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How do crime suspect rates in Finland differ by origin, including for sexual offences?

In 2025, Statistics Finland recorded 2,528.38, 3,877.79 and 2,965.27 suspects of penal code offences per 100,000 people with Finnish background, with foreign background born abroad and with foreign background born in Finland, 43.37, 106.33 and 54.8 per 100,000 for sexual offences and 13.88, 52.99 and 9.79 for rape, counting each person once a year; the two foreign-background groups were 9.88% and 1.81% of the population, and by citizenship the penal code rates were 2,588.95 for Finnish and 3,800.5 for foreign citizens.

Finnish background: suspects of penal code offences per 100,000

2,528.38

suspects of penal code offences per 100,000 people with Finnish background, Year the offence was solved, 2025

Moderate trust, 63 of 100 Only one source (StatFin 13zk), so it cannot be checked against another.

suspects per 100,000 people
01,0002,0003,0004,0002000200520102015202020252012: StatFin 13zk: Statistics Finland adopted its origin classification during 2012: origin is set by the parents' country of birth, and the table applies it to every year from 2000. Table note: "During 2012, Statistics Finland has adopted a new origin classification."2009: StatFin 13zk: Offences recorded by customs and the border guard are included from 2009; Statistics Finland says the change increased the number of all offences by around two per cent.

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YearStatistics Finland, StatFin table 13zk: Persons suspected of solved offences by origin, sex and age
20002,889.08
20013,061.22
20022,990.94
20033,198.13
20043,453.12
20053,486.75
20063,572.11
20073,762.88
20083,560.48
20093,378.46
20103,120.66
20113,162.1
20122,907.35
20132,813.07
20142,680.36
20152,570.65
20162,397.13
20172,157.71
20182,188.96
20192,107.59
20202,354.98
20212,405.19
20222,292.81
20232,354.85
20242,394.1
20252,528.38
What this number counts
Counts
Persons suspected of solved offences against the Criminal Code (penal code), per 100,000 people with Finnish background (all ages), each person counted once a year under their most serious offence
Where
Finland; people with a Finnish personal identity code, by Statistics Finland's origin groups
When
Year the offence was solved, 2025; series 2000-2025 (the whole period combined, not one year)

The figure from StatFin 13zk, the only source that counts here.

Where the number comes from (1 source)
SourceFigure and yearDefinitionQualityCounts for
Statistics Finland, StatFin table 13zk: Persons suspected of solved offences by origin, sex and ageStatistics Finland (Tilastokeskus) · Police and justice recordsRetrieved 2026-10-27
2,528.382025
126,219 people with Finnish background were suspects of solved penal code offences in 2025, out of 4,992,081 people with Finnish background living in Finland on 31 December 2025.

Each person is counted once a year, under the most aggravated offence they were suspected of in the year (Statistics Finland's "most aggravated offence" method; only people with a Finnish personal identity code). Statistics Finland publishes the rate per 10,000; RealStats divides its published count by its published population and states it per 100,000 (the results match its rates).

API https://pxdata.stat.fi/PxWeb/api/v1/en/StatFin/rpk/13zk.px; 13zk: years all; sex SSS,1,2; age SSS; offences 101T603,101T504X406,231T241,232,234; origin SSS,1,11,12,2,22,21,X; contents ep_lkm, ep_lkm_vaesto, ep_lkm_tork, ep_lkm_tork_vaesto. 13jg: nationality SSS,246,ULK,X; same offences without 101T603; county SSS. 11rt: whole country, background country SSS, sex SSS,1,2, age SSS, origin all. Denominator: https://pxdata.stat.fi/PxWeb/pxweb/en/StatFin/StatFin__vaerak/11rt.px/.

