Criminal offences registered by the police according to the Swiss Criminal Code by canton, level of completion and level of detection

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Metainformation:
Last modified: new data set (year 2024), data of additional cantons
Survey reference day: ongoing, completed during February of the subsequent year
Data as of: 14.02.2025
Regionalisation: cantons / 01.01.2022
Survey: Police crime statistics (PCS) Symbols used :
'...' : Number unknown because not (yet) surveyed or not (yet) calculated
'*' : Not indicated because trivial or terms not applicable
'X' : Not indicated for data protection reasons

Offence

Female genital mutilation (art. 124)

Offence in force since July 1st, 2012

Unlawful claim for social insurance or social assistance benefits (art. 148a)

Offence in force since October 1st, 2016

Criminal liability of members of the board of directors and the executive board of companies whose shares are listed on a stock exchange (art. 154)

Offence in force since January 1st, 2023

Exploitation of knowledge of confidential facts (art. 161)

Offence repealed since May 1st, 2013

Price manipulation (art. 161bis)

Offence repealed since May 1st, 2013

Identity theft (art. 179decies)

Offence in force since September 1st, 2023

Forced marriage, forced registered partnership (art. 181a)

Offence in force since July 1st, 2013

Enforced disappearance (art. 185bis)

Offence in force since January 1st, 2017

Sexual acts with persons in institutional care, prisoners or persons on remand (art. 192)

Offence repealed since July 1st, 2024

Deception as to the sexual character of an act (art. 193a)

Offence in force since July 1st, 2024

Sexual acts with minors against payment (art. 196)

Offence in force since July 1st, 2014

Unauthorised passing on of private sexual content (art. 197a)

Offence in force since July 1st, 2024

Disruption of rail traffic (art. 238)

Offence repealed since July 1st, 2023

Recruiting, training and travelling with a view to committing a terrorist offence (art. 260sexies)

Offence in force since July 1st, 2021

Crimes against humanity (art. 264a)

Offence in force since January 1st, 2011

Subversive propaganda (art. 275bis)

Offence repealed since July 1st, 2023

Unlawful association (art. 275ter)

Offence repealed since July 1st, 2023

Failure to comply with probation assistance or instructions (art. 295)

Offence in force since January 1st, 2015

Active bribery of private individuals (art. 322octies)

Offence in force since July 1st, 2016

Passive bribery of private individuals (art. 322novies)

Offence in force since July 1st, 2016

Infringement of the regulations on reporting payments to state bodies (art. 325bis)

Offence in force since January 1st, 2022

Infringement of other reporting obligations (art. 325ter)

Offence in force since January 1st, 2022

Failure to comply with the regulations governing the protection of tenants of domestic and commercial properties (art. 325quater)

Originally Article 325bis. Offence in force since January 1st, 2022.

Violation of obligations to give notice of the beneficial owner of shares or capital contributions (art. 327)

Offence in force since November 1st, 2019

Violation of company law obligations on keeping registers (art. 327a)

Offence in force since November 1st, 2019

Reproduction of postage stamps without intent to commit forgery (art.328)

Offence repealed since July 1st, 2023

Trading in material requisitioned by the armed forces (art. 330)

Offence repealed since July 1st, 2023

Failure to report a find (art. 332)

