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149 Offences investigated, by police decision and type of offence. 2011
Type of offence Total 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 types of offences  363 189  137 436 39 345 8 970 1 215 7 587 2 426 68 568 74 957 22 685
                     
Crimes  250 826  129 581 26 564 4 757  716 4 448 1 632 23 266 48 224 11 638
Crime against the Penal Code  222 281  129 013 24 166 4 328  592 3 968 1 577 11 467 38 307 8 863
Crime against public authorities 2 122 13  238 12 14  189 5 13 1 562 76
Assaulting public servant 1 234 7 84 5 9  129 2 4  956 38
Other  888 6  154 7 5 60 3 9  606 38
Crime against public order and peace 3 182 2 009  263 60 5  101 23 96  503  122
Discrimination owing to race 7 1 3 1 - 1 - - 1 -
Housebreaking and burglary 2 852 1 941  222 35 2 88 19 82  355  108
Other  323 67 38 24 3 12 4 14  147 14
Crime involving public danger 20 484  557 2 250  291 82  400 - 5 043 10 499 1 362
Arson 89 26 23 1 - 16 - - 22 1
Unintentionally causing fire 41 6 22 1 - 7 - 1 4 -
Crime of narcotics 18 513  475 1 911  205 74  347 - 4 830 9 381 1 290
Serious crime of narcotics 1 160 14  104 1 8 21 - 2  995 15
Other  681 36  190 83 - 9 -  210 97 56
Perjury and false evidence  670 1  147 28 8 9 - 5  423 49
False accusation  418 2  224 21 5 7 1 5  134 19
Counterfeiting  207  146 40 4 1 4 - - 12 -
Forgery 4 376  378  912  393 29 54 14  609 1 579  408
Sexual crime 3 816  400 1 325 22 24  136 6  382 1 210  311
Rape  850  132  509 - 7 10 - -  173 19
Sexual intercourse by threats, cunning behaviour etc. 6 - - - - - - - 6 -
Sexual intercourse with unconscious person - - - - - - - - - -
Attempted rape 96 49 37 - - 2 - - 6 2
Incest 67 - 19 - 1 2 - - 33 12
Sexual intercourse with children  800 13  221 1 7 42 - -  386  130
Sexual intercourse with children under 10 years of age  130 3 56 - 3 17 - - 34 17
Sexual intercourse with children under 14 years of age  353 4  103 - 2 19 - -  179 46
Sexual intercourse with children under 16 years of age  317 6 62 1 2 6 - -  173 67
Other sexual intercourse  111 1 34 - - - - - 68 8
Pornography  210 8 47 5 - 9 2 23  103 13
Other 1 676  197  458 16 9 71 4  359  435  127
Crime concerning family relations 2 243 2 1 565 15 21 22 10 2  412  194
Crime against personal liberty 6 549  400 2 815  271 40  436  123  125 1 848  491
Crime of violence against the person 14 845 1 328 4 607  258 64  567  748 1 480 3 873 1 920
Assault 11 720  834 3 700  247 50  473  687 1 473 2 419 1 837
Wounding or inflicting bodily harm 2 807  474  826 8 13 76 61 3 1 281 65
Inflicting grievous bodily harm 23 6 8 - - - - - 9 -
Attempted murder 44 - 9 - - 8 - - 26 1
Murder 30 - 3 - - 4 - - 23 -
Manslaughter 45 - 6 - - 3 - - 35 1
Other  176 14 55 3 1 3 - 4 80 16
Slander and libel  436 54 91 99 - 31 9 - -  152
Embezzlement 1 310 74  410  150 17 15 47  124  317  156
Larceny  128 072  106 961 4 827 1 033  125 1 285  227 2 161 9 602 1 851
Simple and minor larceny 72 917 60 520 2 741  755 87  781  156 1 969 4 692 1 216
Aggravated larceny 45 760 39 815 1 371  234 20  377 44  122 3 405  372
Theft of motor vehicle 9 395 6 626  715 44 18  127 27 70 1 505  263
Blackmail and robbery 1 677  984  249 12 3 33 2 -  379 15
Blackmail 55 8 25 2 - - 2 - 13 5
Robbery 1 233  769  154 8 3 25 - -  266 8
Aggravated robbery  334  190 52 1 - 8 - - 82 1
Blackmail and robbery, various 55 17 18 1 - - - - 18 1
Fraud and breach of trust 10 884 4 223 1 722 1 168 71 85 37  230 2 662  686
Crime in connection with debts  315 - 79  157 7 6 - 5 42 19
Crime inflicting damage to property 16 370 11 454 1 311  265 25  511  320  687 1 152  645
Inflicting slight damage 15 578 11 008 1 241  251 23  487  311  680  943  634
Inflicting serious damage  789  446 70 14 2 24 8 6  209 10
Breach of trade secrets 3 - - - - - 1 1 - 1
Receiving stolen goods and money laundering 4 160 17 1 038 37 46 72 5  493 2 090  362
Simple receiving stolen goods and money laundering 3 675 15  903 31 43 61 3  439 1 865  315
Aggravated receiving stolen goods and money laundering  162 - 25 1 2 3 - 1  126 4
Other  323 2  110 5 1 8 2 53 99 43
Other crime against the Penal Code  145 10 53 32 5 5 - 7 8 25
                     
