Offences investigated

Updated: 3 July 2024

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Offences with completed investigations

2023

298 200

Offences investigated and solved, charges against persons, persons charged and persons charged in base year with recidivism in the following five-year period. Absolute figures
	2023
Offences investigated	298 200
Offences investigated and solved	119 261
Charges against persons	122 126
Persons charged	60 751
Persons charged in base year included in recidivism statistics	64 060
Persons charged in base year with recidivism in the following five-year period	23 925

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Table 1Offences investigated, by police decision, per cent solved and type of offence. Absolute figures

Offences investigated, by police decision, per cent solved and type of offence. Absolute figures
	All decisions	Unsolved	Solved	¬ Prosecution dropped, insufficient information about the offender	¬ Prosecution dropped, deficient evidence	¬ Prosecution dropped, deficient investigation capacity	¬ Other unsolved	¬ Prosecution dropped, the offender not liable	¬ Transferred to Conflict Council	¬ Ticket fine	¬ Committed for trial	¬ Prosecution dropped and other solved	Per cent solved
	All decisions	Unsolved	Solved	Unsolved				Solved					Per cent solved
2023
All types of offences	298 200	178 939	119 261	110 386	45 834	21 539	1 180	10 877	1 471	39 626	46 214	21 073	40
¬ Property theft	104 143	87 218	16 925	75 980	4 893	6 243	102	3 341	333	3 714	3 779	5 758	16
¬¬ Theft, total	103 704	86 865	16 839	75 734	4 863	6 168	100	3 339	331	3 700	3 740	5 729	16
¬¬¬ Petty theft	16 286	7 109	9 177	3 406	1 471	2 197	35	2 100	247	2 265	428	4 137	56
¬¬¬¬ Petty theft from shop and other sales outlet	15 124	6 173	8 951	2 624	1 411	2 109	29	2 068	241	2 198	390	4 054	59
¬¬¬¬ Other or unspecified petty theft	1 162	936	226	782	60	88	6	32	6	67	38	83	19
¬¬¬ Theft	78 045	71 796	6 249	65 603	2 511	3 630	52	1 078	64	1 398	2 411	1 298	8
¬¬¬¬ Theft from shops and other sales outlet	7 267	3 634	3 633	1 916	808	884	26	718	38	1 081	1 052	744	50
¬¬¬¬ Theft from other business and public institution	6 837	6 147	690	5 397	385	362	3	99	6	81	358	146	10
¬¬¬¬ Theft from dwelling and holiday home	13 381	12 732	649	11 470	512	740	10	68	10	59	361	151	5
¬¬¬¬¬ Theft from dwelling	2 613	2 433	180	1 842	235	352	4	37	6	15	82	40	7
¬¬¬¬¬ Theft from holiday home	287	266	21	236	17	13	0	1	0	2	15	3	7
¬¬¬¬¬ Theft from storage area, garage and other area by dwelling and holiday home	10 481	10 033	448	9 392	260	375	6	30	4	42	264	108	4
¬¬¬¬ Theft from car and other motor vehicle	8 281	7 950	331	7 464	244	240	2	44	2	32	207	46	4
¬¬¬¬ Bicycle theft	18 648	18 221	427	17 495	220	504	2	50	2	53	235	87	2
¬¬¬¬ Theft from the person	23 624	23 107	517	21 859	341	900	7	99	6	92	198	122	2
¬¬¬¬¬ Theft from the person at sales outlet	6 733	6 557	176	6 322	51	183	1	15	1	43	71	46	3
¬¬¬¬¬ Theft from the person on public transport (from 1.10.2015)	4 284	4 249	35	4 120	16	113	0	12	0	7	8	8	1
¬¬¬¬¬ Theft from the person in the street, park, other recreation area (from 1.10.2015)	2 916	2 848	68	2 741	32	74	1	19	2	5	26	16	2
¬¬¬¬¬ Theft from the person at sports facility, cultural venue etc. (from 1.10.2015)	2 701	2 649	52	2 537	21	90	1	12	1	8	20	11	2
¬¬¬¬¬ Theft from the person at other public and private place (from 1.10.2015)	6 990	6 804	186	6 139	221	440	4	41	2	29	73	41	3
¬¬¬¬ Other or unspecified theft	7	5	2	2	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	29
¬¬¬ Aggravated theft	4 643	3 866	777	3 284	433	143	6	68	1	13	487	208	17
¬¬¬¬ Aggravated theft from shop and other sales outlet	362	272	90	214	41	15	2	14	0	6	64	6	25
¬¬¬¬ Aggravated theft from other business or public institution	1 235	940	295	792	116	30	2	12	1	2	137	143	24
¬¬¬¬ Aggravated theft from dwelling and holiday home	2 217	1 919	298	1 626	211	82	0	38	0	4	214	42	13
¬¬¬¬¬ Aggravated theft from dwelling	1 461	1 217	244	998	151	68	0	34	0	2	173	35	17
¬¬¬¬¬ Aggravated theft from holiday home	288	268	20	244	22	2	0	0	0	0	18	2	7
¬¬¬¬¬ Aggravated theft from storage area, garage and other area by dwelling and holiday home	468	434	34	384	38	12	0	4	0	2	23	5	7
¬¬¬¬ Aggravated theft from car and other motor vehicle	547	512	35	476	25	11	0	2	0	0	32	1	6
¬¬¬¬ Aggravated theft from the person	276	222	54	176	39	5	2	2	0	1	40	11	20
¬¬¬¬¬ Aggravated theft from the person at sales outlet (from 1.10.2015)	47	28	19	24	1	2	1	0	0	1	18	0	40
¬¬¬¬¬ Aggravated theft from the person on public transport (from 1.10.2015)	18	16	2	15	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	11
¬¬¬¬¬ Aggravated theft from the person in the street, park, other recreation area (from 1.10.2015)	69	65	4	61	3	0	1	0	0	0	4	0	6
¬¬¬¬¬ Aggravated theft from the person at sports facility, cultural venue etc. (from 1.10.2015)	36	36	0	21	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	..
¬¬¬¬¬ Aggravated theft from the person at other or unspecified place	106	77	29	55	19	3	0	1	0	0	17	11	27
¬¬¬¬ Other or unspecified aggravated theft	6	1	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	83
¬¬¬ Theft of car and other motor vehicle	4 730	4 094	636	3 441	448	198	7	93	19	24	414	86	13
¬¬¬¬ Theft of car	1 931	1 458	473	1 035	309	108	6	67	15	14	314	63	24
¬¬¬¬ Theft of motor cycle and moped	849	788	61	709	53	25	1	11	3	4	33	10	7
¬¬¬¬ Other or unspecified theft of motor vehicle	1 950	1 848	102	1 697	86	65	0	15	1	6	67	13	5
¬¬ Other unlawful use and possession of property	439	353	86	246	30	75	2	2	2	14	39	29	20
¬ Other offences for profit	26 880	19 232	7 648	8 787	3 310	6 993	142	295	48	1 486	4 583	1 236	28
¬¬ Receipt of stolen property and money laundering	2 182	1 085	1 097	24	943	91	27	50	3	105	738	201	50
¬¬¬ Receipt of stolen property, total	1 918	964	954	21	850	71	22	49	3	95	628	179	50
¬¬¬¬ Receipt of stolen property	1 755	886	869	21	780	68	17	49	3	94	549	174	50
¬¬¬¬ Aggravated receipt of stolen property	163	78	85	0	70	3	5	0	0	1	79	5	52
¬¬¬ Money laundering, total	263	120	143	3	92	20	5	1	0	10	110	22	54
¬¬¬¬ Money laundering	147	83	64	3	63	13	4	1	0	10	36	17	44
¬¬¬¬ Aggravated money laundering	116	37	79	0	29	7	1	0	0	0	74	5	68
¬¬¬ Other or unspecified receipt of stolen property and money laundering	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	..
¬¬ Fraud, total	21 138	16 633	4 505	8 632	1 722	6 219	60	215	37	698	2 847	708	21
¬¬¬ Petty fraud and the like	1 730	1 409	321	764	92	552	1	30	2	141	34	114	19
¬¬¬ Fraud	17 308	14 080	3 228	7 499	1 213	5 332	36	166	35	557	1 927	543	19
¬¬¬ Aggravated fraud	2 100	1 144	956	369	417	335	23	19	0	0	886	51	46
¬¬ Embezzlement, total	1 047	627	420	64	254	295	14	8	8	91	243	70	40
¬¬¬ Embezzlement	806	522	284	59	178	275	10	6	7	91	117	63	35
¬¬¬ Aggravated embezzlement	241	105	136	5	76	20	4	2	1	0	126	7	56
¬¬ Misappropriation of funds	137	61	76	0	39	19	3	2	0	0	72	2	55
¬¬ Corruption and influencing trade	28	11	17	0	6	0	5	1	0	0	15	1	61
¬¬ Accounting offences	688	279	409	0	113	160	6	5	0	124	181	99	59
¬¬ Creditor-related offences	43	31	12	0	16	14	1	0	0	1	8	3	28
¬¬ Tax and duty offences	604	111	493	1	62	35	13	7	0	62	400	24	82
¬¬¬ Tax evasion	70	18	52	0	14	4	0	0	0	13	32	7	74
¬¬¬ Aggravated tax evasion	341	41	300	0	25	6	10	3	0	1	291	5	88
¬¬¬ Other tax and duty offences	193	52	141	1	23	25	3	4	0	48	77	12	73
¬¬ Violations of the Customs Act	705	176	529	29	65	74	8	1	0	388	54	86	75
¬¬¬ Smuggling	541	95	446	15	36	37	7	0	0	347	31	68	82
¬¬¬ Other violations of the Customs Act	164	81	83	14	29	37	1	1	0	41	23	18	51
¬¬ Other business and economic offences	308	218	90	37	90	86	5	6	0	17	25	42	29
¬ Criminal damage	21 457	18 332	3 125	15 086	1 867	1 346	33	807	143	559	1 005	611	15
¬¬ Damage to property, total	20 859	17 866	2 993	14 903	1 616	1 316	31	695	143	557	993	605	14
¬¬¬ Petty damage to property	1 107	795	312	627	88	79	1	59	13	88	57	95	28
¬¬¬¬ Petty damage to building	454	332	122	269	39	23	1	34	6	34	24	24	27
¬¬¬¬ Petty damage to motor vehicle and other means of transport (from 1.10.2015)	255	167	88	131	14	22	0	8	2	30	20	28	35
¬¬¬¬ Other or unspecified petty damage to property	398	296	102	227	35	34	0	17	5	24	13	43	26
¬¬¬ Damage to property	19 471	16 911	2 560	14 183	1 470	1 229	29	593	127	467	868	505	13
¬¬¬¬ Damage to building	6 925	5 442	1 483	4 145	787	495	15	375	79	235	503	291	21
¬¬¬¬ Damage to motor vehicle and other means of transport	10 245	9 545	700	8 516	490	528	11	136	24	161	244	135	7
¬¬¬¬ Other or unspecified damage to property	2 301	1 924	377	1 522	193	206	3	82	24	71	121	79	16
¬¬¬ Aggravated damage to property	281	160	121	93	58	8	1	43	3	2	68	5	43
¬¬¬¬ Aggravated damage to building	203	115	88	66	44	4	1	33	2	1	47	5	43
¬¬¬¬ Aggravated damage to motor vehicle and other means of transport	31	27	4	21	4	2	0	2	0	0	2	0	13
¬¬¬¬ Other aggravated damage to property	47	18	29	6	10	2	0	8	1	1	19	0	62
¬¬ Public danger from fire and other criminal damage	598	466	132	183	251	30	2	112	0	2	12	6	22
¬ Violence and maltreatment	35 579	20 948	14 631	3 211	15 862	1 653	222	3 163	616	1 503	7 030	2 319	41
¬¬ Offences of violence	19 699	11 286	8 413	1 463	9 405	321	97	1 517	442	996	4 087	1 371	43
¬¬¬ Assault, total	13 111	7 597	5 514	1 130	6 112	304	51	1 036	389	976	1 931	1 182	42
¬¬¬¬ Assault	12 616	7 330	5 286	1 040	5 935	304	51	967	383	976	1 789	1 171	42
¬¬¬¬ Aggravated assault	495	267	228	90	177	0	0	69	6	0	142	11	46
¬¬¬ Bodily harm, total	1 746	1 069	677	310	748	2	9	84	34	1	528	30	39
¬¬¬¬ Bodily harm	1 549	987	562	292	687	2	6	75	33	1	424	29	36
¬¬¬¬ Grievous bodily harm	197	82	115	18	61	0	3	9	1	0	104	1	58
¬¬¬ Murder	22	2	20	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	18	0	91
¬¬¬ Attempted murder	67	20	47	2	18	0	0	7	0	0	40	0	70
¬¬¬ Unintentional bodily harm or manslaughter	108	23	85	1	22	0	0	6	0	2	72	5	79
¬¬¬¬ Unintentional bodily harm	76	17	59	1	16	0	0	3	0	1	52	3	78
¬¬¬¬ Manslaughter	32	6	26	0	6	0	0	3	0	1	20	2	81
¬¬¬ Maltreatment in close relations, total	2 315	1 921	394	2	1 905	1	13	52	3	1	299	39	17
¬¬¬¬ Maltreatment in close relations	2 253	1 907	346	2	1 892	1	12	52	3	1	255	35	15
¬¬¬¬ Aggravated maltreatment in close relations	62	14	48	0	13	0	1	0	0	0	44	4	77
¬¬¬ Assault of public servant	1 973	475	1 498	10	436	9	20	280	16	9	1 098	95	76
¬¬¬ Other or unspecified offences of violence	357	179	178	8	162	5	4	50	0	7	101	20	50
¬¬ Threats, total	8 574	4 538	4 036	458	3 692	315	73	1 070	98	202	2 181	485	47
¬¬¬ Threats (from 1.10.2015)	6 560	3 867	2 693	419	3 111	291	46	795	87	188	1 253	370	41
¬¬¬ Aggravated threats (from 1.10.2015)	264	155	109	25	125	2	3	35	0	0	74	0	41
¬¬¬ Threats against public servant	1 449	390	1 059	13	341	14	22	193	9	3	772	82	73
¬¬¬ Other or unspecified threats	301	126	175	1	115	8	2	47	2	11	82	33	58
¬¬ Robbery and extortion	1 430	1 069	361	679	317	68	5	152	3	1	197	8	25
¬¬¬ Robbery	906	638	268	396	235	5	2	131	2	0	129	6	30
¬¬¬ Aggravated robbery	120	75	45	38	36	1	0	13	0	0	31	1	38
¬¬¬ Extortion	404	356	48	245	46	62	3	8	1	1	37	1	12
¬¬¬ Other or unspecified robbery and extortion	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	..
¬¬ Coercion	90	57	33	11	42	3	1	9	2	2	19	1	37
¬¬ Deprivation of liberty	124	72	52	7	64	0	1	15	2	2	31	2	42
¬¬ Offences within family relations and the like	138	84	54	0	75	3	6	9	0	0	13	32	39
¬¬ Reckless behaviour and stalking	5 473	3 804	1 669	589	2 235	942	38	390	69	300	492	418	30
¬¬ Human trafficking	39	32	7	0	31	0	1	0	0	0	6	1	18
¬¬ Terrorism and terror-related offences	12	6	6	4	1	1	0	1	0	0	4	1	50
¬¬ Other violence and maltreatment	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	..
¬ Sexual offences	6 539	3 351	3 188	467	2 728	108	48	484	30	358	1 830	486	49
¬¬ Rape, total	1 929	1 296	633	91	1 185	0	20	128	0	0	435	70	33
¬¬¬ Rape	1 851	1 266	585	86	1 163	0	17	127	0	0	390	68	32
¬¬¬¬ Rape, children under 14 years of age	672	261	411	27	227	0	7	99	0	0	260	52	61
¬¬¬¬ Rape, other or unspecified age	1 179	1 005	174	59	936	0	10	28	0	0	130	16	15
¬¬¬ Aggravated rape	78	30	48	5	22	0	3	1	0	0	45	2	62
¬¬¬¬ Aggravated rape, children under 14 years of age (from 1.10.2015)	38	5	33	1	3	0	1	0	0	0	32	1	87
¬¬¬¬ Aggravated rape, other or unspecified age	40	25	15	4	19	0	2	1	0	0	13	1	38
¬¬ Attempted rape	65	44	21	8	34	0	2	4	0	0	17	0	32
¬¬ Sexual intercourse through abuse of position of trust	103	65	38	0	63	0	2	1	0	0	28	9	37
¬¬ Sexual intercourse with a child aged 14-15 years	432	109	323	14	93	1	1	34	0	0	215	74	75
¬¬ Sexual intercourse within family relations	110	36	74	0	35	0	1	12	0	0	55	7	67
¬¬ Sexual act	881	580	301	68	500	6	6	56	1	16	154	74	34
¬¬¬ Sexual act with a child under 16 years of age	419	231	188	25	201	1	4	40	0	2	110	36	45
¬¬¬ Other sexual act without consent	462	349	113	43	299	5	2	16	1	14	44	38	24
¬¬ Sexually abusive behaviour	1 406	595	811	164	388	34	9	88	5	166	415	137	58
¬¬¬ Sexually abusive behaviour with a child under 16 years of age (from. 1.10.2015)	685	224	461	66	148	7	3	54	1	43	322	41	67
¬¬¬ Sexually abusive behaviour, other or unspecified age	721	371	350	98	240	27	6	34	4	123	93	96	49
¬¬ Other or unspecified sexual offences	1 613	626	987	122	430	67	7	161	24	176	511	115	61
¬ Drug and alcohol offences	28 606	8 591	20 015	2 527	4 463	1 489	112	573	58	3 746	11 485	4 153	70
¬¬ Narcotic offences	16 039	6 174	9 865	2 315	2 818	964	77	364	49	1 494	4 424	3 534	62
¬¬¬ Narcotics, Act relating to medicinal goods etc.	6 049	1 332	4 717	351	801	152	28	161	21	696	1 690	2 149	78
¬¬¬¬ Narcotics, use	2 521	217	2 304	5	179	19	14	54	16	366	1 301	567	91
¬¬¬¬ Narcotics, minor possession	3 528	1 115	2 413	346	622	133	14	107	5	330	389	1 582	68
¬¬¬ Narcotics, Penal Code, total	9 990	4 842	5 148	1 964	2 017	812	49	203	28	798	2 734	1 385	52
¬¬¬¬ Narcotic offences, Penal Code	9 253	4 719	4 534	1 940	1 924	810	45	186	28	797	2 161	1 362	49
¬¬¬¬ Aggravated narcotic offences, Penal Code	737	123	614	24	93	2	4	17	0	1	573	23	83
¬¬ Doping	1 160	643	517	67	190	377	9	8	0	268	126	115	45
¬¬¬ Doping, Act relating to medicinal goods etc.	144	36	108	2	23	10	1	3	0	18	36	51	75
¬¬¬ Doping, Penal Code	1 016	607	409	65	167	367	8	5	0	250	90	64	40
¬¬ Driving under the influence	10 705	1 401	9 304	2	1 347	28	24	193	7	1 797	6 884	423	87
¬¬¬ Driving under the influence, road traffic	10 463	1 353	9 110	1	1 301	27	24	188	7	1 691	6 811	413	87
¬¬¬ Driving under the influence, other	242	48	194	1	46	1	0	5	0	106	73	10	80
¬¬ Violations of the Alcohol Act, total	200	34	166	0	27	7	0	6	2	97	28	33	83
¬¬¬ Violations of the Alcohol Act	200	34	166	0	27	7	0	6	2	97	28	33	83
¬¬¬ Aggravated violations of the Alcohol Act	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	..
¬¬ Other or unspecified drug and alcohol offences	502	339	163	143	81	113	2	2	0	90	23	48	32
¬ Public order and integrity violations	28 000	9 678	18 322	2 114	5 868	1 466	230	1 628	138	6 374	7 084	3 098	65
¬¬ Public order violations	10 099	3 143	6 956	346	2 329	411	57	668	34	2 844	2 152	1 258	69
¬¬¬ Breach of the peace, total	3 458	930	2 528	22	795	91	22	191	9	1 365	560	403	73
¬¬¬¬ Regional public order statute, urinating and other	659	37	622	2	26	8	1	9	2	522	31	58	94
¬¬¬¬ Breach of the peace under self-induced intoxication	938	336	602	0	291	39	6	56	3	307	143	93	64
¬¬¬¬ Other or unspecified breach of the peace	1 861	557	1 304	20	478	44	15	126	4	536	386	252	70
¬¬¬ Weapons, fire and explosives legislation	6 641	2 213	4 428	324	1 534	320	35	477	25	1 479	1 592	855	67
¬¬¬¬ Bearing arms in a public place	2 711	587	2 124	43	501	34	9	260	12	516	934	402	78
¬¬¬¬ Other or unspecified weapons offences	2 196	739	1 457	57	416	241	25	74	3	478	622	280	66
¬¬¬¬ Fire and explosives legislation	1 734	887	847	224	617	45	1	143	10	485	36	173	49
¬¬ Violations of public authority	11 948	2 900	9 048	42	2 500	217	141	708	57	2 979	3 864	1 440	76
¬¬¬ Obstructing and counteracting public authority	10 001	2 114	7 887	18	1 884	112	100	674	54	2 724	3 129	1 306	79
¬¬¬¬ Obstructing and harrassing a public servant	2 006	361	1 645	4	287	21	49	116	16	524	716	273	82
¬¬¬¬¬ Harrassing a public servant	1 428	210	1 218	1	168	13	28	87	14	354	563	200	85
¬¬¬¬¬ Obstructing a public servant	578	151	427	3	119	8	21	29	2	170	153	73	74
¬¬¬¬ Counteracting legal action and criminal prosecution	7 995	1 753	6 242	14	1 597	91	51	558	38	2 200	2 413	1 033	78
¬¬¬¬¬ Obligation of identification to public authority	969	83	886	2	66	9	6	45	11	385	288	157	91
¬¬¬¬¬ Violation of exclusion order	3 482	1 130	2 352	1	1 097	9	23	358	21	412	1 321	240	68
¬¬¬¬¬ Other order issued by police and other authority	2 685	351	2 334	6	289	46	10	133	3	1 255	508	435	87
¬¬¬¬¬ Counteraction of the execution of sentences	598	83	515	0	49	24	10	7	0	145	173	190	86
¬¬¬¬¬ Other counteraction of legal action and criminal prosecution	261	106	155	5	96	3	2	15	3	3	123	11	59
¬¬¬ Perjury and false accusation	1 081	394	687	2	311	63	18	15	2	15	609	46	64
¬¬¬¬ Perjury	833	212	621	1	171	25	15	4	0	12	562	43	75
¬¬¬¬ False accusation	248	182	66	1	140	38	3	11	2	3	47	3	27
¬¬¬ Immigration legislation	446	226	220	2	195	11	18	2	0	110	73	35	49
¬¬¬¬ Violation of entry ban	78	35	43	0	33	0	2	2	0	3	36	2	55
¬¬¬¬ Assistance of illegal entry and stay	21	19	2	2	15	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	10
¬¬¬¬ Other or unspecified immigration legislation	347	172	175	0	147	10	15	0	0	107	35	33	50
¬¬¬ Misconduct and misuse of public authority	22	14	8	0	7	7	0	0	0	1	0	7	36
¬¬¬ Other or unspecified violation of public authority	398	152	246	20	103	24	5	17	1	129	53	46	62
¬¬ Violations of integrity	5 953	3 635	2 318	1 726	1 039	838	32	252	47	551	1 068	400	39
¬¬¬ Document and ID offences	3 093	2 153	940	1 122	438	574	19	41	11	225	531	132	30
¬¬¬¬ Document forgery	1 081	468	613	43	308	102	15	25	4	172	332	80	57
¬¬¬¬¬ Document forgery, use	752	281	471	21	198	51	11	15	2	142	261	51	63
¬¬¬¬¬ Document forgery, production and procurement	329	187	142	22	110	51	4	10	2	30	71	29	43
¬¬¬¬ Counterfeiting	56	47	9	23	18	6	0	0	0	0	9	0	16
¬¬¬¬ ID offences (from 1.10.2015)	1 836	1 593	243	1 048	94	447	4	16	3	15	174	35	13
¬¬¬¬¬ ID offences, handling (from 1.10.2015)	228	168	60	112	19	37	0	2	0	4	44	10	26
¬¬¬¬¬ ID offences, use (from 1.10.2015)	1 608	1 425	183	936	75	410	4	14	3	11	130	25	11
¬¬¬¬ Other or unspecified document and ID offences	120	45	75	8	18	19	0	0	4	38	16	17	63
¬¬¬ Unauthorised access and stay	1 631	834	797	452	240	135	7	96	18	117	378	188	49
¬¬¬¬ Trespassing, building and other place	1 385	614	771	303	223	85	3	95	17	115	363	181	56
¬¬¬¬ Unauthorised access to computer and communication system	246	220	26	149	17	50	4	1	1	2	15	7	11
¬¬¬ Invasion of privacy	516	291	225	74	135	79	3	83	11	50	42	39	44
¬¬¬ Hate speech and discrimination	373	218	155	58	154	4	2	29	5	13	101	7	42
¬¬¬ Other or unspecified violation of integrity	340	139	201	20	72	46	1	3	2	146	16	34	59
¬ Traffic offences	42 768	9 389	33 379	1 583	5 783	1 750	273	524	73	20 504	9 181	3 097	78
¬¬ Road traffic offences	42 043	9 154	32 889	1 508	5 701	1 687	258	506	73	20 129	9 134	3 047	78
¬¬¬ Non-possession of driving licence	10 483	935	9 548	0	811	82	42	237	39	4 170	4 165	937	91
¬¬¬ Speeding	10 852	721	10 131	67	335	214	105	29	2	7 043	2 420	637	93
¬¬¬ Personal injury	2 888	1 499	1 389	128	1 277	84	10	87	5	897	226	174	48
¬¬¬ Other or unspecified road traffic offences	17 820	5 999	11 821	1 313	3 278	1 307	101	153	27	8 019	2 323	1 299	66
¬¬ Other transport and traffic legislation	725	235	490	75	82	63	15	18	0	375	47	50	68
¬ Other offences	4 228	2 200	2 028	631	1 060	491	18	62	32	1 382	237	315	48
¬¬ Offences against nature and the environment	3 568	1 940	1 628	596	884	448	12	53	31	1 132	195	217	46
¬¬¬ Poisoning as a danger to public health and serious environmental offences	19	17	2	4	12	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	11
¬¬¬ Hunting and fishing offences	1 215	589	626	303	213	71	2	13	0	527	37	49	52
¬¬¬ Other offences against nature and the environment	2 334	1 334	1 000	289	659	376	10	39	31	604	158	168	43
¬¬ Work environment legislation	209	122	87	1	109	11	1	0	0	65	3	19	42
¬¬ Other or unspecified penal legislation	451	138	313	34	67	32	5	9	1	185	39	79	69