4 of 5 checks
  • Yes: Method and definitions published. Statistics Finland publishes the statistic's documentation, its concepts and the three counting methods for suspects.
  • Yes: Official statistics or peer-reviewed. Official Statistics of Finland, compiled by Statistics Finland from the police information system PATJA.
  • Yes: Full count or representative sample. Every suspect of a solved offence recorded by the police, customs or border guard, not a sample.
  • Yes: Raw data downloadable. The table can be downloaded in full through the StatFin PxWeb API.
  • No: No known break or quality problem. Offences recorded by customs and the border guard were added from 2009 (about two per cent more offences), and only suspects of solved offences are counted.
100%

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  • StatFin 13zk100%
How the trust score was worked out
Quality32 / 40

How well the sources are made

Agreement15 / 30

Unknown with one source, so set to half

Independence6 / 20

How many separate ways the number was measured

Freshness10 / 10

How recent the newest data is

How the score works

Who reports it, and since when

Which kinds of source measure this number, which years each one published, and where the reporting stops or has holes.

No source of these kinds: victim survey, independent count.

  • Single source: nothing to check it against
  • StatFin 13zk, 2012: Statistics Finland adopted its origin classification during 2012: origin is set by the parents' country of birth, and the table applies it to every year from 2000. Table note: "During 2012, Statistics Finland has adopted a new origin classification." source
  • StatFin 13zk, 2009: Offences recorded by customs and the border guard are included from 2009; Statistics Finland says the change increased the number of all offences by around two per cent. source
Years each source has a figure here
'01'05'10'15'20'25StatFin 13zk

figure no figure here, inside its range no later figure recorded change

Foreign background, born abroad: suspects of penal code offences per 100,000

3,877.79

suspects of penal code offences per 100,000 people with foreign background born abroad, Year the offence was solved, 2025

Moderate trust, 63 of 100 Only one source (StatFin 13zk), so it cannot be checked against another.

suspects per 100,000 people
02,0004,0006,0008,0002000200520102015202020252012: StatFin 13zk: Statistics Finland adopted its origin classification during 2012: origin is set by the parents' country of birth, and the table applies it to every year from 2000. Table note: "During 2012, Statistics Finland has adopted a new origin classification."2009: StatFin 13zk: Offences recorded by customs and the border guard are included from 2009; Statistics Finland says the change increased the number of all offences by around two per cent.

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YearStatistics Finland, StatFin table 13zk: Persons suspected of solved offences by origin, sex and age
20005,257.79
20015,445.21
20025,346.96
20035,727.15
20046,013.51
20056,117.96
20066,497.28
20076,634.62
20086,371.5
20096,001.63
20105,723.09
20115,663.14
20125,212.67
20134,871.59
20144,744.5
20154,564.46
20164,185.89
20173,805.98
20183,849.57
20193,654.32
20203,967.97
20214,073.46
20223,868.32
20233,879.01
20243,695.13
20253,877.79
What this number counts
Counts
Persons suspected of solved offences against the Criminal Code (penal code), per 100,000 people with foreign background born abroad (all ages), each person counted once a year under their most serious offence
Where
Finland; people with a Finnish personal identity code, by Statistics Finland's origin groups
When
Year the offence was solved, 2025; series 2000-2025 (the whole period combined, not one year)

The figure from StatFin 13zk, the only source that counts here.

Where the number comes from (1 source)
SourceFigure and yearDefinitionQualityCounts for
Statistics Finland, StatFin table 13zk: Persons suspected of solved offences by origin, sex and ageStatistics Finland (Tilastokeskus) · Police and justice recordsRetrieved 2026-10-27
3,877.792025
21,662 people with foreign background born abroad were suspects of solved penal code offences in 2025, out of 558,617 people with foreign background born abroad living in Finland on 31 December 2025.

Each person is counted once a year, under the most aggravated offence they were suspected of in the year (Statistics Finland's "most aggravated offence" method; only people with a Finnish personal identity code). Statistics Finland publishes the rate per 10,000; RealStats divides its published count by its published population and states it per 100,000 (the results match its rates).

