8.8.2023 | The police traditionally intensify traffic control in the vicinity of schools during the first few weeks of children returning to school. The aim is to prevent road accidents and to ensure schoolchildren have a safe journey to and from school.

Tuusula moped meet: Questions and answers The stopping situation involving the rider of a two-wheeled vehicle in Tuusula on Saturday 8 August has prompted discussion in the media and on social media. This page brings together general questions and...

21.12.2020 | The Police Band of Helsinki Police Department and the preventive measures operative have launched a campaign called Together! in cooperation with the City of Helsinki. The campaign seeks young people interested in music to play and perform together with the band and a famous artist.

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”).

Projects and top-up funding The police can use its top-up funding towards the organisation’s development projects. The following projects have been financed fully or partially with top-up funding. Projects in progress Open all Close all IMPROVE - ...

18.12.2025 | The police will continue school co-operation also in 2026

5.12.2025 | The Gaming Police project has been awarded the Recognition for Act of Dialogue in Finland

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.

7.7.2026 | Online sexual violence directed at children is becoming more common – prevention requires open discussion and vigilance

26.5.2026 | Helsinki pupils will celebrate the end of their school year, and the police will be on hand during the festivities

How to apply for an identity card You can apply for a standard identity card online or by visiting the police station of your choice. It is easiest to do this online. Have your passport photograph taken. The photography studio sends your passport ...

5.6.2026 | - Police operational results at the beginning of the year have developed mainly in a positive direction. Overall, police operations have strengthened especially in combating serious crime and in the availability of services, says National Police Commissioner Ilkka Koskimäki.

27.4.2026 | Police call-out volumes continue to rise — police concerned about the increasing violence of youth crime

18.9.2025 | Illegal marketing of gambling in game streams and social media

29.4.2026 | The two Esplanadis, their side streets and the area around Senate Square will be closed to vehicle traffic on 30 April from 15.00 to 21.00 for the capping of the Manta statue. Driving a private car in Helsinki city centre is not recommended on May Day Eve or May Day.

4.8.2025 | Theme of Police Day: Encounters in schools and streets

9.6.2026 | When the police announce that a person is missing, it is always a serious situation

9.4.2026 | Last year, the Police introduced a new cooperation model between the police and schools. Its main objective is to reach children and young people in their everyday environment and to provide support and guidance to school staff when challenges arise. The results exceeded expectations, and as a result, the school police model will continue.

5.6.2025 | The police make more than 2,000 co-operation visits to Finnish schools this year

10.3.2026 | There has been a sharp rise in the number of suspected sexual offences reported to the police where the perpetrator is a minor. According the National Police Board’s statistics for 2025, the number of suspected criminal offences committed by under-15s has increased by 78 per cent in five years. Among 15- to 17-year-olds, the number has increased by 63 per cent.

17.4.2026 | As part of an international joint operation coordinated by Europol called Operation PowerOFF, the Finnish Police have taken down illegal DDoS services intended for carrying out distributed denial of service attacks. The users registered with these services include thousands of people from Finland.

9.3.2026 | The Helsinki Police Department has submitted a pre-trial investigation to the prosecutor for consideration of charges. The investigation into Swedish organised crime and street gangs in Northern Helsinki revealed that Crime as a Service has become a reality in Finland.

24.1.2025 | The police will increase their presence in schools in 2025. The ambition is to reach out to every schoolchild in the country this year - if not face-to-face, then at least remotely. Police online lessons will reach schoolchildren from Utsjoki to Hanko and from Korsnäs to Ilomantsi.

18.5.2026 | The police carried out an intensive street enforcement operation from 4 to 10 May 2026 targeting active drug sellers and dealers and intervened in their criminal activities as part of its narcotics crime prevention programme. The enforcement operation also produced an up-to-date situational picture of the drug situation in Finland.

8.1.2026 | The nuoretjarikollisuus.fi website has been moved to the poliisi.fi website

24.6.2026 | Measures taken by the City of Helsinki and the police have calmed the disturbances caused by drugs.

30.12.2025 | In particular, the police will pay attention to people’s handling of fireworks and, if necessary, intervene.

23.1.2026 | Despite higher numbers of call-outs and crimes, the Helsinki police have succeeded in working more efficiently. The police arrive on the scene faster than ever before and investigate crimes more effectively.

17.12.2025 | The police departments of Helsinki, Western Uusimaa and Eastern Uusimaa have intensified their collaboration in the face of increased disorder and a worsening drug situation in the Helsinki metropolitan area.

9.1.2026 | In December, the Helsinki Police Department responded to several emergency calls related to TikTok challenges, in which children as young as 10 attempted to climb onto dangerous locations such as apartment building roofs.

22.11.2024 | The police are to step up their presence in schools by offering nationwide virtual lessons to all schools in 2025. Under a new national model, the police will also support schools in problem-solving situations by being more accessible by phone or email.

5.12.2025 | The Timeout Foundation grants this recognition to an actor who has strengthened dialogue, inclusion, and democracy in Finland.

3.11.2025 | The police encounter every day situations where citizens need help due to their mental health problems. This can be seen in all areas of policing, especially in law enforcement and response assignments.

13.3.2026 | 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.

16.12.2025 | The increasing use of narcotics in society is reflected in road traffic and to an increasing degree also in the everyday work of the traffic police. In the summer of 2025, about one in three people caught driving while intoxicated was driving under the influence of narcotics.

15.1.2025 | This year, all schools will be offered an opportunity to participate in virtual lessons organised by the police. In a new national model, the police will also support schools in problem-solving situations by making it easier to reach police via phone or email.

20.11.2025 | A research project funded by the Ministry of the Interior examined the current state of street gang crime and explored what is needed to effectively disrupt the activities of criminal networks.

22.8.2025 | The police want to point out that young drivers are not always ready for responsible driving. An age exemption permit entitling to a category B driving licence at the age of 17 should be granted for genuinely exceptional cases, not routinely to young people. Statistics by Statistics Finland show a worrying trend in road traffic deaths among 17-year-olds.

28.8.2025 | According to the Helsinki Safety Survey, 90 per cent of Helsinki’s residents feel safe in the city in general; however, the feeling of being unsafe is more pronounced on weekends, particularly in the city centre and certain districts of the city. Crimes committed by young people have decreased significantly thanks to measures taken by the authorities, but disturbances and harm caused by drug use have increased.

18.9.2025 | Gambling is being marketed illegally on various social media platforms and in game streams, and the police are addressing this activity. A particular concern for the police is the marketing of gambling targeted at young people.