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StatBank source table 09406

StatBank source table 09405

Table 2Offences investigated, by police decision and police district. Absolute figures

Offences investigated, by police decision and police district. Absolute figures
	All decisions	Unsolved	Solved	¬ Prosecution dropped, insufficient information about the offender	¬ Prosecution dropped, deficient evidence	¬ Prosecution dropped, deficient investigation capacity	¬ Other unsolved	¬ Prosecution dropped, the offender not liable	¬ Transferred to Conflict Council	¬ Ticket fine	¬ Committed for trial	¬ Prosecution dropped and other solved
	All decisions	Unsolved	Solved	Unsolved				Solved
2023¹
Total	298 200	178 939	119 261	110 386	45 834	21 539	1 180	10 877	1 471	39 626	46 214	21 073
Oslo	74 125	52 323	21 802	36 790	9 485	5 750	298	1 985	83	5 860	9 188	4 686
East	44 746	24 880	19 866	14 210	7 427	2 930	313	1 452	128	6 733	7 590	3 963
Inland	16 669	8 044	8 625	4 908	2 393	611	132	781	113	3 617	3 131	983
South-East	36 192	20 736	15 456	12 563	5 327	2 653	193	1 147	269	4 955	6 820	2 265
Agder	18 744	11 107	7 637	5 579	2 578	2 929	21	856	80	2 313	3 203	1 185
South-West	28 370	18 135	10 235	10 165	3 835	4 062	73	1 369	167	2 980	3 525	2 194
West	25 522	14 513	11 009	8 483	4 623	1 369	38	1 144	116	3 817	4 247	1 685
Møre and Romsdal	9 151	4 190	4 961	2 666	1 497	10	17	377	142	2 103	1 740	599
Trøndelag	23 751	14 742	9 009	9 722	3 807	1 187	26	711	131	3 078	2 812	2 277
Nordland	9 215	4 758	4 457	2 345	2 391	13	9	448	133	1 680	1 584	612
Troms	7 186	3 449	3 737	2 031	1 388	4	26	399	74	1 555	1 369	340
Finnmark	4 121	1 939	2 182	873	1 022	21	23	198	34	844	844	262
Svalbard	173	56	117	38	18	0	0	4	1	80	24	8
Special agencies	235	67	168	13	43	0	11	6	0	11	137	14
Unknown police district	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
¹As a result of changes in the municipalities from 1.1.2020, the police districts, which consist of a number of municipalities, have changed. See changes in www.ssb.no/en/klass

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StatBank source table 09407

Table 3Offences investigated, by group of offence and police district. Absolute figures and per cent solved

Offences investigated, by group of offence and police district. Absolute figures and per cent solved
	All groups of offences	¬ Property theft	¬ Other offences for profit	¬ Criminal damage	¬ Violence and maltreatment	¬ Sexual offences	¬ Drug and alcohol offences	¬ Public order and integrity violations	¬ Traffic offences	¬ Other offences
2023¹
Offences investigated
Total	298 200	104 143	26 880	21 457	35 579	6 539	28 606	28 000	42 768	4 228
Oslo	74 125	32 747	6 511	7 154	8 188	1 022	4 624	6 539	7 064	276
East	44 746	13 849	4 720	2 278	5 087	673	5 900	4 408	7 340	491
Inland	16 669	4 006	1 954	904	1 883	454	1 732	1 612	3 900	224
South-East	36 192	12 273	3 702	2 230	4 313	738	3 599	3 121	5 640	576
Agder	18 744	6 864	1 468	1 214	2 372	372	1 972	2 087	2 034	361
South-West	28 370	10 627	2 396	2 220	3 406	608	2 769	2 629	3 250	465
West	25 522	9 569	1 465	1 444	3 183	789	2 511	2 139	3 868	554
Møre and Romsdal	9 151	1 957	883	612	1 229	292	1 093	1 014	1 879	192
Trøndelag	23 751	8 137	2 085	2 175	2 576	798	1 917	1 989	3 808	266
Nordland	9 215	1 898	771	589	1 489	398	1 136	956	1 713	265
Troms	7 186	1 625	580	343	1 037	219	867	927	1 394	194
Finnmark	4 121	566	204	286	787	158	467	517	860	276
Svalbard	173	25	6	6	14	5	9	36	16	56
Special agencies	235	0	135	2	15	13	10	26	2	32
Unknown police district	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Offences investigated. Per cent solved
Total	40	16	28	15	41	49	70	65	78	48
Oslo	29	13	23	7	35	42	67	59	74	38
East	44	20	33	16	40	45	70	65	77	47
Inland	52	17	36	19	48	52	76	75	84	58
South-East	43	16	35	21	45	54	74	66	78	47
Agder	41	17	27	20	44	42	73	68	78	45
South-West	36	14	19	15	42	46	64	66	78	32
West	43	22	36	20	39	51	70	66	77	49
Møre and Romsdal	54	28	22	25	48	58	78	72	86	57
Trøndelag	38	14	22	14	40	55	69	64	77	37
Nordland	48	20	26	24	45	52	64	69	78	49
Troms	52	21	30	25	45	37	72	72	83	66
Finnmark	53	17	34	21	48	44	69	71	76	63
Svalbard	68	..	33	67	71	20	67	92	88	84
Special agencies	71	..	84	..	60	92	80	19	..	63
Unknown police district	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
¹As a result of changes in the municipalities from 1.1.2020, the police districts, which consist of a number of municipalities, have changed. See changes in www.ssb.no/en/klass

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StatBank source table 09408

Table 4Offences investigated, by number of persons charged and type of offence. Absolute figures

Offences investigated, by number of persons charged and type of offence. Absolute figures
	Total	No charged person	1 charged	2 charged	3 charged	4 charged	5 charged	6 charged	7 or more charged
2023
All types of offences	298 200	181 326	112 903	2 923	699	189	86	38	36
¬ Property theft	104 143	87 780	15 313	859	143	29	13	5	1
¬¬ Theft, total	103 704	87 422	15 236	855	143	29	13	5	1
¬¬¬ Petty theft	16 286	7 474	8 566	208	31	4	2	0	1
¬¬¬¬ Petty theft from shop and other sales outlet	15 124	6 531	8 357	198	31	4	2	0	1
¬¬¬¬ Other or unspecified petty theft	1 162	943	209	10	0	0	0	0	0
¬¬¬ Theft	78 045	71 979	5 563	415	62	20	5	1	0
¬¬¬¬ Theft from shops and other sales outlet	7 267	3 750	3 301	187	20	6	3	0	0
¬¬¬¬ Theft from other business and public institution	6 837	6 159	575	72	22	8	1	0	0
¬¬¬¬ Theft from dwelling and holiday home	13 381	12 750	556	63	11	0	0	1	0
¬¬¬¬¬ Theft from dwelling	2 613	2 443	151	16	2	0	0	1	0
¬¬¬¬¬ Theft from holiday home	287	267	14	6	0	0	0	0	0
¬¬¬¬¬ Theft from storage area, garage and other area by dwelling and holiday home	10 481	10 040	391	41	9	0	0	0	0
¬¬¬¬ Theft from car and other motor vehicle	8 281	7 961	301	14	4	1	0	0	0
¬¬¬¬ Bicycle theft	18 648	18 228	399	20	1	0	0	0	0
¬¬¬¬ Theft from the person	23 624	23 126	429	59	4	5	1	0	0
¬¬¬¬¬ Theft from the person at sales outlet	6 733	6 562	154	13	1	3	0	0	0
¬¬¬¬¬ Theft from the person on public transport (from 1.10.2015)	4 284	4 250	30	4	0	0	0	0	0
¬¬¬¬¬ Theft from the person in the street, park, other recreation area (from 1.10.2015)	2 916	2 851	48	14	0	2	1	0	0
¬¬¬¬¬ Theft from the person at sports facility, cultural venue etc. (from 1.10.2015)	2 701	2 650	41	9	1	0	0	0	0
¬¬¬¬¬ Theft from the person at other public and private place (from 1.10.2015)	6 990	6 813	156	19	2	0	0	0	0
¬¬¬¬ Other or unspecified theft	7	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
¬¬¬ Aggravated theft	4 643	3 868	531	187	43	4	6	4	0
¬¬¬¬ Aggravated theft from shop and other sales outlet	362	272	40	39	4	0	5	2	0
¬¬¬¬ Aggravated theft from other business or public institution	1 235	941	187	94	9	3	0	1	0
¬¬¬¬ Aggravated theft from dwelling and holiday home	2 217	1 920	232	44	18	1	1	1	0
¬¬¬¬¬ Aggravated theft from dwelling	1 461	1 218	194	31	16	1	0	1	0
¬¬¬¬¬ Aggravated theft from holiday home	288	268	15	4	1	0	0	0	0
¬¬¬¬¬ Aggravated theft from storage area, garage and other area by dwelling and holiday home	468	434	23	9	1	0	1	0	0
¬¬¬¬ Aggravated theft from car and other motor vehicle	547	512	32	3	0	0	0	0	0
¬¬¬¬ Aggravated theft from the person	276	222	37	7	10	0	0	0	0
¬¬¬¬¬ Aggravated theft from the person at sales outlet (from 1.10.2015)	47	28	19	0	0	0	0	0	0
¬¬¬¬¬ Aggravated theft from the person on public transport (from 1.10.2015)	18	16	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
¬¬¬¬¬ Aggravated theft from the person in the street, park, other recreation area (from 1.10.2015)	69	65	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
¬¬¬¬¬ Aggravated theft from the person at sports facility, cultural venue etc. (from 1.10.2015)	36	36	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
¬¬¬¬¬ Aggravated theft from the person at other or unspecified place	106	77	14	6	9	0	0	0	0
¬¬¬¬ Other or unspecified aggravated theft	6	1	3	0	2	0	0	0	0
¬¬¬ Theft of car and other motor vehicle	4 730	4 101	576	45	7	1	0	0	0
¬¬¬¬ Theft of car	1 931	1 463	433	30	4	1	0	0	0
¬¬¬¬ Theft of motor cycle and moped	849	789	54	6	0	0	0	0	0
¬¬¬¬ Other or unspecified theft of motor vehicle	1 950	1 849	89	9	3	0	0	0	0
¬¬ Other unlawful use and possession of property	439	358	77	4	0	0	0	0	0
¬ Other offences for profit	26 880	19 415	7 135	266	52	6	3	2	1
¬¬ Receipt of stolen property and money laundering	2 182	1 092	1 013	64	10	1	1	0	1
¬¬¬ Receipt of stolen property, total	1 918	971	884	55	6	1	1	0	0
¬¬¬¬ Receipt of stolen property	1 755	893	816	40	4	1	1	0	0
¬¬¬¬ Aggravated receipt of stolen property	163	78	68	15	2	0	0	0	0
¬¬¬ Money laundering, total	263	120	129	9	4	0	0	0	1
¬¬¬¬ Money laundering	147	83	63	0	1	0	0	0	0
¬¬¬¬ Aggravated money laundering	116	37	66	9	3	0	0	0	1
¬¬¬ Other or unspecified receipt of stolen property and money laundering	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
¬¬ Fraud, total	21 138	16 769	4 222	111	30	4	1	1	0
¬¬¬ Petty fraud and the like	1 730	1 449	276	4	1	0	0	0	0
¬¬¬ Fraud	17 308	14 169	3 038	82	15	3	0	1	0
¬¬¬ Aggravated fraud	2 100	1 151	908	25	14	1	1	0	0
¬¬ Embezzlement, total	1 047	641	399	7	0	0	0	0	0
¬¬¬ Embezzlement	806	536	263	7	0	0	0	0	0
¬¬¬ Aggravated embezzlement	241	105	136	0	0	0	0	0	0
¬¬ Misappropriation of funds	137	61	71	4	1	0	0	0	0
¬¬ Corruption and influencing trade	28	11	7	9	1	0	0	0	0
¬¬ Accounting offences	688	287	387	14	0	0	0	0	0
¬¬ Creditor-related offences	43	31	12	0	0	0	0	0	0
¬¬ Tax and duty offences	604	112	460	32	0	0	0	0	0
¬¬¬ Tax evasion	70	18	51	1	0	0	0	0	0
¬¬¬ Aggravated tax evasion	341	41	275	25	0	0	0	0	0
¬¬¬ Other tax and duty offences	193	53	134	6	0	0	0	0	0
¬¬ Violations of the Customs Act	705	183	493	21	6	1	1	0	0
¬¬¬ Smuggling	541	98	420	17	6	0	0	0	0
¬¬¬ Other violations of the Customs Act	164	85	73	4	0	1	1	0	0
¬¬ Other business and economic offences	308	228	71	4	4	0	0	1	0
¬ Criminal damage	21 457	18 463	2 638	221	83	30	12	4	6
¬¬ Damage to property, total	20 859	17 996	2 550	202	67	25	10	4	5
¬¬¬ Petty damage to property	1 107	816	265	13	8	5	0	0	0
¬¬¬¬ Petty damage to building	454	335	101	8	6	4	0	0	0
¬¬¬¬ Petty damage to motor vehicle and other means of transport (from 1.10.2015)	255	171	81	1	2	0	0	0	0
¬¬¬¬ Other or unspecified petty damage to property	398	310	83	4	0	1	0	0	0
¬¬¬ Damage to property	19 471	17 020	2 188	170	57	18	10	3	5
¬¬¬¬ Damage to building	6 925	5 495	1 251	116	38	12	6	3	4
¬¬¬¬ Damage to motor vehicle and other means of transport	10 245	9 580	624	29	7	1	3	0	1
¬¬¬¬ Other or unspecified damage to property	2 301	1 945	313	25	12	5	1	0	0
¬¬¬ Aggravated damage to property	281	160	97	19	2	2	0	1	0
¬¬¬¬ Aggravated damage to building	203	115	67	17	2	2	0	0	0
¬¬¬¬ Aggravated damage to motor vehicle and other means of transport	31	27	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
¬¬¬¬ Other aggravated damage to property	47	18	26	2	0	0	0	1	0
¬¬ Public danger from fire and other criminal damage	598	467	88	19	16	5	2	0	1
¬ Violence and maltreatment	35 579	21 339	13 166	690	245	77	35	14	13
¬¬ Offences of violence	19 699	11 455	7 540	459	158	50	19	9	9
¬¬¬ Assault, total	13 111	7 759	4 778	369	130	43	16	8	8
¬¬¬¬ Assault	12 616	7 492	4 632	336	105	30	11	5	5
¬¬¬¬ Aggravated assault	495	267	146	33	25	13	5	3	3
¬¬¬ Bodily harm, total	1 746	1 069	605	41	23	5	3	0	0
¬¬¬¬ Bodily harm	1 549	987	508	35	14	5	0	0	0
¬¬¬¬ Grievous bodily harm	197	82	97	6	9	0	3	0	0
¬¬¬ Murder	22	2	19	1	0	0	0	0	0
¬¬¬ Attempted murder	67	20	45	1	1	0	0	0	0
¬¬¬ Unintentional bodily harm or manslaughter	108	26	79	2	0	1	0	0	0
¬¬¬¬ Unintentional bodily harm	76	19	55	1	0	1	0	0	0
¬¬¬¬ Manslaughter	32	7	24	1	0	0	0	0	0
¬¬¬ Maltreatment in close relations, total	2 315	1 921	355	39	0	0	0	0	0
¬¬¬¬ Maltreatment in close relations	2 253	1 907	310	36	0	0	0	0	0
¬¬¬¬ Aggravated maltreatment in close relations	62	14	45	3	0	0	0	0	0
¬¬¬ Assault of public servant	1 973	479	1 486	5	1	0	0	1	1
¬¬¬ Other or unspecified offences of violence	357	179	173	1	3	1	0	0	0
¬¬ Threats, total	8 574	4 620	3 826	92	20	7	6	0	3
¬¬¬ Threats (from 1.10.2015)	6 560	3 942	2 510	80	19	5	4	0	0
¬¬¬ Aggravated threats (from 1.10.2015)	264	155	93	9	1	2	1	0	3
¬¬¬ Threats against public servant	1 449	394	1 053	2	0	0	0	0	0
¬¬¬ Other or unspecified threats	301	129	170	1	0	0	1	0	0
¬¬ Robbery and extortion	1 430	1 069	230	63	45	13	8	1	1
¬¬¬ Robbery	906	638	169	50	36	8	4	1	0
¬¬¬ Aggravated robbery	120	75	21	10	7	2	4	0	1
¬¬¬ Extortion	404	356	40	3	2	3	0	0	0
¬¬¬ Other or unspecified robbery and extortion	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
¬¬ Coercion	90	57	28	2	2	1	0	0	0
¬¬ Deprivation of liberty	124	72	35	11	4	1	1	0	0
¬¬ Offences within family relations and the like	138	85	45	8	0	0	0	0	0
¬¬ Reckless behaviour and stalking	5 473	3 943	1 450	54	16	5	1	4	0
¬¬ Human trafficking	39	32	6	1	0	0	0	0	0
¬¬ Terrorism and terror-related offences	12	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0
¬¬ Other violence and maltreatment	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
¬ Sexual offences	6 539	3 362	3 111	49	11	6	0	0	0
¬¬ Rape, total	1 929	1 296	617	10	4	2	0	0	0
¬¬¬ Rape	1 851	1 266	572	8	3	2	0	0	0
¬¬¬¬ Rape, children under 14 years of age	672	261	402	7	1	1	0	0	0
¬¬¬¬ Rape, other or unspecified age	1 179	1 005	170	1	2	1	0	0	0
¬¬¬ Aggravated rape	78	30	45	2	1	0	0	0	0
¬¬¬¬ Aggravated rape, children under 14 years of age (from 1.10.2015)	38	5	33	0	0	0	0	0	0
¬¬¬¬ Aggravated rape, other or unspecified age	40	25	12	2	1	0	0	0	0
¬¬ Attempted rape	65	44	20	1	0	0	0	0	0
¬¬ Sexual intercourse through abuse of position of trust	103	65	38	0	0	0	0	0	0
¬¬ Sexual intercourse with a child aged 14-15 years	432	109	316	6	1	0	0	0	0
¬¬ Sexual intercourse within family relations	110	36	74	0	0	0	0	0	0
¬¬ Sexual act	881	581	288	8	1	3	0	0	0
¬¬¬ Sexual act with a child under 16 years of age	419	231	178	7	0	3	0	0	0
¬¬¬ Other sexual act without consent	462	350	110	1	1	0	0	0	0
¬¬ Sexually abusive behaviour	1 406	605	792	7	1	1	0	0	0
¬¬¬ Sexually abusive behaviour with a child under 16 years of age (from. 1.10.2015)	685	224	455	4	1	1	0	0	0
¬¬¬ Sexually abusive behaviour, other or unspecified age	721	381	337	3	0	0	0	0	0
¬¬ Other or unspecified sexual offences	1 613	626	966	17	4	0	0	0	0
¬ Drug and alcohol offences	28 606	8 800	19 395	326	59	12	9	3	2
¬¬ Narcotic offences	16 039	6 363	9 302	291	57	12	9	3	2
¬¬¬ Narcotics, Act relating to medicinal goods etc.	6 049	1 466	4 534	42	6	1	0	0	0
¬¬¬¬ Narcotics, use	2 521	272	2 225	22	2	0	0	0	0
¬¬¬¬ Narcotics, minor possession	3 528	1 194	2 309	20	4	1	0	0	0
¬¬¬ Narcotics, Penal Code, total	9 990	4 897	4 768	249	51	11	9	3	2
¬¬¬¬ Narcotic offences, Penal Code	9 253	4 774	4 286	163	21	3	5	1	0
¬¬¬¬ Aggravated narcotic offences, Penal Code	737	123	482	86	30	8	4	2	2
¬¬ Doping	1 160	649	509	2	0	0	0	0	0
¬¬¬ Doping, Act relating to medicinal goods etc.	144	40	104	0	0	0	0	0	0
¬¬¬ Doping, Penal Code	1 016	609	405	2	0	0	0	0	0
¬¬ Driving under the influence	10 705	1 410	9 267	27	1	0	0	0	0
¬¬¬ Driving under the influence, road traffic	10 463	1 362	9 074	26	1	0	0	0	0
¬¬¬ Driving under the influence, other	242	48	193	1	0	0	0	0	0
¬¬ Violations of the Alcohol Act, total	200	36	160	4	0	0	0	0	0
¬¬¬ Violations of the Alcohol Act	200	36	160	4	0	0	0	0	0
¬¬¬ Aggravated violations of the Alcohol Act	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
¬¬ Other or unspecified drug and alcohol offences	502	342	157	2	1	0	0	0	0
¬ Public order and integrity violations	28 000	9 964	17 565	342	79	22	12	7	9
¬¬ Public order violations	10 099	3 260	6 611	166	34	11	6	6	5
¬¬¬ Breach of the peace, total	3 458	996	2 374	67	7	5	4	2	3
¬¬¬¬ Regional public order statute, urinating and other	659	50	604	4	1	0	0	0	0
¬¬¬¬ Breach of the peace under self-induced intoxication	938	358	570	9	1	0	0	0	0
¬¬¬¬ Other or unspecified breach of the peace	1 861	588	1 200	54	5	5	4	2	3
¬¬¬ Weapons, fire and explosives legislation	6 641	2 264	4 237	99	27	6	2	4	2
¬¬¬¬ Bearing arms in a public place	2 711	600	2 077	24	6	1	1	1	1
¬¬¬¬ Other or unspecified weapons offences	2 196	751	1 425	18	1	0	0	1	0
¬¬¬¬ Fire and explosives legislation	1 734	913	735	57	20	5	1	2	1
¬¬ Violations of public authority	11 948	3 025	8 824	81	10	3	1	1	3
¬¬¬ Obstructing and counteracting public authority	10 001	2 168	7 765	57	4	2	1	1	3
¬¬¬¬ Obstructing and harrassing a public servant	2 006	376	1 625	5	0	0	0	0	0
¬¬¬¬¬ Harrassing a public servant	1 428	222	1 202	4	0	0	0	0	0
¬¬¬¬¬ Obstructing a public servant	578	154	423	1	0	0	0	0	0
¬¬¬¬ Counteracting legal action and criminal prosecution	7 995	1 792	6 140	52	4	2	1	1	3
¬¬¬¬¬ Obligation of identification to public authority	969	88	874	6	1	0	0	0	0
¬¬¬¬¬ Violation of exclusion order	3 482	1 143	2 335	4	0	0	0	0	0
¬¬¬¬¬ Other order issued by police and other authority	2 685	370	2 271	34	3	2	1	1	3
¬¬¬¬¬ Counteraction of the execution of sentences	598	85	513	0	0	0	0	0	0
¬¬¬¬¬ Other counteraction of legal action and criminal prosecution	261	106	147	8	0	0	0	0	0
¬¬¬ Perjury and false accusation	1 081	398	670	11	2	0	0	0	0
¬¬¬¬ Perjury	833	216	606	9	2	0	0	0	0
¬¬¬¬ False accusation	248	182	64	2	0	0	0	0	0
¬¬¬ Immigration legislation	446	237	195	10	3	1	0	0	0
¬¬¬¬ Violation of entry ban	78	35	43	0	0	0	0	0	0
¬¬¬¬ Assistance of illegal entry and stay	21	19	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
¬¬¬¬ Other or unspecified immigration legislation	347	183	150	10	3	1	0	0	0
¬¬¬ Misconduct and misuse of public authority	22	15	7	0	0	0	0	0	0
¬¬¬ Other or unspecified violation of public authority	398	207	187	3	1	0	0	0	0
¬¬ Violations of integrity	5 953	3 679	2 130	95	35	8	5	0	1
¬¬¬ Document and ID offences	3 093	2 168	907	10	6	2	0	0	0
¬¬¬¬ Document forgery	1 081	477	594	9	1	0	0	0	0
¬¬¬¬¬ Document forgery, use	752	288	459	5	0	0	0	0	0
¬¬¬¬¬ Document forgery, production and procurement	329	189	135	4	1	0	0	0	0
¬¬¬¬ Counterfeiting	56	47	9	0	0	0	0	0	0
¬¬¬¬ ID offences (from 1.10.2015)	1 836	1 598	231	1	5	1	0	0	0
¬¬¬¬¬ ID offences, handling (from 1.10.2015)	228	168	54	0	5	1	0	0	0
¬¬¬¬¬ ID offences, use (from 1.10.2015)	1 608	1 430	177	1	0	0	0	0	0
¬¬¬¬ Other or unspecified document and ID offences	120	46	73	0	0	1	0	0	0
¬¬¬ Unauthorised access and stay	1 631	847	688	67	20	3	5	0	1
¬¬¬¬ Trespassing, building and other place	1 385	627	664	65	20	3	5	0	1
¬¬¬¬ Unauthorised access to computer and communication system	246	220	24	2	0	0	0	0	0
¬¬¬ Invasion of privacy	516	298	196	13	8	1	0	0	0
¬¬¬ Hate speech and discrimination	373	219	151	1	0	2	0	0	0
¬¬¬ Other or unspecified violation of integrity	340	147	188	4	1	0	0	0	0
¬ Traffic offences	42 768	9 921	32 744	86	15	1	0	1	0
¬¬ Road traffic offences	42 043	9 530	32 426	77	9	0	0	1	0
¬¬¬ Non-possession of driving licence	10 483	953	9 520	10	0	0	0	0	0
¬¬¬ Speeding	10 852	740	10 106	6	0	0	0	0	0
¬¬¬ Personal injury	2 888	1 539	1 336	11	2	0	0	0	0
¬¬¬ Other or unspecified road traffic offences	17 820	6 298	11 464	50	7	0	0	1	0
¬¬ Other transport and traffic legislation	725	391	318	9	6	1	0	0	0
¬ Other offences	4 228	2 282	1 836	84	12	6	2	2	4
¬¬ Offences against nature and the environment	3 568	1 984	1 495	72	9	5	2	1	0
¬¬¬ Poisoning as a danger to public health and serious environmental offences	19	17	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
¬¬¬ Hunting and fishing offences	1 215	596	611	5	2	0	1	0	0
¬¬¬ Other offences against nature and the environment	2 334	1 371	882	67	7	5	1	1	0
¬¬ Work environment legislation	209	149	57	2	1	0	0	0	0
¬¬ Other or unspecified penal legislation	451	149	284	10	2	1	0	1	4

