Finland: share of African descendants being stopped by police 2015-2016

This statistic displays the share of people of African descent who have been stopped, searched, or questioned by police within the last 12 months in Finland from 2015 to 2016. During the survey period, four percent of the respondents reported having been stopped by the police because of their racial or ethnic origin. The majority of the respondents, 78 percent, had not been stopped by the police within the last 12 months.

In the past 12 months in Finland, have you ever been stopped, searched or questioned by the police because of your racial or ethnic origin?

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Release date

November 2018

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Region

Finland

Survey time period

November 2, 2015 to August 9, 2016

Number of respondents

502 respondents

Supplementary notes

This question was phrased by the source as follows:
"In the past five years in Finland (or since you have been in Finland), have you ever been stopped, searched or questioned by the police?"

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