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Wed, 20 Jan, 2016 03:08:28 AM FTimes Report, Jan 20  Source Statistics Finland. A total of 25,900 frauds were recorded during 2015, which is 10.3 per cent more than in the year before, according to Statistics Finland's preliminary data.
The number of frauds had grown considerably in the 2000s. Altogether 12,200 of them were reported in 2000.
A total of 413,100 offences were recorded by the police, customs and border guard in 2015, which is 4,400 cases lower than in 2014.
In 2015, a total of 1,400 aggravated frauds were recorded, which is 4.9 per cent lower than one year earlier, the statistics show.
Means of payment frauds numbered 10,900, which is 3,200 cases more than in the previous year.
The recorded number of aggravated means of payment frauds was 196, while one year earlier this figure was 122.
The number of property offences recorded was 236,000, which is 2.1 per cent fewer than in 2014. The recorded number of crimes against life and health was 36,100, which is 3.1 per cent more than in 2014.
In addition, 405,600 cases of endangerment of traffic safety and traffic infractions were registered.
A majority of the reported offences are recorded by the police.
In 2015, a total of 400,300 offences were recorded by the police, which is 0.8 per cent down from 2014.
In all, 8,000 offences were recorded by customs, which is 8.2 per cent lower than in 2014. The border guard recorded 4,700 offences, which is 5.6 per cent lower than in 2014 as per the data.
The number of thefts reported was 1,600, which was 8.4 per cent fewer than in 2014. The recorded number of aggravated thefts was 269, while one year earlier this figure was 210.
The recorded number of unauthorised uses and thefts of a motor vehicle and thefts of use of a motor vehicle was 7,500, which is 4.1 per cent lower than in 2014.
From the early 2000s, the number of these offences has fallen to under one third, according to the data.
In 2015, damages to property numbered 37,600, which is 11.6 per cent fewer than in the previous year. Altogether, 255 aggravated damages to property were reported during the time.
The number of assault offences recorded was 33,800, which is 3.2 per cent fewer than in 2014.
Over the past ten years, 34,200 assault offences, on average, had been reported yearly. Compared with 2014, aggravated assaults went down by 4.0 per cent. Now, 1,600 of them were recorded.
The number of rapes recorded was 1,060, against 1,000 one year earlier.
Over the past ten years, the average number of rapes has been 840.
The recorded number of sexual exploitations of a child was 1,240, which was 13.4 per cent fewer than in 2014. During the first half of the year, 494 cases of sexual abuse were reported.
The recorded numbers of rapes and sexual exploitations of a child reported to the authorities vary much yearly.
The number of drunken driving was 17,700 in 2015, which is 0.2 per cent more than in the year before.
Nearly one-half of the recorded drunken driving cases were aggravated drunken driving. Incidents of aggravated drunken driving decreased by 5.7 per cent while that of other drunken driving increased by 5.5 per cent.
The number of narcotics offences recorded was 23,300, which is up by 7.6 per cent on the year before as per the data.
The number of aggravated narcotics offences went down by 6.7 per cent. A total of 1,060 of them were recorded in 2015. More News
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