1   Offences reported to the police, by type. 1991-2000
Type of offence       1991       1992       1993       1994       1995       1996       1997       1998       1999       2000
All types of offence 351 723 357 611 346 187 351 634 400 579 411 898 431 608 446 672 437 539 454 249
                     
Crimes 252 362 254 099 244 659 249 615 286 037 292 249 308 055 318 275 315 924 330 071
                     
Crime against the Penal Code 245 985 247 003 237 170 241 108 271 794 275 819 286 605 293 235 289 424 302 297
Crime against the independence and security of the nation 8 7 3 10 7 4 5 15 19 22
Crime against the Constitution and the head of the State 13 12 8 3 14 4 4 8 8 1
Crime against government authorities 6 4 2 - 4 - 1 1 2 1
Other 7 8 6 3 10 4 3 7 6 -
Crime as to the use of civil rights - 1 5 3 - 1 - - 1 4
Crime committed when in public service 302 395 427 539 569 489 512 456 428 417
Unlawful gain 10 17 7 9 16 6 8 5 5 5
Encroachment upon the secrecy of the mail 1 4 3 6 4 14 7 4 8 4
Misuse of authority 2 2 9 33 104 177 194 185 185 171
Other 289 372 408 491 445 292 303 262 230 237
Crime against public authorities 895 922 946 989 892 1 002 1 003 1 061 1 115 1 314
Assaulting public servant 692 680 666 711 651 723 777 771 856 978
Unlawfully influencing public servant 38 44 71 60 104 149 131 188 184 262
Obstructing police investigations, assisting escape 38 34 32 26 47 44 30 31 24 32
Other 127 164 177 192 90 86 65 71 51 42
Crime against public order and peace 4 506 4 255 3 914 4 085 4 461 4 753 4 782 5 368 5 255 5 731
Riot and unlawful assembly 6 5 7 3 2 3 3 3 5 3
Discrimination owing to race 35 34 44 42 59 66 47 45 38 32
Inciting to unlawful conduct 5 5 9 6 18 7 8 9 6 3
Unauthorized opening of mail 20 20 35 39 31 32 33 30 43 21
Housebreaking and burglary 4 185 3 950 3 590 3 721 4 143 4 409 4 448 4 967 4 777 5 297
Other 255 241 229 274 208 236 243 314 386 375
Crime involving public danger 8 416 8 747 8 399 8 773 12 726 14 388 16 839 17 963 18 619 20 138
Arson 227 240 204 206 232 217 186 164 162 198
Unintentionally causing fire 508 514 339 325 202 202 203 212 285 264
Crime of narcotics 6 789 7 214 7 194 7 361 11 096 12 747 15 130 16 180 16 945 18 301
Serious crime of narcotics 588 478 446 644 815 922 1 039 1 096 875 1 001
Other 304 301 216 237 381 300 281 311 352 374
Perjury and false evidence 345 378 343 366 608 734 646 596 541 752
False accusation 421 513 524 509 536 610 611 589 587 672
Wilful false accusation 265 346 353 329 339 383 348 344 323 383
Other 156 167 171 180 197 227 263 245 264 289
Counterfeiting 40 32 63 74 95 254 630 1 185 1 483 1 865
Forgery 2 437 2 365 2 314 2 377 3 117 3 102 3 253 3 285 2 916 3 355
Using forged documents 800 686 689 917 1 461 1 465 1 665 1 799 1 690 1 976
Forging documents 1 013 1 016 977 875 1 104 1 063 960 958 742 792
Other 624 663 648 585 552 574 628 528 484 587
Sexual crime 2 354 2 512 2 262 2 181 2 356 4 240 3 569 3 113 2 988 2 938
Rape 385 429 395 366 369 423 424 456 467 555
Attempted rape 84 126 105 95 93 91 86 107 85 126
Immoral intercourse with children under 14 years of age 607 652 434 392 393 489 480 518 508 456
Immoral intercourse with children under 16 years of age 154 184 134 145 145 167 151 163 163 191
Spreading pornography 110 39 80 110 158 1 583 800 209 107 125
Offence against public decency 683 691 678 649 599 742 800 797 788 696
Incest 168 160 130 83 111 142 153 143 153 96
Other 163 231 306 341 488 603 675 720 717 693
Crime concerning family relations 241 169 177 145 178 181 161 177 199 229
Defaulting obligation to support dependents 33 8 2 2 14 19 8 15 16 10
Contracting non-valid or annulabel marrige 6 2 11 7 8 7 7 7 4 7
Kidnapping children 49 53 50 48 81 79 67 72 71 73
Other 153 106 114 88 75 76 79 83 108 139
Crime against personal liberty 3 584 4 010 4 178 4 528 5 374 6 008 6 001 6 672 7 175 8 708
Threats 3 354 3 722 3 924 4 281 5 062 5 737 5 653 6 286 6 834 8 334
Duress and limitation of liberty 29 32 32 32 132 145 200 247 211 241
Other 201 256 222 215 180 126 148 139 130 133
Crime of violence against the person 9 978 10 809 11 472 11 859 12 283 13 048 13 088 13 207 13 269 14 885
Assault 7 138 7 869 8 329 8 848 9 423 10 097 10 110 10 216 9 916 10 998
Wounding or inflicting bodily harm 2 445 2 575 2 773 2 665 2 467 2 558 2 592 2 603 2 930 3 444
Inflicting grievous bodily harm 50 48 48 40 43 45 39 43 52 59
