Traffic safety and surveillance The police pursue traffic safety cooperation with different authorities and organisations, not forgetting increasing international cooperation. Of all authorities monitoring traffic, the police undoubtedly play the ...

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...

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...

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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.

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

23.7.2025 | Seizures of the highly dangerous narcotic alpha-PVP (alpha-pyrrolidine valerophenone) have increased significantly in Finland. According to the Forensic Laboratory of the National Bureau of Investigation, more than eight kilograms of alpha-PVP, also known by the street name “peukku” in Finnish, has been seized this year, while the amount was less than 500 grams during the whole of 2020, for example.

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...

27.5.2024 | Police Departments will carry out intensified street and drug enforcement during the end-of-school week from 27 May to 2 June 2024, with a focus on young people under 18 years of age. Particular attention will be paid to the possession of intoxicants, narcotics and bladed weapons.

12.5.2025 | The police will monitor young people's use of intoxicants and their behaviour in traffic. Traffic controls will focus on moped riders, cyclists and drivers of light electric vehicles. Police patrols will also be visible in school areas.

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”).

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.

30.4.2018 | Enhanced drug prevention in the Helsinki region – police priority to address the supply, dealing and import of narcotics

30.4.2018 | Enhanced drug prevention in the Helsinki region – police priority to address the supply, dealing and import of narcotics

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

24.11.2020 | Most young people in Helsinki are doing well, but a small number of youths have symptoms and commit crimes. Some youngsters have accumulated more problems than before. A number of young people with symptoms have a foreign background.

12.11.2020 | Crime in Helsinki is becoming more international and the number of youths causing concern is rising

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.

11.10.2019 | Threatening situations should be reported with a low threshold — authorities can offer help already at an early stage