Statistics Norway

65 New imprisonments, by group of principal offence. 2001-2009. Absolute figures
Group of offence 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
All types of offences 12 046 11 649 10 686 10 326 11 914 11 938 12 514 12 106 11 864
Economic offences  538  555  533  533  679  636  672  622  607
Other offences for profit 3 061 2 905 2 560 2 278 2 756 2 707 2 839 2 433 2 497
Offences of violence 1 980 1 940 1 899 1 791 2 055 2 228 2 292 2 253 2 070
Sexual offences  321  280  303  334  325  413  425  401  387
Offences of narcotics 2 000 1 897 1 677 1 634 1 615 1 761 1 941 1 809 1 874
Traffic offences 2 635 2 466 2 430 2 485 2 423 2 397 2 558 2 569 2 360
Other offences1  719  729  716  659  854  934  916  790  874
Unknown offence 93 64 90  133 7 - 1 9 13
Unknown offence, serving sentence for not paying a fine  699  813  478  479 1 203  862  870 1 220 1 182
1  Including damage to property, environment offences and work environment offences.

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