Statistics Norway

53 Prison population, by sex, type of sanction and type of principal offence. 1 January 2009. Absolute figures
Type of principal offence Total1 Males Females
Total Prison-sentence Custody Preventive detention/
Security detention		 Total Prison-sentence Custody Preventive detention/
Security detention
All types of offences1 3 340 3 123 2 435  545 70  217  176 32 4
                   
Crimes 3 008 2 823 2 239  514 70  185  150 31 4
                   
Crime against the Penal Code 2 931 2 749 2 177  502 70  182  147 31 4
Crime against public authorities 47 46 37 9 - 1 1 - -
Assaulting public servant 36 35 30 5 - 1 1 - -
Other 11 11 7 4 - - - - -
Crime against public order and peace 4 3 2 1 - 1 1 - -
Discrimination owing to race - - - - - - - - -
Housebreaking and burglary 4 3 2 1 - 1 1 - -
Other - - - - - - - - -
Crime involving public danger  971  898  732  165 1 73 64 9 -
Arson 13 13 9 3 1 - - - -
Unintentionally causing fire - - - - - - - - -
Crime of narcotics  154  137  113 24 - 17 17 - -
Serious crime of narcotics  795  740  602  138 - 55 46 9 -
Other 9 8 8 - - 1 1 - -
Perjury and false evidence 10 9 6 3 - 1 1 - -
False accusation 8 8 8 - - - - - -
Counterfeiting 1 - - - - 1 1 - -
Forgery 44 41 29 12 - 3 1 2 -
Sexual crime  332  330  278 27 25 2 2 - -
Rape  163  162  126 18 18 1 1 - -
Sexual intercourse by threats, cunning behaviour etc. 1 1 1 - - - - - -
Sexual intercourse with unconscious person 1 1 1 - - - - - -
Attempted rape 8 8 7 1 - - - - -
Incest 1 1 1 - - - - - -
Sexual intercourse with children under 10 years of age 37 37 35 - 2 - - - -
Sexual intercourse with children under 14 years of age 80 79 70 4 5 1 1 - -
Sexual intercourse with children under 16 years of age 21 21 20 1 - - - - -
Other sexual intercourse 7 7 7 - - - - - -
Pornography 2 2 2 - - - - - -
Other 11 11 8 3 - - - - -
Crime concerning family relations 29 29 13 15 1 - - - -
Crime against personal liberty  113  101 75 23 3 12 5 6 1
Crime of violence against the person  507  481  372 76 33 26 20 4 2
Assault 47 46 38 8 - 1 1 - -
Wounding or inflicting bodily harm  241  233  188 41 4 8 5 3 -
Inflicting grievous bodily harm 10 9 9 - - 1 1 - -
Attempted murder 36 34 21 9 4 2 1 - 1
Murder  150  138 96 17 25 12 10 1 1
Manslaughter 18 17 16 1 - 1 1 - -
Other 5 4 4 - - 1 1 - -
Slander and libel - - - - - - - - -
Embezzlement 23 14 14 - - 9 9 - -
Larceny  424  398  303 95 - 26 19 7 -
Simple and minor larceny 95 81 59 22 - 14 10 4 -
Aggravated larceny  290  278  219 59 - 12 9 3 -
Theft of motor vehicle 39 39 25 14 - - - - -
Blackmail and robbery  166  163  121 37 5 3 3 - -
Blackmail 7 6 3 3 - 1 1 - -
Robbery 76 74 58 16 - 2 2 - -
Aggravated robbery 80 80 59 16 5 - - - -
Blackmail and robbery, various 3 3 1 2 - - - - -
Fraud and breach of trust  129  115  104 11 - 14 14 - -
Crime in connection with debts 6 6 6 - - - - - -
Crime inflicting damage to property 19 16 10 5 1 3 2 - 1
Inflicting slight damage 4 3 2 1 - 1 1 - -
Inflicting serious damage 15 13 8 4 1 2 1 - 1
Breach of trade secrets - - - - - - - - -
Receiving stolen goods, subsequent assistance to the offender 96 89 66 23 - 7 4 3 -
Receiving stolen goods 70 68 57 11 - 2 2 - -
Aggravated receiving stolen goods 18 14 9 5 - 4 2 2 -
Other 8 7 - 7 - 1 - 1 -
Other crime against the Penal Code 2 2 1 - 1 - - - -
                   
Crime against the Act relating to medicinal goods etc. 24 21 14 7 - 3 3 - -
Use of narcotics 15 12 11 1 - 3 3 - -
Possession of narcotics 9 9 3 6 - - - - -
Narcotics, various - - - - - - - - -
                   
Crime against the Act relating to value added tax 10 10 10 - - - - - -
                   
Crime against the Assessment Act 2 2 2 - - - - - -
                   
Crime against the Duty Act 10 10 7 3 - - - - -
                   
Forbrytelse mot alkoholloven 1 1 1 - - - - - -
                   
Crime against other Acts 30 30 28 2 - - - - -
                   
Misdemeanours  249  222  196 26 - 27 26 1 -
                   
Misdemeanour against the Penal Code 12 12 2 10 - - - - -
Misdemeanour inflicting damage to property - - - - - - - - -
Petty larceny - - - - - - - - -
Misdemeanour against public order and peace 2 2 1 1 - - - - -
Telephone harassment 1 1 - 1 - - - - -
Other 9 9 1 8 - - - - -
                   
Traffic misdemeanour  220  194  188 6 - 26 26 - -
Driving under influence of alcohol  164  138  134 4 - 26 26 - -
Other 56 56 54 2 - - - - -
                   
Misdemeanour against the Police regulations - - - - - - - - -
                   
Misdemeanour against the Act relating to value added tax - - - - - - - - -
                   
Misdemeanour against the Duty Act - - - - - - - - -
                   
Misdemeanour against the Alcohollegislation - - - - - - - - -
                   
Misdemeanour against the Work Environment Act - - - - - - - - -
                   
Misdemeanour against other Acts 17 16 6 10 - 1 - 1 -
                   
Crimes or misdemeanours 2 2 - 2 - - - - -
                   
Crime or misdemeanour against other Acts 2 2 - 2 - - - - -
                   
Unknown offence 3 3 - 3 - - - - -
1  Including 78 cases of serving sentence for not paying a fine (73 men and 5 women), which can not be distributed by type of principal offence.

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