Unintentionally inflicting bodily harm 32 18 26 26 23 22 20 25 22 14
Attempted murder 57 74 60 57 53 73 50 48 66 68
Murder 51 46 39 34 43 43 38 38 37 49
Manslaughter 33 21 17 25 49 37 37 40 47 41
Other 172 158 180 164 182 173 202 194 199 212
Slander and libel 784 920 967 1 032 967 1 008 1 052 898 897 924
Embezzlement 2 228 2 122 1 868 1 942 2 161 2 147 1 997 2 137 2 184 2 425
Simple embezzlement 1 853 1 725 1 553 1 597 1 828 1 870 1 667 1 810 1 902 2 164
Gross embezzlement 375 397 315 345 333 277 330 327 282 261
Larceny 177 024 174 985 168 831 170 725 182 774 180 706 184 185 193 630 188 087 192 275
Simple and minor larceny 68 419 70 510 68 397 70 860 76 398 77 746 83 519 90 809 95 737 98 995
From factory, office and storehouse 3 464 3 460 3 259 3 406 3 657 3 710 3 843 4 684 5 013 4 727
From shop 4 587 3 773 3 360 3 496 4 827 4 390 5 106 6 013 6 418 7 447
From dwelling 4 713 4 847 4 815 5 096 5 730 5 987 6 461 7 306 7 733 8 087
From entrance, attic, cellar, garage and outhouse 1 163 1 381 1 468 1 611 1 754 1 799 1 833 1 995 2 133 2 166
From public building and institution 2 049 2 157 2 424 3 041 3 277 3 694 3 916 4 190 4 455 4 705
From mean of transport 7 134 6 906 7 031 7 018 7 537 7 630 8 357 9 745 10 982 11 025
From restaurant 2 373 2 237 2 248 2 539 2 563 3 310 4 453 5 420 6 517 8 073
From cloakroom 1 465 1 635 1 592 1 950 1 900 1 975 2 068 2 289 2 365 2 669
Theft of pedal cycle 24 629 26 570 24 711 24 516 26 577 25 731 24 166 23 053 22 404 21 464
Other 16 842 17 544 17 489 18 187 18 576 19 520 23 316 26 114 27 717 28 632
Aggravated larceny 85 927 82 647 79 146 79 049 83 857 81 513 80 647 81 149 71 487 69 941
From dwelling 20 213 19 923 19 709 18 213 19 544 19 107 16 923 15 106 12 636 11 066
From entrance, attic, cellar, garage and outhouse 3 804 4 705 4 913 5 222 5 743 5 495 4 912 4 793 3 851 3 608
From public building and institution 3 728 3 419 3 451 3 268 3 542 3 448 2 884 2 559 2 357 2 144
From mean of transport 30 140 28 026 27 387 29 056 30 753 29 688 31 458 33 308 29 520 27 561
From shop, factory, office and storehouse 18 639 16 952 14 851 14 746 15 259 14 132 12 997 12 477 10 356 10 532
Other 9 403 9 622 8 835 8 544 9 016 9 643 11 473 12 906 12 767 15 030
Theft of motor vehicle 22 678 21 828 21 288 20 816 22 519 21 447 20 019 21 672 20 863 23 339
Automobile 17 003 16 526 16 789 16 841 18 281 17 243 16 224 17 716 16 430 18 395
Motor cycle 588 543 462 341 426 399 454 642 824 1 005
Other 5 087 4 759 4 037 3 634 3 812 3 805 3 341 3 314 3 609 3 939
Blackmail and robbery 1 209 1 197 1 138 1 077 1 086 1 139 1 208 1 528 1 964 2 009
Blackmail 35 49 66 50 93 75 77 93 176 126
Robbery 956 864 797 783 771 825 883 1 034 1 232 1 264
Aggravated robbery 174 245 232 218 176 192 190 320 466 517
Blackmail and robbery, various 44 39 43 26 46 47 58 81 90 102
Fraud and breach of trust 10 673 10 832 8 589 9 011 12 272 13 415 18 406 12 667 11 290 12 295
Simple fraud 8 720 8 752 6 922 7 552 9 895 11 856 16 809 11 350 9 651 10 568
Aggravated fraud 653 593 505 444 1 420 490 484 440 495 570
Insurance fraud 294 307 262 203 228 293 326 167 380 240
Breach of trust 56 77 58 53 58 49 65 47 38 45
Aggravated breach of trust 32 56 38 53 73 81 51 34 39 33
Unlawful selling of goods bought on the hire-purchase system 151 200 135 110 96 87 117 77 42 41
Other 767 847 669 596 502 559 554 552 645 798
Crime in connection with debts 1 771 2 367 2 213 1 843 2 034 1 813 1 696 1 606 1 579 1 713
Negligent and incorrect book-keeping 141 185 152 93 289 218 224 255 572 560
Other 1 630 2 182 2 061 1 750 1 745 1 595 1 472 1 351 1 007 1 153
Crime inflicting damage to property 15 850 16 382 15 603 16 188 23 401 22 165 21 422 21 117 23 357 23 852
Inflicting slight damage 15 013 15 438 14 573 15 136 22 265 20 668 20 324 19 955 22 092 22 652
Inflicting serious damage 832 937 1 024 1 048 1 127 1 493 1 087 1 158 1 255 1 198
Breach of trade secrets 5 7 6 4 9 4 11 4 10 2
Usury and gaming crime 10 10 10 25 21 38 38 29 13 7
Crime in connection with maritime affairs 84 87 87 78 103 94 62 87 107 139
Receiving stolen goods, subsequent assistance to the offender 2 812 2 974 2 829 2 746 3 759 4 476 5 435 5 841 5 343 5 627
Receiving stolen goods 2 694 2 850 2 696 2 481 3 179 3 639 4 573 4 914 4 354 4 484
Aggravated receiving stolen goods . . 2 113 362 568 228 200 197 195
Other 118 124 131 152 218 269 634 727 792 948
                     
