Over the past decade, there were generally more male than female victims of recorded violent and sexual offenses in Finland. In 2022, the number of victims amounted to roughly 58.9 thousand. That year, 27.9 thousand victims were women and 31 thousand men.
Number of victims of recorded violent and sexual offenses in Finland from 2012 to 2022, by gender
Number of victims offences when series of acts are calculated as one offence.
Supplementary notes
The source adds the following information: "If the injured party is also the victim of an offence, a separate entry is made of this into the PATJA system. At the moment, it is obligatory to record victim data only in attempted homicides, assaults and other crimes against life or health, sexual offences, human trafficking offences and in some offences of Chapter 25 of the Criminal Code."
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Statistics Finland. (May 25, 2023). Number of victims of recorded violent and sexual offenses in Finland from 2012 to 2022, by gender [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 23, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1238522/number-of-victims-of-recorded-criminal-offenses-by-gender-finland/
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Statistics Finland. (2023). Number of victims of recorded violent and sexual offenses in Finland from 2012 to 2022, by gender. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 23, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1238522/number-of-victims-of-recorded-criminal-offenses-by-gender-finland/
Statistics Finland. "Number of Victims of Recorded Violent and Sexual Offenses in Finland from 2012 to 2022, by Gender." Statista, Statista Inc., 25 May 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1238522/number-of-victims-of-recorded-criminal-offenses-by-gender-finland/
Statistics Finland, Number of victims of recorded violent and sexual offenses in Finland from 2012 to 2022, by gender Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1238522/number-of-victims-of-recorded-criminal-offenses-by-gender-finland/ (last visited December 23, 2024)
Number of victims of recorded violent and sexual offenses in Finland from 2012 to 2022, by gender [Graph], Statistics Finland, May 25, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1238522/number-of-victims-of-recorded-criminal-offenses-by-gender-finland/