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StatBank source table 09409

Table 5Charges against persons, by sex, age and type of offence. Absolute figures

Charges against persons, by sex, age and type of offence. Absolute figures
	Total	Males	Females	5-14 years	15-17 years	18-20 years	21-24 years	25-29 years	30-39 years	40-49 years	50-59 years	60 years or older
2023
All types of offences	122 126	103 182	18 944	7 333	7 786	10 520	12 155	15 154	30 185	19 851	12 170	6 972
¬ Property theft	17 652	11 974	5 678	2 540	1 803	692	1 023	1 900	4 749	2 666	1 496	783
¬¬ Theft, total	17 566	11 902	5 664	2 540	1 785	685	1 017	1 891	4 730	2 648	1 487	783
¬¬¬ Petty theft	9 123	5 374	3 749	1 793	1 356	416	472	709	1 781	1 269	739	588
¬¬¬¬ Petty theft from shop and other sales outlet	8 890	5 205	3 685	1 769	1 338	404	451	681	1 730	1 231	712	574
¬¬¬¬ Other or unspecified petty theft	233	169	64	24	18	12	21	28	51	38	27	14
¬¬¬ Theft	6 638	4 915	1 723	665	312	187	400	886	2 259	1 079	657	193
¬¬¬¬ Theft from shops and other sales outlet	3 748	2 506	1 242	440	183	77	223	487	1 271	548	348	171
¬¬¬¬ Theft from other business and public institution	801	702	99	68	25	35	51	113	226	184	93	6
¬¬¬¬ Theft from dwelling and holiday home	706	523	183	23	16	18	40	107	315	126	57	4
¬¬¬¬¬ Theft from dwelling	191	137	54	20	14	11	10	30	64	24	15	3
¬¬¬¬¬ Theft from holiday home	25	22	3	0	0	0	3	0	16	4	2	0
¬¬¬¬¬ Theft from storage area, garage and other area by dwelling and holiday home	490	364	126	3	2	7	27	77	235	98	40	1
¬¬¬¬ Theft from car and other motor vehicle	347	314	33	15	10	8	15	74	108	71	44	2
¬¬¬¬ Bicycle theft	447	409	38	24	15	16	36	51	173	90	42	0
¬¬¬¬ Theft from the person	587	459	128	95	63	31	35	54	166	60	73	10
¬¬¬¬¬ Theft from the person at sales outlet	197	148	49	5	12	4	9	16	71	26	47	7
¬¬¬¬¬ Theft from the person on public transport (from 1.10.2015)	38	36	2	12	7	1	1	2	11	4	0	0
¬¬¬¬¬ Theft from the person in the street, park, other recreation area (from 1.10.2015)	87	73	14	31	15	9	9	7	12	3	1	0
¬¬¬¬¬ Theft from the person at sports facility, cultural venue etc. (from 1.10.2015)	59	47	12	14	5	1	4	5	18	6	6	0
¬¬¬¬¬ Theft from the person at other public and private place (from 1.10.2015)	206	155	51	33	24	16	12	24	54	21	19	3
¬¬¬¬ Other or unspecified theft	2	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
¬¬¬ Aggravated theft	1 106	971	135	22	14	28	102	204	489	196	51	0
¬¬¬¬ Aggravated theft from shop and other sales outlet	169	135	34	4	3	5	9	26	69	45	8	0
¬¬¬¬ Aggravated theft from other business or public institution	423	400	23	5	2	3	52	81	247	27	6	0
¬¬¬¬ Aggravated theft from dwelling and holiday home	384	323	61	9	6	19	32	65	134	89	30	0
¬¬¬¬¬ Aggravated theft from dwelling	311	256	55	9	6	16	25	56	101	74	24	0
¬¬¬¬¬ Aggravated theft from holiday home	25	23	2	0	0	3	1	3	3	11	4	0
¬¬¬¬¬ Aggravated theft from storage area, garage and other area by dwelling and holiday home	48	44	4	0	0	0	6	6	30	4	2	0
¬¬¬¬ Aggravated theft from car and other motor vehicle	39	35	4	0	0	1	1	3	8	25	1	0
¬¬¬¬ Aggravated theft from the person	81	68	13	4	3	0	7	27	26	9	5	0
¬¬¬¬¬ Aggravated theft from the person at sales outlet (from 1.10.2015)	19	19	0	0	0	0	4	9	1	5	0	0
¬¬¬¬¬ Aggravated theft from the person on public transport (from 1.10.2015)	5	5	0	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0
¬¬¬¬¬ Aggravated theft from the person in the street, park, other recreation area (from 1.10.2015)	4	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	0
¬¬¬¬¬ Aggravated theft from the person at sports facility, cultural venue etc. (from 1.10.2015)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
¬¬¬¬¬ Aggravated theft from the person at other or unspecified place	53	43	10	2	2	0	2	17	24	4	2	0
¬¬¬¬ Other or unspecified aggravated theft	10	10	0	0	0	0	1	2	5	1	1	0
¬¬¬ Theft of car and other motor vehicle	699	642	57	60	103	54	43	92	201	104	40	2
¬¬¬¬ Theft of car	512	460	52	35	78	42	34	64	158	68	31	2
¬¬¬¬ Theft of motor cycle and moped	66	64	2	8	12	6	5	11	11	10	3	0
¬¬¬¬ Other or unspecified theft of motor vehicle	121	118	3	17	13	6	4	17	32	26	6	0
¬¬ Other unlawful use and possession of property	86	72	14	0	18	7	6	9	19	18	9	0
¬ Other offences for profit	7 894	6 566	1 328	110	310	539	768	1 189	2 383	1 634	682	279
¬¬ Receipt of stolen property and money laundering	1 193	1 040	153	15	41	91	107	211	371	236	100	21
¬¬¬ Receipt of stolen property, total	1 021	894	127	15	32	65	82	167	342	213	89	16
¬¬¬¬ Receipt of stolen property	919	800	119	15	32	62	64	144	314	194	85	9
¬¬¬¬ Aggravated receipt of stolen property	102	94	8	0	0	3	18	23	28	19	4	7
¬¬¬ Money laundering, total	172	146	26	0	9	26	25	44	29	23	11	5
¬¬¬¬ Money laundering	66	59	7	0	9	10	11	14	7	9	5	1
¬¬¬¬ Aggravated money laundering	106	87	19	0	0	16	14	30	22	14	6	4
¬¬¬ Other or unspecified receipt of stolen property and money laundering	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
¬¬ Fraud, total	4 574	3 672	902	90	259	399	541	810	1 417	794	208	56
¬¬¬ Petty fraud and the like	288	201	87	21	19	35	26	51	66	52	13	5
¬¬¬ Fraud	3 270	2 605	665	68	192	304	465	666	966	422	151	36
¬¬¬ Aggravated fraud	1 016	866	150	1	48	60	50	93	385	320	44	15
¬¬ Embezzlement, total	412	310	102	2	8	39	55	50	106	86	47	19
¬¬¬ Embezzlement	276	209	67	2	8	38	49	36	69	42	28	4
¬¬¬ Aggravated embezzlement	136	101	35	0	0	1	6	14	37	44	19	15
¬¬ Misappropriation of funds	81	79	2	0	0	0	1	4	34	29	11	2
¬¬ Corruption and influencing trade	28	26	2	0	0	0	1	0	2	13	9	3
¬¬ Accounting offences	415	388	27	0	0	2	14	35	109	147	71	37
¬¬ Creditor-related offences	12	12	0	0	0	1	0	1	4	3	1	2
¬¬ Tax and duty offences	524	474	50	0	0	3	13	24	139	154	116	75
¬¬¬ Tax evasion	53	48	5	0	0	0	1	5	19	20	5	3
¬¬¬ Aggravated tax evasion	325	292	33	0	0	3	8	10	81	79	84	60
¬¬¬ Other tax and duty offences	146	134	12	0	0	0	4	9	39	55	27	12
¬¬ Violations of the Customs Act	561	482	79	0	2	4	31	49	173	146	99	57
¬¬¬ Smuggling	473	404	69	0	2	3	26	40	150	123	81	48
¬¬¬ Other violations of the Customs Act	88	78	10	0	0	1	5	9	23	23	18	9
¬¬ Other business and economic offences	94	83	11	3	0	0	5	5	28	26	20	7
¬ Criminal damage	3 578	3 106	472	887	367	253	267	392	723	388	230	71
¬¬ Damage to property, total	3 366	2 942	424	718	365	252	264	387	713	380	222	65
¬¬¬ Petty damage to property	343	294	49	76	34	30	36	32	65	40	23	7
¬¬¬¬ Petty damage to building	151	131	20	52	17	7	10	12	25	12	13	3
¬¬¬¬ Petty damage to motor vehicle and other means of transport (from 1.10.2015)	97	84	13	5	7	15	20	11	21	11	6	1
¬¬¬¬ Other or unspecified petty damage to property	95	79	16	19	10	8	6	9	19	17	4	3
¬¬¬ Damage to property	2 866	2 513	353	604	310	209	219	339	625	322	185	53
¬¬¬¬ Damage to building	1 723	1 498	225	418	193	109	133	191	365	197	96	21
¬¬¬¬ Damage to motor vehicle and other means of transport	721	650	71	97	70	59	56	104	168	84	60	23
¬¬¬¬ Other or unspecified damage to property	422	365	57	89	47	41	30	44	92	41	29	9
¬¬¬ Aggravated damage to property	157	135	22	38	21	13	9	16	23	18	14	5
¬¬¬¬ Aggravated damage to building	113	99	14	30	19	9	4	5	19	13	11	3
¬¬¬¬ Aggravated damage to motor vehicle and other means of transport	7	3	4	0	0	0	4	1	1	0	0	1
¬¬¬¬ Other aggravated damage to property	37	33	4	8	2	4	1	10	3	5	3	1
¬¬ Public danger from fire and other criminal damage	212	164	48	169	2	1	3	5	10	8	8	6
¬ Violence and maltreatment	15 959	13 661	2 298	2 422	1 587	1 278	1 530	1 817	3 542	2 089	1 172	522
¬¬ Offences of violence	9 356	7 812	1 544	1 370	1 013	863	1 015	1 156	1 998	1 084	619	238
¬¬¬ Assault, total	6 268	5 307	961	1 205	729	499	637	692	1 245	700	418	143
¬¬¬¬ Assault	5 857	4 942	915	1 081	651	443	601	670	1 197	675	400	139
¬¬¬¬ Aggravated assault	411	365	46	124	78	56	36	22	48	25	18	4
¬¬¬ Bodily harm, total	801	748	53	58	95	123	117	112	167	85	36	8
¬¬¬¬ Bodily harm	648	604	44	54	78	96	97	85	135	63	33	7
¬¬¬¬ Grievous bodily harm	153	144	9	4	17	27	20	27	32	22	3	1
¬¬¬ Murder	21	19	2	0	0	1	0	0	7	8	3	2
¬¬¬ Attempted murder	50	39	11	1	7	3	7	5	14	5	6	2
¬¬¬ Unintentional bodily harm or manslaughter	85	71	14	0	1	13	4	9	17	13	17	11
¬¬¬¬ Unintentional bodily harm	61	51	10	0	1	8	3	5	11	11	14	8
¬¬¬¬ Manslaughter	24	20	4	0	0	5	1	4	6	2	3	3
¬¬¬ Maltreatment in close relations, total	433	354	79	2	1	12	30	66	167	102	28	25
¬¬¬¬ Maltreatment in close relations	382	313	69	2	1	12	26	58	145	88	25	25
¬¬¬¬ Aggravated maltreatment in close relations	51	41	10	0	0	0	4	8	22	14	3	0
¬¬¬ Assault of public servant	1 510	1 129	381	93	169	187	193	249	347	148	91	33
¬¬¬ Other or unspecified offences of violence	188	145	43	11	11	25	27	23	34	23	20	14
¬¬ Threats, total	4 155	3 690	465	518	387	223	346	465	1 042	664	343	167
¬¬¬ Threats (from 1.10.2015)	2 764	2 434	330	469	265	140	227	278	645	414	213	113
¬¬¬ Aggravated threats (from 1.10.2015)	157	146	11	15	31	13	12	17	31	14	13	11
¬¬¬ Threats against public servant	1 057	948	109	24	86	62	89	150	313	206	96	31
¬¬¬ Other or unspecified threats	177	162	15	10	5	8	18	20	53	30	21	12
¬¬ Robbery and extortion	595	573	22	235	77	122	63	34	40	18	5	1
¬¬¬ Robbery	433	414	19	194	71	70	33	20	29	11	4	1
¬¬¬ Aggravated robbery	98	97	1	31	5	20	15	11	10	5	1	0
¬¬¬ Extortion	64	62	2	10	1	32	15	3	1	2	0	0
¬¬¬ Other or unspecified robbery and extortion	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
¬¬ Coercion	42	39	3	10	8	7	1	5	5	4	2	0
¬¬ Deprivation of liberty	78	65	13	3	3	7	9	14	26	5	10	1
¬¬ Offences within family relations and the like	62	42	20	0	0	2	2	12	28	15	1	2
¬¬ Reckless behaviour and stalking	1 657	1 427	230	285	98	54	87	131	399	299	191	113
¬¬ Human trafficking	8	8	0	0	1	0	3	0	4	0	0	0
¬¬ Terrorism and terror-related offences	6	5	1	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	1	0
¬¬ Other violence and maltreatment	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
¬ Sexual offences	3 266	3 199	67	338	311	391	322	317	649	460	326	152
¬¬ Rape, total	657	648	9	90	71	66	60	52	145	105	46	22
¬¬¬ Rape	605	597	8	89	70	65	50	48	132	94	39	18
¬¬¬¬ Rape, children under 14 years of age	423	418	5	75	57	47	23	22	85	72	27	15
¬¬¬¬ Rape, other or unspecified age	182	179	3	14	13	18	27	26	47	22	12	3
¬¬¬ Aggravated rape	52	51	1	1	1	1	10	4	13	11	7	4
¬¬¬¬ Aggravated rape, children under 14 years of age (from 1.10.2015)	33	33	0	1	1	0	2	2	12	8	3	4
¬¬¬¬ Aggravated rape, other or unspecified age	19	18	1	0	0	1	8	2	1	3	4	0
¬¬ Attempted rape	22	22	0	3	0	3	1	2	12	0	1	0
¬¬ Sexual intercourse through abuse of position of trust	38	35	3	0	0	2	3	2	9	11	8	3
¬¬ Sexual intercourse with a child aged 14-15 years	331	328	3	24	68	77	47	24	38	31	18	4
¬¬ Sexual intercourse within family relations	74	70	4	9	5	2	7	5	15	18	6	7
¬¬ Sexual act	319	310	9	46	14	27	30	29	65	45	29	34
¬¬¬ Sexual act with a child under 16 years of age	204	197	7	35	11	18	14	17	40	28	17	24
¬¬¬ Other sexual act without consent	115	113	2	11	3	9	16	12	25	17	12	10
¬¬ Sexually abusive behaviour	809	800	9	38	28	95	85	111	171	136	108	37
¬¬¬ Sexually abusive behaviour with a child under 16 years of age (from. 1.10.2015)	466	463	3	27	22	77	57	55	102	43	69	14
¬¬¬ Sexually abusive behaviour, other or unspecified age	343	337	6	11	6	18	28	56	69	93	39	23
¬¬ Other or unspecified sexual offences	1 016	986	30	128	125	119	89	92	194	114	110	45
¬ Drug and alcohol offences	20 343	17 908	2 435	143	750	1 910	2 539	2 907	5 781	3 628	1 923	762
¬¬ Narcotic offences	10 168	9 026	1 142	137	617	1 127	1 480	1 581	2 878	1 575	616	157
¬¬¬ Narcotics, Act relating to medicinal goods etc.	4 673	4 096	577	87	363	590	689	667	1 255	682	270	70
¬¬¬¬ Narcotics, use	2 278	2 004	274	32	143	259	306	310	652	371	155	50
¬¬¬¬ Narcotics, minor possession	2 395	2 092	303	55	220	331	383	357	603	311	115	20
¬¬¬ Narcotics, Penal Code, total	5 495	4 930	565	50	254	537	791	914	1 623	893	346	87
¬¬¬¬ Narcotic offences, Penal Code	4 639	4 151	488	49	251	495	674	742	1 353	733	272	70
¬¬¬¬ Aggravated narcotic offences, Penal Code	856	779	77	1	3	42	117	172	270	160	74	17
¬¬ Doping	517	488	29	0	4	33	43	83	216	102	32	4
¬¬¬ Doping, Act relating to medicinal goods etc.	105	103	2	0	1	7	11	18	37	27	4	0
¬¬¬ Doping, Penal Code	412	385	27	0	3	26	32	65	179	75	28	4
¬¬ Driving under the influence	9 327	8 102	1 225	5	118	712	967	1 212	2 598	1 891	1 241	583
¬¬¬ Driving under the influence, road traffic	9 131	7 917	1 214	5	115	701	950	1 192	2 561	1 844	1 203	560
¬¬¬ Driving under the influence, other	196	185	11	0	3	11	17	20	37	47	38	23
¬¬ Violations of the Alcohol Act, total	168	146	22	1	10	31	32	21	25	22	18	8
¬¬¬ Violations of the Alcohol Act	168	146	22	1	10	31	32	21	25	22	18	8
¬¬¬ Aggravated violations of the Alcohol Act	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
¬¬ Other or unspecified drug and alcohol offences	163	146	17	0	1	7	17	10	64	38	16	10
¬ Public order and integrity violations	18 684	16 421	2 263	731	1 127	1 619	2 191	2 595	4 672	3 181	1 829	739
¬¬ Public order violations	7 178	6 427	751	401	466	628	807	921	1 658	1 156	707	434
¬¬¬ Breach of the peace, total	2 601	2 312	289	49	61	290	438	401	634	382	272	74
¬¬¬¬ Regional public order statute, urinating and other	615	583	32	2	11	74	147	89	134	73	69	16
¬¬¬¬ Breach of the peace under self-induced intoxication	591	532	59	2	5	57	86	94	169	93	62	23
¬¬¬¬ Other or unspecified breach of the peace	1 395	1 197	198	45	45	159	205	218	331	216	141	35
¬¬¬ Weapons, fire and explosives legislation	4 577	4 115	462	352	405	338	369	520	1 024	774	435	360
¬¬¬¬ Bearing arms in a public place	2 165	2 004	161	135	264	218	204	269	577	335	129	34
¬¬¬¬ Other or unspecified weapons offences	1 468	1 380	88	23	59	85	122	188	333	326	192	140
¬¬¬¬ Fire and explosives legislation	944	731	213	194	82	35	43	63	114	113	114	186
¬¬ Violations of public authority	9 012	7 887	1 125	147	417	788	1 193	1 374	2 373	1 597	891	232
¬¬¬ Obstructing and counteracting public authority	7 943	7 076	867	127	401	748	1 095	1 178	2 044	1 375	770	205
¬¬¬¬ Obstructing and harrassing a public servant	1 636	1 439	197	28	139	217	241	270	372	210	121	38
¬¬¬¬¬ Harrassing a public servant	1 212	1 069	143	23	104	154	164	206	274	158	96	33
¬¬¬¬¬ Obstructing a public servant	424	370	54	5	35	63	77	64	98	52	25	5
¬¬¬¬ Counteracting legal action and criminal prosecution	6 307	5 637	670	99	262	531	854	908	1 672	1 165	649	167
¬¬¬¬¬ Obligation of identification to public authority	889	759	130	31	119	101	145	149	184	91	57	12
¬¬¬¬¬ Violation of exclusion order	2 343	2 122	221	40	52	61	195	274	716	579	347	79
¬¬¬¬¬ Other order issued by police and other authority	2 399	2 146	253	17	78	353	463	396	562	314	164	52
¬¬¬¬¬ Counteraction of the execution of sentences	513	461	52	0	0	5	37	68	168	152	66	17
¬¬¬¬¬ Other counteraction of legal action and criminal prosecution	163	149	14	11	13	11	14	21	42	29	15	7
¬¬¬ Perjury and false accusation	697	491	206	10	10	14	61	116	247	154	74	11
¬¬¬¬ Perjury	629	455	174	1	7	8	51	105	234	146	69	8
¬¬¬¬ False accusation	68	36	32	9	3	6	10	11	13	8	5	3
¬¬¬ Immigration legislation	204	173	31	0	1	4	21	31	59	50	31	7
¬¬¬¬ Violation of entry ban	43	40	3	0	0	0	1	4	16	11	7	4
¬¬¬¬ Assistance of illegal entry and stay	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
¬¬¬¬ Other or unspecified immigration legislation	159	131	28	0	1	4	20	27	41	39	24	3
¬¬¬ Misconduct and misuse of public authority	7	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	2
¬¬¬ Other or unspecified violation of public authority	161	143	18	10	5	22	16	49	22	15	15	7
¬¬ Violations of integrity	2 494	2 107	387	183	244	203	191	300	641	428	231	73
¬¬¬ Document and ID offences	951	818	133	9	80	102	85	143	259	165	80	28
¬¬¬¬ Document forgery	615	530	85	3	19	40	48	104	194	129	53	25
¬¬¬¬¬ Document forgery, use	471	415	56	2	8	24	38	83	152	99	43	22
¬¬¬¬¬ Document forgery, production and procurement	144	115	29	1	11	16	10	21	42	30	10	3
¬¬¬¬ Counterfeiting	9	9	0	0	0	0	8	0	1	0	0	0
¬¬¬¬ ID offences (from 1.10.2015)	251	220	31	6	54	35	23	29	53	26	24	1
¬¬¬¬¬ ID offences, handling (from 1.10.2015)	73	67	6	1	36	7	5	7	11	5	1	0
¬¬¬¬¬ ID offences, use (from 1.10.2015)	178	153	25	5	18	28	18	22	42	21	23	1
¬¬¬¬ Other or unspecified document and ID offences	76	59	17	0	7	27	6	10	11	10	3	2
¬¬¬ Unauthorised access and stay	938	823	115	52	83	68	66	111	285	172	91	10
¬¬¬¬ Trespassing, building and other place	911	800	111	51	78	67	64	110	276	166	90	9
¬¬¬¬ Unauthorised access to computer and communication system	27	23	4	1	5	1	2	1	9	6	1	1
¬¬¬ Invasion of privacy	249	180	69	102	61	15	14	11	18	13	7	8
¬¬¬ Hate speech and discrimination	161	136	25	17	13	7	11	18	28	25	24	18
¬¬¬ Other or unspecified violation of integrity	195	150	45	3	7	11	15	17	51	53	29	9
¬ Traffic offences	32 720	28 615	4 105	147	1 489	3 766	3 408	3 848	7 324	5 453	4 074	3 211
¬¬ Road traffic offences	32 474	28 385	4 089	145	1 483	3 746	3 393	3 814	7 283	5 396	4 031	3 183
¬¬¬ Non-possession of driving licence	9 545	8 625	920	62	595	832	943	1 186	2 530	1 724	1 078	595
¬¬¬ Speeding	10 118	9 033	1 085	2	184	1 395	1 191	1 286	2 321	1 724	1 370	645
¬¬¬ Personal injury	1 364	1 037	327	30	90	138	111	112	208	178	175	322
¬¬¬ Other or unspecified road traffic offences	11 447	9 690	1 757	51	614	1 381	1 148	1 230	2 224	1 770	1 408	1 621
¬¬ Other transport and traffic legislation	246	230	16	2	6	20	15	34	41	57	43	28
¬ Other offences	2 030	1 732	298	15	42	72	107	189	362	352	438	453
¬¬ Offences against nature and the environment	1 658	1 417	241	14	40	44	64	136	267	284	391	418
¬¬¬ Poisoning as a danger to public health and serious environmental offences	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
¬¬¬ Hunting and fishing offences	629	594	35	6	3	3	13	24	86	104	174	216
¬¬¬ Other offences against nature and the environment	1 028	822	206	8	37	41	51	112	180	180	217	202
¬¬ Work environment legislation	17	15	2	0	0	0	0	1	4	5	4	3
¬¬ Other or unspecified penal legislation	355	300	55	1	2	28	43	52	91	63	43	32