Crime against the Act relating to medicinal goods etc. 5 662 6 297 6 422 6 757 11 420 13 785 18 376 21 498 23 167 24 726
Use of narcotics 4 653 5 138 5 176 5 516 8 811 8 515 11 032 12 171 13 181 13 767
Possession of narcotics 119 107 62 4 1 380 4 411 6 391 8 230 8 762 9 734
Other crime in connection with narcotics 890 1 052 1 184 1 237 1 229 859 953 1 097 1 224 1 225
                     
Crime against Act relating to value added tax 102 86 264 665 716 428 400 410 319 272
                     
Crime against the Military Penal Code 199 226 94 151 178 170 207 216 225 202
                     
Crime against the Assessment Act 52 49 476 665 1 363 1 393 1 521 1 955 1 985 1 603
Missing income tax return 2 1 325 504 1 070 1 150 1 278 1 684 1 728 1 276
Tax-evasion 1 1 94 107 234 176 173 184 169 202
Other 49 47 57 54 59 67 70 87 88 125
                     
Crime against the Duty Act 89 99 33 58 50 84 113 115 144 131
Smuggling 42 46 32 58 50 84 100 53 54 65
Sale and possession of goods without custom clearance 14 17 - - - - - - - -
Other 33 36 1 - - - 13 62 90 66
                     
