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Appendix table 5. Persons suspected of offences and the entire population by socio-economic group in 2014, 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 240,627 12,214 6,508 16,384 35,529 39,504 24,102 106,386
% 100.0 5.1 2.7 6.8 14.8 16.4 10.0 44.2
Offences against property Suspected 95,969 3,603 1,479 5,306 9,420 16,267 10,823 49,071
% 100.0 3.8 1.5 5.5 9.8 17.0 11.3 51.1
Theft offences Suspected 50,657 730 471 2,141 3,583 8,466 6,979 28,287
% 99.9 1.4 0.9 4.2 7.1 16.7 13.8 55.8
Robbery offences Suspected 1,451 22 10 58 128 402 90 741
% 100.0 1.5 0.7 4.0 8.8 27.7 6.2 51.1
Damage to property Suspected 9,724 306 181 617 1,324 2,561 756 3,979
% 99.9 3.1 1.9 6.3 13.6 26.3 7.8 40.9
Embezzlement offences Suspected 1,595 236 93 282 290 123 144 427
% 100.0 14.8 5.8 17.7 18.2 7.7 9.0 26.8
Frauds Suspected 17,585 993 312 1,151 2,132 2,676 1,382 8,939
% 99.9 5.6 1.8 6.5 12.1 15.2 7.9 50.8
Means of payment frauds Suspected 1,435 42 12 98 176 140 186 781
% 100.0 2.9 0.8 6.8 12.3 9.8 13.0 54.4
Tax offences Suspected 1,281 179 38 106 261 57 213 427
% 100.0 14.0 3.0 8.3 20.4 4.4 16.6 33.3
Forgery offences Suspected 2,730 129 51 143 314 438 257 1,398
% 99.9 4.7 1.9 5.2 11.5 16.0 9.4 51.2
Dishonesty by a debtor Suspected 636 185 33 74 104 15 66 159
% 100.1 29.1 5.2 11.6 16.4 2.4 10.4 25.0
Offences against life and health Suspected 27,980 1,477 920 2,364 6,080 4,642 2,367 10,130
% 100.0 5.3 3.3 8.4 21.7 16.6 8.5 36.2
Homicides and attempts thereof Suspected 98 1 8 4 4 13 14 54
% 100.1 1.0 8.2 4.1 4.1 13.3 14.3 55.1
Assault offences Suspected 25,932 1,329 747 2,156 5,718 4,283 2,085 9,614
% 99.9 5.1 2.9 8.3 22.0 16.5 8.0 37.1
Sexual crimes Suspected 2,143 116 71 225 463 381 206 681
% 100.0 5.4 3.3 10.5 21.6 17.8 9.6 31.8
Drunken driving Suspected 16,660 1,013 543 1,242 3,423 2,005 1,914 6,520
% 100.0 6.1 3.3 7.5 20.5 12.0 11.5 39.1
Narcotics offences Suspected 19,763 508 262 1,064 2,585 4,202 994 10,148
% 100.0 2.6 1.3 5.4 13.1 21.3 5.0 51.3
2 Endangering of traffic safety, leaving the scene of a traffic accident without permission, traffic infraction Suspected 391,750 49,622 51,646 71,195 88,634 36,997 44,589 49,067
% 100.0 12.7 13.2 18.2 22.6 9.4 11.4 12.5
ENTIRE POPULATION Suspected 4,535,282 258,514 497,613 886,112 720,182 413,879 1,326,819 432,163
% 100.0 5.7 11.0 19.5 15.9 9.1 29.3 9.5
1) The same person can be a suspect several times during the year

Source: Statistics on offences and coercive measures 2014, Offences reported. Statistics Finland

Inquiries: Kimmo Haapakangas 029 551 3252, rikos@stat.fi

Director in charge: Riitta Harala

Updated 31.3.2015

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Official Statistics of Finland (OSF): Statistics on offences and coercive measures [e-publication].
ISSN=2342-9178. Reported offences, 1st quarter 2014, Appendix table 5. Persons suspected of offences and the entire population by socio-economic group in 2014, aged 15 and over 1) . Helsinki: Statistics Finland [referred: 29.12.2024].
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