External environment and statistics
The police keeps a close eye on the ever-changing environment in which it operates. Analyses are useful for understanding social trends, megatrends and phenomena. These social changes have an impact on both the nature of crime and the safety of the public.
Analysis of the operational environment promotes intelligence-led planning of police operations
Analyses enable the police to better identify and understand phenomena that are significant in police work.
The analysis operations area of responsibility in the National Police Board’s Police Operations Unit produces analyses of the operating environment and statistics for the police. Broader public analyses are also published on the website of the police. Certain analyses are intended only for the internal use of the police.
Data can be analysed from various perspectives, including those of the perpetrators or victims of crime. The analyses also follow global criminal phenomena. The police monitors and assesses changes in the numbers of crime reports in Finland as international criminal phenomena arrive in the country.
Statistics
In addition to the crime-focused analysis of the operational environment, monthly statistics are published on all criminal incidents reported to the police as well as on police alert duties, operational response times, service capability times, traffic surveillance performances and services and fees of the police.
The statistics can be reviewed at the national level or filtered by police department or by municipality.
Analysis and the statistics
Analysis of the external environment of the police
Analysis of the Police operating environment, part I (external operating environment) (In Finnish)
Analysis of police operating environment, part II (Analysis of Capital) (in Finnish)
The basis for police environment analyses
Inquiries about the documents can be addressed to the National Police Board Registry at kirjaamo.poliisihallitus@poliisi.fi.
Annual police statistics
Police statistics for 2020-2022
Crime statistics
Crimes reported to the police, by group and name of offence, by police department (in Finnish only)
Crime statistics, names of offence by department (accessible, In Finnish only)
Crime statistics, types of offence by municipality (accessible, in Finnish only)
The crime statistics were last updated in October 2023. More crime statistics can be searched at Statistics Finland website.
Emergency response and law enforcement statistics
Emergency response tasks of the police by category (in Finnish only)
Emergency response tasks of the police by municipality and group of task (accessible, in Finnish only)
Emergency response tasks of the police by police department and task code (accessible, in Finnish only)
Operational response time of the police, 80th percentile (in Finnish only)
Operational response time of the police (80th percentile) by municipality (accessible)
Average operational response time of the police (in Finnish only)
Average service capability time of the police (in Finnish only)
Average operational response and service capability time of the police by municipality (accessible, in Finnish only)
Emergency response and law enforcement statistics were last updated in October 2023.
Traffic statistics
Traffic surveillance statistics, automatic traffic surveillance (in Finnish only)
Traffic surveillance statistics, automatic traffic surveillance (accessible, in Finnish only)
Traffic surveillance statistics, rapid drug tests (in Finnish only)
Traffic surveillance statistics, rapid drug tests (accessible, in Finnish only)
Traffic surveillance statistics, traffic penalty fees (in Finnish only)
Traffic surveillance statistics, traffic penalty fees (accessible, in Finnish only)
Traffic surveillance statistics, breathalyzer tests (in Finnish only)
Traffic surveillance statistics, breathalyzer tests (accessible, in Finnish only)
The traffic statistics were last updated in October 2023.
Statistics of permits
Permit statistics, paid permits issued by the police (in Finnish only)
Permit statistics, monthly paid permits issued by the police (in Finnish only)
Permit statistics, paid permits issued by the police every month (accessible, in Finnish Only)
The permit statistics were last updated in October 2023.
More information
Further information about the nationwide statistics of the police is available from the National Police Board Registry at kirjaamo.poliisihallitus@poliisi.fi.
Police departments provide further information about local statistics. You can search for contacts on the Contact info page.
