In 2022, with 103 156 convictions, the number of entries in the criminal records rose by 3% compared with the previous year. While convictions under the Road Traffic Act rose by 6%, those under the Narcotics Act fell (-13%). In all, 1 945 expulsions were pronounced. Since 2007, the (suspended) financial penalty has been the most frequently imposed sentence (69% of all convictions). This situation has not changed since short custodial sentences in their entirety were reintroduced in 2018.
Documents and files
Press release16.10.2023
Convictions of adults in 2022
Increase in drink driving and decline in drug dealing
Adults: convictions and persons convicted for a misdemeanour or felony against the articles of the Foreign Nationals and Integration Act (FNIA), by year of conviction [from 2008]
Adults: convictions and persons convicted for a misdemeanour or felony under the Foreign Nationals and Integration Act (FNIA), Switzerland and cantons [from 2008]
Adults: convictions and persons convicted for a misdemeanour or felony under the articles of the Road Traffic Act (RTA), by year of conviction [from 2008]
Adults: convictions and persons convicted for a misdemeanour or felony under the articles of the Swiss Criminal Code (SCC), by year of conviction [from 2008]
Adults: convictions and persons convicted for a misdemeanour or felony, with attribution of time spent in pre-trial detention, by length of pre-trial detention, sex, age and nationality, Switzerland and cantons [1984-2017]
Adults: convictions and persons convicted for a misdemeanour or felony, with attribution of time spent in pre-trial detention, by length of pre-trial detention, sex, age and nationality, Switzerland and cantons [from 2018]
Adults: convictions for a misdemeanour or felony against the articles of the Foreign Nationals and Integration Act (FNIA), Switzerland and cantons [from 2008]
Adults: convictions for a misdemeanour or felony under the Criminal Code (SCC), by type and length of principle punishment, Switzerland and cantons [1984-2017]
Adults: convictions for a misdemeanour or felony under the Criminal Code (SCC), by type and length of principle punishment, Switzerland and cantons [from 2018]
Adults: convictions for a misdemeanour or felony under the Foreign Nationals Act (FNA), by type and length of principle punishment, Switzerland and cantons [1984-2017]
Adults: convictions for a misdemeanour or felony under the Foreign Nationals and Integration Act (FNIA), by type and length of principle punishment, Switzerland and cantons [from 2018]
Adults: convictions for a misdemeanour or felony under the Narcotics Act (NarcA), by type and length of principle punishment, Switzerland and cantons [1984-2017]
Adults: convictions for a misdemeanour or felony under the Narcotics Act (NarcA), by type and length of principle punishment, Switzerland and cantons [from 2018]
Adults: convictions for a misdemeanour or felony under the Road Traffic Act (RTA), by type and length of principle punishment, Switzerland and cantons [1984-2017]
Adults: convictions for a misdemeanour or felony under the Road Traffic Act (RTA), by type and length of principle punishment, Switzerland and cantons [from 2018]
Adults: convictions for a misdemeanour or felony with prohibition from carrying on an activity, contact prohibition or exclusion order, by year of conviction [2013-2017]
Adults: convictions for a misdemeanour or felony with prohibition from carrying on an activity, contact prohibition or exclusion order, by year of conviction [from 2018]
Application of the hard-case clause: convictions for an offence under Art. 66a SCC with renonciation of expuslion, by type of sentence, Switzerland and cantons [2021]
Foreigners: convictions and persons convicted for a part of the offences according to Art. 66a SCC, with or without expulsion, by type of sanction, offence and residence status
Foreigners: convictions and persons convicted for offences according to Art. 66a SCC, with or without expulsion, by type of sanction, offence and residence status
Foreigners: convictions and persons convicted with a sanction up to 6 months for offences according to Art. 66a SCC, with or without expulsion, by type of sanction, offence and residence status