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Source

StatBank source table 09410

StatBank source table 09411

Table 6Total number of persons charged in each group of offence, by sex and age. Absolute figures

Total number of persons charged in each group of offence, by sex and age. Absolute figures
	Persons charged by property theft	Persons charged by other offences for profit	Persons charged by criminal damage	Persons charged by violence and maltreatment	Persons charged by sexual offences	Persons charged by drug and alcohol offences	Persons charged by public order and integrity violations	Persons charged by traffic offences	Persons charged by other offences
2023
Both sexes
All ages 5 years or older	9 213	3 922	2 670	9 214	1 863	13 501	11 584	23 224	1 739
5-14 years	1 921	90	736	1 601	299	125	585	131	12
15-17 years	1 383	133	259	904	236	567	776	1 019	37
18-20 years	471	204	185	721	190	1 292	1 105	2 830	64
21-24 years	507	355	200	850	156	1 686	1 409	2 396	98
25-29 years	770	546	282	1 012	162	1 877	1 516	2 539	169
30-39 years	1 690	1 175	504	1 868	321	3 530	2 686	4 812	315
40-49 years	1 219	837	276	1 180	225	2 366	1 805	3 787	305
50-59 years	760	405	168	741	161	1 412	1 132	2 960	375
60 years or older	492	177	60	337	113	646	570	2 750	364
Males
All ages 5 years or older	5 832	3 153	2 325	7 842	1 801	11 658	10 027	19 808	1 479
5-14 years	836	72	632	1 297	279	87	449	110	12
15-17 years	788	117	218	781	229	491	685	936	36
18-20 years	311	166	165	621	186	1 153	971	2 424	49
21-24 years	378	283	177	737	148	1 489	1 243	2 075	83
25-29 years	582	440	254	862	161	1 657	1 339	2 196	134
30-39 years	1 271	930	451	1 595	309	3 058	2 343	4 143	270
40-49 years	873	684	240	1 012	219	2 002	1 552	3 176	250
50-59 years	506	311	143	640	158	1 173	971	2 552	314
60 years or older	287	150	45	297	112	548	474	2 196	331
Females
All ages 5 years or older	3 381	769	345	1 372	62	1 843	1 557	3 416	260
5-14 years	1 085	18	104	304	20	38	136	21	0
15-17 years	595	16	41	123	7	76	91	83	1
18-20 years	160	38	20	100	4	139	134	406	15
21-24 years	129	72	23	113	8	197	166	321	15
25-29 years	188	106	28	150	1	220	177	343	35
30-39 years	419	245	53	273	12	472	343	669	45
40-49 years	346	153	36	168	6	364	253	611	55
50-59 years	254	94	25	101	3	239	161	408	61
60 years or older	205	27	15	40	1	98	96	554	33

Explanation of symbols

Source

StatBank source table 11453

Table 7Persons charged, by number of offences, age and sex. Absolute figures

Persons charged, by number of offences, age and sex. Absolute figures
	Total	1 offence	2 offences	3 offences	4 offences	5 offences	6 offences	7 offences	8 offences	9 offences	10 or more offences
2023
All ages 5 years or older	60 751	41 857	9 518	3 536	1 792	978	625	447	341	235	1 422
5-14 years	4 637	3 526	600	248	92	52	33	18	13	9	46
15-17 years	4 266	3 022	685	241	114	52	34	14	21	12	71
18-20 years	5 690	3 985	880	332	162	98	60	31	23	13	106
21-24 years	5 967	4 042	956	350	186	112	67	51	32	28	143
25-29 years	6 589	4 224	1 093	417	247	146	85	59	49	43	226
30-39 years	12 400	7 857	2 118	812	459	247	167	137	85	62	456
40-49 years	9 383	6 182	1 594	602	304	148	109	93	66	46	239
50-59 years	6 692	4 808	1 010	373	153	93	46	39	34	17	119
60 years or older	5 127	4 211	582	161	75	30	24	5	18	5	16

Both sexes	60 751	41 857	9 518	3 536	1 792	978	625	447	341	235	1 422
Males	49 620	33 570	7 910	3 023	1 549	861	541	389	298	208	1 271
Females	11 131	8 287	1 608	513	243	117	84	58	43	27	151

Explanation of symbols

Source

StatBank source table 09412

StatBank source table 09413

Table 8Persons charged, by number of accessories and age. Absolute figures

Persons charged, by number of accessories and age. Absolute figures
	Total	No accessories	1 accessory	2 accessories	3 accessories	4 or more accessories
2023
All ages 5 years or older	60 751	55 239	3 103	1 234	481	694
5-14 years	4 637	2 641	889	512	265	330
15-17 years	4 266	3 454	439	204	70	99
18-20 years	5 690	5 277	250	92	33	38
21-24 years	5 967	5 549	258	92	25	43
25-29 years	6 589	6 124	299	82	13	71
30-39 years	12 400	11 724	462	131	31	52
40-49 years	9 383	8 977	271	86	16	33
50-59 years	6 692	6 464	169	24	15	20
60 years or older	5 127	5 029	66	11	13	8

Explanation of symbols

Source

StatBank source table 09414

Table 9Persons charged, by sex and age (grouped and one-year). Absolute figures and per 1 000 population

Persons charged, by sex and age (grouped and one-year). Absolute figures and per 1 000 population
	Both sexes	Males	Females	Both sexes	Males	Females
	Persons charged			Persons charged per 1000 population
2023
All ages 5 years or older	60 751	49 620	11 131	11.52	18.69	4.25
5-14 years	4 637	3 078	1 559	7.30	9.43	5.05
15-17 years	4 266	3 350	916	21.15	32.19	9.38
18-20 years	5 690	4 801	889	28.94	47.60	9.29
21-24 years	5 967	5 084	883	22.12	36.65	6.74
25-29 years	6 589	5 582	1 007	17.84	29.52	5.59
30-39 years	12 400	10 401	1 999	15.91	26.16	5.23
40-49 years	9 383	7 707	1 676	13.03	20.96	4.75
50-59 years	6 692	5 520	1 172	8.98	14.53	3.21
60 years or older	5 127	4 097	1 030	3.78	6.30	1.46
One-year age groups
5 years	4	4	0	0.07	0.13	0.00
6 years	4	2	2	0.07	0.07	0.07
7 years	16	14	2	0.26	0.44	0.07
8 years	31	28	3	0.50	0.87	0.10
9 years	52	37	15	0.83	1.15	0.49
10 years	121	94	27	1.92	2.91	0.87
11 years	250	202	48	3.83	6.03	1.51
12 years	591	394	197	8.99	11.63	6.19
13 years	1 458	879	579	21.56	25.37	17.56
14 years	2 110	1 424	686	30.67	40.26	20.52
15 years	1 362	975	387	19.98	27.68	11.75
16 years	1 576	1 260	316	23.69	36.78	9.79
17 years	1 328	1 115	213	19.81	32.24	6.56
18 years	2 064	1 742	322	31.41	51.53	10.09
19 years	1 877	1 582	295	28.56	46.85	9.23
20 years	1 749	1 477	272	26.84	44.37	8.53
21 years	1 643	1 423	220	25.54	43.43	6.97
22 years	1 501	1 278	223	22.73	37.68	6.95
23 years	1 480	1 248	232	21.35	34.83	6.93
24 years	1 343	1 135	208	19.17	31.35	6.15
25 years	1 316	1 116	200	18.69	30.90	5.83
26 years	1 354	1 159	195	18.63	31.05	5.51
27 years	1 336	1 123	213	17.78	29.22	5.80
28 years	1 290	1 087	203	17.14	28.18	5.53
29 years	1 293	1 097	196	17.07	28.37	5.29
30 years	1 352	1 125	227	17.56	28.65	6.02
31 years	1 290	1 068	222	16.37	26.41	5.79
32 years	1 320	1 101	219	16.49	26.91	5.59
33 years	1 363	1 149	214	16.78	27.83	5.36
34 years	1 256	1 061	195	15.65	25.98	4.95
35 years	1 158	972	186	14.51	23.91	4.75
36 years	1 199	1 011	188	15.61	26.00	4.96
37 years	1 156	979	177	15.12	24.99	4.75
38 years	1 149	963	186	15.29	25.05	5.07
39 years	1 157	972	185	15.64	25.83	5.09
40 years	1 105	905	200	15.05	24.00	5.60
41 years	1 031	859	172	13.98	22.76	4.78
42 years	1 047	867	180	14.56	23.75	5.09
43 years	932	742	190	12.82	19.92	5.36
44 years	906	753	153	12.69	20.61	4.39
45 years	937	783	154	13.23	21.58	4.46
46 years	875	716	159	12.68	20.38	4.70
47 years	833	674	159	11.85	18.73	4.64
48 years	868	714	154	12.04	19.51	4.34
49 years	849	694	155	11.35	18.30	4.20
50 years or older	11 819	9 617	2 202	5.62	9.34	2.05

Explanation of symbols

Source

StatBank source table 09415

Table 10Persons charged, by sex, age and type of principal offence. Absolute figures

