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.

26.7.2019 | Police statistics 01/01–30/06/2019

20.12.2024 | The police are deeply concerned about this year's grim statistics on road traffic fatalities among children and young people under 18. Although the number of road fatalities is significantly lower today than it was ten years ago, the trend for children and young people has taken a clear step backwards in 2024.

15.10.2024 | The statistics show positive development. The number of victims of accidents caused by persons driving while intoxicated has decreased by one third. How has this been achieved?

10.4.2024 | The National Police Board of Finland has published a report containing a comprehensive analysis of youth crime among under 21-year-olds. Another purpose of the analysis report was to produce a nationwide situational picture of youth crime.

24.9.2024 | The police will carry out an intensified elk and deer hunting control operation during 30 September – 27 October. The operation will be carried out when the elk hunting season is already underway and hunting clubs are at their most active. The operation will be carried out in cooperation with other wilderness supervisory authorities responsible for hunting and fishing matters, i.e. the Finnish Border Guard, Customs and Metsähallitus.

22.10.2024 | Young people under the age of 25 accounted for more than 50% of incidents involving causing a serious traffic hazard. However, there were no serious accidents.

19.4.2024 | Police to control compliance with pedestrian crossing rules and the behaviour in traffic of cyclists and e-scooter users

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23.4.2024 | Police had to take away licences from 47 young drivers in intensive control at the weekend

28.8.2024 | Police departments are to carry out an intensified monitoring operation of street behaviour and substance abuse during the Venetian Festival weekend, 30 August – 1 September, when, in addition to traditional festivities, young people gather to celebrate the start of the school year. Monitoring will focus on young people under the age of 18. Particular attention will be paid to the possession of intoxicants, narcotics and bladed weapons or other objects capable of harming others.

10.1.2024 | Traffic safety has continued to show good development, and the number of road traffic fatalities has reached below 200 for the second year in a row. The biggest fall in road fatalities was seen in passengers travelling in passenger cars. 

13.10.2023 | Late autumn is a high-risk time in road traffic – the police supervise the most common contributing factors to accidents

24.7.2024 | Based on initial data, this year will not continue the good trend of the past few years.

6.9.2024 | Police departments carried out an intensified street and substance abuse enforcement campaign during the Venetian Festival weekend, 29 August-1 September, and the preceding week. Monitoring focused particularly on young persons aged under 18.

14.5.2024 | According to police statistics, there has been a significant number of pickpocketing incidents targeting tourists in Helsinki since the beginning of the year. Pickpocketing occurs most frequently between May and September, when there are many tourists in Helsinki. The peak times for these incidents are between 10:00 AM and 3:00 PM.

6.7.2023 | Investigation of the criminal offences related to the Vastaamo case has required an exceptional amount of work from the police, and this is clearly visible in the statistics for the police’s criminal investigations for this year. By the end of June, approximately 25,000 crimes related to the case have been solved.

29.4.2024 | The Helsinki Police will intensively monitor crime-prone and disturbance-prone areas from April 29 to May 19, 2024, in the city center as well as in metro and train transportation.

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.

18.8.2023 | Police to control compliance with pedestrian crossing rules and the behaviour of cyclists and e-scooter users in traffic