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150 Persons charged, by category of principal offence and age. Absolute figures and per 1 000 population
Category of principal offence and age 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
  Absolute figures
All persons charged 77 455 83 780 84 701 85 269 88 802 85 875 82 809 83 635 81 787
Persons charged with crimes 32 690 36 121 36 169 35 992 37 017 34 938 34 304 35 888 37 048
Persons charged with misdemeanours 44 765 47 659 48 532 49 277 51 785 50 937 48 505 47 747 44 739
                   
  Per 1 000 population
All persons charged                  
All ages1 18.07 19.41 19.46 19.42 19.99 19.08 18.18 18.14 17.49
5-14 years 5.31 5.90 5.59 5.88 6.73 6.57 6.21 5.34 4.39
15-17 years 37.25 41.13 39.43 36.62 39.46 37.54 33.50 30.77 27.44
18-20 years 65.58 67.81 63.79 62.65 63.74 58.52 55.92 55.29 50.76
21-24 years 48.22 51.58 51.87 51.78 52.90 48.06 45.42 44.73 42.76
25-29 years 35.03 37.84 38.14 37.38 38.36 36.05 34.89 35.42 34.55
30-39 years 25.13 26.81 27.24 27.29 27.51 26.21 25.02 25.26 25.23
40-49 years 16.25 17.73 18.82 19.18 19.40 18.93 18.60 18.71 18.42
50-59 years 8.70 9.63 10.07 10.39 10.40 10.84 10.14 10.69 10.72
60 years or older 3.42 3.76 3.82 3.94 4.10 4.01 3.76 3.96 3.95
Unknown .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
                   
Persons charged with crimes                  
All ages1 7.63 8.37 8.31 8.20 8.33 7.76 7.53 7.78 7.92
5-14 years 2.93 3.22 2.94 3.27 3.75 3.71 3.31 3.03 2.47
15-17 years 18.87 20.83 19.58 18.35 19.61 18.79 17.24 16.55 15.10
18-20 years 30.63 32.85 29.88 28.63 28.67 26.03 25.55 26.17 24.64
21-24 years 23.23 25.65 25.59 24.47 24.61 21.78 21.43 22.11 22.34
25-29 years 16.26 17.92 17.99 17.81 18.09 16.38 16.26 17.36 17.68
30-39 years 10.66 11.80 12.04 11.75 11.81 10.87 10.59 11.20 12.23
40-49 years 6.00 6.58 6.98 7.21 6.85 6.53 6.53 6.64 7.16
50-59 years 1.90 2.18 2.58 2.72 2.69 2.81 2.64 2.91 3.29
60 years or older 0.36 0.42 0.44 0.45 0.50 0.50 0.45 0.52 0.58
Unknown .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
                   
Persons charged with misdemeanours                  
All ages1 10.44 11.04 11.15 11.22 11.65 11.32 10.65 10.35 9.57
5-14 years 2.38 2.68 2.65 2.61 2.98 2.86 2.90 2.31 1.92
15-17 years 18.38 20.29 19.85 18.27 19.85 18.75 16.26 14.22 12.34
18-20 years 34.95 34.96 33.91 34.02 35.07 32.49 30.37 29.12 26.11
21-24 years 24.99 25.93 26.28 27.31 28.30 26.28 23.99 22.62 20.42
25-29 years 18.77 19.92 20.15 19.57 20.26 19.66 18.63 18.05 16.88
30-39 years 14.46 15.00 15.21 15.54 15.70 15.34 14.43 14.05 13.00
40-49 years 10.25 11.16 11.84 11.98 12.55 12.41 12.06 12.06 11.26
50-59 years 6.80 7.45 7.49 7.67 7.70 8.03 7.50 7.78 7.43
60 years or older 3.06 3.34 3.38 3.49 3.61 3.51 3.31 3.44 3.37
Unknown .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
1  Per 1 000 population 5 years and over.
Source: Offences investigated, Statistics Norway.
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