Statistics Norway

20 Persons charged, by category of offence, group of principal offence and citizenship. 2008
Citizenship1 Total Category of offence Group of principal offence
Crime Misdemeanour Economic offences Other offences for profit Offences of violence Sexual offences Offences of narcotics Damage to property Environment offences2 Traffic offences Other offences
Total 85 875 34 938 50 937 2 161 15 973 7 576 1 046 10 556 2 415  716 31 897 13 535
                         
Europe, total 81 766 32 938 48 828 2 071 15 093 7 118  965 9 916 2 347  715 30 820 12 721
Norway 72 301 29 855 42 446 1 845 12 601 6 683  906 8 922 2 258  654 26 914 11 518
Denmark 1 002  235  767 24  115 40 6  101 7 10  619 80
Finland  196 57  139 10 39 10 - 15 4 1 88 29
Iceland  104 35 69 4 16 9 2 8 - 6 40 19
Sweden 1 843  475 1 368 54  300 68 9  183 22 7  988  212
Albania 60 36 24 1 13 4 2 6 1 - 6 27
Bosnia-Herzegovina  113 51 62 4 29 19 - 13 3 1 33 11
Bulgaria 57 33 24 - 32 1 - 3 - 1 12 8
Estonia  130 24  106 5 45 1 - 8 - - 55 16
France 99 62 37 4 12 5 - 46 - 1 19 12
Italy 73 24 49 - 10 4 - 15 - 3 34 7
Croatia 53 20 33 1 11 6 - 7 - - 17 11
Latvia  153 43  110 8 74 4 - 7 3 - 43 14
Lithuania  853  294  559 15  388 40 3 39 2 3  282 81
Netherland  169 83 86 2 23 7 2 58 3 1 59 14
Poland 1 939  500 1 439 31  639 74 8  126 6 5  806  244
Romania  427  244  183 7  277 7 2 26 2 - 65 41
Russia  554  190  364 13  174 47 2 23 18 6  143  128
Serbia 3 71 37 34 2 21 3 - 6 - - 15 24
Serbia and Montenegro3, 4  210  103  107 14 58 25 1 18 2 - 68 24
Spain 71 34 37 1 10 1 1 26 1 - 22 9
United Kingdom  349  185  164 9 49 16 10  115 8 2 88 52
Turkey  131 55 76 3 11 17 4 19 1 - 55 21
Germany  435  114  321 7 60 10 5 69 5 9  219 51
Ukraine 51 26 25 1 16 4 - 2 - - 11 17
Rest of Europe  322  123  199 6 70 13 2 55 1 5  119 51
Africa, total 1 493  893  600 14  307  140 35  377 22 -  257  341
Algerie 85 63 22 - 25 10 4 30 1 - 3 12
Eritrea 60 42 18 - 8 3 3 7 2 - 9 28
Ethiopia 77 33 44 2 10 11 3 6 1 - 24 20
Morocco 74 42 32 1 21 6 1 17 2 - 11 15
Nigeria  125 85 40 4 12 2 2 33 - - 11 61
Somalia  567  339  228 -  129 67 10  160 11 -  100 90
Rest of Africa  505  289  216 7  102 41 12  124 5 - 99  115
Asia, total 2 012  846 1 166 59  416  250 39  176 33 -  646  393
Afghanistan  276  104  172 2 51 45 7 12 5 -  103 51
Iraq  791  347  444 26  144  108 22 55 15 -  240  181
Iran  260  102  158 2 49 27 5 37 1 -  101 38
Pakistan  166 64  102 11 26 15 1 23 2 - 71 17
Sri Lanka 69 25 44 7 16 7 1 3 2 - 25 8
Thailand 62 34 28 - 18 12 - 9 2 - 12 9
Vietnam 71 39 32 3 37 8 - 3 2 - 9 9
Rest of Asia  317  131  186 8 75 28 3 34 4 - 85 80
Americas, total  416  194  222 15 99 52 6 64 6 -  121 53
Chile  128 50 78 5 43 10 2 8 - - 40 20
USA  126 67 59 4 20 14 1 32 2 - 44 9
Rest of Americas  162 77 85 6 36 28 3 24 4 - 37 24
Oceania, total 28 11 17 1 3 4 - 2 2 1 10 5
Without citizenship 91 43 48 1 14 12 1 17 3 - 29 14
Unknown 69 13 56 - 41 - - 4 2 - 14 8
1  Citizenship is specified if 50 or more persons charged.
2  Includes 59 persons charged with work environment offences as prinicipal offence.
3  Serbia and Montenegro was separated in 2006.
4  Includes charged person with Montenegrin citizenship.

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