API https://pxdata.stat.fi/PxWeb/api/v1/en/StatFin/rpk/13zk.px; 13zk: years all; sex SSS,1,2; age SSS; offences 101T603,101T504X406,231T241,232,234; origin SSS,1,11,12,2,22,21,X; contents ep_lkm, ep_lkm_vaesto, ep_lkm_tork, ep_lkm_tork_vaesto. 13jg: nationality SSS,246,ULK,X; same offences without 101T603; county SSS. 11rt: whole country, background country SSS, sex SSS,1,2, age SSS, origin all. Denominator: https://pxdata.stat.fi/PxWeb/pxweb/en/StatFin/StatFin__vaerak/11rt.px/.

4 of 5 checks
  • Yes: Method and definitions published. Statistics Finland publishes the statistic's documentation, its concepts and the three counting methods for suspects.
  • Yes: Official statistics or peer-reviewed. Official Statistics of Finland, compiled by Statistics Finland from the police information system PATJA.
  • Yes: Full count or representative sample. Every suspect of a solved offence recorded by the police, customs or border guard, not a sample.
  • Yes: Raw data downloadable. The table can be downloaded in full through the StatFin PxWeb API.
  • No: No known break or quality problem. Offences recorded by customs and the border guard were added from 2009 (about two per cent more offences), and only suspects of solved offences are counted.
100%

Better and more direct sources count for more. A source that only copies another does not count.

  • StatFin 13zk100%
How the trust score was worked out
Quality32 / 40

How well the sources are made

Agreement15 / 30

Unknown with one source, so set to half

Independence6 / 20

How many separate ways the number was measured

Freshness10 / 10

How recent the newest data is

How the score works

Who reports it, and since when

Which kinds of source measure this number, which years each one published, and where the reporting stops or has holes.

No source of these kinds: victim survey, independent count.

  • Single source: nothing to check it against
  • StatFin 13zk, 2012: Statistics Finland adopted its origin classification during 2012: origin is set by the parents' country of birth, and the table applies it to every year from 2000. Table note: "During 2012, Statistics Finland has adopted a new origin classification." source
  • StatFin 13zk, 2009: Offences recorded by customs and the border guard are included from 2009; Statistics Finland says the change increased the number of all offences by around two per cent. source
Years each source has a figure here
'01'05'10'15'20'25StatFin 13zk

figure no figure here, inside its range no later figure recorded change

Foreign background, born in Finland: suspects of penal code offences per 100,000

2,965.27

suspects of penal code offences per 100,000 people with foreign background born in Finland, Year the offence was solved, 2025

Moderate trust, 63 of 100 Only one source (StatFin 13zk), so it cannot be checked against another.

suspects per 100,000 people
01,0002,0003,0002000200520102015202020252012: StatFin 13zk: Statistics Finland adopted its origin classification during 2012: origin is set by the parents' country of birth, and the table applies it to every year from 2000. Table note: "During 2012, Statistics Finland has adopted a new origin classification."2009: StatFin 13zk: Offences recorded by customs and the border guard are included from 2009; Statistics Finland says the change increased the number of all offences by around two per cent.

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YearStatistics Finland, StatFin table 13zk: Persons suspected of solved offences by origin, sex and age
2000981.22
20011,161.9
2002922.47
20031,073.14
20041,182.88
20051,233.35
20061,300.36
20071,583.34
20081,685.24
20091,740.18
20101,715.62
20111,892.78
20121,820.9
20131,788.75
20141,732.62
20151,835.4
20161,668.77
20171,684.52
20181,796
20191,834.95
20202,164.1
20212,292.57
20222,420.63
20232,807.67
20242,816.19
20252,965.27
What this number counts
Counts
Persons suspected of solved offences against the Criminal Code (penal code), per 100,000 people with foreign background born in Finland (all ages), each person counted once a year under their most serious offence
Where
Finland; people with a Finnish personal identity code, by Statistics Finland's origin groups
When
Year the offence was solved, 2025; series 2000-2025 (the whole period combined, not one year)

The figure from StatFin 13zk, the only source that counts here.

