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Tue, 20 Jan, 2015 12:05:06 AM FTimes Report, Jan 20  Offences and endangerment of traffic safety in 2009 to 2014. Source: Offences known to the police 2014, 4 quarter. A total of 417,500 offences were recorded by the police, customs and border guard in 2014, which is 1.6 percent lower than the previous year, according to Statistics Finland's preliminary data.
The number of property offences recorded was 241,200 which was 0.3 percent more than in 2013.
The recorded number of crimes against life and health was 35,100 which is 7.4 percent lower than the year before, the data show.
In addition, 410,200 cases of endangerment of traffic safety and traffic infractions were registered, which is 34,300 cases fewer than in 2013.
In 2014, the number of rapes recorded was 1,010 against 980 one year before.
Over the past ten years, the average number of rapes has been 800 per year. The recorded number of sexual exploitations of child was 1,400 which is 14.6 percent fewer than in the year before.
Detected sexual exploitations of a child have increased considerably in recent years, the data show.
During 2014, a total of 23,400 frauds were recorded, which is 3.0 percent more than in the year before.
The number of frauds has grown considerably in the 2000s, according to the statistics. Over the past ten years, 16,100 frauds, on average, have been reported yearly.
Altogether, 1,700 robberies were reported, which was 11 percent more than in 2013 but less than in the early 2000s.
During the time, a total of 143,100 theft offences were reported, which was 1,600 cases, or 1.2 percent, more than in 2013.
Over the past ten years, the average number of break-ins into houses has been 6,500 per year.
The number of assault offences recorded was 32,800 during 2014, which was 7.3 percent fewer than in 2013.
Over the past ten years, 33,800 assault offences, on average, have been reported yearly as per the data.
The number of drunken driving was 17,700 in 2014, which is 2.2 percent down from 2013. Nearly one-half of the recorded drunken driving cases were aggravated drunken driving.
The number of narcotics offences recorded was 21,700 which is down by four percent from the year before.
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