8.3.2021 | Drug offences found out by the Police have grown rapidly over the past few years. The Police is particularly concerned about children and the young with a drug habit.

16.12.2020 | A comprehensive approach and data collection model are needed for the monitoring of corruption. This is stated in the final report of the KORSI (Corruption monitoring indicators in Finland) research project, coordinated by the Police University College. The project explored suitable methods and indicators for the monitoring of corruption in Finland.

19.5.2020 | The coronavirus pandemic has increased speeding all around Europe

13.5.2020 | Record number of applicants for police education

15.11.2019 | New traffic safety cameras have reduced the accident rates and driving speeds

16.11.2020 | Blog post by Timo Kilpeläinen: Young people in general do better than ever, but some of them have extremely serious problems

24.7.2018 | An increasing proportion of sex offences have come to the police’s attention in Helsinki

19.11.2019 | Unpredictability of digital public debate shows in police work

Supervision of foreign nationals The police monitor adherence to the Aliens Act and regulations based on it. Supervision of foreign nationals is a statutory duty of the police on the basis of the Aliens Act. It is primarily carried out as part of ...

9.4.2020 | The police have had to intervene in disturbing noise more than usual in the past few weeks – the number of domestic disturbance calls has risen somewhat in Helsinki

4.3.2020 | New traffic safety cameras have reduced accidents and driving speeds

4.3.2020 | New traffic safety cameras have reduced accidents and driving speeds

22.11.2019 | Staff cuts and changes in the operating environment shape the demands of police work

11.11.2021 | The annual report on hate crime by the Police University College indicates that the number of suspected hate crimes reported to the police was slightly lower in 2020 than in the previous year.

28.10.2022 | Detective Senior Sergent Jari Kyllönen, an experienced member of the narcotics division at the Helsinki Police Department, is the Police of the Year 2022. In addition to his crime investigation work, Jari Kyllönen is a distinguished educator, actively participating, for example, in the education concerts entitled Pidä huolta! (Take care!) given by the Helsinki Police band as well as a volunteer in the association Irti Huumeista (“Free from drugs”).

7.10.2021 | According to rough estimates, several tens of thousands of persons engage in self-destructive behaviour, or are at acute risk for suicide every year. However, no accurate statistics are available.

18.8.2021 | The police will conduct an intensified campaign to control hunting during the initial weekend of the duck and bear hunting season, in collaboration with other authorities throughout the country.

7.2.2020 | The police in 2019: The number of narcotics offences and sex offences rose

1.7.2019 | The police have been improving their operational environment analysis - a new analysis focused on crime has been released

7.10.2020 | Last year police learned of slightly fewer suspected hate crimes than in 2018, according to an annual report on hate crimes from the Police University College. According to the report, a total of 899 criminal complaints were filed last year about acts that were classified as suspected hate crimes. The number declined, approaching the longer-term level that preceded the surge in growth in such crimes that took place in 2015.

8.3.2022 | The results of a recent study by the police show that the number of violent crime incidents in which the suspect is under 15 years old has grown significantly in recent years.

30.6.2023 | Shrinking age groups and urbanisation are already realities today and nor are the police immune to these phenomena. The National Police Board’s recent analysis of the operational environment shows the challenges can already be seen with retaining the workforce in some duties, especially in sparsely populated areas and smaller police stations. Young people in particular prefer to move to growth centr...

4.5.2020 | Internal family issues are a cause for concern during the emergency conditions

28.4.2021 | Winter starts to be bygone and we are heading full speed towards the spring. We are all eager to jump on the moped and other two-wheelers and take off. This is the perfect time to go through the questions what, how and where you ride – to make this traffic season safe for all road users.

5.6.2023 | The National Bureau of Investigation and the Southwestern Finland Police Department have finished a criminal investigation into online banking frauds. The suspect, who is a man in his twenties, has been remanded since December 2022. The complex investigation has links to a wider criminal phenomenon in which Finnish people have lost millions of euros in recent years.

2.2.2021 | The COVID-19 pandemic drastically changed everyday life last year. This was also clearly reflected in police operations. Due to the restrictions, movement of people decreased and consequently the number of assaults in public places declined.

2.2.2021 | Last year was highly exceptional in traffic, too, because traffic volumes declined dramatically due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

17.8.2022 | The Police will collaborate with other authorities in nationwide controls during the opening weekend of the waterfowl and bear hunting seasons.

13.10.2022 | According to the annual report by the Police University College, the number of suspected hate crimes reported to the police in 2021 was one fifth higher than in the previous year.

