Statistics Norway

57 New imprisonments to custody, by sex, age and type of principal offence. 2009
Type of principal offence Total Sex Age
Males Females 15-17 18-20 21-24 25-29 30-39 40-49 50- 
Total 3 124 2 868  256 61  346  562  726  921  383  125
                     
Crimes 2 810 2 572  238 57  330  518  649  821  335  100
                     
Crime against the Penal Code 2 733 2 501  232 55  324  503  633  798  322 98
Crime against public authorities 40 38 2 4 3 8 11 11 3 -
Assaulting public servant 25 25 - 4 1 3 9 6 2 -
Other 15 13 2 - 2 5 2 5 1 -
Crime against public order and peace 20 18 2 - 3 6 2 5 4 -
Discrimination owing to race - - - - - - - - - -
Housebreaking and burglary 15 13 2 - 3 6 2 1 3 -
Other 5 5 - - - - - 4 1 -
Crime involving public danger  703  644 59 11 61  123  175  218 95 20
Arson 8 8 - 2 - 1 1 2 1 1
Unintentionally causing fire 1 1 - - - - 1 - - -
Crime of narcotics  385  367 18 7 25 76  112  110 48 7
Serious crime of narcotics  308  267 41 2 36 45 61  106 46 12
Other 1 1 - - - 1 - - - -
Perjury and false evidence 46 42 4 - 5 13 15 11 - 2
False accusation 1 1 - - - 1 - - - -
Counterfeiting - - - - - - - - - -
Forgery  132  112 20 5 8 21 42 43 8 5
Sexual crime  101 98 3 3 6 16 22 27 14 13
Rape 46 46 - 3 6 12 9 14 1 1
Sexual intercourse by threats, cunning behaviour etc. - - - - - - - - - -
Sexual intercourse with unconscious person - - - - - - - - - -
Attempted rape 3 3 - - - 1 2 - - -
Incest 2 1 1 - - - - - 2 -
Sexual intercourse with children under 10 years of age 5 5 - - - 1 - 3 - 1
Sexual intercourse with children under 14 years of age 14 14 - - - 1 4 1 4 4
Sexual intercourse with children under 16 years of age 6 6 - - - - 3 2 - 1
Other sexual intercourse 3 3 - - - - 1 - 1 1
Pornography 4 4 - - - - - - 2 2
Other 18 16 2 - - 1 3 7 4 3
Crime concerning family relations 55 53 2 - 2 3 4 21 11 14
Crime against personal liberty  146  141 5 5 18 31 25 36 24 7
Crime of violence against the person  204  190 14 4 28 42 45 43 24 18
Assault 45 41 4 - 5 10 7 7 8 8
Wounding or inflicting bodily harm  124  117 7 2 20 25 29 30 11 7
Inflicting grievous bodily harm 2 2 - - - - 1 - 1 -
Attempted murder 17 15 2 1 1 4 5 3 2 1
Murder 14 13 1 1 2 3 1 3 2 2
Manslaughter 2 2 - - - - 2 - - -
Other - - - - - - - - - -
Slander and libel - - - - - - - - - -
Embezzlement 3 3 - - - 1 - 1 1 -
Larceny  845  752 93 2  118  151  197  271 95 11
Simple and minor larceny  264  214 50 - 35 37 58 99 30 5
Aggravated larceny  463  424 39 2 66 95  113  133 49 5
Theft of motor vehicle  118  114 4 - 17 19 26 39 16 1
Blackmail and robbery  175  169 6 18 47 39 37 26 8 -
Blackmail 1 1 - - - - - 1 - -
Robbery 75 71 4 10 17 22 16 6 4 -
Aggravated robbery 94 92 2 7 30 17 20 16 4 -
Blackmail and robbery, various 5 5 - 1 - - 1 3 - -
Fraud and breach of trust 95 90 5 1 6 17 18 36 13 4
Crime in connection with debts - - - - - - - - - -
Crime inflicting damage to property 32 26 6 1 5 7 7 6 5 1
Inflicting slight damage 17 12 5 1 3 3 2 3 5 -
Inflicting serious damage 15 14 1 - 2 4 5 3 - 1
Breach of trade secrets - - - - - - - - - -
Receiving stolen goods, subsequent assistance to the offender  134  123 11 1 14 24 33 42 17 3
Receiving stolen goods 80 73 7 1 8 16 20 24 9 2
Aggravated receiving stolen goods 42 39 3 - 4 7 9 17 5 -
Other 12 11 1 - 2 1 4 1 3 1
Other crime against the Penal Code 1 1 - - - - - 1 - -
                     
Crime against the Act relating to medicinal goods etc. 43 39 4 2 4 9 10 14 4 -
Use of narcotics 22 20 2 - 3 3 6 9 1 -
Possession of narcotics 19 17 2 2 1 6 3 4 3 -
Narcotics, various 2 2 - - - - 1 1 - -
                     
Crime against the Act relating to value added tax 2 2 - - - - - 1 - 1
                     
Crime against the Assessment Act 1 1 - - - - - 1 - -
                     
Crime against the Duty Act 11 10 1 - - 3 1 3 3 1
                     
Crime against the Alcohol legislation - - - - - - - - - -
                     
Crime against other Acts 20 19 1 - 2 3 5 4 6 -
                     
Misdemeanours  245  230 15 3 15 36 60 71 37 23
                     
Misdemeanour against the Penal Code 92 87 5 2 - 12 23 25 19 11
Misdemeanour inflicting damage to property - - - - - - - - - -
Petty larceny 1 1 - - - - - 1 - -
Misdemeanour against public order and peace1 13 12 1 1 - 3 4 2 2 1
Telephone harassment 2 1 1 - - 1 - - - 1
Other 76 73 3 1 - 8 19 22 17 9
                     
Traffic misdemeanour 90 85 5 - 11 17 17 28 9 8
Driving under influence of alcohol 62 58 4 - 7 13 12 15 7 8
Other 28 27 1 - 4 4 5 13 2 -
                     
Misdemeanour against the Act of vagrancy1 - - - - - - - - - -
                     
Misdemeanour against the Police regulations - - - - - - - - - -
                     
Misdemeanour against the Act relating to value added tax - - - - - - - - - -
                     
Misdemeanour against the Duty Act 6 6 - - - 2 - 1 2 1
                     
Misdemeanour against the Alcohol legislation - - - - - - - - - -
                     
Misdemeanour against the Work Environment Act - - - - - - - - - -
                     
Misdemeanour against other Acts 57 52 5 1 4 5 20 17 7 3
                     
Crimes or misdemeanours 56 53 3 1 1 8 15 21 8 2
                     
Crime or misdemeanour against the Duty Act 19 18 1 1 - 1 4 8 3 2
                     
Crime or misdemeanour against other Acts 37 35 2 - 1 7 11 13 5 -
                     
Unknown offence 13 13 - - - - 2 8 3 -
1  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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