Convictions of adults

Number of adult convictions per year. Detailed information is available on the laws and the individual offences.

In addition information has been available on the laws and individual offences in time series since 1984. This statistical information is shown at national and in almost all cases also at cantonal level.

Convictions 2021 - 2022

 

Adults1

 

2021

2022

Total

99 840

103 156

SCC

35 609

36 519

Homicide

129

102

Grievous bodily harm

218

210

Simple theft

6 566

7 449

Robbery

384

352

RTA

51 320

54 423

Serious violation of road traffic regulations

19 122

19 794

Certified serious violation of road traffic regulations

525

469

Driving while incapacitated

12 636

14 918

NarcA drug dealing

5 106

4 448

FNIA

15 319

15 355

¹ For adults, only felonies and misdemeanours are included, because contraventions are only recorded in the register of convictions as an exception.


SCC: Swiss Criminal Code
RTA: Road Traffic Act
NarcA: Narcotics Act
FNIA: Foreign Nationals and Integration Act
Source: Criminal conviction statistics (SUS), state of the Register of Criminal Conduct: 31.08.2023

Further information

Tables

Tables on total of convictions

Tables on convictions under Swiss Criminal Code

Tables on convictions under Road Traffic Act

Tables on convictions under Narcotics Act

Tables on convictions under Foreign Nationals and Integration Act

Tables on convictions under other laws

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Historical data

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Federal Statistical Office Section Crime and Criminal Justice
Espace de l'Europe 10
CH-2010 Neuchâtel
Switzerland

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