3.8.2020 | The Helsinki Police Department successfully fulfilled their basic duties during the exceptional start of the year

7.4.2021 | The Police will have an intensified traffic control operation on 8 April 2021 to ensure the safety of vulnerable road users. The controls are targeted at the traffic behaviour of motor-driven vehicle drivers, pedestrians, cyclists and drivers of light electric vehicles.

13.4.2021 | The Police continues its work to ensure the safety of vulnerable road users and will have an intensified control focus day on 14 April 2021 at pedestrian crossings, looking at how the relevant traffic rules are followed.

16.2.2023 | The Police would like to remind dog owners that during the period from 1 March to 19 August dogs must be kept on a leash as provided by the Hunting Act. The objective of the provision is to protect the undisturbed breeding and nesting of natural animals.

23.8.2021 | The Police continues its work to ensure the safety of vulnerable road users and has an intensified control focus day on 24 August 2021 at pedestrian crossings, looking at how the relevant traffic rules are followed.

19.8.2022 | Watch it, drivers! Police continues to ensure safety of pedestrian crossings

2.2.2021 | The year 2020 was exceptional in many ways, and the Covid-19 pandemic affected the day-to-day work of the police in Helsinki, and the city’s crime statistics, in diverse ways.

3.2.2021 | Last year, a record number of offences under the Criminal Code were recorded in the district of Eastern Uusimaa Police Department. During the year, 60,000 offences were reported, which is one fifth more than in the previous year. The number was the highest in 10 years.

14.4.2022 | The Police continues its work to ensure the safety of vulnerable road users and has a two-week campaign of intensified nationwide controls from 18 April to 1 May to ensure the respect of relevant traffic rules.

27.7.2021 | During January to June of the current year, the Police was informed of approximately 227 000 crimes nationwide. This is about four percent down from the same months last year.

25.10.2022 | The police blog post discusses cybercrime committed by young people and intervention by the police. The Cybercrime Exit project aims to prevent young people from committing cybercrime.

11.5.2022 | In the coming weekend from 13 to 15 May 2022, the Police will have nationwide controls of mopeds and other light two or four-wheeled vehicles and their drivers. The controls will focus not only on the condition of the drivers and adequacy of their licences, but also on the state of their vehicles and on the way the traffic code is respected.

26.10.2023 | The number of suspected hate crimes reported to the police increased by one fifth last year, indicates the Police University College’s annual report.

12.10.2022 | Finnish Police Sustainability Report 2021 Keeping everyone safe, at all times The police are committed to contributing to the implementation of the UN (Agenda 2030) for Sustainable Development. We have selected the Sustainable Development Goals th...

27.7.2021 | If traffic offences are not taken into account, the offence type pursuant to the Criminal Code that experienced the largest decrease was property offences. The number of reported assault offences also decreased, and the clearance rate of assault offences increased, while the number of sex offences increased.

24.1.2023 | The Police statistics show that the number of offences committed by young suspects has increased dramatically.

29.3.2023 | The increase in digital scams continued during 2022 and Finns lost a total of EUR 32.4 million to fraudsters. Watch out, verify, warn others – a joint campaign by Finnish authorities, NGOs and companies – makes the point that everyone can help prevent scams.

21.2.2022 | Similar to the first Covid year, 2021 was also fairly exceptional traffic-wise as the pandemic kept traffic volumes lower than usual.

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4.10.2021 | The Police are to supervise road user safety in traffic on Wednesday 6 October 2021 by focusing control on drivers of motorised and light e-vehicles, pedestrians and cyclists and their behaviour in road traffic.

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9.8.2023 | July is a gloomy time in traffic, with more road traffic accidents resulting in injuries due to driving while intoxicated in July than in other months. The police intensified their monitoring of the use of intoxicants on the roads and on water across the country from 3 to 30 July 2023. The police breathalysed almost 64,000 drivers.

11.4.2022 | The police will supervise the traffic behaviour and safety of unprotected road users on Tuesday, 12 April 2022, by targeting supervision at cyclists, drivers of light electric vehicles, and pedestrians, and their behaviour in traffic.

11.11.2022 | Environmental offences down from last year

2.2.2024 | Finnish drivers drive faster than average, when tired and hold a mobile phone when driving.

2.10.2023 | The police will carry out intensified elk and deer hunting controls during 7-29 October 2023 in cooperation with other wilderness supervisory authorities responsible for hunting and fishing issues.

21.8.2023 | First part of year shows significant growth in crime committed by young suspects

30.9.2022 | The police will organise intensive controls of compliance with the traffic rules and the safety of unprotected road users on Monday 3 October 2022.

13.11.2023 | Police to step up detection of drug-impaired drivers on the road

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