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The most unsafe cities in Finland

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Yle news in plain Finnish reported on Friday about the insecurity of cities. Vantaa is currently the most unsafe city in Finland. We will now tell you more about the cities.

The most unsafe cities in Finland

Yle has received new statistics from the police on the security situation in Finland’s 10 largest cities.

The police disturbance index shows the level of insecurity.

The index includes, for example, homicides recorded in public places.

The index also includes assaults, sexual crimes, vandalism and attempts at these.

Changes in Vantaa, Jyväskylä and Tampere

Vantaa is currently the most unsafe city in Finland.

The police say that there are many acts of violence in Vantaa.

For example, Vantaa has a lot of young people and unemployed people, which affects the number of crimes.

Violence is often associated with criminal showdowns and, for example, drug trafficking.

However, the police remind people to be brave and move around the streets of Vantaa.

Jyväskylä is the second most unsafe city

A police officer stands in the center of Jyväskylä.

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Photo: Niko Mannonen / Yle

The second most unsafe place in Finland is Jyväskylä. The disturbance index has been raised this year by many attempted murders and homicides.

However, police say that these crimes did not occur in the downtown area.

Jyväskylä is experimenting with security guards on the streets of the city center. The experiment will last a year, and it is already showing good results.

Tampere is in 3rd place

The Satakunnankatu roundabout in Tampere photographed from the roof of Finlayson. Several cars are driving on the road.

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Satakunnankatu to Tampere. Photo: Sanni Isomäki / Yle

Tampere ranks 3rd in the insecurity statistics.

Four people were stabbed in the summer near the Ratina shopping center in the city center. There have been other stabbings in Tampere as well.

Oulu was the second most unsafe city last year. There was violence in Oulu targeting immigrants. Now Oulu is in 7th place out of the 10 largest cities.

The capital Helsinki ranks 4th in the insecurity statistics.

Kuopio is now the safest city

![Kuopio Market on Wednesday 30.7.2025.](https://images.cdn.yle.fi/image/upload/c_crop,h_2268,w_4031,x_0,y_362/ar_1.77777777777777 77,c_fill,g_faces,h_431,w_767/dpr_1.0/q_auto:eco/f_auto/fl_lossy/v1753889254/39-1500716688a396336a98)

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Kuopio Market Square. Photo: Anne-Pauliina Rytkönen / Yle

The disturbance index shows that the safest city in Finland is now Kuopio.

As recently as 2019, it was the most dangerous of the 10 largest cities. There was a school attack and store robberies in Kuopio.

The police say they have increased surveillance in Kuopio and solved crimes effectively.

Repetition

The topic of the week in the news was the insecurity of large cities.

The police disturbance index shows that the 3 most unsafe cities are now Vantaa, Jyväskylä and Tampere.

This was Uutisviikko in plain Finnish. See you again tomorrow, bye!