Where the number comes from (1 source)
SourceFigure and yearDefinitionQualityCounts for
Statistics Finland, StatFin table 13zk: Persons suspected of solved offences by origin, sex and ageStatistics Finland (Tilastokeskus) · Police and justice recordsRetrieved 2026-10-27
2,965.272025
3,030 people with foreign background born in Finland were suspects of solved penal code offences in 2025, out of 102,183 people with foreign background born in Finland living in Finland on 31 December 2025.

Each person is counted once a year, under the most aggravated offence they were suspected of in the year (Statistics Finland's "most aggravated offence" method; only people with a Finnish personal identity code). Statistics Finland publishes the rate per 10,000; RealStats divides its published count by its published population and states it per 100,000 (the results match its rates).

API https://pxdata.stat.fi/PxWeb/api/v1/en/StatFin/rpk/13zk.px; 13zk: years all; sex SSS,1,2; age SSS; offences 101T603,101T504X406,231T241,232,234; origin SSS,1,11,12,2,22,21,X; contents ep_lkm, ep_lkm_vaesto, ep_lkm_tork, ep_lkm_tork_vaesto. 13jg: nationality SSS,246,ULK,X; same offences without 101T603; county SSS. 11rt: whole country, background country SSS, sex SSS,1,2, age SSS, origin all. Denominator: https://pxdata.stat.fi/PxWeb/pxweb/en/StatFin/StatFin__vaerak/11rt.px/.

4 of 5 checks
  • Yes: Method and definitions published. Statistics Finland publishes the statistic's documentation, its concepts and the three counting methods for suspects.
  • Yes: Official statistics or peer-reviewed. Official Statistics of Finland, compiled by Statistics Finland from the police information system PATJA.
  • Yes: Full count or representative sample. Every suspect of a solved offence recorded by the police, customs or border guard, not a sample.
  • Yes: Raw data downloadable. The table can be downloaded in full through the StatFin PxWeb API.
  • No: No known break or quality problem. Offences recorded by customs and the border guard were added from 2009 (about two per cent more offences), and only suspects of solved offences are counted.
100%

Better and more direct sources count for more. A source that only copies another does not count.

  • StatFin 13zk100%
How the trust score was worked out
Quality32 / 40

How well the sources are made

Agreement15 / 30

Unknown with one source, so set to half

Independence6 / 20

How many separate ways the number was measured

Freshness10 / 10

How recent the newest data is

How the score works

Who reports it, and since when

Which kinds of source measure this number, which years each one published, and where the reporting stops or has holes.

No source of these kinds: victim survey, independent count.

  • Single source: nothing to check it against
  • StatFin 13zk, 2012: Statistics Finland adopted its origin classification during 2012: origin is set by the parents' country of birth, and the table applies it to every year from 2000. Table note: "During 2012, Statistics Finland has adopted a new origin classification." source
  • StatFin 13zk, 2009: Offences recorded by customs and the border guard are included from 2009; Statistics Finland says the change increased the number of all offences by around two per cent. source
Years each source has a figure here
'01'05'10'15'20'25StatFin 13zk

figure no figure here, inside its range no later figure recorded change

Suspects of penal code offences per 100,000, by origin, 2000-2025

Each line is the source that counts most for that group.

  • Finnish background
  • Foreign background, born abroad
  • Foreign background, born in Finland
02,0004,0006,0008,000200020052010201520202025
GroupFigureYearTrust
Finnish background2,528.38202563 Moderate
Foreign background, born abroad3,877.79202563 Moderate
Foreign background, born in Finland2,965.27202563 Moderate
Show every year as a table
YearFinnish backgroundForeign background, born abroadForeign background, born in Finland
20002,889.085,257.79981.22
20013,061.225,445.211,161.9
20022,990.945,346.96922.47
20033,198.135,727.151,073.14
20043,453.126,013.511,182.88
20053,486.756,117.961,233.35
20063,572.116,497.281,300.36
20073,762.886,634.621,583.34
20083,560.486,371.51,685.24
20093,378.466,001.631,740.18
20103,120.665,723.091,715.62
20113,162.15,663.141,892.78
20122,907.355,212.671,820.9
20132,813.074,871.591,788.75
20142,680.364,744.51,732.62
20152,570.654,564.461,835.4
20162,397.134,185.891,668.77
20172,157.713,805.981,684.52
20182,188.963,849.571,796
20192,107.593,654.321,834.95
20202,354.983,967.972,164.1
20212,405.194,073.462,292.57
20222,292.813,868.322,420.63
20232,354.853,879.012,807.67
20242,394.13,695.132,816.19
20252,528.383,877.792,965.27