Offence repealed since July 1st, 2023

Offence - total
Homicides (art. 111 - 113/116)
Homicide at the request of the victim (art. 114)
Inciting and assisting suicide (art. 115)
Homicide through negligence (art. 117)
Illegal abortion (art. 118)
Contraventions by physicians (art. 120)
Serious assault (art. 122)
Common assault (art. 123)
Female genital mutilation (art. 124)
Assault through negligence (art. 125)
Acts of aggression (art. 126)
Abandonment (art. 127)
Failure to offer aid in an emergency (art. 128)
False alarm (art. 128bis)
Endangering life (art. 129)
Participation brawl (art. 133)
Participation attack (art. 134)
Representations of acts of violence (art. 135)
Administering substances capable of causing injury to children (art. 136)
Total Title one: Life and Limb
Unlawful appropriation (art. 137)
Misappropriation (art. 138)
Theft (art. 139)
Burglary (art. 139)
Theft by secretly entering an unsecured place (art. 139)
Snatch theft (art. 139)
Shoplifting (art. 139)
Pickpocketing (art. 139)
Theft by trickery (art. 139)
Vehicle burglary (art. 139)
Vehicle theft (art. 139)
Theft from/ out of a vehicle (art. 139)
Robbery (art. 140)
Removal of property (art. 141)
Unlawful use of financial assets (art. 141bis)
Unlawful abstraction of energy (art. 142)
Unauthorised obtaining of data (art. 143)
Unauthorised access to a data processing system (art. 143bis)
Criminal damage (art. 144)
Criminal damage + theft (art. 144)
Damage to data (art. 144bis)
Misappropriation and removal of property subject to a pledge or lien (art. 145)
Fraud (art. 146)
Computer fraud (art. 147)
Misuse of a cheque card or credit card (art. 148)
Unlawful claim for social insurance or social assistance benefits (art. 148a)
Making off from a hotel, restaurant or bar without payment (art. 149)
Obtaining a service without payment (art. 150)
Production and marketing of equipment for the unauthorised decoding of encoded services (art. 150bis)
Maliciously causing financial loss to another (art. 151)
False statements about commercial business (art. 152)
False statements to the commercial register authorities (art. 153)
Criminal liability of members of the board of directors and the executive board of companies whose shares are listed on a stock exchange (art. 154)
Counterfeiting of goods (art. 155)
Extortion (art. 156)
Profiteering (art. 157)
Criminal mismanagement (art. 158)
Misuse of salary deductions (art. 159)
Handling stolen goods (art. 160)
Exploitation of knowledge of confidential facts (art. 161)
Price manipulation (art. 161bis)
Breach of manufacturing or trade secrecy (art. 162)
Fraudulent bankruptcy or fraud against seizure (art. 163)
Reduction of assets to the prejudice of creditors (art. 164)
Mismanagement (art. 165)
Failure to keep proper accounts (art. 166)
Undue preference to creditors (art. 167)
Subornation in enforcement proceedings (art. 168)
Disposal of seized assets (art. 169)
Obtaining a judicial composition agreement by fraud (art. 170)
Total Title two: Property
Defamation (art. 173)
Wilful defamation (art. 174)
Defamation of a deceased person or of a missing person presumed dead (art. 175)
Insult (art. 177)
Breach of the privacy of a sealed document (art. 179)
Listening in on and recording the conversations of others (art. 179bis)
Unauthorised recording of conversations (art. 179ter)
Breach of secrecy or privacy through the use of an image-carrying device (art. 179quater)
Marketing and promotion of devices for unlawful listening or sound or image recording (art. 179sexies)
Misuse of a telecommunications installation (art. 179septies)
Obtaining personal data without authorisation (art. 179novies)
Identity theft (art. 179decies)
Total Title three: Personal Honour and Breach of Secrecy or Privacy
Threatening behaviour (art. 180)
Coercion (art. 181)
Forced marriage, forced registered partnership (art. 181a)
Trafficking in human beings (art. 182)
False imprisonment and abduction (art. 183)
Aggravating circumstances (art. 184)
Hostage taking (art. 185)
Enforced disappearance (art. 185bis)
Unlawful entry (art. 186)
Unlawful entry + theft (art. 186)
Total Title four: Liberty
Sexual acts with children (art. 187)
Sexual acts with dependent persons (art. 188)
Indecent assault (art. 189)
Rape (art. 190)
Sexual acts with persons incapable of judgement or resistance (art. 191)
Sexual acts with persons in institutional care, prisoners or persons on remand (art. 192)
Exploitation of a person in a position of need or dependency (art. 193)
