Number of sexual abuses rises by 11.4% in Finland in Jan-Sep

A total of 1,100 cases of sexual harassment were reported in Finland during the January-September period this year, which is 11.4 per cent higher than in the stipulated period of the previous year, according to Statistics Finland.

Out of the sexual abuses, about 400 were committed on the Internet.

A total of 1,300 reports were made about dissemination or possession of a sexually offensive image of a child or following a sexually offensive performance of a child, which is 43.1 per cent fewer than in the previous year.

About 80 per cent of the acts were committed on the Internet.

Meanwhile, the number of murder in the January to September 2026 was 56 and the number remained unchanged from the first nine months of the previous year.

According to preliminary Statistics, a total of 409,900 offences against the Criminal Code were recorded by the police, customs and border guard in January to September 2026, which is 1.6 per cent lower than one year earlier.

The number of reported assaults was 36,500, which is 10.7 per cent more than in the year before.