Crime against the Act relating to medicinal goods etc. 22 726  469 1 468  127 56  415 3 10 058 7 974 2 156
Use of narcotics 14 010 6  617 31 28  211 2 6 288 5 557 1 270
Possession of narcotics 8 119 61  744 88 26  194 1 3 740 2 402  863
Other crime in connection with narcotics  597  402  107 8 2 10 - 30 15 23
                     
Crime against Act relating to value added tax  217 - 15 3 6 1 - 14  171 7
                     
Crime against the Assessment Act 1 102 -  116 9 18 3 -  446  403  107
                     
Crime against the Duty Act  150 5 15 3 5 - - 31 89 2
                     
Crime against the Alcohol legislation 10 - 2 - - - - 5 3 -
                     
Crime against other Acts 4 340 94  782  287 39 61 52 1 245 1 277  503
                     
Misdemeanours  112 363 7 855 12 781 4 213  499 3 139  794 45 302 26 733 11 047
Misdemeanour against the Penal Code 39 457 4 773 4 796 1 746  196 2 264  746 12 080 6 487 6 369
Misdemeanour inflicting damage to property 2 888 2 254  161 31 1 48 52  100 92  149
Petty larceny 13 353 1 065  710  720 70 1 410  458 4 335 1 513 3 072
Misdemeanour against public order and peace 10 595  321 1 866  200 44  366 47 4 573 2 253  925
Telephone harassment 1 095  214  200 95 3 35 31  132  118  267
Other 11 526  919 1 859  700 78  405  158 2 940 2 511 1 956
                     
Traffic misdemeanour 55 922 1 682 5 964 1 996  179  680 26 25 057 17 620 2 718
Driving under influence of alcohol 7 797 2  930 23 19  150 -  419 6 060  194
Other 48 125 1 680 5 034 1 973  160  530 26 24 638 11 560 2 524
                     
Misdemeanour against the Act of vagrancy 2 - - - - 1 - - - 1
                     
Misdemeanour against the Police regulations 3 918 7  208 50 22 55 5 2 890  414  267
                     
Misdemeanour against the Act relating to value added tax  354 - 17 - 5 1 -  192  113 26
                     
Crime against the Duty Act 2 084 20  148 86 18 5 - 1 553  138  116
                     
Misdemeanour against the Alcohol legislation 1 036 6 71 12 1 20 1  724  118 83
                     
Misdemeanour against the Work Environment Act  326 8  117 14 - - -  119 37 31
                     
Misdemeanour against other Acts 9 264 1 359 1 460  309 78  113 16 2 687 1 806 1 436
Source: Offences investigated, Statistics Norway.
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