Crime against the Alcohol legislation 61 56 124 198 281 393 334 391 221 176
Sale 8 10 12 19 43 40 31 48 22 23
Illegal destillation 34 32 67 72 122 173 118 145 73 40
Other 19 14 45 107 116 180 185 198 126 113
                     
Crime against other Acts 212 283 76 13 235 177 499 455 439 664
                     
Misdemeanours 99 361 103 512 101 528 102 019 114 542 119 649 123 553 128 397 121 615 124 178
                     
Misdemeanour against the Penal Code 20 423 22 201 26 361 30 243 34 530 41 123 42 453 43 953 40 599 40 027
Misdemeanour inflicting damage to property 2 2 1 028 1 344 1 360 3 081 6 758 10 050 7 595 5 637
Petty larceny 8 688 10 225 11 123 13 017 14 751 15 951 15 523 15 802 15 397 16 769
Misdemeanour against public order and peace 3 642 3 585 4 920 5 915 6 183 7 097 7 054 6 936 6 642 6 013
Telephone harassment 2 105 2 295 2 959 3 620 4 298 4 599 3 427 2 710 2 440 2 647
Maritime misdemeanour 1 167 1 125 989 1 054 1 156 1 382 1 705 1 045 1 163 1 056
Other 4 819 4 969 5 342 5 293 6 782 9 013 7 986 7 410 7 362 7 905
                     
Traffic misdemeanour 55 457 55 912 52 167 49 656 56 974 55 983 59 144 61 635 58 177 59 953
Driving under influence of alcohol 9 564 9 408 8 351 8 355 9 051 8 670 8 777 9 330 9 046 9 588
Without driving licence 8 560 9 182 8 860 8 756 11 295 11 165 11 804 13 435 12 809 13 612
Illegal speed 9 449 9 008 8 526 8 179 9 312 8 717 10 115 10 419 9 088 9 585
Injury of person 8 234 8 153 8 380 8 084 8 473 8 628 8 548 8 727 8 560 8 325
Other 19 650 20 161 18 050 16 282 18 843 18 803 19 900 19 724 18 674 18 843
                     
Misdemeanour against the Act of vagrancy 4 768 4 864 4 635 5 051 5 182 5 041 4 690 4 477 4 908 5 435
Drunkenness 3 799 3 763 3 537 4 014 4 263 3 634 3 486 3 503 4 176 4 775
Disorderly conduct 553 632 646 699 619 705 703 663 463 341
Other 416 469 452 338 300 702 501 311 269 319
                     
Misdemeanour against the Police regulations 2 714 2 655 2 717 2 713 2 490 2 457 2 468 2 461 2 525 2 574
Demonstration 14 21 49 33 30 5 15 8 1 32
Urinating 480 526 724 816 725 763 897 807 899 838
Other 2 220 2 108 1 944 1 864 1 735 1 689 1 556 1 646 1 625 1 704
                     
Misdemeanour against the Act relating to value added tax 361 364 259 12 151 503 415 736 611 621
                     
Misdemeanour against the Military Penal Code 728 661 538 350 396 245 243 294 176 145
                     
Misdemeanour against the Duty Act 1 537 1 859 1 874 1 361 1 498 1 600 1 434 1 510 1 925 2 455
Smuggling 387 891 1 030 860 1 075 1 172 1 055 1 029 1 291 1 674
Sale and possession of goods without custom clearance 151 268 243 130 130 132 91 122 140 148
Other 999 700 601 371 293 296 288 359 494 633
                     
Misdemeanour against the Alcohol legislation 1 225 1 453 1 667 1 545 1 877 1 572 1 775 1 945 2 102 2 382
Sale 67 201 124 103 186 156 74 53 66 109
Illegal destillation 662 652 732 673 826 559 458 416 290 223
Other 496 600 811 769 865 857 1 243 1 476 1 746 2 050
                     
Misdemeanour against the Work Environment Act 699 765 775 884 1 033 1 018 1 225 1 285 1 005 978
                     
Misdemeanour against other acts 11 449 12 778 10 535 10 204 10 411 10 107 9 706 10 101 9 587 9 608
                     
1  Etter nytt kapittel 19 om seksualforbrytelser i straffeloven (fra 11.08.2000) er det kommet nye betegnelser for flere av disse typer lovbrudd. De tidligere typebetegnelser er opprettholdt i statistikken for 2000.

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