Suspects of sexual offences per 100,000, by origin, 2000-2025

Each line is the source that counts most for that group.

  • Finnish background
  • Foreign background, born abroad
  • Foreign background, born in Finland
050100150200020052010201520202025
GroupFigureYearTrust
Finnish background43.37202563 Moderate
Foreign background, born abroad106.33202563 Moderate
Foreign background, born in Finland54.8202563 Moderate
Show every year as a table
YearFinnish backgroundForeign background, born abroadForeign background, born in Finland
200010.3658.621.03
200111.4766.270
200213.1680.320
200312.1875.430
200416.3887.410
200516.6975.484.5
200617.8475.560
200719.0697.270
200822.181.9310.38
200918.8696.6812.66
201017.7569.165.78
201119.3477.8518.5
201220.5783.969.66
201321.1784.34.42
201418.3579.46.07
201519.873.2218.82
201619.8372.686.9
201717.279.3220.76
201818.6986.1611.9
201920.9792.1212.54
202023.18101.2518.27
202126.68106.1320.88
202228.0396.1833.7
202332.49104.9338.48
202440.24112.3950.86
202543.37106.3354.8

Suspects of rape per 100,000, by origin, 2000-2025

Each line is the source that counts most for that group.

  • Finnish background
  • Foreign background, born abroad
  • Foreign background, born in Finland
020406080200020052010201520202025
GroupFigureYearTrust
Finnish background13.88202563 Moderate
Foreign background, born abroad52.99202563 Moderate
Foreign background, born in Finland9.79202563 Moderate
Show every year as a table
YearFinnish backgroundForeign background, born abroadForeign background, born in Finland
20004.2440.417.01
20014.4830.80
20024.2833.540
20033.9234.360
20045.3238.140
20054.0631.080
20064.5832.970
20075.6543.930
20085.5641.823.46
20094.9544.090
20104.5730.130
20115.7943.2518.5
20127.6449.967.24
20136.7443.714.42
20146.641.714.05
20157.6542.899.41
20168.1342.691.73
20177.7649.7712.77
20188.3946.214.46
20199.1953.174.18
202010.6958.7910.44
202112.2958.998.6
202213.1952.3512.78
202312.7451.8419.79
202413.8160.6520.76
202513.8852.999.79

Male suspects of penal code offences per 100,000 males, by origin, 2000-2025

Each line is the source that counts most for that group.

  • Finnish background
  • Foreign background, born abroad
  • Foreign background, born in Finland
05,00010K15K200020052010201520202025
GroupFigureYearTrust
Finnish background3,886.33202563 Moderate
Foreign background, born abroad6,042.98202563 Moderate
Foreign background, born in Finland4,530.19202563 Moderate
Show every year as a table
YearFinnish backgroundForeign background, born abroadForeign background, born in Finland
20004,810.618,397.041,492.13
20015,096.538,664.631,716.2
20024,979.238,463.681,510.51
20035,291.859,119.321,662.16
20045,661.839,642.581,824.43
20055,683.089,734.411,732.89
20065,808.3510,471.931,877.41
20076,088.5810,509.322,350.43
20085,705.1910,035.932,478.72
20095,369.779,317.292,564.26
20104,932.878,868.792,442.59
20114,952.998,705.482,731.76
20124,558.728,030.792,634.05
20134,396.967,469.952,662.99
20144,166.137,326.052,653.58
20153,996.537,063.152,802.85
20163,727.316,478.682,538.98
20173,380.085,930.732,595.13
20183,417.416,019.892,759.94
20193,286.85,712.082,850.84
20203,669.936,233.83,265.74
20213,715.456,359.423,474.19
20223,545.796,005.393,668.95
20233,619.495,967.884,245.4
20243,681.975,747.64,305.13
20253,886.336,042.984,530.19

Share of the population by origin, %, 1990-2025

Each line is the source that counts most for that group.

