2   Offences reported to the police, by type. Oslo. 1991-2000
Type of offence       1999       1992       1993       1994       1995       1996       1997       1998       1999       2000
All types of offence 78 783 78 858 79 526 82 638 96 161 100 936 109 018 113 151 105 141 106 532
                     
Crimes 63 003 61 330 62 193 64 518 76 085 76 670 81 299 82 466 78 193 81 200
                     
Crime against the Penal Code 61 365 59 665 60 611 62 947 74 118 74 651 78 430 78 949 74 687 77 416
Crime against the independence and security of the nation 7 5 3 7 6 2 4 11 13 16
Crime against the Constitution and the head of the State 10 7 6 - 8 4 2 6 6 1
Crime against government authorities 6 3 2 - 2 - 1 1 2 1
Other 4 4 4 - 6 4 1 5 4 -
Crime as to the use of civil rights - - - 1 - - - - - 1
Crime committed when in public service 75 73 76 89 153 98 95 124 99 92
Unlawful gain 2 11 2 2 2 1 3 3 1 1
Encroachment upon the secrecy of the mail - 1 1 4 1 4 3 1 3 -
Misuse of authority - - - 20 25 59 62 77 70 65
Other 73 61 73 63 125 34 27 43 25 26
Crime against public authorities 172 179 166 185 186 211 245 260 282 325
Assaulting public servant 155 163 136 162 156 175 208 215 225 252
Unlawfully influencing public servant 4 5 8 5 11 22 24 35 43 61
Obstructing police investigations, assisting escape 8 5 6 7 4 8 7 3 5 9
Other 5 6 16 11 15 6 6 7 9 3
Crime against public order and peace 439 453 437 382 447 522 413 465 531 992
Riot and unlawful assembly 2 1 - 1 - 2 - - 3 2
Discrimination owing to race 18 15 19 12 22 27 20 15 11 8
Inciting to unlawful conduct 1 4 - - 4 1 2 4 1 -
Unauthorized opening of mail 2 2 8 7 5 6 8 4 10 2
Housebreaking and burglary 409 417 389 350 396 459 360 407 462 940
Other 7 14 21 12 20 27 23 35 44 40
Crime involving public danger 2 070 2 261 2 019 2 247 3 277 3 697 4 260 4 649 4 348 4 550
Arson 24 47 20 46 50 30 35 33 32 50
Unintentionally causing fire 13 18 9 17 18 25 21 19 24 34
Crime of narcotics 1 811 1 946 1 835 1 947 2 908 3 295 3 849 4 238 4 013 4 135
Serious crime of narcotics 132 135 101 151 216 276 290 287 205 265
Other 90 115 54 86 85 71 65 72 74 66
Perjury and false evidence 45 55 33 49 80 68 62 66 81 75
False accusation 75 106 97 110 110 118 94 107 112 116
Wilful false accusation 47 77 67 76 65 73 59 57 72 79
Other 28 29 30 34 45 45 35 50 40 37
Counterfeiting 11 15 26 33 44 80 196 389 587 582
Forgery 552 488 550 471 738 815 721 791 660 691
Using forged documents 158 146 165 193 348 382 361 436 371 346
Forging documents 279 214 272 187 287 312 276 254 184 204
Other 115 128 113 91 103 121 84 101 105 141
Sexual crime 398 411 320 312 466 1 191 550 495 413 451
Rape 92 89 83 74 99 99 83 91 93 131
Attempted rape 30 29 14 9 17 17 21 36 22 35
Immoral intercourse with children under 14 years of age 54 84 39 29 50 68 45 52 29 44
Immoral intercourse with children under16 years of age 17 15 9 13 25 22 15 26 11 13
Spreading pornography 75 8 19 16 80 791 152 33 17 17
Offence against public decency 92 104 87 89 104 102 112 125 103 113
Incest 18 31 20 9 7 17 23 14 17 9
Other 20 51 49 73 84 75 99 118 121 89
Crime concerning family relations 31 21 40 33 42 25 34 29 40 49
Defaulting obligation to support dependents 3 1 - - - 2 2 6 6 4
Contracting non-valid or annulabel marrige 2 - 4 3 7 4 4 5 1 -
Kidnapping children 7 8 15 15 19 12 15 10 13 17
Other 19 12 21 15 16 7 13 8 20 28
Crime against personal liberty 863 884 1 002 1 071 1 279 1 402 1 401 1 589 1 625 2 024
Threats 804 812 952 1 007 1 210 1 330 1 320 1 502 1 546 1 941
Duress and limitation of liberty 8 9 6 13 40 45 46 61 54 64
Other 51 63 44 51 29 27 35 26 25 19
Crime of violence against the person 1 922 1 973 2 139 2 066 2 130 2 310 2 436 2 415 2 420 2 761
Assault 1 414 1 484 1 653 1 588 1 592 1 715 1 775 1 742 1 664 1 861
Wounding or inflicting bodily harm 449 440 413 432 479 513 605 622 682 838
