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Europe > Finland > Crime

FINNISH CRIME STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Acquitted 2,925 [14th of 30]
Adults prosecuted 173,332 [8th of 28]
    Adults prosecuted (per capita) 31.6349 per 1,000 people [2nd of 33]
Assault victims 2.1% [6th of 20]
Assaults 28,022 [18th of 49]
    Assaults (per capita) 5.32644 per 1,000 people [11th of 57]
Believe in police efficiency 70% [8th of 17]
Bribery victims 0.2% [12th of 16]
Burglaries 72,817 [13th of 38]
    Burglaries (per capita) 16.7697 per 1,000 people [5th of 54]
Car thefts 23,115 [17th of 46]
    Car thefts (per capita) 3.13823 per 1,000 people [12th of 55]
Convicted 179,229 [8th of 34]
    Convicted (per capita) 33.1495 per 1,000 people [3rd of 56]
Death penalty > Abolition date 1,972 [53rd of 64]
Death penalty > Abolition for ordinary crimes 1,949 [12th of 20]
Death penalty > Last executed 1,944 [32nd of 55]
Drug offences 13,857 per 100,000 people [16th of 46]
Embezzlements 3,243 [8th of 36]
    Embezzlements (per capita) 0.55179 per 1,000 people [3rd of 44]
Females prosecuted 27,784 [8th of 26]
Frauds 15,605 [15th of 48]
    Frauds (per capita) 2.86483 per 1,000 people [4th of 61]
Jails 37 [31st of 80]
    Jails (per capita) 0.0053609 per 1,000 people [21st of 62]
Judges and Magistrates 682 [20th of 35]
    Judges and Magistrates (per capita) 0.239326 per 1,000 people [8th of 45]
Judges of the International Criminal Court > Chamber Appeal
Judges of the International Criminal Court > Elected 2003, 2006
Judges of the International Criminal Court > Name Erkki Kourula
Judges of the International Criminal Court > Term End 2015
Kidnappings 2 kidnappings [39th of 39]
Manslaughters 27 [27th of 42]
    Manslaughters (per capita) 0.0053609 per 1,000 people [24th of 43]
Murders 132 [34th of 49]
    Murders (per capita) 0.0283362 per 1,000 people [30th of 62]
Murders committed by youths 19 [58th of 73]
Perception of safety > Burglary 84% [1st of 17]
Perception of safety > Walking in dark 81% [4th of 15]
Police 8,323 [39th of 47]
    Police (per capita) 1.56347 per 1,000 people [44th of 48]
Prisoners 3,433 prisoners [42nd of 168]
Prisoners > Female 5.6% [36th of 134]
Prisoners > Foreign prisoners 7.9% [39th of 86]
Prisoners > Per capita 71 per 100,000 people [113rd of 164]
Prisoners > Pre-trial detainees 12.7% [125th of 143]
Prisoners > Share of prison capacity filled 107.1% [82nd of 128]
Property crime victims 4.4% [19th of 20]
Rape victims 1.1% [3rd of 20]
Rapes 551 [26th of 50]
    Rapes (per capita) 0.110856 per 1,000 people [21st of 65]
Reporting to police 41% [15th of 17]
Robberies 2,120 [32nd of 47]
    Robberies (per capita) 0.497798 per 1,000 people [34th of 64]
Robbery victims 0.6% [16th of 20]
Sentence Length 2,762 [4th of 21]
Software piracy rate 25% [98th of 107]
Suicide rates in ages 15-24 22.8 per 100,000 people [2nd of 17]
Suicide rates in ages 25-34 33 per 100,000 people [1st of 17]
Suicide rates in ages 35-44 44 per 100,000 people [1st of 17]
Suicide rates in ages 45-54 43.4 per 100,000 people [1st of 17]
Suicide rates in ages 55-64 43.8 per 100,000 people [1st of 17]
Suicide rates in ages 65-74 28.1 per 100,000 people [7th of 17]
Suicide rates in ages above 75 23.3 per 100,000 people [9th of 17]
Total crime victims 19.1% [16th of 20]
Total crimes 520,194 [16th of 50]
    Total crimes (per capita) 101.526 per 1,000 people [3rd of 60]
United States extradition treaties > Citation
31 UST 944; TIAS 9626; 1203 UNTS 165.
United States extradition treaties > Date signed June 11, 1976
United States extradition treaties > Entered into force May 11, 1980
Unpaid diplomatic parking fines 0.1 [120th of 143]

SOURCES: The Eighth United Nations Survey on Crime Trends and the Operations of Criminal Justice Systems (2002) (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Centre for International Crime Prevention); Seventh United Nations Survey of Crime Trends and Operations of Criminal Justice Systems, covering the period 1998 - 2000 (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Centre for International Crime Prevention); UNICRI (United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute). 2002. Correspondence on data on crime victims. March. Turin; The Eighth United Nations Survey on Crime Trends and the Operations of Criminal Justice Systems (2002) (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Centre for International Crime Prevention); UN International Crime Victims' Survey; Last updated: 01/04/03; The Eighth United Nations Survey on Crime Trends and the Operations of Criminal Justice Systems (2002) (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Centre for International Crime Prevention); Wikipedia: Judges of the International Criminal Court ; World Health Organization: World report on violence and health, 2002; International Centre for Prison Studies - World Prison Brief; Fifth Annual BSA and IDC Global Software Piracy Study; GECD Society at a Glance 2001, Statistical Annex Table D3; Wikipedia: List of United States extradition treaties ; Cultures of Corruption: Evidence from Diplomatic Parking Tickets Ray Fisman Edward Miguel Columbia University and NBER University of California, Berkeley and NBER 2006

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Finland, Republic of Finland, Suomen Tasavalta, Suomi

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