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Thu, 14 Jul, 2016 02:16:44 AM FTimes Report, July 14  Source: Statistics Finland. A total of 392,700 offences were recorded by the police, customs and border guard in January to June 2016, which is 1.9 per cent lower than one year earlier, according to Statistics Finland's preliminary data.
However, the number of means of payment frauds recorded was 9,500, which was 130.1 per cent up from January to June 2015.
The recorded number of crimes against life and health was 17,200, which is 1.7 per cent fewer than in 2015, the statistics show.
A majority of the reported offences are recorded by the police.
During January to June 2016, a total of 384,800 offences were recorded by the police, which is 2.2 per cent down from 2015.
In January to June 2016, customs recorded 5,000 offences and the border guard 2,900 offences.
Compared with January to June 2015, the offences recorded by customs increased by 11.5 per cent and those recoded by the border guard by 22.5 per cent.
During the first half of 2016, a total of 110,100 offences against property were recorded, which was 1.5 per cent lower than in the corresponding period of the previous year.
During January to June 2016, a total of 12,100 frauds including both petty and aggravated frauds were recorded, which is 8.1 per cent fewer than in January to June of the year before.
The number of frauds has grown considerably in the 2000s.
In January to June 2016, a total of 630 aggravated frauds were recorded, which is 21.6 per cent down on one year earlier.
Eighty-seven of the means of payment frauds were aggravated. Of all means of payment frauds, 4,100 were carried out abroad, the data show.
The number of robberies recorded was 788, which was 1.2 per cent down from January to June 2015.
A total of 1,400 embezzlements and aggravated embezzlements were reported, which is 3.7 per cent more than in January to June 2015.
A total of 61,100 theft offences were reported in January to June, which is 3,700 cases fewer than in the first half of 2015.
The number of break-ins into houses recorded was 2,550, which was 275 cases lower than in January to June 2015.
Altogether, 22,200 thefts and petty thefts from shops were recorded, which is 1,150 cases fewer than in January to June 2015.
The recorded number of unauthorised uses and thefts of a motor vehicle and thefts of use of a motor vehicle was 2,900, which is 14.6 per cent lower than in January to June 2015.
From the early 2000s, the number of these offences has fallen to under one third.
During January to June 2016, damages to property numbered 16,400, which is 10.3 per cent lower than in the previous year.
The number of assault offences recorded was 16,200, which is 300 cases fewer than in the corresponding period in 2015.
Compared with January to June 2015, the incidents of aggravated assaults went up by 0.9 per cent.
The number of rapes recorded was 515, which was 25 cases more than in January to June 2015.
The recorded number of sexual exploitations of a child was 657, which was 1.7 per cent more than in early 2015.
In addition, 452 other sexual offences were reported, of which 259 were cases of sexual harassment. In the corresponding period in 2015, altogether 101 cases of sexual harassment were reported.
The recorded numbers of rapes and sexual exploitations of a child reported to the authorities vary much yearly, according to the data.
The number of drunken driving was 8,600 in January to June 2016. The figure remains unchanged from the corresponding period of the year before.
The number of narcotics offences recorded was 12,100, which is up by 2.5 per cent on the year before.
Altogether, 196,100 cases of endangerment of traffic safety, hit-and-runs, and other traffic infractions were recorded, which is 8,100 cases fewer than in early 2015. Of these offences, 123,100 were cases of exceeding speed limits. More News
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