  • Finnish background
  • Foreign background, born abroad
  • Foreign background, born in Finland
025507510019902000201020202025
GroupFigureYearTrust
Finnish background88.31202571 Moderate
Foreign background, born abroad9.88202571 Moderate
Foreign background, born in Finland1.81202571 Moderate
Show every year as a table
YearFinnish backgroundForeign background, born abroadForeign background, born in Finland
199099.250.660.1
199199.020.880.1
199298.861.030.11
199398.681.20.12
199498.561.30.14
199598.441.40.16
199698.341.480.18
199798.21.60.2
199898.061.720.23
199997.921.830.25
200097.811.910.28
200197.642.060.3
200297.492.180.33
200397.362.290.36
200497.212.40.39
200597.012.570.42
200696.782.760.46
200796.493.010.5
200896.183.280.54
200995.893.520.59
201095.593.770.64
201195.234.070.7
201294.854.390.76
201394.474.70.83
201494.14.990.9
201593.815.230.97
201693.375.581.05
201793.035.831.14
201892.76.081.22
201992.346.371.3
202091.986.641.38
202191.5471.47
202290.877.591.55
202389.818.571.62
202488.939.361.71
202588.319.881.81

Suspects of penal code offences per 100,000, by citizenship (permanent residents), 2000-2025

Each line is the source that counts most for that group.

  • Finnish citizens
  • Foreign citizens
02,0004,0006,0008,000200020052010201520202025
GroupFigureYearTrust
Finnish citizens2,588.95202563 Moderate
Foreign citizens3,800.5202563 Moderate
Show every year as a table
YearFinnish citizensForeign citizens
20002,892.14,995.94
20013,065.625,122.9
20022,995.664,991.22
20033,204.265,353.12
20043,460.255,662.41
20053,496.945,710.04
20063,584.86,298.72
20073,779.326,473.61
20083,578.456,359.94
20093,396.995,983.75
20103,141.175,742.05
20113,183.825,748.83
20122,929.885,327.07
20132,835.624,952.99
20142,707.024,763.86
20152,600.474,518.97
20162,425.774,089.66
20172,183.913,809.55
20182,216.053,907.26
20192,137.33,719.7
20202,388.334,065.73
20212,443.94,171.5
20222,340.883,899.46
20232,412.713,846.39
20242,450.973,621.98
20252,588.953,800.5

Suspects of sexual offences per 100,000, by citizenship (permanent residents), 2000-2025

Each line is the source that counts most for that group.

  • Finnish citizens
  • Foreign citizens
050100150200020052010201520202025
GroupFigureYearTrust
Finnish citizens44.81202563 Moderate
Foreign citizens112.56202563 Moderate
Show every year as a table
YearFinnish citizensForeign citizens
200010.4758.19
200111.6460.87
200213.2779.09
200312.3671.96
200416.5687.68
200516.9273.78
200617.9483.79
200719.22107.76
200822.2888.65
200919.17105.97
201018.0567.88
201119.4192.83
201221.0190.53
201321.3892.53
201418.9381.03
201520.2680.95
201620.4473.47
201717.7888.19
201819.394.34
201921.8299.02
202023.88115.81
202127.63116.71
202229.29102.26
202333.99111.54
202441.59121.62
202544.81112.56

Suspects of rape per 100,000, by citizenship (permanent residents), 2000-2025

Each line is the source that counts most for that group.

