Juveniles convicted

The annual number of convicted juveniles. Details are available of the personal characteristics by offence.

Regardless of the number of convictions, each person is shown only once per law or offence in any given year.

Information on age, sex and nationality have been presented per law and offence in detail from 1999 to 2019 using the data of JUSUS and from 2020 using the data of JUSAS. This statistical information are available at national and in almost all cases at cantonal level.

Convicted persons, 2022

 

Total

SCC

RTA

NarcA

APT

Total1

17 589

7 478

4 689

2 635

4 007

Sex

         

male

13 331

5 654

4 160

2 191

2 353

female

4 258

1 824

529

444

1 654

Age

         

up to
14 years

4 078

2 171

1 007

175

572

15 years

2 853

1 282

806

352

559

16 years

3 983

1 596

1 099

698

936

from
17 years

6 675

2 429

1 777

1 410

1 940

Nationality

         

Switzerland

11 025

4 387

3 451

1 867

2 178

Resident foreigners in Switzerland (without asylum)

4 756

2 181

1 054

580

1 454

other foreigners

1 808

910

184

188

375

Source: Statistics on criminal convictions and enforcement of juvenile sanctions (JUSAS), state of the database: 26.05.2023

¹ For juvenile convictions, felonies, misdemeanours and contraventions are taken into account.


SCC: Swiss Criminal Code
RTA: Road Traffic Act
NarcA: Narcotics Act
APT: Act on passenger transport

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