Number payment frauds grows by 85% in Jan-Sep

A total of 353,800 offences against the Criminal Code were recorded by the police, customs and border guard during January to September 2022, according to Statistics Finland.

This is 2.8 per cent lower than in the corresponding period of the year before.

The number of means of payment frauds increased by 85 per cent

Recorded offences against life numbered 56, which is three cases more than in the year before.

The recorded number of sexual abuses of a child was 1,804. This is 20.8 per cent more than in the year before.

A total of 1,241 rapes were reported, which is 10.8 per cent fewer than in the year before.

The number of break-ins into houses and free-time residences reported was 2,710 and the number is 5.8 per cent fewer than in the year before.