Offences investigated, 2001

The police and the prosecuting authority concluded their investigations of 310 500 crimes in 2001, an increase of 15 per cent compared with 1995.

In 2001, the clear-up rate for all crimes was 33 per cent. Prosecution was, however, dropped in 56 per cent of the crimes investigated due to insufficient information about the offender, and 10 per cent of cases were dropped because of deficient evidence. In total, more than 200 000 crimes for which investigation was concluded were dropped without being solved by the police. 8 per cent of the crimes investigated were settled with a ticket fine, and 19 per cent -59 500 crimes- resulted in indictment. 50 per cent more crimes were decided in court in 2001 as in 1995, which is mainly related to the fact that more narcotics crimes resulted in indictment.

More offenders

The number of persons charged with crimes was 51 per cent higher in 2001 as in 1995. More than six per cent of the total male population in the age group 18 to 20 years were charged with one or more crimes in the course of 2001. During the last four years, the number of young people arrested for narcotics crimes rose by 72 per cent, and the number of people below the age of 21 years charged for narcotics crimes is four times higher in 2001 as in 1995.

• Table 5 Some main results from the statistics on crimes investigated. 1960-2001
• Table 6 Offences investigated, by type of offence. 1994-2001
• Table 7 Offences investigated, by police decision and type of offence. 2001
• Table 8 Offences investigated, by number of persons charged and type of offence. 2001
• Table 9 Offences investigated, by group of offence and police district. 2001
• Table 10 Offences investigated, by police decision and police district. 2001
• Table 11 Offences solved, by type of offences. 1994-2001. Per cent
• Table 12 Offences and crimes solved, by police district. 1994-2001. Per cent
• Table 13 Persons charged with crimes and misdemeanours, by age. Numbers and per 1 000 population. 1994-2001
• Table 14 Persons charged with crimes, by sex and age. Number and per 1 000 population. 2001
• Table 15 Persons charged by sex, age and type of principal offence. 2001
• Table 16 Persons charged with crimes, by sex, age and scene of crime (county). 2001
• Table 17 Persons charged for crimes, by sex, age and place of residence (county). Numbers and per 1 000 population. 2001
• Table 18 Persons charged with crimes, by police decision, sex and age. 2001
• Table 19 Persons charged, by number of offences, number of accessories, age and sex. Numbers and per cent. 2001
• Table 20 Persons charged, by group of offence and citizenship. 2001
• Table 21 Recidivism in the five-year period 1997-2001 among persons charged in 1996, by number of years with recidivism and sex and age of the person in 1996
• Table 22 Recidivism in the five-year period 1997-2001 among persons charged in 1996, by police decision and group of offence in 1996
• Table 23 Recidivism in the five-year period 1997-2001 among persons charged in 1996, by age of the person and type of principal offence in 1996
• Table 24 Recidivism in the five-year period 1997-2001 among persons charged in 1996, by group of offence in 1996 and group of offence at recidivism. Numbers and per cent