Annual report of the police for 2025 is ready

The Finnish police managed to meet the expectations and requirements set for the police efficiently and productively during 2025. As an example, in emergency response assignments the police arrived at the scene in 9.5 minutes, which was clearly below the target time. At the same time, the number of assignments has increased significantly.

The emphasis in 2025 was on criminal investigations, especially on the processing of large volumes of cases. Crimes committed by children and young people and the prevention of violent crime have been the focus of special attention, and this work will continue during 2026. Intensified monitoring of organised crime, street gangs and related international phenomena continued and preventive measures were targeted based on knowledge gathered. As a result of the intensification measures, the number of persons removed from Finland by the police increased by about 34 per cent in 2025 compared to the previous year.

According to the citizens’ assessment, the police are trusted and have a good reputation. Based on the results of the Trust & Reputation survey, the interaction by the police is perceived as good, and people wish to hear the views of the police organisation. 

The number of assignments and responsibilities have increased

The number of police assignments related to surveillance and emergency response operations has increased significantly. At the same time as the numbers have increased, the assignments have become more demanding and the behaviour of the customers of the police has become more aggressive. This daily reality faced by the police has a significant impact on issues such as making preparations for police operations and the planning of surveillance. 

The surveillance and disturbance indices constitute the key indicators of the effectiveness of surveillance operations. Their objective is to indicate that increased police surveillance reduces disturbances in public places and that the action by the police also plays a significant role in the prevention of crime. As an example, by following the indices in the areas of large cities, it can be seen that increased surveillance of public places has affected the number of disturbances and crimes in public places. 

When looking at surveillance and emergency response operations in 2025 as a whole, it can be stated that although the number of assignments and responsibilities have increased, it has been possible to maintain the effectiveness of the operations at a good level and even increase it as compared to 2024. 

The police continued to allocate resources to criminal investigations

The number of offences against the Criminal Code rose significantly during 2025. At the same time, the productivity and level of solved crimes in crime prevention have improved. More resources have been allocated to crime prevention, and especially to criminal investigations, in recent years in accordance with the objectives of the Government Programme. This allocation has aimed at balancing the workload and resources of police units. Despite the positive trend, the workload of criminal investigations in relation to the resources still constitutes a major shortcoming that must be corrected in the future as well.

Serious crimes committed by identified members of street gangs have decreased in 2024 and 2025. The police have been able to identify persons belonging to street gangs and the connections between gangs and gang members. This has made it possible to direct and focus police operations to identified persons and targets based on available information. The police have prevented, uncovered and investigated crimes suspected of being committed by street gang members, and criminal liability has been realised.

The police are developing administration

As part of the productivity programme of the central government, the police launched its own productivity programme in 2024. In 2025, the programme shifted from preparation to implementation. This means a large-scale increase in productivity, a centralisation of administrative and support measures, and the development and harmonisation of processes. All this also lays the foundation for a wider utilisation of digitalisation and artificial intelligence.

The goal of the development of the processes for administrative and support measures is to intensify the operations and reduce the workload. The savings target concerning those working in administrative and support duties on a nation-wide level is a reduction of at least 10 per cent from the situation in 2024.

Human resources

The actual number of police person-workyears increased by 1.7 per cent from the previous year, and the target for total person-workyears was achieved. The operational efforts of the police have been consolidated in accordance with the objectives. 

According to the HenkilöstöBaro personnel barometer, the overall satisfaction of the personnel of the entire police and the National Police Board was at a good level. The number of sick leave days in 2025 was 9.9 days per person-year, which is at the same level as in the corresponding period of the previous year.