Inflicting grievous bodily harm 7 7 9 10 8 23 9 11 14 11
Unintentionally inflicting bodily harm - 5 3 2 2 - 2 4 5 1
Attempted murder 15 8 8 12 20 23 14 19 25 22
Murder 9 14 13 4 9 8 12 8 9 6
Manslaughter 2 1 5 1 7 4 2 5 6 1
Other 26 14 35 17 13 24 17 4 15 21
Slander and libel 56 88 99 89 79 111 103 68 70 89
Embezzlement 283 342 257 282 345 263 266 415 360 424
Simple embezzlement 215 270 202 207 281 215 206 356 295 365
Gross embezzlement 68 72 55 75 64 48 60 59 65 59
Larceny 47 334 45 360 46 976 48 640 51 697 50 412 50 834 54 582 50 375 51 668
Simple and minor larceny 18 043 16 960 16 465 17 089 17 998 18 540 21 012 23 242 22 930 22 932
From factory, office and storehouse 1 043 1 015 794 954 960 891 1 020 1 441 1 437 1 201
From shop 1 270 500 464 487 590 691 1 009 1 188 1 260 1 423
From dwelling 1 003 1 006 997 1 126 1 103 1 182 1 224 1 294 1 108 1 137
From entrance, attic, cellar, garage and outhouse 201 296 311 383 334 371 383 429 404 421
From public building and institution 679 614 722 900 944 1 109 1 237 1 421 1 242 1 291
From mean of transport 1 200 1 046 1 308 1 390 1 576 1 703 1 795 2 162 2 411 2 509
From restaurant 870 770 808 906 898 1 106 1 653 1 922 2 309 2 850
From cloakroom 319 378 324 480 358 485 528 511 499 510
Theft of pedal cycle 6 148 6 300 5 698 5 740 6 120 5 493 4 926 4 492 4 029 3 808
Other 5 310 5 035 5 039 4 723 5 115 5 509 7 237 8 382 8 231 7 782
Aggravated larceny 22 875 21 777 23 274 24 345 26 028 24 764 23 228 24 359 20 752 20 910
From dwelling 4 564 4 543 4 909 4 764 4 597 4 704 3 399 2 981 2 096 1 382
From entrance, attic, cellar, garage and outhouse 1 805 2 298 2 740 2 671 2 794 2 672 2 247 2 287 1 814 1 719
From public building and institution 640 504 576 477 576 756 460 456 558 415
From mean of transport 9 061 8 341 9 816 11 087 12 053 10 743 10 579 11 274 9 172 7 794
From shop, factory, office and storehouse 4 279 3 544 2 999 3 235 3 221 2 749 2 766 2 516 1 948 2 066
Other 2 526 2 547 2 234 2 111 2 787 3 140 3 777 4 845 5 164 7 534
Theft of motor vehicle 6 416 6 623 7 237 7 206 7 671 7 108 6 594 6 981 6 693 7 826
Automobile 5 852 6 134 6 819 6 882 7 277 6 743 6 218 6 501 6 101 7 124
Motor cycle 127 139 112 78 94 97 124 198 276 315
Other 437 350 306 246 300 268 252 282 316 387
Blackmail and robbery 735 659 682 593 600 620 668 850 1 063 1 016
Blackmail 2 22 19 14 34 18 28 31 29 26
Robbery 654 520 544 452 471 505 533 631 753 685
Aggravated robbery 69 110 112 122 82 87 92 159 250 272
Blackmail and robbery, various 10 7 7 5 13 10 15 29 31 33
Fraud and breach of trust 3 340 3 200 2 397 2 141 3 412 4 722 7 826 3 946 3 642 3 322
Simple fraud 2 868 2 754 2 024 1 891 3 053 4 414 7 579 3 766 3 406 3 024
Aggravated fraud 251 215 187 109 199 183 124 76 97 104
Insurance fraud 47 43 42 30 45 50 26 17 23 21
Breach of trust 13 16 9 7 5 2 10 6 6 8
Aggravated breach of trust 7 10 12 8 14 7 6 6 7 6
Unlawful selling of goods bought on the hire-purchase system 19 20 12 11 15 12 22 10 3 3
Other 135 142 111 85 81 54 59 65 100 156
Crime in connection with debts 495 687 590 453 485 489 466 426 426 435
Negligent and incorrect book-keeping 2 2 4 5 3 2 8 46 401 400
Other 493 685 586 448 482 487 458 380 25 35
Crime inflicting damage to property 1 663 1 528 1 840 2 982 7 663 6 296 5 623 5 272 5 790 5 880
Inflicting slight damage 1 600 1 415 1 655 2 764 7 450 6 103 5 478 5 112 5 600 5 706
Inflicting serious damage 63 113 184 218 212 192 142 159 187 174
Breach of trade secrets - - 1 - 1 1 3 1 3 -
Usury and gaming crime 5 2 3 4 2 5 6 9 5 -
Crime in connection with maritime affairs 7 7 11 13 1 7 4 3 - 2
Receiving stolen goods, subsequent assistance to the offender 777 861 842 694 868 1 183 2 121 1 982 1 739 1 854
Receiving stolen goods 774 860 836 671 828 1 062 2 036 1 912 1 634 1 650
Aggravated receiving stolen goods . . - 13 32 117 64 43 46 56
Other 3 1 6 10 8 4 21 27 59 148
                     
