Finland
Finland regularly reports hate crime data to ODIHR. Finland has conducted victimization surveys to measure unreported hate crimes. The Finnish police closely co-operates with the Finnish Human Rights League, the Finnish Red Cross and Finnish Victim Support to develop a co-ordinated response to combat hate crimes. These organizations, along with the national police and other key authorities, form a network tasked by Finland's Ministry of Justice with monitoring hate crimes in Finland and developing adequate measures to prevent such crimes. Finland implemented ODIHR's Training Against Hate Crimes for Law Enforcement (TAHCLE) programme in 2017 and went on to train over 1,000 police officers on hate crimes before integrating the programme's hate crime modules into pre- and in-service training for police.
OFFICIAL DATA REPORTED BY STATES
| Year | Hate crimes recorded by police | Prosecuted | Sentenced |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1,361 | 49 | 48 |
| 2022 | 1,094 | 121 | 27 |
| 2021 | 1,390 | 44 | 30 |
| 2020 | 1177 | 48 | 42 |
| 2019 | 900 | 22 | 17 |
| 2018 | 880 | 55 | 21 |
| 2017 | 1497 | 63 | 37 |
| 2016 | 1311 | N/A | N/A |
| 2015 | 1704 | Not available | Not available |
| 2014 | 954 | Not available | Not available |
| 2013 | 904 | Not available | Not available |
| 2012 | 836 | 38 | 12 |
| 2011 | 1418 | 29 | 12 |
| 2010 | 1407 | 38 | Not available |
| 2009 | 1580 | 41 | Not available |
About 2009 Data
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Police figures include crimes of defamation, other hate speech crimes and crimes of discrimination. These are, however, not included in the breakdowns below. Prosecution figures only include crimes of ethnic agitation, aggravated ethnic agitation, discrimination, work discrimination and extortiate discrimination.