Accused persons

Key figures 2019

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

	SCC	NarcA	FNIA
Sex of accused persons
Male	61 906	28 805	17 732
Female	19 797	4 167	4 905
Legal person	247	2	50
Missing data	6	2	0
Age category of accused persons
<10 years (under the age of criminal responsibility)	57	0	5
10-14 years	3 505	541	68
15-17 years	6 211	4 468	481
18-19 years	4 201	2 814	890
20-24 years	9 351	6 433	3 908
25-29 years	9 871	5 192	4 455
30-34 years	9 723	4 313	3 823
35-39 years	8 858	3 327	2 821
40-49 years	14 264	3 915	3 585
50-59 years	9 600	1 625	1 729
60-69 years	4 036	312	611
up to 70 years	1 965	30	258
Date of birth missing	67	4	3
Residence category of accused persons
Swiss nationals	39 903	17 866	1 062
Foreign nationals (permanent resident population)	25 858	7 723	2 701
Asylum seekers	3 162	986	1 099
Other foreigners	12 777	6 399	17 775
Residence category missing	9	0	0

State of the database: 13.02.2020
Source: FSO - Police crime statistics (PCS) 2019

Development of accused persons from 2009 to 2019

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, year and canton can easily be generated using STAT-TAB, the interactive database (see Data below).

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