Statistics Norway

56 New imprisonments, by sex, age and type of principal offence. 2007
Type of principal offence Total1 Sex Age
Males Females 15-17 18-20 21-24 25-29 30-39 40-49 50- 
All types of offences1 12 514 11 410 1 104 62 1 028 2 017 2 058 3 206 2 112 1 161
                     
Crimes 8 655 7 924  731 61  747 1 529 1 587 2 492 1 566  673
                     
Crime against the Penal Code 8 053 7 361  692 57  726 1 463 1 505 2 319 1 406  577
Crime against public authorities  341  314 27 - 40 76 63 87 51 24
Assaulting public servant  279  252 27 - 29 65 52 73 42 18
Other 62 62 - - 11 11 11 14 9 6
Crime against public order and peace 36 33 3 - 4 5 4 13 6 4
Discrimination owing to race - - - - - - - - - -
Housebreaking and burglary 34 31 3 - 4 5 4 12 5 4
Other 2 2 - - - - - 1 1 -
Crime involving public danger 1 723 1 524  199 1 89  271  392  558  326 86
Arson 15 12 3 - 3 2 2 5 2 1
Unintentionally causing fire - - - - - - - - - -
Crime of narcotics  981  881  100 1 52  172  210  307  187 52
Serious crime of narcotics  707  612 95 - 34 93  177  238  134 31
Other 20 19 1 - - 4 3 8 3 2
Perjury and false evidence 72 60 12 - 10 13 21 19 6 3
False accusation 34 31 3 - 2 8 11 8 3 2
Counterfeiting 10 10 - - 1 3 1 2 3 -
Forgery  222  193 29 1 13 37 54 79 26 12
Sexual crime  424  417 7 2 25 71 64  101 70 91
Rape 98 97 1 1 11 20 21 22 12 11
Sexual intercourse by threats, cunning behaviour etc. - - - - - - - - - -
Sexual intercourse with unconscious person - - - - - - - - - -
Attempted rape 7 7 - - 2 3 1 - 1 -
Incest - - - - - - - - - -
Sexual intercourse with children under 10 years of age 23 23 - - - - 4 2 4 13
Sexual intercourse with children under 14 years of age 61 60 1 - 5 15 6 10 10 15
Sexual intercourse with children under 16 years of age 92 91 1 - 5 27 17 27 7 9
Other sexual intercourse 16 16 - - - - 2 6 2 6
Pornography 49 49 - - - 2 8 12 16 11
Other 78 74 4 1 2 4 5 22 18 26
Crime concerning family relations 40 37 3 - 1 2 3 18 9 7
Crime against personal liberty  524  509 15 3 30 95 77  148  133 38
Crime of violence against the person 1 452 1 399 53 22  267  373  242  282  187 79
Assault  400  389 11 4 71 94 66 78 63 24
Wounding or inflicting bodily harm  965  930 35 16  185  265  161  187  107 44
Inflicting grievous bodily harm 5 5 - 1 1 - 1 1 1 -
Attempted murder 14 12 2 1 1 1 2 1 4 4
Murder 16 15 1 - 1 4 3 5 1 2
Manslaughter 34 32 2 - 6 8 3 7 6 4
Other 18 16 2 - 2 1 6 3 5 1
Slander and libel - - - - - - - - - -
Embezzlement  100 78 22 - - 5 8 24 36 27
Larceny 1 656 1 536  120 11  144  303  324  558  269 47
Simple and minor larceny  449  406 43 2 21 71 90  150 97 18
Aggravated larceny  880  818 62 6 88  155  171  308  129 23
Theft of motor vehicle  327  312 15 3 35 77 63  100 43 6
Blackmail and robbery  266  250 16 13 53 82 51 45 19 3
Blackmail 9 8 1 - - 2 2 1 4 -
Robbery  178  164 14 12 37 57 28 30 12 2
Aggravated robbery 76 75 1 1 15 22 20 14 3 1
Blackmail and robbery, various 3 3 - - 1 1 1 - - -
Fraud and breach of trust  711  565  146 2 8 46  105  257  175  118
Crime in connection with debts 20 20 - - - - - 2 7 11
Crime inflicting damage to property 86 83 3 1 19 21 13 16 13 3
Inflicting slight damage 57 55 2 1 16 12 10 10 7 1
Inflicting serious damage 29 28 1 - 3 9 3 6 6 2
Breach of trade secrets - - - - - - - - - -
Receiving stolen goods, subsequent assistance to the offender  335  301 34 1 20 52 72  102 66 22
Receiving stolen goods  273  251 22 1 19 41 55 91 54 12
Aggravated receiving stolen goods 50 40 10 - 1 10 12 8 9 10
Other 12 10 2 - - 1 5 3 3 -
Other crime against the Penal Code 1 1 - - - - - - 1 -
                     
Crime against the Act relating to medicinal goods etc.  233  205 28 4 20 44 57 65 35 8
Use of narcotics  162  142 20 2 11 37 41 38 26 7
Possession of narcotics 70 62 8 2 9 7 16 26 9 1
Narcotics, various 1 1 - - - - - 1 - -
                     
Crime against the Act relating to value added tax 42 41 1 - - - 1 9 21 11
                     
Crime against the Assessment Act 13 13 - - - - - 3 5 5
                     
Crime against the Duty Act 58 56 2 - 1 5 7 19 13 13
                     
Crime against the Alcohol legislation 5 5 - - - - 1 2 2 -
                     
Crime against other Acts  251  243 8 - - 17 16 75 84 59
                     
Misdemeanours 2 922 2 680  242 1  276  471  458  697  534  485
                     
Misdemeanour against the Penal Code 93 88 5 - 4 12 10 31 28 8
Misdemeanour inflicting damage to property 1 1 - - - - - 1 - -
Petty larceny 8 7 1 - 1 3 1 2 1 -
Misdemeanour against public order and peace2 21 19 2 - 2 2 1 9 3 4
Telephone harassment 3 3 - - - - 1 - 2 -
Other 60 58 2 - 1 7 7 19 22 4
                     
Traffic misdemeanour 2 558 2 326  232 1  259  416  392  578  470  442
Driving under influence of alcohol 1 920 1 715  205 -  152  268  272  437  389  402
Other  638  611 27 1  107  148  120  141 81 40
                     
Misdemeanour against the Police regulations - - - - - - - - - -
                     
Misdemeanour against the Act relating to value added tax 3 3 - - - - - 1 1 1
                     
Misdemeanour against the Duty Act 22 21 1 - - 2 5 9 3 3
                     
Misdemeanour against the Alcohol legislation 4 4 - - 1 - 1 - - 2
                     
Misdemeanour against the Work Environment Act 1 1 - - - - - - - 1
                     
Misdemeanour against other Acts2  241  237 4 - 12 41 50 78 32 28
                     
Crimes or misdemeanours 66 54 12 - 5 17 13 17 11 3
                     
Crime or misdemeanour against the Duty Act 16 13 3 - 2 4 4 1 3 2
                     
Crime or misdemeanour against other Acts 50 41 9 - 3 13 9 16 8 1
                     
Unknown offence 1 1 - - - - - - 1 -
1  Including 870 cases of serving sentence in for not paying a fine (751 men and 119 women), which can not be distributed by age and type of principal offence.
2  The Vagrancy Act was abolished 1.1.2006, with the exception of § 11 on begging which was abolished 1.7.2006. The Penal Code chapter 35, Misdemeanours against public order and peace, § 350 was at the same time extended to include "the one who in self-inflicted intoxication are molesting or harming others" (2.subsection).

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