  • Finnish citizens
  • Foreign citizens
020406080200020052010201520202025
GroupFigureYearTrust
Finnish citizens14.83202563 Moderate
Foreign citizens52.7202563 Moderate
Show every year as a table
YearFinnish citizensForeign citizens
20004.3438.43
20014.5130.43
20024.2934.72
20033.9933.64
20045.4436.92
20054.1232.5
20064.6438.61
20075.7748.23
20085.7545.37
20095.0451.38
20104.6930.96
2011650.24
20127.9555.24
20136.8551.08
20147.0840.06
20158.0547
20168.5443.92
20178.2155.32
20188.7849.31
20199.6458.29
202011.1767.4
202112.6468.81
202213.7657.15
202313.5756.3
202414.5567.87
202514.8352.7

Share of the population by citizenship, %, 1990-2025

Each line is the source that counts most for that group.

  • Finnish citizens
  • Foreign citizens
025507510019902000201020202025
GroupFigureYearTrust
Finnish citizens92.35202571 Moderate
Foreign citizens7.65202571 Moderate
Show every year as a table
YearFinnish citizensForeign citizens
199099.470.53
199199.250.75
199299.090.91
199398.911.09
199498.781.22
199598.661.34
199698.561.44
199798.431.57
199898.351.65
199998.31.7
200098.241.76
200198.11.9
200298.011.99
200397.952.05
200497.932.07
200597.832.17
200697.692.31
200797.52.5
200897.312.69
200997.092.91
201096.883.12
201196.613.39
201296.43.6
201396.193.81
201495.994.01
201595.814.19
201695.574.43
201795.484.52
201895.334.67
201995.164.84
202094.965.04
202194.665.34
202294.185.82
202393.346.66
202492.717.29
202592.357.65

About this data

Every source on this page (4)