Crime against the Act relating to medicinal goods etc. 1 576 1 607 1 545 1 441 1 683 1 887 2 525 3 175 3 113 3 368
Use of narcotics 1 406 1 406 1 342 1 259 1 275 660 788 1 032 1 024 1 140
Possession of narcotics 1 - - - 236 1 044 1 508 1 875 1 843 2 035
Other crime in connection with narcotics 169 201 203 182 172 183 229 268 246 193
                     
Crime against Act relating to value added tax 37 16 18 94 129 48 52 71 38 21
                     
Crime against the Military Penal Code 1 1 1 - 4 3 4 9 17 17
                     
Crime against the Assessment Act - - 4 14 80 13 109 147 233 163
Missing income tax return - - 1 5 74 8 86 138 220 145
Tax-evasion - - - 2 5 3 13 8 12 15
Other - - 3 7 1 2 10 1 1 3
                     
Crime against the Duty Act 6 16 5 10 6 11 18 17 20 27
Smuggling 2 4 5 10 6 11 18 14 18 21
Sale and possession of goods without custom clearance - 9 - - - - - - - -
Other 4 3 - - - - - 3 2 6
                     
Crime against the Alcohol legislation 2 2 6 9 10 10 16 12 14 7
Sale - - 1 - - 1 2 - - -
Illegal destillation - 1 1 - 1 - - 2 2 1
Other 2 1 4 9 9 9 14 10 12 6
                     
Crime against other Acts 16 23 3 3 55 47 145 86 71 181
                     
Misdemeanours 15 780 17 528 17 333 18 120 20 076 24 266 27 719 30 685 26 948 25 332
                     
Misdemeanour against the Penal Code 5 439 6 534 7 518 9 075 10 392 13 763 16 492 18 423 14 813 12 937
Misdemeanour inflicting damage to property - - 234 392 219 2 000 5 616 7 802 5 307 3 392
Petty larceny 3 477 4 559 4 796 5 887 6 470 6 353 6 097 6 055 5 174 5 586
Misdemeanour against public order and peace 405 421 593 956 1 225 1 389 1 477 1 673 1 556 1 432
Telephone harassment 176 145 205 240 399 652 606 498 407 440
Maritime misdemeanour 50 117 61 71 78 127 254 223 214 152
Other 1 331 1 292 1 629 1 529 2 001 3 242 2 442 2 172 2 155 1 935
                     
Traffic misdemeanour 6 793 6 624 6 205 5 988 6 594 7 381 8 129 8 516 7 832 8 020
Driving under influence of alcohol 1 075 1 054 934 847 905 923 1 070 1 129 1 035 1 043
Without driving licence 1 537 1 552 1 495 1 443 1 687 1 973 2 252 2 294 2 166 2 377
Illegal speed 684 697 617 531 550 481 510 620 717 645
Injury of person 1 117 1 073 1 142 1 161 1 134 1 304 1 246 1 290 1 208 1 205
Other 2 380 2 248 2 017 2 006 2 318 2 700 3 051 3 183 2 706 2 750
                     
Misdemeanour against the Act of vagrancy 859 867 841 684 672 838 743 733 957 1 015
Drunkenness 745 771 726 586 414 174 464 603 846 880
Disorderly conduct 31 44 44 50 89 88 71 69 43 40
Other 83 52 71 48 169 576 208 61 68 95
                     
Misdemeanour against the Police regulations 405 349 229 151 151 110 286 326 492 495
Demonstration 9 19 38 25 18 1 1 - - 5
Urinating 60 38 33 11 9 29 82 69 149 100
Other 336 292 158 115 124 80 203 257 343 390
                     
Misdemeanour against the Act relating to value added tax 1 1 8 - 78 150 79 203 191 204
                     
Misdemeanour against the Military Penal Code 92 49 41 35 84 36 28 72 25 21
                     
Crime against the Duty Act 129 207 163 130 167 113 119 105 142 220
Smuggling 57 62 67 69 100 65 80 55 88 104
Sale and possession of goods without custom clearance 12 12 35 14 16 7 9 9 8 17
Other 60 133 61 47 51 41 30 41 46 99
                     
Misdemeanour against the Alcohol legislation 60 54 84 81 65 65 61 58 68 49
Sale 2 3 4 8 6 1 7 0 1 2
Illegal destillation 21 11 32 17 9 14 15 14 8 7
Other 37 40 48 56 50 50 39 44 59 40
                     
Misdemeanour against the Work Environment Act 76 45 49 60 129 128 164 177 133 125
                     
Misdemeanour against other acts 1 926 2 798 2 195 1 916 1 744 1 682 1 618 2 072 2 295 2 246
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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