| Under 18 years old | | 1 400 | 1 551 | 1 668 | 1 502 | 1 532 | 1 617 | 1 579 | 1 034 |
| 19-24 years old | | 2 748 | 2 735 | 2 893 | 2 688 | 2 898 | 3 725 | 4 056 | 3 995 |
| 25-29 years old | | 1 137 | 1 262 | 1 470 | 1 359 | 1 448 | 1 642 | 1 896 | 1 487 |
| 30-49 years old | | 2 358 | 2 616 | 2 647 | 2 373 | 2 543 | 2 869 | 3 264 | 3 121 |
| 50 years old and older | | 353 | 346 | 375 | 345 | 365 | 408 | 469 | 423 |
| With basic or primary education | | 4 731 | 4 961 | 5 220 | 4 882 | 5 178 | 5 989 | 6 410 | 5 255 |
| With secondary or higher education | | 3 275 | 3 549 | 3 833 | 3 385 | 3 608 | 4 272 | 4 867 | 4 805 |
| Estonian citizens | | 4 518 | 4 967 | 5 761 | 5 343 | 5 910 | 6 986 | 7 744 | 6 757 |
| Russian citizens | | 255 | 243 | 271 | 302 | 361 | 420 | 479 | 386 |
| Citizens of another state | | 40 | 68 | 101 | 92 | 99 | 84 | 119 | 116 |
| Stateless | | 3 193 | 3 232 | 2 920 | 2 530 | 2 416 | 2 770 | 2 926 | 2 801 |
| Residents of another country | | 41 | 72 | 64 | 40 | 42 | 41 | 50 | .. |
| Neither employed nor studying | | 3 500 | 3 937 | 3 910 | 3 470 | 3 892 | 4 510 | 4 955 | 4 650 |
| Previously sentenced | | 1 928 | 2 159 | 2 500 | 2 276 | 2 560 | 3 106 | 3 895 | .. |
| ..previously sentenced with unspent conviction | | 434 | 538 | 694 | 640 | 794 | 940 | 1 266 | .. |
| Committed offence in a group | | 4 744 | 5 113 | 5 304 | 4 587 | 4 453 | 4 522 | 5 298 | .. |
| ..committed offence in an organized group | | 5 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .. |
| Committed offence being intoxicated | | 3 497 | 3 610 | 3 473 | 3 071 | 3 318 | 3 965 | 3 945 | .. |
| Imprisonment imposed as principal penalty | | 1 930 | 2 199 | 2 401 | 2 027 | 2 133 | 2 333 | 2 853 | 4 261 |
| Life imprisonment imposed as principal penalty | | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | .. |
| Capital punishment imposed as principal penalty | | 0 | 4 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Conditional sentence imposed as principal penalty | | 3 545 | 3 779 | 4 000 | 3 540 | 4 016 | 4 465 | 4 906 | 4 261 |
| Arrest imposed as principal penalty | | 213 | 276 | 299 | 274 | 308 | 469 | 568 | 1 |
| Fine imposed as principal penalty | | 2 224 | 2 160 | 2 295 | 2 382 | 2 274 | 2 910 | 2 827 | 1 557 |
| Relieving from punishment | | 94 | 86 | 55 | 42 | 45 | 87 | 129 | 27 |
| Deprivation of the right to be employed in a particular position ... | | 0 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 32 | .. |
| Additional punishment imposed | | 75 | 52 | 69 | 36 | 171 | 681 | 679 | .. |