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Hate crimes What is a hate crime? The Finnish law does not define the concept of a hate crime specifically. In general terms, hate crime is a crime motivated by prejudice or hostility towards the victim’s ethnic or national origin. The crime may a...https://poliisi.fi/en/hate-crimes
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Property crimes A very large part of offences reported to the police are property crimes. Property crimes include various thefts, embezzlement, fraud and vandalism. These offences can be targeted at people and households as well as companies and c...https://poliisi.fi/en/property-crimes
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Crimes come in many forms The common denominator is that crimes violate someone else’s rights. The channels and phenomena of offences change and evolve often in time with technological progress. In this section, you will find information on the mo...https://poliisi.fi/en/crimes-come-in-many-forms
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Violent crimes Over 35,000 violent crimes come to the police’s attention each year. These include assaults, homicides and rapes. Violent crimes are often linked to human tragedies and many types of distress. Intoxicating substances are often invol...https://poliisi.fi/en/violent-crime
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Financial criminals steal from our shared wealth In financial crime, business activities are exploited for financial gain. Statutory responsibilities may be neglected or business activities may be used for criminal purposes. When financial crimina...https://poliisi.fi/en/financial-crimes
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Police en Newsroom Blog Driving while intoxicated - an old type of crime, new forms 21.4.2026 14.10 Blog Driving while intoxicated was criminalized in Finland 100 years ago, but the phenomenon has changed in a way that is rarely considered. It's n...https://poliisi.fi/en/-/driving-while-intoxicated-an-old-type-of-crime-new-forms
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27.4.2026 | Police call-out volumes continue to rise — police concerned about the increasing violence of youth crimehttps://poliisi.fi/en/-/police-call-out-volumes-continue-to-rise-police-concerned-about-the-increasing-violence-of-youth-crime
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Organised crime According to the Criminal Code, an organised criminal group is a group that consists of at least three people who cooperate to commit serious crimes. The most visible manifestation of organised criminal groups are those that wear s...https://poliisi.fi/en/offences/crime-categories/organised-crime
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Were you the victim of a crime? Over 800,000 crimes come to the police’s attention each year, of which over 300,000 are traffic offences. This means that many people are victims of crimes. In addition to being traumatic to the victim, his/her fami...https://poliisi.fi/en/were-you-the-victim-of-a-crime
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Bullying at school can be a crime A nasty phenomenon in the school world is bullying. Bullying comes in many forms. It can be mental violence by shutting someone out of a group, name-calling, or physical violence. Nowadays bullying often occurs th...https://poliisi.fi/en/bullying-at-school-can-be-a-crime
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Compensation for damage caused by a crime As a victim of crime, you can apply for compensation from State funds from the State Treasury: for personal injuries caused by a crime, damage to property, other financial loss. Before you can demand compe...https://poliisi.fi/en/compensation-for-damage-caused-by-a-crime
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Police en Newsroom Blog Be cautious online – cyber-enabled crime on the increase 3.4.2025 13.07 Blog What is cyber-enabled crime? Mikko Kiiski: From the point of view of the police, one of the most typical criminal phenomena related to the online ...https://poliisi.fi/en/-/be-cautious-online-cyber-enabled-crime-on-the-increase
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Career story of Detective Sergeant Mirka Törhönenhttps://poliisi.fi/en/crime-prevention-across-national-borders
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Police en Newsroom Blog Crime prevention in villages, schools and increasingly online 13.11.2024 10.24 Blog The Finnish police have earned the trust and respect of citizens through their actions. This is backed up by various surveys on trust in au...https://poliisi.fi/en/-/crime-prevention-in-villages-schools-and-increasingly-online
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Police en Publications Publication Final report of the project ‘Report on the crime prevention situation’ Tekijät Crime prevention situation report Kurenmaa, Tero Julkaisusarja National Police Board publication series Julkaisuvuosi 2018 Numero 1 I...https://poliisi.fi/en/-/final-report-of-the-project-report-on-the-crime-prevention-situation-
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10.11.2025 | An annual report by the Police University College shows that the number of suspected hate crimes continued to increase in 2024.https://poliisi.fi/en/-/25254699/new-record-in-suspected-hate-crimes
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Criminal investigation process If the police has reason to suspect that a crime has been committed, a pre-trial investigation is opened. The length of the investigation depends on the nature of the crime. Simple and clear-cut criminal offences are...https://poliisi.fi/en/crime-investigation
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4.12.2025 | According to the Police Barometer, Finns are particularly concerned about crimes committed by young people, firearms, and the use and sale of drugs in public places. The police have defined crime prevention as the priority for next year.https://poliisi.fi/en/-/next-year-the-police-will-focus-on-crime-prevention-especially-crimes-committed-by-young-people-and-children
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Offences against children If a child becomes a victim of a crime, always contact the police and, if necessary, file a police report. If a child begins to tell you something about the crime, take notes. Do not let your own interpretations affect ho...https://poliisi.fi/en/a-child-as-victim-of-crime
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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.https://poliisi.fi/en/-/police-warn-thousands-of-ddos-service-users-a-denial-of-service-attack-is-a-crime