Persons charged, by sex, age and type of principal offence. Absolute figures
	Total	Males	Females	5-14 years	15-17 years	18-20 years	21-24 years	25-29 years	30-39 years	40-49 years	50-59 years	60 years or older
2023
All types of offences	60 751	49 620	11 131	4 637	4 266	5 690	5 967	6 589	12 400	9 383	6 692	5 127
¬ Property theft	7 482	4 402	3 080	1 709	1 210	359	364	535	1 254	959	626	466
¬¬ Theft, total	7 467	4 388	3 079	1 709	1 207	357	363	533	1 254	954	624	466
¬¬¬ Petty theft	4 759	2 484	2 275	1 186	984	235	213	247	601	505	391	397
¬¬¬¬ Petty theft from shop and other sales outlet	4 666	2 421	2 245	1 169	976	230	208	241	584	487	381	390
¬¬¬¬ Other or unspecified petty theft	93	63	30	17	8	5	5	6	17	18	10	7
¬¬¬ Theft	2 185	1 452	733	488	175	78	111	213	512	350	189	69
¬¬¬¬ Theft from shops and other sales outlet	1 365	775	590	352	104	37	59	134	324	201	100	54
¬¬¬¬ Theft from other business and public institution	255	218	37	51	9	14	22	19	58	51	27	4
¬¬¬¬ Theft from dwelling and holiday home	147	101	46	13	9	11	13	21	34	29	14	3
¬¬¬¬¬ Theft from dwelling	63	36	27	10	8	8	4	9	12	6	4	2
¬¬¬¬¬ Theft from holiday home	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0
¬¬¬¬¬ Theft from storage area, garage and other area by dwelling and holiday home	81	62	19	3	1	3	9	12	19	23	10	1
¬¬¬¬ Theft from car and other motor vehicle	69	66	3	2	6	5	2	11	21	14	7	1
¬¬¬¬ Bicycle theft	122	114	8	19	11	2	6	10	39	26	9	0
¬¬¬¬ Theft from the person	227	178	49	51	36	9	9	18	36	29	32	7
¬¬¬¬¬ Theft from the person at sales outlet	75	51	24	5	8	2	2	8	16	13	16	5
¬¬¬¬¬ Theft from the person on public transport (from 1.10.2015)	16	16	0	2	6	0	1	1	3	3	0	0
¬¬¬¬¬ Theft from the person in the street, park, other recreation area (from 1.10.2015)	32	25	7	17	6	1	3	2	0	2	1	0
¬¬¬¬¬ Theft from the person at sports facility, cultural venue etc. (from 1.10.2015)	21	20	1	9	3	1	1	2	2	0	3	0
¬¬¬¬¬ Theft from the person at other public and private place (from 1.10.2015)	83	66	17	18	13	5	2	5	15	11	12	2
¬¬¬¬ Other or unspecified theft	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
¬¬¬ Aggravated theft	336	291	45	12	8	19	24	57	105	80	31	0
¬¬¬¬ Aggravated theft from shop and other sales outlet	53	46	7	4	2	3	2	7	13	16	6	0
¬¬¬¬ Aggravated theft from other business or public institution	72	66	6	2	2	1	8	13	22	20	4	0
¬¬¬¬ Aggravated theft from dwelling and holiday home	171	144	27	3	4	14	10	29	54	38	19	0
¬¬¬¬¬ Aggravated theft from dwelling	140	115	25	3	4	11	8	23	43	32	16	0
¬¬¬¬¬ Aggravated theft from holiday home	14	13	1	0	0	3	1	2	2	4	2	0
¬¬¬¬¬ Aggravated theft from storage area, garage and other area by dwelling and holiday home	17	16	1	0	0	0	1	4	9	2	1	0
¬¬¬¬ Aggravated theft from car and other motor vehicle	8	6	2	0	0	1	0	1	4	2	0	0
¬¬¬¬ Aggravated theft from the person	26	23	3	3	0	0	3	6	9	3	2	0
¬¬¬¬¬ Aggravated theft from the person at sales outlet (from 1.10.2015)	5	5	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	1	0	0
¬¬¬¬¬ Aggravated theft from the person on public transport (from 1.10.2015)	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0
¬¬¬¬¬ Aggravated theft from the person in the street, park, other recreation area (from 1.10.2015)	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
¬¬¬¬¬ Aggravated theft from the person at sports facility, cultural venue etc. (from 1.10.2015)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
¬¬¬¬¬ Aggravated theft from the person at other or unspecified place	16	14	2	1	0	0	1	4	7	2	1	0
¬¬¬¬ Other or unspecified aggravated theft	6	6	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	1	0	0
¬¬¬ Theft of car and other motor vehicle	187	161	26	23	40	25	15	16	36	19	13	0
¬¬¬¬ Theft of car	135	112	23	16	28	22	10	11	26	12	10	0
¬¬¬¬ Theft of motor cycle and moped	18	16	2	1	10	1	1	2	0	1	2	0
¬¬¬¬ Other or unspecified theft of motor vehicle	34	33	1	6	2	2	4	3	10	6	1	0
¬¬ Other unlawful use and possession of property	15	14	1	0	3	2	1	2	0	5	2	0
¬ Other offences for profit	2 916	2 324	592	67	102	146	249	368	834	661	327	162
¬¬ Receipt of stolen property and money laundering	417	353	64	7	20	36	43	67	104	85	40	15
¬¬¬ Receipt of stolen property, total	318	272	46	7	13	23	30	46	88	68	33	10
¬¬¬¬ Receipt of stolen property	261	222	39	7	13	22	21	33	72	56	30	7
¬¬¬¬ Aggravated receipt of stolen property	57	50	7	0	0	1	9	13	16	12	3	3
¬¬¬ Money laundering, total	99	81	18	0	7	13	13	21	16	17	7	5
¬¬¬¬ Money laundering	35	29	6	0	7	5	5	7	3	4	3	1
¬¬¬¬ Aggravated money laundering	64	52	12	0	0	8	8	14	13	13	4	4
¬¬¬ Other or unspecified receipt of stolen property and money laundering	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
¬¬ Fraud, total	1 275	950	325	57	75	69	128	192	401	238	76	39
¬¬¬ Petty fraud and the like	114	79	35	14	8	8	16	17	27	14	6	4
¬¬¬ Fraud	781	575	206	42	60	50	85	123	231	135	33	22
¬¬¬ Aggravated fraud	380	296	84	1	7	11	27	52	143	89	37	13
¬¬ Embezzlement, total	296	209	87	2	7	35	43	34	73	54	33	15
¬¬¬ Embezzlement	212	149	63	2	7	34	38	26	55	30	18	2
¬¬¬ Aggravated embezzlement	84	60	24	0	0	1	5	8	18	24	15	13
¬¬ Misappropriation of funds	43	41	2	0	0	0	1	3	13	16	8	2
¬¬ Corruption and influencing trade	23	21	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	10	8	3
¬¬ Accounting offences	262	242	20	0	0	2	10	24	69	94	41	22
¬¬ Creditor-related offences	8	8	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	2	1	2
¬¬ Tax and duty offences	118	103	15	0	0	0	3	7	33	34	25	16
¬¬¬ Tax evasion	17	14	3	0	0	0	0	2	9	6	0	0
¬¬¬ Aggravated tax evasion	37	32	5	0	0	0	1	2	7	12	8	7
¬¬¬ Other tax and duty offences	64	57	7	0	0	0	2	3	17	16	17	9
¬¬ Violations of the Customs Act	422	352	70	0	0	3	19	39	127	114	78	42
¬¬¬ Smuggling	356	294	62	0	0	2	17	32	112	96	63	34
¬¬¬ Other violations of the Customs Act	66	58	8	0	0	1	2	7	15	18	15	8
¬¬ Other business and economic offences	52	45	7	1	0	0	1	2	11	14	17	6
¬ Criminal damage	1 487	1 277	210	586	153	95	102	132	178	116	80	45
¬¬ Damage to property, total	1 287	1 119	168	422	153	94	100	127	168	110	74	39
¬¬¬ Petty damage to property	131	109	22	43	13	13	13	4	11	17	10	7
¬¬¬¬ Petty damage to building	60	52	8	30	8	2	4	1	6	3	3	3
¬¬¬¬ Petty damage to motor vehicle and other means of transport (from 1.10.2015)	32	27	5	0	2	8	8	3	2	4	4	1
¬¬¬¬ Other or unspecified petty damage to property	39	30	9	13	3	3	1	0	3	10	3	3
¬¬¬ Damage to property	1 061	925	136	353	130	75	84	113	140	83	55	28
¬¬¬¬ Damage to building	641	555	86	252	96	30	46	59	76	46	26	10
¬¬¬¬ Damage to motor vehicle and other means of transport	243	213	30	52	11	23	23	39	41	23	19	12
¬¬¬¬ Other or unspecified damage to property	177	157	20	49	23	22	15	15	23	14	10	6
¬¬¬ Aggravated damage to property	95	85	10	26	10	6	3	10	17	10	9	4
¬¬¬¬ Aggravated damage to building	71	65	6	24	10	3	1	3	14	6	7	3
¬¬¬¬ Aggravated damage to motor vehicle and other means of transport	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
¬¬¬¬ Other aggravated damage to property	22	19	3	2	0	3	1	6	3	4	2	1
¬¬ Public danger from fire and other criminal damage	200	158	42	164	0	1	2	5	10	6	6	6
¬ Violence and maltreatment	7 881	6 626	1 255	1 415	783	616	726	822	1 549	1 000	661	309
¬¬ Offences of violence	5 123	4 227	896	796	557	453	530	584	1 006	626	407	164
¬¬¬ Assault, total	3 246	2 696	550	694	399	231	301	316	561	383	265	96
¬¬¬¬ Assault	2 951	2 435	516	602	338	197	278	302	532	362	248	92
¬¬¬¬ Aggravated assault	295	261	34	92	61	34	23	14	29	21	17	4
¬¬¬ Bodily harm, total	683	631	52	52	83	96	94	90	149	80	32	7
¬¬¬¬ Bodily harm	545	502	43	48	67	75	77	67	117	59	29	6
¬¬¬¬ Grievous bodily harm	138	129	9	4	16	21	17	23	32	21	3	1
¬¬¬ Murder	21	19	2	0	0	1	0	0	7	8	3	2
¬¬¬ Attempted murder	44	34	10	1	7	3	7	5	9	5	5	2
¬¬¬ Unintentional bodily harm or manslaughter	78	64	14	0	1	12	4	6	15	13	17	10
¬¬¬¬ Unintentional bodily harm	54	44	10	0	1	7	3	2	9	11	14	7
¬¬¬¬ Manslaughter	24	20	4	0	0	5	1	4	6	2	3	3
¬¬¬ Maltreatment in close relations, total	230	184	46	2	0	9	16	41	80	49	16	17
¬¬¬¬ Maltreatment in close relations	208	169	39	2	0	9	14	36	72	44	14	17
¬¬¬¬ Aggravated maltreatment in close relations	22	15	7	0	0	0	2	5	8	5	2	0
¬¬¬ Assault of public servant	742	534	208	38	63	95	101	117	172	76	59	21
¬¬¬ Other or unspecified offences of violence	79	65	14	9	4	6	7	9	13	12	10	9
¬¬ Threats, total	1 351	1 194	157	259	112	61	100	144	297	187	127	64
¬¬¬ Threats (from 1.10.2015)	726	634	92	227	79	27	45	47	125	75	62	39
¬¬¬ Aggravated threats (from 1.10.2015)	73	65	8	12	8	5	6	4	19	8	6	5
¬¬¬ Threats against public servant	511	457	54	14	24	28	45	90	138	101	51	20
¬¬¬ Other or unspecified threats	41	38	3	6	1	1	4	3	15	3	8	0
¬¬ Robbery and extortion	350	333	17	136	51	55	38	22	30	14	3	1
¬¬¬ Robbery	254	240	14	102	47	36	23	11	21	10	3	1
¬¬¬ Aggravated robbery	84	83	1	28	3	17	13	10	9	4	0	0
¬¬¬ Extortion	12	10	2	6	1	2	2	1	0	0	0	0
¬¬¬ Other or unspecified robbery and extortion	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
¬¬ Coercion	20	18	2	8	1	3	1	2	2	3	0	0
¬¬ Deprivation of liberty	35	31	4	1	2	5	4	7	6	3	6	1
¬¬ Offences within family relations and the like	47	30	17	0	0	2	2	10	18	12	1	2
¬¬ Reckless behaviour and stalking	947	786	161	214	59	37	48	53	188	155	116	77
¬¬ Human trafficking	4	4	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0
¬¬ Terrorism and terror-related offences	4	3	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0
¬¬ Other violence and maltreatment	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
¬ Sexual offences	1 730	1 673	57	275	228	182	151	143	289	209	147	106
¬¬ Rape, total	442	434	8	83	59	40	41	41	76	54	27	21
¬¬¬ Rape	406	399	7	82	58	39	34	37	72	47	20	17
¬¬¬¬ Rape, children under 14 years of age	271	266	5	68	47	29	12	18	35	34	14	14
¬¬¬¬ Rape, other or unspecified age	135	133	2	14	11	10	22	19	37	13	6	3
¬¬¬ Aggravated rape	36	35	1	1	1	1	7	4	4	7	7	4
¬¬¬¬ Aggravated rape, children under 14 years of age (from 1.10.2015)	19	19	0	1	1	0	1	2	3	4	3	4
¬¬¬¬ Aggravated rape, other or unspecified age	17	16	1	0	0	1	6	2	1	3	4	0
¬¬ Attempted rape	10	10	0	3	0	2	0	2	2	0	1	0
¬¬ Sexual intercourse through abuse of position of trust	32	29	3	0	0	2	2	2	5	11	7	3
¬¬ Sexual intercourse with a child aged 14-15 years	197	194	3	19	52	41	30	17	17	13	7	1
¬¬ Sexual intercourse within family relations	21	18	3	8	2	0	2	0	3	3	1	2
¬¬ Sexual act	149	144	5	30	6	13	10	12	26	18	13	21
¬¬¬ Sexual act with a child under 16 years of age	90	86	4	25	4	5	6	7	12	12	4	15
¬¬¬ Other sexual act without consent	59	58	1	5	2	8	4	5	14	6	9	6
¬¬ Sexually abusive behaviour	234	228	6	29	11	19	24	22	43	37	26	23
¬¬¬ Sexually abusive behaviour with a child under 16 years of age (from. 1.10.2015)	88	85	3	20	7	10	14	6	12	4	9	6
¬¬¬ Sexually abusive behaviour, other or unspecified age	146	143	3	9	4	9	10	16	31	33	17	17
¬¬ Other or unspecified sexual offences	645	616	29	103	98	65	42	47	117	73	65	35
¬ Drug and alcohol offences	9 483	8 071	1 412	52	360	924	1 229	1 326	2 369	1 674	1 029	520
¬¬ Narcotic offences	4 396	3 784	612	50	308	502	679	696	1 131	660	292	78
¬¬¬ Narcotics, Act relating to medicinal goods etc.	1 221	1 009	212	31	167	203	212	173	241	130	52	12
¬¬¬¬ Narcotics, use	322	269	53	15	65	61	54	37	52	23	12	3
¬¬¬¬ Narcotics, minor possession	899	740	159	16	102	142	158	136	189	107	40	9
¬¬¬ Narcotics, Penal Code, total	3 175	2 775	400	19	141	299	467	523	890	530	240	66
¬¬¬¬ Narcotic offences, Penal Code	2 520	2 183	337	18	138	266	372	402	678	409	183	54
¬¬¬¬ Aggravated narcotic offences, Penal Code	655	592	63	1	3	33	95	121	212	121	57	12
¬¬ Doping	328	302	26	0	3	21	24	53	132	69	22	4
¬¬¬ Doping, Act relating to medicinal goods etc.	25	24	1	0	0	1	2	5	12	3	2	0
¬¬¬ Doping, Penal Code	303	278	25	0	3	20	22	48	120	66	20	4
¬¬ Driving under the influence	4 588	3 840	748	1	41	377	496	554	1 078	919	696	426
¬¬¬ Driving under the influence, road traffic	4 422	3 685	737	1	38	369	480	540	1 049	884	658	403
¬¬¬ Driving under the influence, other	166	155	11	0	3	8	16	14	29	35	38	23
¬¬ Violations of the Alcohol Act, total	105	87	18	1	7	24	24	17	6	11	10	5
¬¬¬ Violations of the Alcohol Act	105	87	18	1	7	24	24	17	6	11	10	5
¬¬¬ Aggravated violations of the Alcohol Act	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
¬¬ Other or unspecified drug and alcohol offences	66	58	8	0	1	0	6	6	22	15	9	7
¬ Public order and integrity violations	7 461	6 401	1 060	427	510	744	948	941	1 537	1 128	761	465
¬¬ Public order violations	3 566	3 124	442	257	266	329	428	394	673	525	378	316
¬¬¬ Breach of the peace, total	1 327	1 200	127	14	35	174	269	188	288	193	128	38
¬¬¬¬ Regional public order statute, urinating and other	497	466	31	1	6	63	127	74	96	62	54	14
¬¬¬¬ Breach of the peace under self-induced intoxication	262	243	19	2	4	34	47	38	66	39	27	5
¬¬¬¬ Other or unspecified breach of the peace	568	491	77	11	25	77	95	76	126	92	47	19
¬¬¬ Weapons, fire and explosives legislation	2 239	1 924	315	243	231	155	159	206	385	332	250	278
¬¬¬¬ Bearing arms in a public place	943	865	78	79	135	112	79	103	199	142	71	23
¬¬¬¬ Other or unspecified weapons offences	544	498	46	14	34	23	43	54	97	112	89	78
¬¬¬¬ Fire and explosives legislation	752	561	191	150	62	20	37	49	89	78	90	177
¬¬ Violations of public authority	2 811	2 393	418	30	128	311	437	437	641	440	288	99
¬¬¬ Obstructing and counteracting public authority	2 221	1 955	266	17	116	290	366	327	473	337	212	83
¬¬¬¬ Obstructing and harrassing a public servant	342	293	49	0	27	44	65	39	78	44	30	15
¬¬¬¬¬ Harrassing a public servant	182	155	27	0	14	19	27	20	42	27	22	11
¬¬¬¬¬ Obstructing a public servant	160	138	22	0	13	25	38	19	36	17	8	4
¬¬¬¬ Counteracting legal action and criminal prosecution	1 879	1 662	217	17	89	246	301	288	395	293	182	68
¬¬¬¬¬ Obligation of identification to public authority	214	178	36	3	44	30	31	35	33	21	12	5
¬¬¬¬¬ Violation of exclusion order	330	292	38	3	3	13	27	30	81	85	64	24
¬¬¬¬¬ Other order issued by police and other authority	1 037	926	111	2	30	192	219	183	200	121	67	23
¬¬¬¬¬ Counteraction of the execution of sentences	188	166	22	0	0	1	12	24	54	55	30	12
¬¬¬¬¬ Other counteraction of legal action and criminal prosecution	110	100	10	9	12	10	12	16	27	11	9	4
¬¬¬ Perjury and false accusation	351	238	113	10	9	7	40	72	113	57	38	5
¬¬¬¬ Perjury	320	228	92	1	7	4	35	68	110	56	36	3
¬¬¬¬ False accusation	31	10	21	9	2	3	5	4	3	1	2	2
¬¬¬ Immigration legislation	152	126	26	0	0	2	17	19	43	38	27	6
¬¬¬¬ Violation of entry ban	31	28	3	0	0	0	0	3	11	8	6	3
¬¬¬¬ Assistance of illegal entry and stay	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
¬¬¬¬ Other or unspecified immigration legislation	119	96	23	0	0	2	17	16	30	30	21	3
¬¬¬ Misconduct and misuse of public authority	6	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	2
¬¬¬ Other or unspecified violation of public authority	81	71	10	3	3	12	14	19	11	6	10	3
¬¬ Violations of integrity	1 084	884	200	140	116	104	83	110	223	163	95	50
¬¬¬ Document and ID offences	435	361	74	6	34	55	37	53	108	80	36	26
¬¬¬¬ Document forgery	332	282	50	1	16	25	26	47	98	64	31	24
¬¬¬¬¬ Document forgery, use	258	227	31	1	6	15	22	40	78	50	25	21
¬¬¬¬¬ Document forgery, production and procurement	74	55	19	0	10	10	4	7	20	14	6	3
¬¬¬¬ Counterfeiting	3	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0
¬¬¬¬ ID offences (from 1.10.2015)	52	39	13	5	12	7	3	4	6	12	2	1
¬¬¬¬¬ ID offences, handling (from 1.10.2015)	17	13	4	1	6	5	1	1	0	3	0	0
¬¬¬¬¬ ID offences, use (from 1.10.2015)	35	26	9	4	6	2	2	3	6	9	2	1
¬¬¬¬ Other or unspecified document and ID offences	48	37	11	0	6	23	6	2	3	4	3	1
¬¬¬ Unauthorised access and stay	326	295	31	38	38	32	27	37	74	43	28	9
¬¬¬¬ Trespassing, building and other place	315	286	29	37	36	32	27	36	69	43	27	8
¬¬¬¬ Unauthorised access to computer and communication system	11	9	2	1	2	0	0	1	5	0	1	1
¬¬¬ Invasion of privacy	161	106	55	78	37	9	8	5	8	6	5	5
¬¬¬ Hate speech and discrimination	61	50	11	15	5	4	5	4	8	7	7	6
¬¬¬ Other or unspecified violation of integrity	101	72	29	3	2	4	6	11	25	27	19	4
¬ Traffic offences	20 790	17 565	3 225	95	891	2 579	2 120	2 184	4 132	3 377	2 713	2 699
¬¬ Road traffic offences	20 672	17 449	3 223	93	886	2 570	2 110	2 172	4 114	3 357	2 686	2 684
¬¬¬ Non-possession of driving licence	4 536	3 950	586	36	317	402	409	473	1 029	831	593	446
¬¬¬ Speeding	6 987	6 151	836	1	102	1 064	845	846	1 478	1 183	970	498
¬¬¬ Personal injury	1 107	809	298	21	63	107	78	86	169	142	143	298
¬¬¬ Other or unspecified road traffic offences	8 042	6 539	1 503	35	404	997	778	767	1 438	1 201	980	1 442
¬¬ Other transport and traffic legislation	118	116	2	2	5	9	10	12	18	20	27	15
¬ Other offences	1 521	1 281	240	11	29	45	78	138	258	259	348	355
¬¬ Offences against nature and the environment	1 247	1 054	193	10	28	27	43	99	183	213	313	331
¬¬¬ Poisoning as a danger to public health and serious environmental offences	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
¬¬¬ Hunting and fishing offences	494	470	24	3	2	3	10	18	63	78	142	175
¬¬¬ Other offences against nature and the environment	752	583	169	7	26	24	33	81	119	135	171	156
¬¬ Work environment legislation	12	11	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	3	3
¬¬ Other or unspecified penal legislation	262	216	46	1	1	18	35	38	74	42	32	21

Explanation of symbols

Source

StatBank source table 09416

StatBank source table 09417

Table 11Persons charged, by sex, age and place of recidence (county). Absolute figures and per 1 000 population

Persons charged, by sex, age and place of recidence (county). Absolute figures and per 1 000 population
	Total	Males	Females	5-14 years	15-17 years	18-20 years	21-24 years	25-29 years	30-39 years	40-49 years	50-59 years	60 years or older
2023
Persons charged, place of residence
Total	60 751	49 620	11 131	4 637	4 266	5 690	5 967	6 589	12 400	9 383	6 692	5 127
The whole country	57 879	47 053	10 826	4 624	4 258	5 596	5 693	6 182	11 568	8 751	6 283	4 924
Viken (2020-2023)	14 067	11 406	2 661	1 052	949	1 248	1 322	1 494	2 996	2 276	1 627	1 103
Oslo	7 659	6 219	1 440	683	507	608	821	939	1 751	1 158	700	492
Innlandet	3 724	3 032	692	205	256	398	373	358	695	564	459	416
Vestfold og Telemark (2020-2023)	4 535	3 644	891	331	339	425	410	452	923	700	516	439
Agder	3 606	2 925	681	321	279	323	389	422	680	500	391	301
Rogaland	4 975	3 954	1 021	550	470	496	448	520	901	785	464	341
Vestland	6 095	4 938	1 157	536	514	616	556	569	1 150	914	687	553
Møre og Romsdal	2 890	2 364	526	189	217	389	289	261	530	406	322	287
Trøndelag - Trööndelage	4 501	3 706	795	388	321	467	456	520	871	607	454	417
Nordland - Nordlánnda	2 565	2 159	406	188	162	312	266	267	448	380	289	253
Troms og Finnmark - Romsa ja Finnmárku (2020-2023)	3 215	2 665	550	181	243	314	362	375	609	449	371	311
Svalbard	12	8	4	0	0	0	0	0	7	5	0	0
Norway, unknown county	35	33	2	0	1	0	1	5	7	7	3	11
Abroad, without known county	2 868	2 565	303	11	8	94	274	406	832	631	409	203
County not stated	4	2	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Persons charged per 1000 population, place of residence
Total	11.52	18.69	4.25	7.30	21.15	28.94	22.12	17.84	15.91	13.03	8.98	3.78
The whole country	10.97	17.73	4.13	7.28	21.11	28.46	21.11	16.74	14.84	12.15	8.43	3.63
Viken (2020-2023)	11.30	18.22	4.30	6.67	18.90	26.27	23.69	20.92	17.11	12.61	8.71	3.44
Oslo	11.28	18.41	4.22	9.53	23.71	27.74	20.71	12.48	12.60	11.71	8.41	3.85
Innlandet	10.34	16.80	3.85	5.26	19.67	30.92	22.16	17.35	15.54	12.69	8.41	3.64
Vestfold og Telemark (2020-2023)	10.96	17.64	4.30	6.85	21.37	27.92	22.53	19.35	16.91	12.84	8.35	3.60
Agder	11.86	19.18	4.50	8.23	22.11	26.88	23.75	21.26	16.53	12.16	9.19	3.80
Rogaland	10.54	16.54	4.39	8.45	23.51	26.53	18.75	16.39	12.72	11.42	7.18	3.15
Vestland	9.86	15.79	3.79	7.00	21.41	25.66	16.00	12.92	12.88	11.03	8.18	3.48
Møre og Romsdal	11.22	18.08	4.15	6.01	21.35	38.36	22.60	16.94	15.52	12.11	8.90	3.89
Trøndelag - Trööndelage	9.80	15.94	3.51	7.12	18.60	26.90	16.50	14.79	13.10	10.37	7.21	3.49
Nordland - Nordlánnda	11.06	18.38	3.54	7.16	19.12	36.98	24.47	18.00	14.39	13.47	8.52	3.62
Troms og Finnmark - Romsa ja Finnmárku (2020-2023)	13.78	22.47	4.80	7.05	27.78	37.33	28.02	21.34	18.39	15.53	10.79	4.89
Svalbard	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Norway, unknown county	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Abroad, without known county	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
County not stated	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..

Explanation of symbols

Source

StatBank source table 09418

StatBank source table 09419

Table 12Persons charged, by police decision, sex and age. Absolute figures

Persons charged, by police decision, sex and age. Absolute figures
	All decisions	¬ Prosecution dropped, the offender not liable	¬ Transferred to Conflict Council	¬ Prosecution dropped for other reasons	¬ Prosecution conditionally dropped	¬ Ticket fine	¬ Committed for trial
2023
Both sexes
All ages 5 years or older	60 751	5 899	1 166	7 149	3 354	28 262	14 921
5-14 years	4 637	4 633	0	2	0	0	2
15-17 years	4 266	17	628	934	1 242	1 019	426
18-20 years	5 690	44	104	516	288	3 193	1 545
21-24 years	5 967	71	76	660	234	3 189	1 737
25-29 years	6 589	156	71	896	252	3 154	2 060
30-39 years	12 400	322	111	1 708	469	5 937	3 853
40-49 years	9 383	254	90	1 192	372	4 713	2 762
50-59 years	6 692	195	52	748	274	3 718	1 705
60 years or older	5 127	207	34	493	223	3 339	831
Males
All ages 5 years or older	49 620	4 089	892	5 770	2 452	23 499	12 918
5-14 years	3 078	3 074	0	2	0	0	2
15-17 years	3 350	12	453	639	940	918	388
18-20 years	4 801	31	88	423	206	2 674	1 379
21-24 years	5 084	53	62	556	177	2 718	1 518
25-29 years	5 582	133	56	759	180	2 643	1 811
30-39 years	10 401	250	96	1 427	342	4 983	3 303
40-49 years	7 707	205	74	987	272	3 837	2 332
50-59 years	5 520	157	34	614	187	3 068	1 460
60 years or older	4 097	174	29	363	148	2 658	725
Females
All ages 5 years or older	11 131	1 810	274	1 379	902	4 763	2 003
5-14 years	1 559	1 559	0	0	0	0	0
15-17 years	916	5	175	295	302	101	38
18-20 years	889	13	16	93	82	519	166
21-24 years	883	18	14	104	57	471	219
25-29 years	1 007	23	15	137	72	511	249
30-39 years	1 999	72	15	281	127	954	550
40-49 years	1 676	49	16	205	100	876	430
50-59 years	1 172	38	18	134	87	650	245
60 years or older	1 030	33	5	130	75	681	106

Explanation of symbols

Source

StatBank source table 09420

Table 13Persons charged, by group of principal offence and citizenship (continent and selected countries). Absolute figures

Persons charged, by group of principal offence and citizenship (continent and selected countries). Absolute figures¹
	All groups of offences	¬ Property theft	¬ Other offences for profit	¬ Criminal damage	¬ Violence and maltreatment	¬ Sexual offences	¬ Drug and alcohol offences	¬ Public order and integrity violations	¬ Traffic offences	¬ Other offences
2023
Total	60 751	7 482	2 916	1 487	7 881	1 730	9 483	7 461	20 790	1 521
All continents	60 668	7 466	2 911	1 485	7 867	1 730	9 471	7 446	20 771	1 521
Europe	57 369	7 032	2 772	1 402	7 236	1 619	9 074	6 979	19 796	1 459
Norway	47 412	5 506	2 140	1 284	6 489	1 510	7 214	5 979	16 085	1 205
Denmark	333	23	17	6	27	1	67	32	146	14
Sweden	1 000	108	90	12	72	12	179	107	407	13
Germany	335	20	15	4	17	8	75	42	121	33
Latvia	462	63	29	9	37	2	85	46	180	11
Lithuania	1 584	262	111	17	99	8	279	159	604	45
Poland	2 585	362	154	25	185	26	549	273	968	43
Romania	819	272	45	5	55	10	100	55	271	6
Ukraine	318	90	14	11	24	4	34	36	99	6
Africa	1 056	152	38	32	224	32	139	174	260	5
Asia	1 869	229	88	42	358	70	187	249	605	41
Syria	822	94	35	28	187	33	68	88	283	6
Americas	337	47	13	9	45	9	64	38	97	15
Oceania	37	6	0	0	4	0	7	6	13	1
Without citizenship	56	7	4	2	12	0	11	7	13	0
Unknown	27	9	1	0	2	0	1	8	6	0
¹Citizenship is specified for the 10 countries with the highest number of persons charged.

