Accused persons

Key figures 2021

Persons accused under the Swiss Criminal Code (SCC), the Narcotics Act (NarcA) and the Foreign Nationals and Integration Act (FNIA)

	SCC	NarcA1)	FNIA
Sex
Male	61 841	23 973	15 315
Female	20 442	3 773	3 746
No information	1	0	1
Legal person	512	3	32
Age category
<10 years (under the age of criminal responsibility)	54	0	2
10-14 years	4 172	344	75
15-17 years	6 693	2 953	560
18-19 years	4 127	2 237	753
20-24 years	8 904	5 189	3 243
25-29 years	9 323	4 436	3 799
30-34 years	9 514	3 658	3 176
35-39 years	8 985	3 143	2 440
40-49 years	13 992	3 624	3 028
50-59 years	9 963	1 762	1 337
60-69 years	4 304	349	4 304
Up to 70 years	2 177	46	191
No information	76	5	4
Residence category
Swiss nationals	40 810	14 683	768
Foreign nationals (permanent resident population)	26 476	6 874	2 327
Asylum population	2 995	780	857
Other foreigners	12 003	5 409	15 110

1) Due to a recording error in the canton of Thurgau, not all offences involving the consumption of narcotic substances are included in the statistics for the NarcA for 2021. Therefore the corresponding accused persons are also missing. The number of offences that are missing in the category "consumption" in 2021 is estimated at over 250 offences. State of the database: 17.02.2022
Source: FSO - Police crime statistics (PCS) 2021

Development of accused persons from 2009 to 2021

Detailed data on accused persons by offence and by year for the Criminal Code, the Narcotics Act and the Foreign Nationals and Integration Act can be found under «Further information» below.

Tables on accused persons by offence (SCC), year and canton can easily be generated using STAT-TAB, the interactive database (see Data below).

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