Statistics Norway

56 New imprisonments, by sex, age and type of principal offence. 2008
Type of principal offence Total1 Sex Age
Males Females 15-17 18-20 21-24 25-29 30-39 40-49 50- 
Total1 12 106 10 952 1 154 74 1 037 1 942 1 951 2 923 1 885 1 074
                     
Crimes 8 046 7 294  752 71  732 1 471 1 512 2 247 1 351  662
                     
Crime against the Penal Code 7 445 6 726  719 71  702 1 405 1 429 2 080 1 202  556
Crime against public authorities  379  324 55 7 47 70 75 96 54 30
Assaulting public servant  312  260 52 5 37 61 68 77 39 25
Other 67 64 3 2 10 9 7 19 15 5
Crime against public order and peace 38 33 5 - 9 7 7 8 5 2
Discrimination owing to race - - - - - - - - - -
Housebreaking and burglary 35 30 5 - 8 7 6 8 4 2
Other 3 3 - - 1 - 1 - 1 -
Crime involving public danger 1 576 1 403  173 4 90  246  337  491  287  121
Arson 6 4 2 - 2 - 3 - 1 -
Unintentionally causing fire - - - - - - - - - -
Crime of narcotics  934  848 86 3 63  165  192  275  173 63
Serious crime of narcotics  616  532 84 1 25 79  138  206  111 56
Other 20 19 1 - - 2 4 10 2 2
Perjury and false evidence 72 60 12 1 2 17 23 21 5 3
False accusation 30 24 6 - 3 7 5 8 6 1
Counterfeiting 2 2 - - - 1 1 - - -
Forgery  261  213 48 1 16 65 72 75 28 4
Sexual crime  401  392 9 5 22 66 61 87 83 77
Rape  119  118 1 5 12 24 23 28 20 7
Sexual intercourse by threats, cunning behaviour etc. - - - - - - - - - -
Sexual intercourse with unconscious person - - - - - - - - - -
Attempted rape 6 6 - - 1 1 2 2 - -
Incest 5 5 - - - - - 1 2 2
Sexual intercourse with children under 10 years of age 19 19 - - - 1 2 4 6 6
Sexual intercourse with children under 14 years of age 77 75 2 - 5 13 9 10 17 23
Sexual intercourse with children under 16 years of age 76 75 1 - 2 20 18 20 9 7
Other sexual intercourse 13 12 1 - - 1 1 3 4 4
Pornography 24 24 - - - - 1 9 9 5
Other 62 58 4 - 2 6 5 10 16 23
Crime concerning family relations 80 77 3 1 1 3 10 34 20 11
Crime against personal liberty  445  421 24 4 30 65 70  125 97 54
Crime of violence against the person 1 422 1 372 50 20  238  403  260  268  162 71
Assault  366  353 13 2 49 90 59 82 58 26
Wounding or inflicting bodily harm  953  928 25 16  173  293  182  169 88 32
Inflicting grievous bodily harm 5 4 1 - - 3 2 - - -
Attempted murder 11 10 1 - 2 1 2 2 3 1
Murder 20 16 4 2 1 6 4 2 1 4
Manslaughter 38 35 3 - 7 3 4 10 9 5
Other 29 26 3 - 6 7 7 3 3 3
Slander and libel - - - - - - - - - -
Embezzlement 78 61 17 - - 4 12 19 19 24
Larceny 1 456 1 321  135 15  158  290  275  464  216 38
Simple and minor larceny  415  357 58 2 39 68 65  141 87 13
Aggravated larceny  792  736 56 7 89  161  161  254 99 21
Theft of motor vehicle  249  228 21 6 30 61 49 69 30 4
Blackmail and robbery  226  216 10 9 51 67 49 34 9 7
Blackmail 10 9 1 - - 1 2 3 2 2
Robbery  118  113 5 3 28 41 26 15 3 2
Aggravated robbery 89 86 3 3 22 23 18 16 4 3
Blackmail and robbery, various 9 8 1 3 1 2 3 - - -
Fraud and breach of trust  599  470  129 - 6 37 90  224  153 89
Crime in connection with debts 12 10 2 - - - 2 3 3 4
Crime inflicting damage to property 86 79 7 4 14 23 13 19 9 4
Inflicting slight damage 61 56 5 - 10 18 10 12 7 4
Inflicting serious damage 25 23 2 4 4 5 3 7 2 -
Breach of trade secrets - - - - - - - - - -
Receiving stolen goods, subsequent assistance to the offender  282  248 34 - 15 34 67  104 46 16
Receiving stolen goods  222  201 21 - 11 26 46 87 40 12
Aggravated receiving stolen goods 49 36 13 - 3 6 18 14 5 3
Other 11 11 - - 1 2 3 3 1 1
Other crime against the Penal Code - - - - - - - - - -
                     
Crime against the Act relating to medicinal goods etc.  245  219 26 - 21 52 60 69 37 6
Use of narcotics  186  164 22 - 14 42 47 49 29 5
Possession of narcotics 59 55 4 - 7 10 13 20 8 1
Narcotics, various - - - - - - - - - -
                     
Crime against the Act relating to value added tax 43 43 - - - - - 10 16 17
                     
Crime against the Assessment Act 16 16 - - - - - 1 5 10
                     
Crime against the Duty Act 60 59 1 - 1 3 9 16 21 10
                     
Crime against the Alcohol legislation 1 1 - - - - - - 1 -
                     
Crime against other Acts  236  230 6 - 8 11 14 71 69 63
                     
Misdemeanours 2 792 2 536  256 1  301  466  430  661  523  410
                     
Misdemeanour against the Penal Code 68 65 3 1 3 9 11 20 13 11
Misdemeanour inflicting damage to property - - - - - - - - - -
Petty larceny 5 5 - - - - 1 3 1 -
Misdemeanour against public order and peace2 15 13 2 - - 3 2 3 4 3
Telephone harassment 2 2 - - - - - 2 - -
Other 46 45 1 1 3 6 8 12 8 8
                     
Traffic misdemeanour 2 569 2 324  245 -  296  436  392  597  472  376
Driving under influence of alcohol 1 919 1 698  221 -  174  276  286  448  389  346
Other  650  626 24 -  122  160  106  149 83 30
                     
Misdemeanour against the Act of vagrancy2 1 1 - - - - 1 - - -
                     
Misdemeanour against the Police regulations - - - - - - - - - -
                     
Misdemeanour against the Act relating to value added tax - - - - - - - - - -
                     
Misdemeanour against the Duty Act 16 15 1 - - 2 - 8 4 2
                     
Misdemeanour against the Alcohol legislation 2 2 - - - - - - 2 -
                     
Misdemeanour against the Work Environment Act - - - - - - - - - -
                     
Misdemeanour against other Acts  136  129 7 - 2 19 26 36 32 21
                     
Crimes or misdemeanours 39 38 1 1 4 4 9 11 9 1
                     
Crime or misdemeanour against the Duty Act 7 7 - - 1 - 3 2 1 -
                     
Crime or misdemeanour against other Acts 32 31 1 1 3 4 6 9 8 1
                     
Unknown offence 9 6 3 1 - 1 - 4 2 1
1  Including 1 220 cases of serving sentence in for not paying a fine (1 078 men and 142 women), which can not be be distributed by age and type of principal offence.
2  The Vagrancy Act was abolished 1 January 2006, with the exception of § 11 on begging which was abolished 1 July 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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