Finland
Finland regularly reports hate crime data to ODIHR. Finland's hate crime laws consist of a general penalty enhancement provision. Reported police data include discrimination and defamation offences, which fall outside the OSCE definition of hate crime, although these can be disaggregated. Data on the numbers of prosecutions and sentenced cases are only reported for discrimination cases. Hate crime data are collected by the Police University College of Finland's Research Department, the Interior Ministry, the Prosecutor's Office, the Ministry of Justice and Statistics Finland. Finland conducts regular victimization surveys to measure unreported hate crime.
OFFICIAL DATA
Year | Hate crimes recorded by police | Prosecuted | Sentenced |
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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 2017 Data
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The police also recorded criminal forms of intolerance other than hate crimes, such as defamation, other hate speech offences and criminal discrimination. These data are reported to ODIHR but are not included in the overall figure or in the breakdown below. One hundred prosecuted and 62 sentenced cases were originally reported, these numbers also included incidents of hate speech and discrimination which were therefore removed from the totals presented here. Prosecution and sentencing numbers represent only cases flagged by the police as hate crimes.
Hate crime recorded by police
A total of 1556 hate crimes were originally reported to ODIHR. The number of crime reports was 1165, as one crime report can include several hate crimes. This number included cases of ethnic agitation, defamation and discrimination, which were removed and are not presented here. For the first time, and with the consent of the Roma community, hate crime against Roma people are included as a new category.
INCIDENTS REPORTED BY OTHER SOURCES
Anti-Muslim hate crime
Date | Type of incident | Source | Description |
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2017-06 | Attacks against property | SETA
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2017-08 | Violent attacks against people | SETA
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Anti-Christian hate crime
Date | Type of incident | Source | Description |
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2017-01 | Violent attacks against people | Jehovah's Witnesses
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2017-08 | Violent attacks against people | UNHCR
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2017-06 | Threats | OIDAC
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Gender-based hate crime
Date | Type of incident | Source | Description |
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2017-08 | Violent attacks against people | UNHCR
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Anti-LGBTI hate crime
Date | Type of incident | Source | Description |
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2017-06 | Attacks against property | ILGA-Europe
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2017-11 | Threats | Seta ry
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2017-12 | Attacks against property | Seta ry
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2017 | Threats | Seta ry
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2017-12 | Violent attacks against people | ILGA-Europe
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INTERNATIONAL REPORTS
KEY OBSERVATION
ODIHR observes that Finland has met most OSCE commitments on hate crime data collection and reporting.