Deception as to the sexual character of an act (art. 193a)
Indecent conduct (art. 194)
Encouraging prostitution (art. 195)
Sexual acts with minors against payment (art. 196)
Pornography (art. 197)
Unauthorised passing on of private sexual content (art. 197a)
Sexual harassment (art. 198)
Unauthorised practice of prostitution (art. 199)
Total Title five: Sexual Integrity
Incest (art. 213)
Bigamy (art. 215)
Neglect of duty to support the family (art. 217)
Neglect of duties of care, supervision or education (art. 219)
Abduction of minors (art. 220)
Total Title six: Family
Arson (art. 221)
Negligent arson (art. 222)
Causing an explosion (art. 223)
Misuse of explosives and toxic gases with criminal intent (art. 224)
Misuse of explosives or toxic gases without criminal intent or through negligence (art. 225)
Manufacture, concealment and transport of explosives and toxic gases (art. 226)
Causing danger by means of nuclear energy, radioactivity or ionising radiation (art. 226bis)
Preparatory offences (endangering nuclear energy/ radioactivity) (art. 226ter)
Causing a flood, collapse or landslide (art. 227)
Criminal damage to electrical installations, and hydraulic or protective structures (art. 228)
Violation of construction regulations (art. 229)
Removal or non-installation of safety devices (art. 230)
Total Title seven: Public Danger
Causing danger by means of genetically modified or pathogenic organisms (art. 230bis)
Transmission of human diseases (art. 231)
Transmission of an epizootic disease (art. 232)
Propagation of harmful parasites (art. 233)
Contamination of drinking water (art. 234)
Production of harmful animal feed (art. 235)
Marketing of harmful animal feed (art. 236)
Total Title eight: Public Health
Disruption of public traffic (art. 237)
Disruption of rail traffic (art. 238)
Disruption of public services (art. 239)
Total Title nine: Public Traffic
Counterfeiting money (art. 240)
Falsification of money (art. 241)
Passing or tendering counterfeit money (art. 242)
Imitation of bank notes, coins or official stamps without intent to commit forgery (art. 243)
Import, acquisition and storage of counterfeit money (art. 244)
Forgery of official stamps (art. 245)
Forgery of official marks (art. 246)
Counterfeiting equipment and unlawful use of equipment (art. 247)
Falsification of weights and measures (art. 248)
Total Title ten: Counterfeiting of Money, Official Stamps, Official Marks, Weights and Measures
Forgery of a document (art. 251)
Forgery of certificates (art. 252)
Obtaining a false certificate by fraud (art. 253)
Suppression of documents (art. 254)
Moving boundary markers (art. 256)
Removal of survey points and water level indicators (art. 257)
Total Title eleven: Forgery
Causing fear and alarm among the general public (art. 258)
Public incitement to commit a felony or act of violence (art. 259)
Rioting (art. 260)
Acts preparatory to the commission of an offence (art. 260bis)
Criminal or terrorist organization - until 2021 Criminal organization (art. 260ter)
Endangering public safety with weapons (art. 260quater)
Financing terrorism (art. 260 quinquies)
Recruiting, training and travelling with a view to committing a terrorist offence (art. 260sexies)
Attack on the freedom of faith and the freedom to worship (art. 261)
Discrimination and incitement to hatred - until 2020 Racial discrimination (art. 261bis)
Disturbing the peace of the dead (art. 262)
Committing an offence while in a state of voluntarily induced mental incapacity (art. 263)
Total Title twelve: Public Order
Genocide (art. 264)
Crimes against humanity (art. 264a)
Total Title twelve bis: Genocide/Crimes against Humanity - until 2011 Crimes against the Interests of the International Community
High treason (art. 265)
Attacks on the independence of the Confederation (art. 266)
Foreign operations and activities directed against the security of Switzerland (art. 266bis)
Diplomatic treason (art. 267)
Moving of national boundary markers (art. 268)
Violation of Swiss territorial sovereignty (art. 269)
Attacks on Swiss national emblems (art. 270)
Unlawful activities on behalf of a foreign state (art. 271)
Political espionage (art. 272)
Industrial espionage (art. 273)
Military espionage (art. 274)
Attacks on the constitutional order (art. 275)
Subversive propaganda (art. 275bis)
Unlawful association (art. 275ter)
Incitement and inducement to violate military duties (art. 277)
Forgery of military orders or instructions (art. 277)
Disruption of military service (art. 278)
