Shafaqna English- Finland has recorded a surge in hate crimes so far this year, Finnish broadcaster Yle reported Monday (10 Nov 2025) citing data from the Police University College.
The report found that police registered 1,808 suspected hate crimes in 2025, marking a 13% increase from the previous year and the highest figure since records began.
The number of reported hate crimes in Finland has steadily risen each year since around 2020, as suspected cases mainly dealt with verbal insults, threats, and harassment, broadcaster Yle reported, citing a report by the country’s Police University College.
The report said the motives behind the suspected crimes were most often racist in nature, adding that nearly 70% of the reports filed were motivated by the victims’ ethnic or national background.
Sources: Daily Sabah