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StatBank source table 09421

Table 14Persons charged in base year, by number of years with recidivism and sex, and age in base year. Absolute figures

Persons charged in base year, by number of years with recidivism and sex, and age in base year. Absolute figures
	All years (0-5)	0 years with recidivism	1 year with recidivism	2 years with recidivism	3 years with recidivism	4 years with recidivism	5 years with recidivism
2018
Both sexes
All ages 5 years or older	64 060	40 135	12 498	5 985	3 244	1 594	604
5-14 years	2 584	1 486	533	260	176	84	45
15-17 years	4 406	2 266	1 027	588	325	149	51
18-20 years	7 084	4 072	1 555	783	413	192	69
21-24 years	7 702	4 427	1 755	792	417	228	83
25-29 years	7 983	4 694	1 621	885	451	243	89
30-39 years	12 644	7 569	2 508	1 307	736	384	140
40-49 years	10 171	6 602	1 917	866	477	211	98
50-59 years	6 671	4 863	1 101	392	207	82	26
60 years or older	4 815	4 156	481	112	42	21	3
Males
All ages 5 years or older	52 832	31 706	10 931	5 335	2 904	1 421	535
5-14 years	1 891	971	423	217	163	72	45
15-17 years	3 557	1 651	887	536	298	139	46
18-20 years	6 027	3 269	1 412	719	383	179	65
21-24 years	6 590	3 623	1 569	729	379	213	77
25-29 years	6 731	3 819	1 429	792	402	214	75
30-39 years	10 485	6 041	2 184	1 142	658	340	120
40-49 years	8 202	5 131	1 642	759	409	177	84
50-59 years	5 480	3 900	963	345	180	70	22
60 years or older	3 869	3 301	422	96	32	17	1
Females
All ages 5 years or older	11 228	8 429	1 567	650	340	173	69
5-14 years	693	515	110	43	13	12	0
15-17 years	849	615	140	52	27	10	5
18-20 years	1 057	803	143	64	30	13	4
21-24 years	1 112	804	186	63	38	15	6
25-29 years	1 252	875	192	93	49	29	14
30-39 years	2 159	1 528	324	165	78	44	20
40-49 years	1 969	1 471	275	107	68	34	14
50-59 years	1 191	963	138	47	27	12	4
60 years or older	946	855	59	16	10	4	2

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StatBank source table 09424

Table 15Persons charged in base year, by police decision, group of principal offence in base year and recidivism in the following five-year period. Absolute figures

Persons charged in base year, by police decision, group of principal offence in base year and recidivism in the following five-year period. Absolute figures
	All decisions	¬ Prosecution dropped, the offender under 15 years of age	¬ Prosecution dropped, the offender not liable for other reason than age	¬ Prosecution dropped for other reasons	¬ Transferred to Conflict Council	¬ Prosecution conditionally dropped	¬ Ticket fine	¬ Committed for trial
2018
All groups of offences
All persons charged	64 060	2 582	1 319	4 917	1 575	3 492	34 381	15 794
Without recidivism	40 135	1 484	832	2 812	965	2 175	23 384	8 483
With recidivism	23 925	1 098	487	2 105	610	1 317	10 997	7 311
¬ Property theft
All persons charged	5 937	889	156	839	334	800	2 139	780
Without recidivism	3 133	599	74	385	216	552	1 127	180
With recidivism	2 804	290	82	454	118	248	1 012	600
¬ Other offences for profit
All persons charged	3 398	17	54	297	57	110	1 153	1 710
Without recidivism	2 311	11	44	186	36	68	795	1 171
With recidivism	1 087	6	10	111	21	42	358	539
¬ Criminal damage
All persons charged	1 328	416	74	69	188	83	352	146
Without recidivism	711	237	42	34	106	49	177	66
With recidivism	617	179	32	35	82	34	175	80
¬ Violence and maltreatment
All persons charged	8 006	621	489	743	741	516	1 471	3 425
Without recidivism	4 292	285	278	474	455	333	891	1 576
With recidivism	3 714	336	211	269	286	183	580	1 849
¬ Sexual offences
All persons charged	1 690	242	83	324	20	48	289	684
Without recidivism	1 161	129	68	228	14	27	206	489
With recidivism	529	113	15	96	6	21	83	195
¬ Drug and alcohol offences
All persons charged	13 710	98	187	852	48	1 086	6 258	5 181
Without recidivism	7 354	41	119	348	26	573	3 456	2 791
With recidivism	6 356	57	68	504	22	513	2 802	2 390
¬ Public order and integrity violations
All persons charged	8 163	236	141	663	113	461	5 469	1 080
Without recidivism	5 109	143	86	395	61	289	3 609	526
With recidivism	3 054	93	55	268	52	172	1 860	554
¬ Traffic offences
All persons charged	20 722	49	126	1 031	31	325	16 450	2 710
Without recidivism	15 155	30	113	688	16	228	12 449	1 631
With recidivism	5 567	19	13	343	15	97	4 001	1 079
¬ Other offences
All persons charged	1 106	14	9	99	43	63	800	78
Without recidivism	909	9	8	74	35	56	674	53
With recidivism	197	5	1	25	8	7	126	25

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StatBank source table 09423

Table 16Persons charged in base year, by recidivism in the following five-year period, age and type of principal offence in base year. Absolute figures

Persons charged in base year, by recidivism in the following five-year period, age and type of principal offence in base year. Absolute figures
	All ages 5 years or older	5-14 years	15-17 years	18-24 years	25-39 years	40 years or older	All ages 5 years or older	5-14 years	15-17 years	18-24 years	25-39 years	40 years or older	All ages 5 years or older	5-14 years	15-17 years	18-24 years	25-39 years	40 years or older
	All persons charged						Without recidivism						With recidivism
2018
All types of offences	64 060	2 584	4 406	14 786	20 627	21 657	40 135	1 486	2 266	8 499	12 263	15 621	23 925	1 098	2 140	6 287	8 364	6 036
¬ Property theft	5 937	889	1 019	703	1 460	1 866	3 133	599	648	343	560	983	2 804	290	371	360	900	883
¬¬ Theft, total	5 905	887	1 015	697	1 449	1 857	3 114	598	647	339	553	977	2 791	289	368	358	896	880
¬¬¬ Petty theft	3 238	513	765	322	565	1 073	2 083	380	537	206	293	667	1 155	133	228	116	272	406
¬¬¬¬ Petty theft from shop and other sales outlet	3 106	496	744	310	532	1 024	2 004	367	527	197	276	637	1 102	129	217	113	256	387
¬¬¬¬ Other or unspecified petty theft	132	17	21	12	33	49	79	13	10	9	17	30	53	4	11	3	16	19
¬¬¬ Theft	1 987	326	173	236	619	633	843	206	78	88	201	270	1 144	120	95	148	418	363
¬¬¬¬ Theft from shops and other sales outlet	1 245	248	95	113	383	406	569	165	52	44	134	174	676	83	43	69	249	232
¬¬¬¬ Theft from other business and public institution	251	34	33	38	69	77	101	14	7	16	23	41	150	20	26	22	46	36
¬¬¬¬ Theft from dwelling and holiday home	135	20	15	14	50	36	48	12	5	1	15	15	87	8	10	13	35	21
¬¬¬¬¬ Theft from dwelling	70	15	11	5	26	13	28	10	3	1	8	6	42	5	8	4	18	7
¬¬¬¬¬ Theft from holiday home	11	0	0	3	7	1	3	0	0	0	2	1	8	0	0	3	5	0
¬¬¬¬¬ Theft from storage area, garage and other area by dwelling and holiday home	54	5	4	6	17	22	17	2	2	0	5	8	37	3	2	6	12	14
¬¬¬¬ Theft from car and other motor vehicle	91	1	8	26	29	27	23	0	3	8	4	8	68	1	5	18	25	19
¬¬¬¬ Bicycle theft	96	6	6	11	39	34	25	2	3	4	9	7	71	4	3	7	30	27
¬¬¬¬ Theft from the person	151	17	16	28	41	49	69	13	8	13	12	23	82	4	8	15	29	26
¬¬¬¬¬ Theft from the person at sales outlet	56	2	2	10	15	27	26	2	1	3	6	14	30	0	1	7	9	13
¬¬¬¬¬ Theft from the person on public transport (from 1.10.2015)	6	1	0	0	4	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	3	1
¬¬¬¬¬ Theft from the person in the street, park, other recreation area (from 1.10.2015)	14	0	3	5	0	6	7	0	1	3	0	3	7	0	2	2	0	3
¬¬¬¬¬ Theft from the person at sports facility, cultural venue etc. (from 1.10.2015)	22	4	9	3	3	3	9	2	6	1	0	0	13	2	3	2	3	3
¬¬¬¬¬ Theft from the person at other public and private place (from 1.10.2015)	53	10	2	10	19	12	25	8	0	6	5	6	28	2	2	4	14	6
¬¬¬¬ Other or unspecified theft	18	0	0	6	8	4	8	0	0	2	4	2	10	0	0	4	4	2
¬¬¬ Aggravated theft	458	33	31	79	199	116	116	9	17	18	40	32	342	24	14	61	159	84
¬¬¬¬ Aggravated theft from shop and other sales outlet	59	8	12	6	16	17	27	4	8	1	7	7	32	4	4	5	9	10
¬¬¬¬ Aggravated theft from other business or public institution	83	10	5	15	35	18	19	1	3	4	8	3	64	9	2	11	27	15
¬¬¬¬ Aggravated theft from dwelling and holiday home	241	7	8	46	114	66	50	4	3	11	15	17	191	3	5	35	99	49
¬¬¬¬¬ Aggravated theft from dwelling	174	7	3	31	87	46	28	4	1	6	7	10	146	3	2	25	80	36
¬¬¬¬¬ Aggravated theft from holiday home	49	0	4	11	20	14	15	0	1	4	4	6	34	0	3	7	16	8
¬¬¬¬¬ Aggravated theft from storage area, garage and other area by dwelling and holiday home	18	0	1	4	7	6	7	0	1	1	4	1	11	0	0	3	3	5
¬¬¬¬ Aggravated theft from car and other motor vehicle	25	0	0	3	14	8	4	0	0	0	4	0	21	0	0	3	10	8
¬¬¬¬ Aggravated theft from the person	28	8	2	3	11	4	7	0	0	1	4	2	21	8	2	2	7	2
¬¬¬¬¬ Aggravated theft from the person at sales outlet (from 1.10.2015)	3	0	0	0	2	1	2	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0
¬¬¬¬¬ Aggravated theft from the person on public transport (from 1.10.2015)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
¬¬¬¬¬ Aggravated theft from the person in the street, park, other recreation area (from 1.10.2015)	6	4	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	4	0	0	2	0
¬¬¬¬¬ Aggravated theft from the person at sports facility, cultural venue etc. (from 1.10.2015)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
¬¬¬¬¬ Aggravated theft from the person at other or unspecified place	19	4	2	3	7	3	5	0	0	1	3	1	14	4	2	2	4	2
¬¬¬¬ Other or unspecified aggravated theft	22	0	4	6	9	3	9	0	3	1	2	3	13	0	1	5	7	0
¬¬¬ Theft of car and other motor vehicle	222	15	46	60	66	35	72	3	15	27	19	8	150	12	31	33	47	27
¬¬¬¬ Theft of car	151	5	28	42	52	24	47	1	6	18	15	7	104	4	22	24	37	17
¬¬¬¬ Theft of motor cycle and moped	35	7	6	7	8	7	9	2	2	2	2	1	26	5	4	5	6	6
¬¬¬¬ Other or unspecified theft of motor vehicle	36	3	12	11	6	4	16	0	7	7	2	0	20	3	5	4	4	4
¬¬ Other unlawful use and possession of property	32	2	4	6	11	9	19	1	1	4	7	6	13	1	3	2	4	3
¬ Other offences for profit	3 398	17	66	417	1 418	1 480	2 311	11	23	245	914	1 118	1 087	6	43	172	504	362
¬¬ Receipt of stolen property and money laundering	345	3	22	62	139	119	136	2	6	21	45	62	209	1	16	41	94	57
¬¬¬ Receipt of stolen property, total	305	3	22	55	123	102	107	2	6	17	35	47	198	1	16	38	88	55
¬¬¬¬ Receipt of stolen property	267	3	22	50	106	86	93	2	6	16	30	39	174	1	16	34	76	47
¬¬¬¬ Aggravated receipt of stolen property	38	0	0	5	17	16	14	0	0	1	5	8	24	0	0	4	12	8
¬¬¬ Money laundering, total	38	0	0	7	16	15	27	0	0	4	10	13	11	0	0	3	6	2
¬¬¬¬ Money laundering	9	0	0	2	6	1	6	0	0	2	4	0	3	0	0	0	2	1
¬¬¬¬ Aggravated money laundering	29	0	0	5	10	14	21	0	0	2	6	13	8	0	0	3	4	1
¬¬¬ Other or unspecified receipt of stolen property and money laundering	2	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
¬¬ Fraud, total	1 442	11	35	221	675	500	948	6	13	123	437	369	494	5	22	98	238	131
¬¬¬ Petty fraud and the like	78	0	8	19	28	23	47	0	5	10	17	15	31	0	3	9	11	8
¬¬¬ Fraud	998	11	24	169	475	319	645	6	8	93	300	238	353	5	16	76	175	81
¬¬¬ Aggravated fraud	366	0	3	33	172	158	256	0	0	20	120	116	110	0	3	13	52	42
¬¬ Embezzlement, total	298	1	8	67	106	116	232	1	4	53	81	93	66	0	4	14	25	23
¬¬¬ Embezzlement	210	1	6	56	77	70	160	1	3	45	59	52	50	0	3	11	18	18
¬¬¬ Aggravated embezzlement	88	0	2	11	29	46	72	0	1	8	22	41	16	0	1	3	7	5
¬¬ Misappropriation of funds	42	0	0	0	13	29	32	0	0	0	9	23	10	0	0	0	4	6
¬¬ Corruption and influencing trade	8	0	0	1	4	3	7	0	0	1	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	1
¬¬ Accounting offences	454	0	0	24	195	235	341	0	0	16	140	185	113	0	0	8	55	50
¬¬ Creditor-related offences	12	0	0	0	4	8	9	0	0	0	3	6	3	0	0	0	1	2
¬¬ Tax and duty offences	274	0	0	8	90	176	198	0	0	5	58	135	76	0	0	3	32	41
¬¬¬ Tax evasion	71	0	0	2	13	56	58	0	0	1	11	46	13	0	0	1	2	10
¬¬¬ Aggravated tax evasion	28	0	0	0	9	19	22	0	0	0	5	17	6	0	0	0	4	2
¬¬¬ Other tax and duty offences	175	0	0	6	68	101	118	0	0	4	42	72	57	0	0	2	26	29
¬¬ Violations of the Customs Act	489	0	0	32	175	282	379	0	0	25	123	231	110	0	0	7	52	51
¬¬¬ Smuggling	333	0	0	19	124	190	253	0	0	12	83	158	80	0	0	7	41	32
¬¬¬ Other violations of the Customs Act	156	0	0	13	51	92	126	0	0	13	40	73	30	0	0	0	11	19
¬¬ Other business and economic offences	34	2	1	2	17	12	29	2	0	1	14	12	5	0	1	1	3	0
¬ Criminal damage	1 328	416	185	260	259	208	711	237	96	135	119	124	617	179	89	125	140	84
¬¬ Damage to property, total	1 212	355	183	247	240	187	660	212	96	129	112	111	552	143	87	118	128	76
¬¬¬ Petty damage to property	153	30	25	44	24	30	99	19	14	31	16	19	54	11	11	13	8	11
¬¬¬¬ Petty damage to building	79	19	18	20	8	14	48	14	9	12	5	8	31	5	9	8	3	6
¬¬¬¬ Petty damage to motor vehicle and other means of transport (from 1.10.2015)	17	2	0	5	6	4	10	0	0	4	5	1	7	2	0	1	1	3
¬¬¬¬ Other or unspecified petty damage to property	57	9	7	19	10	12	41	5	5	15	6	10	16	4	2	4	4	2
¬¬¬ Damage to property	965	304	147	182	190	142	516	180	77	90	87	82	449	124	70	92	103	60
¬¬¬¬ Damage to building	510	183	85	83	99	60	282	118	52	38	46	28	228	65	33	45	53	32
¬¬¬¬ Damage to motor vehicle and other means of transport	288	74	33	62	64	55	148	39	15	28	33	33	140	35	18	34	31	22
¬¬¬¬ Other or unspecified damage to property	167	47	29	37	27	27	86	23	10	24	8	21	81	24	19	13	19	6
¬¬¬ Aggravated damage to property	94	21	11	21	26	15	45	13	5	8	9	10	49	8	6	13	17	5
¬¬¬¬ Aggravated damage to building	71	19	8	16	19	9	33	12	3	6	6	6	38	7	5	10	13	3
¬¬¬¬ Aggravated damage to motor vehicle and other means of transport	17	0	3	3	6	5	9	0	2	2	2	3	8	0	1	1	4	2
¬¬¬¬ Other aggravated damage to property	6	2	0	2	1	1	3	1	0	0	1	1	3	1	0	2	0	0
¬¬ Public danger from fire and other criminal damage	116	61	2	13	19	21	51	25	0	6	7	13	65	36	2	7	12	8
¬ Violence and maltreatment	8 006	621	769	1 872	2 686	2 058	4 292	285	311	875	1 445	1 376	3 714	336	458	997	1 241	682
¬¬ Offences of violence	5 420	333	465	1 405	1 904	1 313	3 052	140	186	681	1 102	943	2 368	193	279	724	802	370
¬¬¬ Assault, total	3 152	261	321	753	1 011	806	1 908	112	145	404	634	613	1 244	149	176	349	377	193
¬¬¬¬ Assault	2 896	232	291	674	934	765	1 817	102	139	386	602	588	1 079	130	152	288	332	177
¬¬¬¬ Aggravated assault	256	29	30	79	77	41	91	10	6	18	32	25	165	19	24	61	45	16
¬¬¬ Bodily harm, total	955	41	84	349	341	140	434	18	26	148	157	85	521	23	58	201	184	55
¬¬¬¬ Bodily harm	706	35	53	262	252	104	324	17	18	109	120	60	382	18	35	153	132	44
¬¬¬¬ Grievous bodily harm	249	6	31	87	89	36	110	1	8	39	37	25	139	5	23	48	52	11
¬¬¬ Murder	34	0	2	7	14	11	30	0	2	5	12	11	4	0	0	2	2	0
¬¬¬ Attempted murder	26	0	2	7	10	7	19	0	2	4	7	6	7	0	0	3	3	1
¬¬¬ Unintentional bodily harm or manslaughter	69	1	0	17	19	32	54	1	0	11	14	28	15	0	0	6	5	4
¬¬¬¬ Unintentional bodily harm	38	0	0	8	12	18	28	0	0	5	7	16	10	0	0	3	5	2
¬¬¬¬ Manslaughter	31	1	0	9	7	14	26	1	0	6	7	12	5	0	0	3	0	2
¬¬¬ Maltreatment in close relations, total	424	5	2	52	217	148	314	1	1	30	161	121	110	4	1	22	56	27
¬¬¬¬ Maltreatment in close relations	359	5	2	42	176	134	265	1	1	23	131	109	94	4	1	19	45	25
¬¬¬¬ Aggravated maltreatment in close relations	65	0	0	10	41	14	49	0	0	7	30	12	16	0	0	3	11	2
¬¬¬ Assault of public servant	667	19	46	200	257	145	250	5	10	69	101	65	417	14	36	131	156	80
¬¬¬ Other or unspecified offences of violence	93	6	8	20	35	24	43	3	0	10	16	14	50	3	8	10	19	10
¬¬ Threats, total	1 185	136	105	205	400	339	529	67	49	69	149	195	656	69	56	136	251	144
¬¬¬ Threats (from 1.10.2015)	638	104	85	111	160	178	340	55	42	49	82	112	298	49	43	62	78	66
¬¬¬ Aggravated threats (from 1.10.2015)	45	20	3	1	11	10	22	10	3	0	3	6	23	10	0	1	8	4
¬¬¬ Threats against public servant	387	9	16	76	172	114	116	1	4	14	43	54	271	8	12	62	129	60
¬¬¬ Other or unspecified threats	115	3	1	17	57	37	51	1	0	6	21	23	64	2	1	11	36	14
¬¬ Robbery and extortion	258	35	55	87	63	18	64	8	9	25	15	7	194	27	46	62	48	11
¬¬¬ Robbery	197	32	49	53	50	13	45	8	7	12	13	5	152	24	42	41	37	8
¬¬¬ Aggravated robbery	48	2	4	29	10	3	12	0	1	8	1	2	36	2	3	21	9	1
¬¬¬ Extortion	9	1	2	1	3	2	3	0	1	1	1	0	6	1	1	0	2	2
¬¬¬ Other or unspecified robbery and extortion	4	0	0	4	0	0	4	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
¬¬ Coercion	23	1	0	7	12	3	16	1	0	7	8	0	7	0	0	0	4	3
¬¬ Deprivation of liberty	22	0	1	10	6	5	7	0	0	1	3	3	15	0	1	9	3	2
¬¬ Offences within family relations and the like	56	0	0	13	31	12	52	0	0	10	31	11	4	0	0	3	0	1
¬¬ Reckless behaviour and stalking	1 037	115	143	144	269	366	569	68	67	81	136	217	468	47	76	63	133	149
¬¬ Human trafficking	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
¬¬ Terrorism and terror-related offences	4	1	0	1	1	1	3	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
¬¬ Other violence and maltreatment	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
¬ Sexual offences	1 690	244	272	306	411	457	1 161	131	142	203	309	376	529	113	130	103	102	81
¬¬ Rape, total	494	89	86	78	132	109	358	49	51	61	100	97	136	40	35	17	32	12
¬¬¬ Rape	467	88	80	75	120	104	338	49	47	58	92	92	129	39	33	17	28	12
¬¬¬¬ Rape, children under 14 years of age	300	63	68	42	66	61	219	38	39	32	56	54	81	25	29	10	10	7
¬¬¬¬ Rape, other or unspecified age	167	25	12	33	54	43	119	11	8	26	36	38	48	14	4	7	18	5
¬¬¬ Aggravated rape	27	1	6	3	12	5	20	0	4	3	8	5	7	1	2	0	4	0
¬¬¬¬ Aggravated rape, children under 14 years of age (from 1.10.2015)	7	0	4	0	1	2	5	0	3	0	0	2	2	0	1	0	1	0
¬¬¬¬ Aggravated rape, other or unspecified age	20	1	2	3	11	3	15	0	1	3	8	3	5	1	1	0	3	0
¬¬ Attempted rape	11	1	2	2	5	1	7	0	1	2	3	1	4	1	1	0	2	0
¬¬ Sexual intercourse through abuse of position of trust	20	0	0	2	7	11	17	0	0	2	6	9	3	0	0	0	1	2
¬¬ Sexual intercourse with a child aged 14-15 years	202	9	63	86	31	13	109	4	25	49	21	10	93	5	38	37	10	3
¬¬ Sexual intercourse within family relations	37	10	2	3	9	13	26	6	1	1	9	9	11	4	1	2	0	4
¬¬ Sexual act	206	41	19	28	45	73	159	26	14	20	38	61	47	15	5	8	7	12
¬¬¬ Sexual act with a child under 16 years of age	132	33	15	15	22	47	96	20	10	12	16	38	36	13	5	3	6	9
¬¬¬ Other sexual act without consent	74	8	4	13	23	26	63	6	4	8	22	23	11	2	0	5	1	3
¬¬ Sexually abusive behaviour	260	36	23	43	65	93	165	21	14	22	43	65	95	15	9	21	22	28
¬¬¬ Sexually abusive behaviour with a child under 16 years of age (from. 1.10.2015)	103	25	11	21	22	24	61	14	7	10	16	14	42	11	4	11	6	10
¬¬¬ Sexually abusive behaviour, other or unspecified age	157	11	12	22	43	69	104	7	7	12	27	51	53	4	5	10	16	18
¬¬ Other or unspecified sexual offences	460	58	77	64	117	144	320	25	36	46	89	124	140	33	41	18	28	20
¬ Drug and alcohol offences	13 710	98	920	4 265	5 005	3 422	7 354	41	408	2 212	2 572	2 121	6 356	57	512	2 053	2 433	1 301
¬¬ Narcotic offences	9 766	93	859	3 404	3 652	1 758	4 615	38	379	1 655	1 702	841	5 151	55	480	1 749	1 950	917
¬¬¬ Narcotics, Act relating to medicinal goods etc.	4 599	60	656	2 005	1 384	494	2 384	28	304	1 068	724	260	2 215	32	352	937	660	234
¬¬¬¬ Narcotics, use	2 879	45	536	1 411	698	189	1 566	22	251	787	403	103	1 313	23	285	624	295	86
¬¬¬¬ Narcotics, minor possession	1 720	15	120	594	686	305	818	6	53	281	321	157	902	9	67	313	365	148
¬¬¬ Narcotics, Penal Code, total	5 167	33	203	1 399	2 268	1 264	2 231	10	75	587	978	581	2 936	23	128	812	1 290	683
¬¬¬¬ Narcotic offences, Penal Code	4 547	33	203	1 292	1 938	1 081	1 983	10	75	551	854	493	2 564	23	128	741	1 084	588
¬¬¬¬ Aggravated narcotic offences, Penal Code	620	0	0	107	330	183	248	0	0	36	124	88	372	0	0	71	206	95
¬¬ Doping	355	1	5	81	194	74	208	1	2	45	107	53	147	0	3	36	87	21
¬¬¬ Doping, Act relating to medicinal goods etc.	94	0	4	26	53	11	47	0	1	12	27	7	47	0	3	14	26	4
¬¬¬ Doping, Penal Code	261	1	1	55	141	63	161	1	1	33	80	46	100	0	0	22	61	17
¬¬ Driving under the influence	3 179	1	40	630	1 058	1 450	2 240	1	19	397	695	1 128	939	0	21	233	363	322
¬¬¬ Driving under the influence, road traffic	2 990	1	35	610	1 004	1 340	2 103	1	18	384	658	1 042	887	0	17	226	346	298
¬¬¬ Driving under the influence, other	189	0	5	20	54	110	137	0	1	13	37	86	52	0	4	7	17	24
¬¬ Violations of the Alcohol Act, total	271	0	14	144	57	56	184	0	6	109	33	36	87	0	8	35	24	20
¬¬¬ Violations of the Alcohol Act	268	0	14	144	54	56	184	0	6	109	33	36	84	0	8	35	21	20
¬¬¬ Aggravated violations of the Alcohol Act	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	3	0
¬¬ Other or unspecified drug and alcohol offences	139	3	2	6	44	84	107	1	2	6	35	63	32	2	0	0	9	21
¬ Public order and integrity violations	8 163	236	486	2 270	2 784	2 387	5 109	143	243	1 375	1 679	1 669	3 054	93	243	895	1 105	718
¬¬ Public order violations	4 672	146	245	1 236	1 564	1 481	3 040	88	122	756	976	1 098	1 632	58	123	480	588	383
¬¬¬ Breach of the peace, total	2 209	6	50	800	884	469	1 473	3	24	520	609	317	736	3	26	280	275	152
¬¬¬¬ Regional public order statute, urinating and other	906	0	19	348	355	184	707	0	13	258	287	149	199	0	6	90	68	35
¬¬¬¬ Breach of the peace under self-induced intoxication	757	0	10	269	310	168	448	0	4	153	190	101	309	0	6	116	120	67
¬¬¬¬ Other or unspecified breach of the peace	546	6	21	183	219	117	318	3	7	109	132	67	228	3	14	74	87	50
¬¬¬ Weapons, fire and explosives legislation	2 463	140	195	436	680	1 012	1 567	85	98	236	367	781	896	55	97	200	313	231
¬¬¬¬ Bearing arms in a public place	762	31	83	195	273	180	231	13	26	57	66	69	531	18	57	138	207	111
¬¬¬¬ Other or unspecified weapons offences	842	55	85	150	220	332	611	43	58	101	146	263	231	12	27	49	74	69
¬¬¬¬ Fire and explosives legislation	859	54	27	91	187	500	725	29	14	78	155	449	134	25	13	13	32	51
¬¬ Violations of public authority	2 617	31	108	839	963	676	1 598	19	57	499	591	432	1 019	12	51	340	372	244
¬¬¬ Obstructing and counteracting public authority	2 147	5	92	762	780	508	1 254	2	46	441	457	308	893	3	46	321	323	200
¬¬¬¬ Obstructing and harrassing a public servant	467	1	25	154	183	104	265	0	10	81	110	64	202	1	15	73	73	40
¬¬¬¬¬ Harrassing a public servant	328	1	14	110	129	74	178	0	5	58	73	42	150	1	9	52	56	32
¬¬¬¬¬ Obstructing a public servant	139	0	11	44	54	30	87	0	5	23	37	22	52	0	6	21	17	8
¬¬¬¬ Counteracting legal action and criminal prosecution	1 680	4	67	608	597	404	989	2	36	360	347	244	691	2	31	248	250	160
¬¬¬¬¬ Obligation of identification to public authority	191	3	33	68	54	33	119	1	19	38	38	23	72	2	14	30	16	10
¬¬¬¬¬ Violation of exclusion order	165	0	3	18	55	89	72	0	2	6	18	46	93	0	1	12	37	43
¬¬¬¬¬ Other order issued by police and other authority	1 079	0	24	494	402	159	690	0	13	307	263	107	389	0	11	187	139	52
¬¬¬¬¬ Counteraction of the execution of sentences	150	0	0	13	53	84	66	0	0	4	15	47	84	0	0	9	38	37
¬¬¬¬¬ Other counteraction of legal action and criminal prosecution	95	1	7	15	33	39	42	1	2	5	13	21	53	0	5	10	20	18
¬¬¬ Perjury and false accusation	267	9	14	47	122	75	191	6	10	35	81	59	76	3	4	12	41	16
¬¬¬¬ Perjury	206	2	9	32	100	63	155	1	5	24	73	52	51	1	4	8	27	11
¬¬¬¬ False accusation	61	7	5	15	22	12	36	5	5	11	8	7	25	2	0	4	14	5
¬¬¬ Immigration legislation	110	0	0	17	37	56	84	0	0	11	32	41	26	0	0	6	5	15
¬¬¬¬ Violation of entry ban	16	0	0	1	4	11	12	0	0	0	3	9	4	0	0	1	1	2
¬¬¬¬ Assistance of illegal entry and stay	9	0	0	6	1	2	6	0	0	4	0	2	3	0	0	2	1	0
¬¬¬¬ Other or unspecified immigration legislation	85	0	0	10	32	43	66	0	0	7	29	30	19	0	0	3	3	13
¬¬¬ Misconduct and misuse of public authority	2	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
¬¬¬ Other or unspecified violation of public authority	91	17	2	13	22	37	67	11	1	12	19	24	24	6	1	1	3	13
¬¬ Violations of integrity	874	59	133	195	257	230	471	36	64	120	112	139	403	23	69	75	145	91
¬¬¬ Document and ID offences	471	5	66	119	151	130	272	3	37	83	71	78	199	2	29	36	80	52
¬¬¬¬ Document forgery	373	1	43	92	127	110	219	0	24	69	60	66	154	1	19	23	67	44
¬¬¬¬¬ Document forgery, use	284	1	27	66	102	88	157	0	12	48	45	52	127	1	15	18	57	36
¬¬¬¬¬ Document forgery, production and procurement	89	0	16	26	25	22	62	0	12	21	15	14	27	0	4	5	10	8
¬¬¬¬ Counterfeiting	14	0	1	3	4	6	7	0	1	2	1	3	7	0	0	1	3	3
¬¬¬¬ ID offences (from 1.10.2015)	65	4	20	16	17	8	33	3	10	6	9	5	32	1	10	10	8	3
¬¬¬¬¬ ID offences, handling (from 1.10.2015)	10	0	6	2	2	0	9	0	5	2	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
¬¬¬¬¬ ID offences, use (from 1.10.2015)	55	4	14	14	15	8	24	3	5	4	7	5	31	1	9	10	8	3
¬¬¬¬ Other or unspecified document and ID offences	19	0	2	8	3	6	13	0	2	6	1	4	6	0	0	2	2	2
¬¬¬ Unauthorised access and stay	298	35	57	59	84	63	126	20	21	26	26	33	172	15	36	33	58	30
¬¬¬¬ Trespassing, building and other place	283	35	53	59	79	57	113	20	19	26	21	27	170	15	34	33	58	30
¬¬¬¬ Unauthorised access to computer and communication system	15	0	4	0	5	6	13	0	2	0	5	6	2	0	2	0	0	0
¬¬¬ Invasion of privacy	36	14	6	7	4	5	24	11	4	5	2	2	12	3	2	2	2	3
¬¬¬ Hate speech and discrimination	34	5	1	5	7	16	18	2	0	2	3	11	16	3	1	3	4	5
¬¬¬ Other or unspecified violation of integrity	35	0	3	5	11	16	31	0	2	4	10	15	4	0	1	1	1	1
¬ Traffic offences	20 722	49	671	4 562	6 339	9 101	15 155	30	380	3 023	4 454	7 268	5 567	19	291	1 539	1 885	1 833
¬¬ Road traffic offences	20 560	43	664	4 534	6 276	9 043	15 042	26	378	3 000	4 412	7 226	5 518	17	286	1 534	1 864	1 817
¬¬¬ Non-possession of driving licence	4 640	20	251	767	1 605	1 997	2 796	9	131	364	939	1 353	1 844	11	120	403	666	644
¬¬¬ Speeding	6 907	0	66	1 824	2 272	2 745	5 078	0	45	1 270	1 628	2 135	1 829	0	21	554	644	610
¬¬¬ Personal injury	1 075	14	39	216	234	572	966	11	27	182	201	545	109	3	12	34	33	27
¬¬¬ Other or unspecified road traffic offences	7 938	9	308	1 727	2 165	3 729	6 202	6	175	1 184	1 644	3 193	1 736	3	133	543	521	536
¬¬ Other transport and traffic legislation	162	6	7	28	63	58	113	4	2	23	42	42	49	2	5	5	21	16
¬ Other offences	1 106	14	18	131	265	678	909	9	15	88	211	586	197	5	3	43	54	92
¬¬ Offences against nature and the environment	1 027	14	17	123	243	630	846	9	14	84	193	546	181	5	3	39	50	84
¬¬¬ Poisoning as a danger to public health and serious environmental offences	2	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
¬¬¬ Hunting and fishing offences	380	2	3	17	78	280	321	1	2	13	58	247	59	1	1	4	20	33
¬¬¬ Other offences against nature and the environment	645	12	14	106	165	348	523	8	12	71	135	297	122	4	2	35	30	51
¬¬ Work environment legislation	22	0	0	1	8	13	19	0	0	1	6	12	3	0	0	0	2	1
¬¬ Other or unspecified penal legislation	57	0	1	7	14	35	44	0	1	3	12	28	13	0	0	4	2	7