Total Title thirteen: State and National Security
Disruption and obstruction of elections and votes (art. 279)
Attacks on the right to vote (art. 280)
Corrupt electoral practices (art. 281)
Electoral fraud (art. 282)
Vote catching (art. 282bis)
Breach of voting secrecy (art. 283)
Total Title fourteen: Will of the People
Violence and threats against public authorities and public officials (art. 285)
Prevention of an official act (art. 286)
Usurpation of office (art. 287)
Removal of seized property (art. 289)
Breaking the seals (art. 290)
Breach of an expulsion order (art. 291)
Contempt official orders (art. 292)
Publication of secret official proceedings (art. 293)
Breach of an activity prohibition order or a contact prohibition and exclusion order - until 2015 Violation of a occupational ban (art. 294)
Failure to comply with probation assistance or instructions (art. 295)
Total Title fifteen: Official Powers
Insulting a foreign state (art. 296)
Insulting an international organisation (art. 297)
Attacks on the national emblems of a foreign state (art. 298)
Violation of foreign territorial sovereignty (art. 299)
Hostility towards a country at war or foreign troops (art. 300)
Military espionage against a foreign state (art. 301)
Total Title sixteen: Offences detrimental to Foreign Relations
False accusation (art. 303)
Misleading the judicial authorities (art. 304)
Assisting offenders (art. 305)
Money laundering (art. 305bis)
Insufficient diligence in financial transactions and right to report (art. 305ter)
Perjury by a party to civil proceedings (art. 306)
Perjury by an expert witness, false translation (art. 307)
Assisting prisoners to escape (art. 310)
Prison mutiny (art. 311)
Total Title seventeen: Administration of Justice
Abuse of public office (art. 312)
Overcharging of taxes (art. 313)
Misconduct in public office (art. 314)
Forgery of a document by a public official (art. 317)
Issuing a false medical certificate (art. 318)
Assistance by a public official in the escape of prisoners (art. 319)
Breach official secrecy (art. 320)
Breach of professional confidentiality (art. 321)
Breach of professional confidentiality in research involving human beings - until 2014 Breach of professional confidentiality in medical research (art. 321bis)
Breach of postal or telecommunications secrecy (art. 321ter)
Breach of the media duty to provide information (art. 322)
Failure to prevent an illegal publication (art. 322bis)
Total Title eighteen: Official or Professional Duty
Active bribery of Swiss public officials (art. 322ter)
Passive bribery of Swiss public officials (art. 322quater)
Granting an advantage (art. 322quinquies)
Acceptance of an advantage (art. 322sexies)
Bribery of foreign public officials (art. 322septies)
Active bribery of private individuals (art. 322octies)
Passive bribery of private individuals (art. 322novies)
Total Title nineteen: Bribery
Failure of a debtor to comply with the regulations governing debt enforcement and bankruptcy proceedings (art. 323)
Failure of a third party to comply with the regulations governing debt collection, bankruptcy and composition proceedings (art. 324)
Failure to comply with accounting regulations (art. 325)
Infringement of the regulations on reporting payments to state bodies (art. 325bis)
Infringement of other reporting obligations (art. 325ter)
Failure to comply with the regulations governing the protection of tenants of domestic and commercial properties (art. 325quater)
Specification of article 325quater - until 2022 Specification of article 325bis (art. 326bis)
Contravention of the law on business and other names (art. 326ter)
Provision of false information by an employee benefits institution (art. 326quater)
Violation of obligations to give notice of the beneficial owner of shares or capital contributions (art. 327)
Violation of company law obligations on keeping registers (art. 327a)
Reproduction of postage stamps without intent to commit forgery (art.328)
Breach of military secrecy (art. 329)
Trading in material requisitioned by the armed forces (art. 330)
Unauthorised wearing of the military uniform (art. 331)
Failure to report a find (art. 332)
Total Title twenty: Contraventions of Federal Law

Switzerland
Zürich
Bern / Berne
Luzern
Uri
Schwyz
Obwalden
Nidwalden
Glarus
Zug
Fribourg / Freiburg
Solothurn
Basel-Stadt
Basel-Landschaft
Schaffhausen
Appenzell Ausserrhoden
Appenzell Innerrhoden
St. Gallen
Graubünden / Grigioni / Grischun
Aargau
Thurgau
Ticino
Vaud
Valais / Wallis
Neuchâtel
Genève
Jura