Who is behind the sources

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Each publisher, its funding and its own description
  • Statistics Finland · Statistics officeFunding: Finnish state budget. sourceIn its own words: “Statistics Finland is Finland's national statistical institute that produces impartial statistics on Finnish society.” source, retrieved 2026-10-27
  • Statistics Finland, StatFin table 13zk: Persons suspected of solved offences by origin, sex and ageStatistics Finland (statistics office) · Police and justice recordsUsed for 12 numbers; counts toward 12. Years 2025. Retrieved 2026-10-27.Open the publisher's page
  • Statistics Finland, StatFin table 13jg: Persons suspected of solved offences living permanently in Finland by nationalityStatistics Finland (statistics office) · Police and justice recordsUsed for 6 numbers; counts toward 6. Years 2025. Retrieved 2026-10-27.Open the publisher's page
  • Statistics Finland, StatFin table 11rt: Origin and background country by age group and sexStatistics Finland (statistics office) · Population registerUsed for 3 numbers; counts toward 3. Years 2025. Retrieved 2026-10-27.Open the publisher's page
  • Statistics Finland, StatFin table 11rg: Citizenship according to age and sex by regionStatistics Finland (statistics office) · Population registerUsed for 2 numbers; counts toward 2. Years 2025. Retrieved 2026-10-27.Open the publisher's page
Why the numbers differ (7)
  • Counting method. This page counts each suspect once a year, under the most serious offence. Statistics Finland's main rule counts a person once for every offence (or series of offences) they are suspected of; on that count the 2025 penal code rates per 100,000 are 5,936 for Finnish background, 7,829 for foreign background born abroad and 7,538 for foreign background born in Finland (published per 10,000, multiplied by 10). (source, retrieved 2026-10-27)
  • Age structure. On 31 December 2025, 70.23% of people with foreign background born in Finland were under 15, against 13.74% of people with Finnish background and 8.95% of people with foreign background born abroad. Children under 15 are rarely suspects, so a young group has a lower rate for everyone combined. Statistics Finland publishes no age-standardised comparison. (source, retrieved 2026-10-27)
  • Age-specific rates published by Statistics Finland for males in 2025, penal code offences, per 100,000 (Finnish background, foreign background born abroad, foreign background born in Finland; published per 10,000, multiplied by 10): 15 to 17: 10,065 / 8,658 / 9,107; 18 to 20: 11,658 / 9,663 / 15,264; 21 to 24: 8,323 / 9,427 / 13,548; 25 to 29: 6,334 / 7,898 / 10,292; 30 to 39: 4,932 / 6,903 / 6,798; 40 to 49: 4,433 / 5,648 / 2,326; 50 to 59: 3,566 / 4,830 / 2,564; 60 to 69: 2,207 / 2,887 / 2,344; 70 and over: 1,160 / 1,380 / 803. (source, retrieved 2026-10-27)
  • Who is outside the rates. In 2025, 2,076 of the 152,987 suspects counted once a year had no known origin and are in no group, and 1,394 suspects (or 10,837 counted per offence) had their permanent residence abroad; the citizenship rates leave out suspects living abroad. Tourists and others without a Finnish personal identity code are not counted by the once-a-year method. (source, retrieved 2026-10-27)
  • Origin and citizenship are different groups. On 31 December 2025, 660,800 people had foreign background but 432,654 were foreign citizens: many people with foreign background are Finnish citizens, and the citizenship rates cover permanent residents only. (source, retrieved 2026-10-27)
  • Rape after the 2023 law. Offences committed before 2023 but solved later are still recorded under the old heading. Suspects counted once a year under the old and the new rape heading: 723 and 214 in 2023, 358 and 693 in 2024, 177 and 832 in 2025. From 2023 sexual intercourse with a child under 16 is a separate offence and is not in the rape series. (source, retrieved 2026-10-27)
  • Suspects are not convicted offenders. The police record a suspect when an offence is solved; prosecutors and courts may decide otherwise. Offences that are not reported or not solved have no suspect in these figures, and how often an offence is reported and solved differs by offence type.
Common mistakes (4)
  • Reading the rate as a share of the group with a record. A rate of 3,877.79 per 100,000 means about 3.9% of people with foreign background born abroad were suspects of a solved penal code offence in 2025; the rate for Finnish background corresponds to about 2.5%. (source, retrieved 2026-10-27)
  • Confusing share of suspects with rate. People with foreign background born abroad were 14.16% of suspects counted once a year in 2025 and 9.88% of the population; a group's share of suspects depends on its size as well as its rate. (source, retrieved 2026-10-27)
  • "Foreign background" in Finnish statistics means both parents (or the only known parent) were born abroad. It is not the same as being born abroad or being a foreign citizen, and people born abroad to Finnish parents count as Finnish background. (source, retrieved 2026-10-27)
  • Mixing counting methods. Figures counting suspects per offence were roughly two to two and a half times as high as figures counting each person once a year in 2025, and the gap differs between groups. (source, retrieved 2026-10-27)
Context (3)
Sources considered and not used (6)
  • StatFin table 14pd, suspects of offences known by year of reporting: Same police register as table 13zk, counted by the year the offence was reported rather than solved, so it is not a separate data line. (source, retrieved 2026-10-27)
  • StatFin table 13kr, suspects by ICCS offence category and nationality: Counts only, without a population base, and including suspects living abroad; table 13jg gives the same register by nationality as rates for permanent residents. (source, retrieved 2026-10-27)
  • StatFin table 13yy, suspects by nationality per 10,000 (permanent residents): Same data as table 13jg but a shorter series. (source, retrieved 2026-10-27)
  • StatFin table 13z4, suspects by origin and background country: Gives counts by region of background; regions are outside this page's question. (source, retrieved 2026-10-27)
  • Age- or income-standardised comparison by Statistics Finland: None found in StatFin or on the statistic's pages; its income and socio-economic tables are not broken down by origin. The publication list on stat.fi could not be read with scripts. (source, retrieved 2026-10-27)
  • Research by the University of Helsinki Institute of Criminology and Legal Policy: Not checked for this page, which uses Statistics Finland only; its adjusted studies use other designs.
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