Explanation of symbols

Source

StatBank source table 09425

Table 17Persons charged in base year, by group of principal offence at recidivism and group of principal offence in base year. Absolute figures and per cent

Persons charged in base year, by group of principal offence at recidivism and group of principal offence in base year. Absolute figures and per cent
	Total	No group of offence (without recidivism)	All groups of offences at recidivism	¬ Property theft at recidivism	¬ Other offences for profit at recidivism	¬ Criminal damage at recidivism	¬ Violence and maltreatment at recidivism	¬ Sexual offences at recidivism	¬ Drug and alcohol offences at recidivism	¬ Public order and integrity violations at recidivism	¬ Traffic offences at recidivism	¬ Other offences at recidivism
2018
Persons charged
All groups of offences	64 060	40 135	23 925	2 503	1 058	487	3 776	425	5 701	3 284	6 396	295
¬ Property theft	5 937	3 133	2 804	968	124	73	370	30	516	320	380	23
¬ Other offences for profit	3 398	2 311	1 087	125	243	15	86	10	167	140	287	14
¬ Criminal damage	1 328	711	617	68	15	48	154	13	117	92	107	3
¬ Violence and maltreatment	8 006	4 292	3 714	257	111	98	1 176	78	678	651	635	30
¬ Sexual offences	1 690	1 161	529	20	24	9	80	116	84	66	122	8
¬ Drug and alcohol offences	13 710	7 354	6 356	573	205	111	803	59	2 693	751	1 105	56
¬ Public order and integrity violations	8 163	5 109	3 054	260	105	73	621	42	621	694	608	30
¬ Traffic offences	20 722	15 155	5 567	223	222	57	467	74	799	551	3 078	96
¬ Other offences	1 106	909	197	9	9	3	19	3	26	19	74	35
Persons charged (per cent)
All groups of offences	100.0	62.7	37.3	3.9	1.7	0.8	5.9	0.7	8.9	5.1	10.0	0.5
¬ Property theft	100.0	52.8	47.2	16.3	2.1	1.2	6.2	0.5	8.7	5.4	6.4	0.4
¬ Other offences for profit	100.0	68.0	32.0	3.7	7.2	0.4	2.5	0.3	4.9	4.1	8.4	0.4
¬ Criminal damage	100.0	53.5	46.5	5.1	1.1	3.6	11.6	1.0	8.8	6.9	8.1	0.2
¬ Violence and maltreatment	100.0	53.6	46.4	3.2	1.4	1.2	14.7	1.0	8.5	8.1	7.9	0.4
¬ Sexual offences	100.0	68.7	31.3	1.2	1.4	0.5	4.7	6.9	5.0	3.9	7.2	0.5
¬ Drug and alcohol offences	100.0	53.6	46.4	4.2	1.5	0.8	5.9	0.4	19.6	5.5	8.1	0.4
¬ Public order and integrity violations	100.0	62.6	37.4	3.2	1.3	0.9	7.6	0.5	7.6	8.5	7.4	0.4
¬ Traffic offences	100.0	73.1	26.9	1.1	1.1	0.3	2.3	0.4	3.9	2.7	14.9	0.5
¬ Other offences	100.0	82.2	17.8	0.8	0.8	0.3	1.7	0.3	2.4	1.7	6.7	3.2

Explanation of symbols

Source

StatBank source table 09426

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About the statistics

The statistics include the offences investigated and registered during the statistical year. The statistics include information about type of offence, police district, police decision and charges against persons – in addition to persons charged by age, sex, place of residence, citizenship, scene of crime, number of offences and recidivism.

The information under «About the statistics» was last updated 14 December 2023.

Definitions

Definitions of the main concepts and variables

Offences investigated
The statistics includes the offences investigated and registered during the statistical year. An offence is considered completely investigated at the time a decision with legal efficacy has been made regarding the offence. The statistics includes both persons and organisations.

Cases reported to and investigated and completed by the Norwegian Bureau for the Investigation of Police Affairs are not included in the data basis for the statistics on offences investigated (see Coherence with other statistics under Background). Violations under the Road Traffic Act or Customs Act that are settled by on the spot fines are not regarded as offences reported to the police, and are not investigated by the police and Prosecution authority. They are therefore not included in the statistics (see statistics on Sanctions).

A decision with legal efficacy
Can be given by the police and the prosecuting authority, or by the courts. The legal decision implies that the police and prosecuting authority or courts consider the offence as completely investigated - and that further investigation is not of current interest (unless retrial at a later time).

The basic material contains about 200 different types of legal decisions. How offences are settled by the police and prosecuting authorities, are described by the statistics on investigated offences. (Other registers than STRASAK are used for statistics on sanctions). All court decisions, e.g. unconditional imprisonment or acquittal, are for this reason classified as decided by prosecution in the statistics on investigated offences. Some decisions made by the police and the prosecuting authority, conclude that no offence has been committed. Cases with such decisions are not considered as offences and so not included in the statistics on investigated offences.

Offences

In the crime statistics defined as acts tgat are described by the law, at any given time, as punishable. To date, more than 1 270 different codes have been used in the polices’ central registration system for offences BL/STRASAK/PAL, of which about 700 different codes are actively used today to classify offences.

Following the Penal Code of 2005 coming into effect on 1 October 2015, around 430 new codes were introduced into the police’ central registration system for offences. These replaced the codes from the Penal Code of 1902, which are about the same in numbers. Consequentially, Statistics Norway now use the new version of Standard for types of offences, Type of offence 2015, to classify offences.

Group of offence
Offences are divided into nine main groups. These groups of offences are further divided into several underlying, more specified, types of offences.

Type of offence
Offences are divided into about 150 unique types of offences. Similar types of offences are grouped together to a varying degree of aggregated levels, where all levels are included in the nine groups of offences.

Category of offence

A former classification of offences used in the statistics for the period 1993-2014, where offences were classified as either a crime or a misdemeanor. For more information on this expired classification, see the version Types of offences 2006 in Klass and About the statistics 2014 for Offences investigated.

Principal offence
A person, who has been charged with several offences in the course of the statistical year, will be grouped by the principal offence in the tables, i.e. by the offence, which by law carries the longest sentences.

Persons charged
By Statistics Norway's definition, persons who have a legal decision against them. Common to all "persons charged" is that they are regarded by the police and prosecuting authorities as perpetrators and have had the status as charged at the completion of the investigation (prior to any prosecution and court trial).

The criminal responsibility age in Norway is 15 years. The prosecution will therefore be dropped if the person who is charged is under the age of 15, because the person is not considered to be liable. The offence is nevertheless considered solved and is therefore included in these statistics.

In some cases, a person may be a participant in several offences and thus incur several charges in the course of the statistical year. The tables of persons charged show the number of different persons who have been charged in the course of the statistical year. In other words, a person is counted only once as charged in the course of statistical year. In other cases several persons may have participated in one individual offence, i.e. several persons may be charged with the same offence. In such cases, all these persons are included in the tables of persons charged. On the basis of these two factors, the number of persons charged will be different from the number of offences solved by charge.

A person suspected of having committed offences can get a legal status as charged at various times during the investigation of a criminal case (e.g. the status of prisoner in custody is person charged). Charges can, however, be withdrawn during the investigation so that by the completion of the investigation the person is no longer regarded as charged. In other words, persons who have been charged during the investigation, but not at the completion of the investigation, are not included in the statistics. Because the statistics do not cover everyone who has had the status of being charged, Statistics Norway's use of the term "charged" is not synonymous with corresponding terms in Section 82 of the Criminal Procedure Act. All "persons charged" in the statistics have, however, have had the status of charged in connection with the offences for which they have received a legal decision.

Charges against persons
Charges are an overview of all the offences for which the charged persons have been charged for during the year. Charges against persons are defined based on the decision with legal efficacy, in a similar way as for charged persons.

A person may have several charges during the year. Enterprises/organisations may also be perpetrators but are not included in charges against persons.

As there may be several accomplices in one offence, certain decisions may lead to the status of solved without a charged person, a person can receive several charges during the year and enterprises/organisations are not included, the number of charges against persons different from the number of offences solved. In other words, the statistics on charged persons, charges against persons and offences solved have different units that count perpetrators and offences in different ways. Simplistically, we can still say that the statistics on charges give us a detailed and complete overview of all offences for which the charged persons have been caught.

The statistics on charges against persons and charged persons are very impacted by which offences are solved.

The percentage of solved offences
Calculated from Statistics Norway's classification of the legal decisions. As a main rule, all offences in which the police and prosecuting authority have charged at least one person at the completion of the investigation count as solved. The offence also counts as solved when prosecution is dropped or withdrawn, but in such cases no information is obtained on possible persons charged. The percentage is calculated from the number of offences solved by the police and prosecuting authority. This implies that all offences transferred to (with prosecution or charge in the magistrate's court) and decided in the courts, count as solved. This also applies to the offences in which the court at a later time has acquitted the putative perpetrators for the offences for which they have been charged. Cases in which the investigation has concluded that an offence has not taken place are not included in the statistics on investigated offences, or in the calculation of the percentage of solved offences. The percentage solved for various types of offences varies widely. An overall percentage of solved offences for the entire country, or for a police district, is therefore highly dependent on how the offences are distributed by type.

Solved offences:

Prosecution dropped, the offender not liable
Transferred to Conflict Council
Ticket fine
Committed for trial
Prosecution dropped and other solved

Unsolved offences:

Prosecution dropped, insufficient information about the offender
Prosecution dropped, deficient evidence
Prosecution dropped, deficient investigation capacity
Other unsolved

Recidivism
An ongoing survey of recidivism among persons charged at the completion of the investigation is carried out. The survey covers persons charged with crimes during the year five years ahead of the statistical year. Recidivism here is defined as a new charge in one or more of the following five years. The survey does not take into account various forms of recidivism obstacles during the observation period. Persons charged with uncertain information about identity and/or time of a crime, are not in the survey.

Police districts
Are used to break down violations of the law according to the body that is ascribed as owner of the criminal proceedings, on the date Statistics Norway takes an extraction of the basic data.

From 1 January 2016, Norwegian police were organised into new regional districts, where 27 police districts were reduced to 12. Statistics Norway release figures by this new division from the year 2016 and onwards, even though the data basis for the production of the statistics does not contain criminal case data with allocations by the new district standard, and that the internal process of organising the new district will be executed over the course of 2017 and 2018.

