 | 5.1 | 11.5 | 22.4 | 5.2 | 12.8 | 26.3 | |
Forgery offences | Suspected | 3,484 | 230 | 104 | 259 | 395 | 565 | 295 | 1,636 |
% | 100.0 | 6.6 | 3.0 | 7.4 | 11.3 | 16.2 | 8.5 | 47.0 | |
Dishonesty by a debtor | Suspected | 569 | 142 | 44 | 90 | 97 | 9 | 48 | 139 |
% | 99.9 | 25.0 | 7.7 | 15.8 | 17.0 | 1.6 | 8.4 | 24.4 | |
Offences against life and health | Suspected | 30,629 | 1,646 | 1,132 | 2,690 | 7,087 | 4,758 | 2,702 | 10,614 |
% | 100.0 | 5.4 | 3.7 | 8.8 | 23.1 | 15.5 | 8.8 | 34.7 | |
Homicides and attempts thereof | Suspected | 106 | 2 | - | 3 | 17 | 9 | 19 | 56 |
% | 99.9 | 1.9 | - | 2.8 | 16.0 | 8.5 | 17.9 | 52.8 | |
Assault offences | Suspected | 28,508 | 1,485 | 937 | 2,425 | 6,660 | 4,463 | 2,420 | 10,118 |
% | 100.1 | 5.2 | 3.3 | 8.5 | 23.4 | 15.7 | 8.5 | 35.5 | |
Sexual crimes | Suspected | 2,305 | 103 | 104 | 301 | 541 | 348 | 239 | 669 |
% | 100.1 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 13.1 | 23.5 | 15.1 | 10.4 | 29.0 | |
Drunken driving | Suspected | 17,200 | 983 | 616 | 1,388 | 3,704 | 2,004 | 2,096 | 6,409 |
% | 100.1 | 5.7 | 3.6 | 8.1 | 21.5 | 11.7 | 12.2 | 37.3 | |
Narcotics offences | Suspected | 19,958 | 516 | 245 | 1,132 | 2,901 | 4,143 | 974 | 10,047 |
% | 100.0 | 2.6 | 1.2 | 5.7 | 14.5 | 20.8 | 4.9 | 50.3 | |
2 Endangering of traffic safety, leaving the scene of a traffic accident without permission, traffic infraction | Suspected | 424,095 | 54,308 | 56,319 | 75,884 | 100,540 | 39,688 | 46,660 | 50,696 |
% | 100.1 | 12.8 | 13.3 | 17.9 | 23.7 | 9.4 | 11.0 | 12.0 | |
ENTIRE POPULATION | Suspected | 4,512,285 | 259,168 | 498,458 | 881,303 | 736,171 | 415,488 | 1,311,174 | 410,523 |
% | 99.9 | 5.7 | 11.0 | 19.5 | 16.3 | 9.2 | 29.1 | 9.1 |
Source: Offences known to the police 2013. Statistics Finland
Inquiries: Kimmo Haapakangas 09 1734 3252, rikos@stat.fi
Director in charge: Riitta Harala
Updated 2.4.2014
Official Statistics of Finland (OSF):
Offences known to the police [e-publication].
ISSN=2242-7953. 2013,
Appendix table 5. Persons suspected of offences and the entire population by socio-economic group, aged 15 and over 1)
. Helsinki: Statistics Finland [referred: 27.12.2024].
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