Drug-related offences In 2019, the police recorded approximately 10,000 different drug-related offences. Drug use and the resulting harm constitute a multifaceted problem. In addition to the police, social services, healthcare, schools and researc...

Traffic offences The police detect traffic offences and address them every day. Traffic offences are often discovered in connection with the police’s traffic control or emergency activities. Traffic offences typically pose a danger to others. The ...

23.1.2026 | Helsinki Police Department's task force for investigating crime by street gangs is finalising two pre-trial investigations relating to Swedish organised crime and gang crime.

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...

8.8.2025 | Helsinki Police Department has received a lot of feedback about public order disturbances and the perceived lack of safety resulting from substance abuse. These disturbances are mainly related to drug use and related crime.

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.

26.9.2025 | Call the emergency number 112 to report acute disturbances caused by drugs and submit tips to the police about other security concerns.

21.4.2026 | In Finland, driving while intoxicated offences are divided into two: alcohol-related and drug-related offences, which differ in terms of perpetrators, motives, and geographical regions.

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

5.11.2025 | Eastern Uusimaa police and Finnish Customs uncovered a large-scale organisation importing and distributing drugs, including Alpha-PVP

18.2.2025 | Rikosten ja poliisin hälytystehtävien määrä kasvaa Helsingissä

Police en Newsroom Blog The use of alpha-PVP can also be seen in road traffic 16.12.2025 9.34 Blog Abstract The synthetic narcotic alpha-PVP, which has rapidly become more common in Finland, has turned into a visible phenomenon in recent years, bo...

Public disturbances The investigation of various disturbances and offences related to them is part of the police’s duties. Typically, security stewarding duties are performed by uniformed police officers. Public disturbances can occur anywhere peo...

The Police definition of street gangs refers to groups associated with certain urban neighbourhoods, with several active identified individuals and defined hierarchies and leaders.

Cybercrime Broadly speaking, cybercrime comprises all crime that happens in information networks or utilises information networks. When it comes to crime involving information networks, it is often sorted into cyber-dependent crime and cyber-enabl...

Money laundering The purpose of money laundering is to disguise the origin of money or other property acquired through criminal activity to make it seem that the money or property has been obtained legally. Money laundering is an intentional crimi...

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17.5.2024 | Spanish law enforcement authorities carried out an operation in which two persons targeted by the Finnish Police were also arrested. Spain authorities released information about the operation earlier this week. This joint search and arrest operation between Spain, Finland, Sweden and Poland was coordinated by the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation (Europol) and carried out in the regions of Barcelona and Malaga on Tuesday 23 April.

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

Police en Newsroom Blog Several successes in police traffic safety work in 2024 28.2.2025 9.06 Blog Traffic safety concerns the whole of society. The purpose of police traffic safety work is to maintain and promote general law-abiding behaviour on...