In 2024, the total number of convictions remained stable compared with the previous year, with 111 148 convictions recorded in the register of criminal convictions. However, the trends differed depending on the applicable law. There was a decrease in the number of convictions under the Swiss Criminal Code (−6%) and the Narcotics Act (−10%), whereas convictions under the Federal Act on Foreign Nationals and Integration increased by 17 per cent. Fines remain the most common form of sanction and their application increased further in 2024, while the number of short unconditional custodial sentences fell by 48 per cent.
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Press release20.05.2025
Adult convictions 2024
Short unconditional custodial sentences fall by half
Adults: convictions and persons convicted for a misdemeanour or felony against the articles of the Federal Act on the Residence and Permanent Settlement of Foreigners (RSFNA), by year of conviction [1984-2006]
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 Federal Act on the Residence and Permanent Settlement of Foreigners (RSFNA), Switzerland and cantons [1984-2006]
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 [1984-2006]
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 [1984-2006]
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 [1984-2006]
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 2007]
Adults: convictions for a misdemeanour or felony against the articles of the Federal Act on the Residence and Permanent Settlement of Foreigners (RSFNA), Switzerland and cantons [1984-2006]
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 [1984-2006]
Adults: convictions for a misdemeanour or felony under the Criminal Code (SCC), by type and length of principle punishment, Switzerland and cantons [from 2007]
Adults: convictions for a misdemeanour or felony under the Foreign Nationals Act (FNA), by type and length of principle punishment, Switzerland and cantons [1984-2006]
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 2007]
Adults: convictions for a misdemeanour or felony under the Narcotics Act (NarcA), by type and length of principle punishment, Switzerland and cantons [1984-2006]
Adults: convictions for a misdemeanour or felony under the Narcotics Act (NarcA), by type and length of principle punishment, Switzerland and cantons [from 2007]
Adults: convictions for a misdemeanour or felony under the Road Traffic Act (RTA), by type and length of principle punishment, Switzerland and cantons [1984-2006]
Adults: convictions for a misdemeanour or felony under the Road Traffic Act (RTA), by type and length of principle punishment, Switzerland and cantons [from 2007]
Adults: convictions for a misdemeanour or felony with prohibition from carrying on an activity, contact prohibition or exclusion order, by year of conviction [from 2007]
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 [from 2021]
Foreigners: convictions and persons convicted for offences according to Art. 66a SCC, with or without expulsion, by type of sanction, offence and residence status [from 2019]
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 [from 2019]
Convictions by offence, criminal authority (cantonal, federal or military court), characteristics of the convicted person (gender, age and citizenship) and year of conviction
