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...

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

Prohibited money collection practices Providing false or misleading information The public must not be provided with false or misleading information about key issues in connection with money collection campaigns. False or misleading information ca...

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.

19.2.2026 | What factors undermine citizens’ strong trust in the Finnish police? Why do Finns have such a high level of trust in the police? These themes are discussed in the second part of the publication “The Police and the Public”.

4.12.2025 | The Police Museum's new online exhibition “In Memoriam – Police killed in the line of duty” examines the history of police fatalities. The exhibition reveals for example the most dangerous types of assignments for police officers and how the work community responded to these events in different periods.

13.11.2025 | Sexual offencesreported to the Helsinki Police Department have increased by more than 50 percent in two years, and rapes by more than 60 percent.

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.

28.5.2025 | The use of narcotics in traffic is strictly prohibited in Finland, and the legislation is based on zero tolerance for driving under the influence of narcotics. The police are increasing the number of narcotics tests performed in traffic. The condition of the drivers is verified by means of both surveillance campaigns and individual stops.

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.

5.11.2024 | The police are asking anyone who witnessed the violence that took place in a fast food restaurant in Rovaniemi on the 4th of November 2024 to come forward.

19.11.2024 | Research by the Police University College dives behind the figures of the police barometer, implemented every two years. The analyses focus on three themes: shortage of police resources, crimes not reported due to fear of retaliation, and threatening of crime victims and witnesses in the criminal process.

1.11.2022 | The public may have been under the impression that weapons donated and delivered to Ukraine would have ended up in the hands of operators in organised crime in Finland. The National Bureau of Investigation has no information on delivering such weapons to Finland.

10.1.2023 | Illegal gambling advertising has been especially targeted at young adults on social media channels for several years. Marketing typically utilises the popularity of social media celebrities and aims to associate gambling with images of success, coping well in life, prosperity and publicity. However, gambling causes serious social, health and economic harms, which are ignored in advertising.

2.6.2021 | A recent survey examined how diverse student recruitment is carried out in the police, what the challenges are and how it could be promoted.

16.12.2019 | Police report: Harassment affects the well-being and coping of personnel but does not affect decision making

14.3.2024 | National Working Group on Monitoring Environmental Crime 01 August 2023 ENVIRONMENTAL CRIME REPORT 2023 2 Summary REPORT NAME Environmental Crime Report 2023 PREPARED BY Finnish National Group for Monitoring of Environmental Offences PUBLISHED 8/2...

17.1.2024 | ”LISÄARVOA? ILMAN HENKILÖSTÖJOHTAMISTA EI TUOTETA MITÄÄN ARVOA.” Selvitys poliisin henkilöstöjohtamisen tilasta POLIISIHALLITUKSEN JULKAISUSARJA 1/2024 POLISSTYRELSENS PUBLIKATIONSERIE SISÄLLYS KÄYTETYT TERMIT JA LYHENTEET 11 1 . JOHDANTO - SELVIT...