In addition to the 12 geografic police districts (see Standard classifications), the Governor of Svalbard and some central Special agencies can also be owners (i.e. have responsibility for follow-up) of criminal cases during different stages of the criminal proceedings process. The Norwegian National Authority for Investigation and Prosecution of Economic and Environmental Crime (Økokrim) and The National Criminal Investigation Service (Kripos) have prosecuting authority and can decide criminal cases and are therefore included in the category Special agency

Standard classifications

Classification of type of offence: Standard for type of offences are divided into nine main groups. These groups of offences are further divided into several underlying, more specified, types of offences.

Classification of police district

Classification of county

Classification of citizenship and continent

Classification of sex

Police decisions: jf. Table D1 in Koder for avgjørelser i STRASAK og Straffesakskjeden 2010-2017, page 192-194 in Rapporter 2020/22 (only in Norwegian).

Age: groups 5-14, 15-17, 18-20, 21-24, 25-29, 30-39, 40-59, 60-.

Administrative information

Name and topic

Name: Offences investigated
Topic: Social conditions, welfare and crime

Next update

Not yet determined

Responsible division

Division for Income and social welfare statistics

Regional level

National, county and police district level.

Frequency and timeliness

Annual. Normally published in the third quarter of the year subsequent to the statistical year.

International reporting

Some statistics are reported to international bodies such as Eurostat and UN .

Microdata

Collected and revised data are stored securely by Statistics Norway in compliance with applicable legislation on data processing.

Statistics Norway can grant access to the source data (de-identified or anonymised microdata) on which the statistics are based, for researchers and public authorities for the purposes of preparing statistical results and analyses. Access can be granted upon application and subject to conditions. Refer to the details about this at Access to data from Statistics Norway.

Raw data files of whole-year files from the Police IT Unit are stored electronically. Volume files with completely processed material are stored electronically (volumes from 1987 have been adapted to the new technological platform).

Background

Background and purpose

The statistics describe how the police and prosecuting authority settle offences when investigation is completed, percentage of solved offences, alleged offenders when investigation is completed (persons charged) and recidivism among these.

The statistics on completely investigated offences has been published annually from 1957 included. The statistics is used to describe the registered crimes and their offenders from 1960 up to 1991, and the registered offences from 1992 and up to today. The principle division between crimes and misdemeanours has been discontinued in new Penal Code of 2005. Separate statistics on Offences reported to the police exists from 1993.

After a gradual transition from reporting through forms to reporting electronically (completed in the years around 1990), the central police registration system (STRASAK) has been the basis for the statistics. In 2002 there was made changes in the processing in accordance with new structure for the police districts and the subsequent alteration in the police's registration systems (BL/STRASAK/PAL).

(See comparability over time and space for more information about changes).

Users and applications

Important users are the media, the research and education sector, NGOs, the Ministry of Justice and other government agencies and other agencies in the justice sector. The statistics also serve as a basis for information to anyone else interested in the state and development within the field of crime.

Equal treatment of users

No external users have access to statistics before they are released at 8 a.m. on ssb.no after at least three months’ advance notice in the release calendar. This is one of the most important principles in Statistics Norway for ensuring the equal treatment of users.

Coherence with other statistics

The statistics over investigated offences one of four main crime statistics in the area of Crime and the justice. The others are Offences reported to the police, Sanctions, and Imprisonments.

When using crime statistics, it is important to be aware that the various parts do not necessarily refer to the same population of offences within the same year. It can take a long time from an offence is reported to the police to when the investigation is concluded, and until a penal sanction is given and the sentence served; in some cases, it may take years. Generally, however, the offences that are included in the statistics on offences reported to the police in the same year or subsequently are represented in the statistics on offences investigated, sanctions and imprisonments. The units that are included also differ in the various statistics.

The statistics over investigated offences include all offences that were considered completely investigated during the year. This means that if two offences have been registered in one case, both offences will be included in the statistics when they get a decision with legal efficacy. In the statistics over penal sanctions, on the other hand, only one penal sanction is counted (the principal offence) if several criminal matters are dealt with in the same sentence.

Every decision with legal efficacy made by the courts, for example a sentence on unconditional imprisonment or acquittal, are classified in the statistics over investigated offences as committed for trial. The statistics over penal sanctions show more detailed types of sanctions and includes on-the-spot fine. These are not considered reported and are therefore not investigated by the police and prosecution authorities. They are therefore not included in the statistics over investigated offences.

The statistics over penal sanctions is using other registers than BL/STRASAK/PAL, which the statistics over investigated offences use (see the statistics over Penal sanctions for more information).

The tables below offences reported to the police are therefore not directly comparable to the other crime statistics. For an overall presentation of the crime statistics, see Kriminalitet og rettsvesen 2009 (in Norwegian only).

Other closely related statistics at Statistics Norway are: the Survey of level of living, victims and crime (exposure to violence and theft), Police and prosecution - StatRes (discontinued) and Causes of death (murder) (discontinued, transferred to the Norwegian Institute of Public Health).

Related external statistics

Until 2021 The National Police Directorate (POD) published Kommenterte STRASAK-tall; the police’s report statistics (the individual police districts also publish their own figures for their respective regions), and since 2022 POD and The Higher Prosecuting Authorities publishes the report Straffesaksbehandlingen. These reports also contains figures on percentage of offences solved and time of dealing with cases, based on investigated offences in STRASAK/PAL. These are to be considered as operation statistics for the police and should not be read as the official crime statistics. These statistics are also defined and produced on other criteria and with other groupings than Statistics Norway, and do not have directly comparable figures.

The above statistics and reports are available from the police’s website for numbers and facts.

The Norwegian Bureau for the Investigation of Police Affairs investigates cases where employees of the police or prosecuting authority are suspected of committing criminal offences in the course of duty. Offences which are investigated and completed by the Bureau without further prosecution or court proceedings are not included in the data basis for the statistics on offences reported to the police and offences investigated. However, when such cases result in a sanction registered in the Criminal Record Register, they will be included in the statistics on sanctions. Furthermore, such cases are included in the statistics on imprisonments in the same manner as other criminal cases.

The Bureau is an independent body and is not organised as part of the police. The Bureau is administratively under the Ministry of Justice and Public Security, and professionally under the Director of Public Prosecutions (which also functions as the body of appeal for cases where prosecution is dropped and other types of prosecution decisions made by the Bureau). In their annual reports, the Bureau publishes statistics on offences reported and investigated over the course of the year.

The Norwegian National Criminal Investigation Services (Kripos) also publishes figures on homicides, but these statistics are counted from another definition of the selection than SSB's statistics over investigated offences (among other things the year of action, not the year of decision with legal efficacy).

The Norwegian Institute of Public Health has the role of data processor for the Cause of Death Registry as from January 1st 2014, and is the publisher of causes of death statistics from the statistical year 2013.

Legal authority

The statistics are developed, produced and disseminated pursuant to Act no. 32 of 21 June 2019 relating to official statistics and Statistics Norway (the Statistics Act).

The statistics is part of the national programme for official statistics, main topic Social conditions, Welfare and Crime, topic Crime and Justice.

EEA reference

Not relevant

Production

Population

The statistics cover all offences completely investigated within the statistical year. The statistics provide information about the type and number of offences, police district, scene of crime, the police decision, and the persons charged at completed investigation. It provides information about the age, sex, citizenship and place of residence, and recidivism of the persons charged. (see descriptions of concepts and variables in Definitions, and estimations in Collection of data revision and estimations).

Violations against the Road Traffic Act and Duty Act in which the sanction is imposed as a on the spot fine, are not covered by the statistics (see instead statistics on Sanctions). Cases reported to and investigated and completed by the Norwegian Bureau for the Investigation of Police Affairs are not included in the data basis for the statistics on offences investigated (see Coherence with other statistics under Background).

From 1992 to 2014 the statistics contained both crimes and misdemeanours. For previous years, the statistics is only for offences. The principle division between crimes and misdemeanours has been discontinued in new Penal Code of 2005. The definitions of the population – criminal cases, offences investigated and the offenders are equal before and after this change in 2015 (see under Definitions and Sources of error and uncertainty).

Each offence with a legal decision makes one unit in the basic material. Before 1994/1995 the practice was that several offences could be registered as one (see Comparability over time and space).

Data sources and sampling

From 1991 the data source is completely EDP based and drawn from the central police registration system (STRASAK), which covers all completed investigations of offences recorded by Norway's police districts (BL), as well as special agencies and higher prosecution authorities, as part of the processing of the criminal case. From 2002 the selection is decided in STRASAK, but the actual data extension is done through the police' analysis and management tool (PAL).

The various police districts are, via Kripos, asked to provide information in the cases where Statistics Norway finds logical errors and missing information in the data material. The statistical process includes information from the national register (see Population statistics), and previous volumes of statistics on investigated offences.

Collection of data, editing and estimations

Collection of data

The data material is retrieved electronically from the Norwegian Police IT Unit in mid-January. The Norwegian Police IT Unit is responsible for the output of data from STRASAK/PAL. The police and prosecution authority will make subsequent corrections to this caseload after the end of the year, particularly in recently reported cases received immediately before the end of the year. Changes and structural updates in BL/STRASAK/PAL may also be made at the end of the year. The data basis for Statistics Norway is therefore not extracted until about two weeks after the end of the statistics period.

Editing

Editing is defined here as checking, examining and amending data.

The register systems of the police contain some validity controls of data. In addition, Statistics Norway performs its own controls on some of the material. For example, missing information on scene of crime by municipality will be added to the municipality to the degree this is possible based on other information from the data basis.

An overview of all controls and Statistics Norway's processing routines are found in "Statistikk over etterforskede lovbrudd. Dokumentasjon", Notater 1999/52, StatisticsNorway. Validity controls in STRASAK/PAL and Statistics Norway's processing routines are redeveloped as needed, resulting in constant improvement of the data material (see Comparability over time and space for new routines from 2002).

Estimations

Figures are not based on estimations, as the three basic units consists of complete counts of the data from the police registers (for an account of concepts, see Definitions of the main concepts and variables under Definitions):

All offences completely investigated are counted, with given characteristics (e.g. type of offence, police district and police decision).
Percentage of offences solved. From the numbers of offences completely investigated the percentage of offences solved are calculated, in total and for each type and group of offence.
All unique charged person are counted, and the number of these with given characteristics (e.g. sex and age). For persons with more than one offence during the year the principal offence are applied by the use of an indicator of graveness based on maximum and minimum sentence beside other characteristics of the criminal procedure.
Total number of persons charged in each group of offence (since 2010), with given characteristics (e.g. sex and age).
All charges against persons with given characteristics (e.g. type of offence, age and sex). Enterprise/organisations are not included.
Recidivism is counted as charges during the last five statistical years against persons (with full personal identification number) charged in the statistical year prior to these five.

Sex is defined based on two different sources. Where there is a match for personal ID numbers in the Central Population Register, the person`s sex is derived from this source. For all persons who cannot be identified in the Central Population Register (by means of date of birth, personal ID number or name), information about sex registered by the police is used.

Calculations in per cent and per 1 000 inhabitants (5 year and up) are being made by use of number of inhabitants 31'st of December in the statistical year (also for each age group, sex, and geographical area - see Population statistics ). As a general rule, all figures for charged persons per 1 000 population (both total and the whole country) are calculated from the population aged 5 years and over. This is because of the statistical definition of charged persons, with 5 years old as a starting point. When figures per 1 000 population are calculated for the variable offence, however, the population is used as a whole – as it is done for example for the statistics on Offences reported to the police.

Seasonal adjustment

Not relevant

Confidentiality

Interviewers and everyone who works at Statistics Norway have a duty of confidentiality. Statistics Norway has its own data protection officer.

Statistics Norway does not publish figures where there is a risk of identifying individual data about persons or households.

The suppression method is used in these statistics to ensure this.

More information can be found on Statistics Norway’s website under Methods in official statistics, in the ‘Confidentiality’ section.

The statistics implies particularly sensitive personal information and information on punishable offences considered as extremely sensitive. Statistics Norway administers the data basis for crime statistics with great caution. When releasing statistics showing few units, the protection of privacy is considered on each incident.

Comparability over time and space

There are many factors that can have a bearing on comparability over time and place in the various crime statistics, and a broad explanation of the problem here is given in Kriminalitet og rettsvesen 2009 (in Norwegian only). A few central changes during the last decades can be pointed out:

Introduction of Strasak ca. 1985-1990
Before the 1980s individual forms with data on the crime cases were obtained from police districts and recorded by Statistics Norway. Oslo switched to edp based registration in 1979, followed by the police districts in Agder in 1981. STRASAK was introduced at the various police departments in subsequent years, and by the end of 1991 all districts had switched to electronic registration. A while after STRASAK was introduced at the various police districts, reporting to Statistics Norway was done electronically.

A reorganisation in 1984 entailed that STRASAK cover crimes finally given a legal decision during the statistical year (not completely investigated before a possible trial, as was previously the case). The previous selection criteria were, however, maintained for the police districts that did not report with STRASAK after 1984 (see Sources of error and uncertainty under Sources of error). When departments switched to reporting with STRASAK the selection criteria were changed. Because the selection criteria were different for the various departments, and were changed in conjunction with the transition to electronic reporting by the individual districts, some crimes were counted twice in the period from 1984 up to 1991/1992. The extent of the double registration caused by these transitions is uncertain. Probably there were not many double registrations, but it may have happened with certain serious crime cases where a charge was handed down at the end of the year in question.

New registration practice 1994/1995
Each offence with a legal decision makes one unit in the basic material. This has been the practice since 1994/1995. Before this, only one offence was registered when:

Several offences were committed in one act against one victim. The most serious offence was registered.
The same person committed several homogeneous offences over a period of time against one victim.
One offence was committed as a path-breaker for the other offence.

More offences were, however, registered when an offence was committed to hide another offence, just as the practice since 1994/1995.

STRASAK has been under development for a long time regarding to quality assurance and registration of details. Because of this development the data source of the statistics contains more information than before. The changeover in 1994/1995 to registering all offences is of great importance, and caused an increase in the number of investigated offences in the statistics without there necessarily being more offences investigated.

Reorganisation of Strasak in 2002
As of 1 January 2002, a new structure for the police districts was established, where for one thing the number of police districts was halved. Statistics Norway has as result of this, and the following technical re-adjustments in the central police criminal register system (BL/STRASAK/PAL, from October 2002 included), changed the routines for producing the statistics on offences investigated. News on statistics on offences investigated from 2002 included:

New police districts replace the previous geographical division. The possibilities of comparing these to statistics on police districts prior to 1 January 2002 are to a great extent restricted.
Several persons charged without registered and valid official Norwegian reference number are being identified if they have committed more than one offence. This gives a somewhat lower number of persons charged and a higher number of persons charged with more than one offence, for persons committing offences when on a temporarily residence in Norway in particular.
Statistics on the number of accessories shows to a greater extent the actual number of offenders with who the person charged has committed the offence in cooperation with. This involves a somewhat higher number of accessories than it would have been out of the previous method of surveying these.
Transfers to Conflict Council are only made available as settlement valid in law only against persons charged over the criminal responsibility age. This involves that the number of transfers to Conflict Council decreases, and that prosecutions dropped, the offender not liable, become correspondingly more.

After a thorough examination of the different data basis and crime statistics, in addition to dialogue with Norwegian Police IT Unit, Statistics Norway is of the opinion that the statistics on offences investigated from 2002 and following, has become fairly comparable to previous years. The police reform, together with the changes made in Statistics Norway's own categories is however of some importance to comparability of the statistics over longer time.

Introduction of the new penal code on 1 October 2015: After the new penal code (Penal Code of 2005) came into effect on 1 October 2015, the raw data from the police registers are changed. There are quite distinct differences in structure, language and content between the Penal Code of 1902 and the Penal Code of 2005, which is even more evident in the corresponding codes used for registering offences in the police’ central registration system. Code connected to both the new and the former penal code is used after 1 October 2015, due to the new legislation not having retroactive effect. Offences may be registered and processed long after they have been committed. This means that the Penal Code of 1902 and 2005 will appear in the data of all crime statistics for many years to come.

Criminal cases with violations of the provisions dating before the introduction of the new penal code (registered by former codes and appellation), will not always be possible to specify and classify in the same way as criminal cases with a violation of a corresponding provision from the Penal Code of 2005. Certain types of offences in Standard for types of offences 2015 will therefore exclusively contain violations of offences stemming from new penal legislation, and mainly consist of offences committed after 1 October 2015. In the standard, these will be indicated with “(from 1.10.2015)” in the classification name. Older offences which cannot be specified in the same way are placed in “other or unspecified” types of offences. The content of the statistics – and the possibilities of doing comparisons on the most detailed levels of the standard – will for certain types of offences therefore be mainly based on offences committed after 1.10.2015. This type of break in the time series will vary over time for the different types of offences, depending on which crime statistics you use. When such breaks in the time series are identified, the general recommendation is to use figures on a more aggregated level, which means less specified figures with a smaller degree of time series break. Se Standard for type of offences 2015 in Klass and the article "The New Crime Statistics" (in Norwegian only).

Other changes
Also other changes have been made, contributing to higher quality of the statistics, and influencing the comparability over time.

National Authority for Investigation and Prosecution of Economic and Environmental Crime in Norway (Økokrim) have been included in the statistic since 1995. After The National Criminal Investigation Service (Kripos) also was given prosecuting authority in 2005, the police district category "Special agencies" have been specified in tables, which includes both agencies.

On 1 January 2016, Norwegian police were organised into new regional districts, where 27 police districts were reduced to 12. The internal process of organising the new districts will be executed gradually during the course of 2017 and 2018, but as of year 2016, Statistics Norway will only release statistics by the new police districts in StatBank. The new police districts are mainly organised by a merger of former districts, which at an aggregated level are comparable to the previous organisation of 27 districts. The exemption from this is the former police district of Midtre Hålogaland, which after the new organisation is divided by the county border between new Nordland PD and Troms PD. However, derived from information about owner district by the previous organisation, as well as information about the criminal cases belonging in terms of police branches and scene of crime, Statistics Norway have been able to allocate all criminal cases after the new organisation of police districts. All offences with a branch code for the police stations in Harstad, Iberstad and Salangen have been ascribed to Troms PD as the owner district. Furthermore, offences with a scene of crime in Troms County and with branch codes for Evenes, Tjelsund and Skånland police station, as well as "Joint Operational Unit" (Fellesoperativ enhet) and "Eco Team" (Økoteam), have been ascribed to Troms PD as the owner district. Remaining offences registered with the former Midtre Hålogaland PD as the owner district have been ascribed to Nordland PD. For a complete overview of Police Districts 2016 and previous organisations, including relation to municipalities, see Statistical Classifications and Code Lists.

From 1 January 2020, there have been major changes in the division of counties and municipalities, due to regional reform. The changes are described in this article (only in Norwegian). This also means that the police districts, which in turn consists of a whole number of municipalities, have changed. SeeClassification of county, Classification of municipalities and Classification of Police district.

Accuracy and reliability

Sources of error and uncertainty

The principal offence is defined as the offence, which by law carries the longest sentence. Many offences have a broad sentencing framework. Because only the general provisions of the law are taken into account and not the individual differences in the seriousness of the offences, this method could cause the charged person to be grouped under another offence than the most serious one in the specific case. Because three-fourths of the persons charged are charged with only one offence, and the others have a tendency to be arrested for the same type of offence, a relatively limited number of persons charged are classified under another offence than the most serious one.

Offences, in which the police complete the investigation by recommending prosecution, are not included in STRASAK until a legal decision is made. Consequently, it is the offences tried in the courts that come under the "Committed for trial" decision category (see Definitions of the main concepts and variables under Definitions and earlier sections on the transition to a new criterion for selections introduced with STRASAK in the time period from 1984 to 1991).

In the case of offences involving several perpetrators, the police decision can be different for the various persons charged. Tables, in which the offences are grouped by type of decision, show only the decision for one casual chosen of the persons charged (of all offences completely investigated in 2015, 2 per cent involved more than one person charged).

The decision "Transferred to Conflict Council" means that the offence reported to the police and the person charged have been transferred to a conflict council -and that the police and the prosecuting authority have been informed that the council has arrived at a solution. The offences that were transferred but not solved through mediation in the conflict council will get other legal decisions categorized under other types of decisions in the statistics.

The vast majority of offences have only one point of time at which the offence was committed, but for the offences that have taken place over a period of time the age is set according to age at the time of the first offence. In addition, the age of the person charged would always be set according to his or her age at the time of the most serious offence that the person is charged with in the course of the year. In some cases this causes the age of the person charged to be somewhat misleading: Persons under the criminal responsibility age (15) may appear in the statistics as charged and punished. The fact that persons under the age of 15 appear as charged or punished, however, are due to incorrect registration by the police or that the wrong decision was made by the prosecuting authority or court.

Based on experience, incorrect registration is often the reason why persons under the age of 5 are registered as charged. Therefore personal information about persons charged under the age of 5 is removed from the statistics (and the population aged 5 years and up is used to calculate persons charged per 1 000 inhabitants).

An offence can be included as part of the investigation of a complex of cases. This can be the case when a person is investigated for several homogeneous offences against various victims, or when many persons are investigated for one or more offences that have taken place in the same situation. An offence, and the legal decision made, will not be included in the statistics before all of the remaining offences in the complex of cases are legally decided. This entails that some offences are legally decided before the year the offence becomes part of the statistics (in the statistics for 2022, under 5 per cent of offences were decided in a year prior to 2015).

Attempted offences are in most cases punishable. Attempted offences are usually registered as committed offences in the basic material of the statistics. Surveys indicate that the rule previously was followed only exceptionally concerning murder, and that attempted murder up to 1987 was usually recorded as grievous bodily harm. After the introduction and development of STRASAK, attempts at certain types of offences, e.g. attempted murder and attempted rape, have been registered and presented as separate types of offences in the statistics.

Offences dismissed by the police are in the statistics regarded as completely investigated. If such a dismissed offence is solved in a subsequent year, it will count both the year it was dropped and the year it was solved.

Processing of the data at Statistics Norway show that the various police districts make some obviously incorrect entries. Every year there are some cases were corrections are not returned to Statistics Norway. Information from the police districts that make corrections will be more complementing and correct than information from the police departments that do not return corrected lists.

BL/STRASAK contains a large selection of various categories for registering offences and legal decisions (see Definitions of the main concepts and variables under Definitions). As long as valid codes for offences and legal decisions are used, Statistics Norway cannot, by processing the statistics, discover whether the right categories are used. Partial non-response (in that certain variables are not given for some units) occurs, but with the aid of internal controls in STRASAK these are limited to less important variables.

The greatest possibility that incorrect categorization may have occurred in registering offences, is in the statistics on offences reported to the police, and then in particular the more specialized types of offences. Registration of type of offence and legal decision at the end of the investigation are made on a lawyer's evaluation, and therefore considered being more reliable than the registration done at the time of reporting to the police.

See Data sources and sampling under Production.

The crime statistics cover only registered crime, i.e. offences that the police discover or get knowledge of. Police resources and priorities and the tendency of people to report offences to the police, are of great importance to which acts become part of the crime statistics. An unknown number of offences are never registered. Such unregistered offences are usually called missing figures. Various interview surveys on self-reported crime and susceptibility to crime, indicate that unregistered crime is extensive (see Survey of level of living, victims and crime, Statistics Norway). What is registered of crime over time is necessarily also influenced by changes i laws and regulation (see Comparability over time and space under Production). These phenomenons are nonetheless not actual statistical "errors”, but elements that influences it.

Revision

Not relevant