Offences and victims reported to the police

Updated: 30 May 2023

Modified: 15 Jun 2023, 08:50:00

Next update: Not yet determined

Offences reported to the police in
Offences reported to the police in
2022
304 621
Offences and victims reported to the police, by group of offence. Absolute figures
Offences and victims reported to the police, by group of offence. Absolute figures
2022
Offences reported to the police, total304 621
¬ Property theft99 729
¬ Other offences for profit28 971
¬ Criminal damage19 716
¬ Violence and maltreatment39 465
¬ Sexual offences7 396
¬ Drug and alcohol offences29 218
¬ Public order and integrity violations30 903
¬ Traffic offences43 852
¬ Other offences5 371
Offences reported with persons as victims, total165 829
Victims (persons) of offences reported, total152 021
Victims (persons) of property theft, total71 111
Victims (persons) of violence and maltreatment, total34 450
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  • Offences reported to the police, by type of offence. Absolute figures
    Offences reported to the police, by type of offence. Absolute figures
    200920102011201220132014201520162017201820192020202120221
    All types of offences397 581394 137380 092393 674388 506372 107351 459336 413318 617317 927310 120300 636278 833304 621
    ¬ Property theft160 888152 076148 846156 184146 831132 989115 643105 14494 88792 86694 96686 94979 51599 729
    ¬¬ Theft, total160 063151 234148 128155 365145 940132 018114 828104 50794 17992 32094 54486 51979 13399 312
    ¬¬¬ Petty theft14 77013 86113 30414 23912 81512 67512 62513 58812 02011 08012 60012 07212 13713 391
    ¬¬¬¬ Petty theft from shop and other sales outlet14 15713 32912 72713 68412 37812 2338 00410 37710 4039 81511 55711 04111 11412 052
    ¬¬¬¬ Other or unspecified petty theft6135325775554374424 6213 2111 6171 2651 0431 0311 0231 339
    ¬¬¬ Theft82 13578 84177 03082 33881 53176 55468 08969 22268 06570 56271 92965 83060 62777 804
    ¬¬¬¬ Theft from shops and other sales outlet5 3205 0894 9434 8365 4196 1005 9096 6266 7597 0776 7905 7305 2936 381
    ¬¬¬¬ Theft from other business and public institution9 2349 5148 2017 8687 1215 7285 1715 8135 5085 7156 3084 6764 5175 604
    ¬¬¬¬ Theft from dwelling and holiday home9 1418 5788 1318 2898 6668 3247 8969 3599 6109 84310 24511 17411 00911 739
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Theft from dwelling5 1514 7354 3364 7014 8824 4693 8003 3833 2823 0363 0112 7912 4322 727
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Theft from holiday home524499490486469415397583618551469332207314
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Theft from storage area, garage and other area by dwelling and holiday home3 4663 3443 3053 1023 3153 4403 6995 3935 7106 2566 7658 0518 3708 698
    ¬¬¬¬ Theft from car and other motor vehicle12 13110 68410 24211 03810 1419 0078 1717 9047 8647 2096 4707 2847 2788 094
    ¬¬¬¬ Bicycle theft15 11414 78714 69815 36016 49818 32816 57915 02413 64114 24215 97420 72817 75819 789
    ¬¬¬¬ Theft from the person7 9608 3098 62010 0929 4227 0469 20724 24724 58526 43126 09716 21214 76226 188
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Theft from the person at sales outlet7 9608 3098 62010 0929 4227 0466 3337 1957 2347 8007 5233 8963 5327 402
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Theft from the person on public transport (from 1.10.2015)0000007014 2564 5115 3355 5783 1442 7214 953
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Theft from the person in the street, park, other recreation area (from 1.10.2015)0000005303 9313 8224 1354 1432 3312 5513 655
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Theft from the person at sports facility, cultural venue etc. (from 1.10.2015)0000004572 3522 1712 1512 2201 3981 2092 170
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Theft from the person at other public and private place (from 1.10.2015)0000001 1866 5136 8477 0106 6335 4434 7498 008
    ¬¬¬¬ Other or unspecified theft23 23521 88022 19524 85524 26422 02115 15624998454526109
    ¬¬¬ Aggravated theft51 14447 67448 47650 83544 96036 20328 74917 22910 0376 6166 1544 5563 2234 099
    ¬¬¬¬ Aggravated theft from shop and other sales outlet2 7792 2731 9641 7161 4191 2651 024916630512534496295283
    ¬¬¬¬ Aggravated theft from other business or public institution6 7196 2755 4224 6764 2593 4202 7491 9491 6201 2701 2611 0477051 003
    ¬¬¬¬ Aggravated theft from dwelling and holiday home12 97311 3529 6219 7728 9298 4867 2185 4644 1043 2203 0412 2891 7082 006
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Aggravated theft from dwelling6 1234 9923 7813 9113 8403 5033 2373 0892 3101 7511 6721 3731 1021 272
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Aggravated theft from holiday home2 9122 2922 0092 0761 6181 5321 179892730621466353242319
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Aggravated theft from storage area, garage and other area by dwelling and holiday home3 9384 0683 8313 7853 4713 4512 8021 4831 064848903563364415
    ¬¬¬¬ Aggravated theft from car and other motor vehicle10 9539 9888 5497 2805 7674 5983 7732 1451 309923745450279536
    ¬¬¬¬ Aggravated theft from the person15 33215 46520 60425 07022 61816 70212 8976 7042 369686568272233270
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Aggravated theft from the person at sales outlet (from 1.10.2015)0000007552 307814134123383244
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Aggravated theft from the person on public transport (from 1.10.2015)0000004351 5644888270211722
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Aggravated theft from the person in the street, park, other recreation area (from 1.10.2015)0000002811 217457148154714698
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Aggravated theft from the person at sports facility, cultural venue etc. (from 1.10.2015)0000006329199372722108
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Aggravated theft from the person at other or unspecified place15 33215 46520 60425 07022 61816 70211 3631 32551128519412012898
    ¬¬¬¬ Other or unspecified aggravated theft2 3882 3212 3162 3211 9681 7321 08851555231
    ¬¬¬ Theft of car and other motor vehicle12 01410 8589 3187 9536 6346 5865 3654 4684 0574 0623 8614 0613 1464 018
    ¬¬¬¬ Theft of car7 1906 6895 7054 7013 8453 4052 7162 2772 0612 0751 9511 8791 4711 911
    ¬¬¬¬ Theft of motor cycle and moped2 7822 4032 2841 9561 6621 8971 5091 1841 1031 0961 1161 127792943
    ¬¬¬¬ Other or unspecified theft of motor vehicle2 0421 7661 3291 2961 1271 2841 1401 0078938917941 0558831 164
    ¬¬ Other unlawful use and possession of property825842718819891971815637708546422430382417
    ¬ Other offences for profit28 34626 99226 02926 83726 79126 28528 58331 06428 90730 54028 86926 05525 06628 971
    ¬¬ Receipt of stolen property and money laundering4 0424 1793 7443 4493 5033 2612 7792 4182 3172 2852 5322 4941 9871 855
    ¬¬¬ Receipt of stolen property, total3 1993 3983 5783 3643 3833 1332 6712 2922 1942 1852 3832 3221 7891 658
    ¬¬¬¬ Receipt of stolen property3 0233 2053 4343 2283 0992 9562 5432 1522 0241 9532 1622 0981 6241 501
    ¬¬¬¬ Aggravated receipt of stolen property176193144136284177128140170232221224165157
    ¬¬¬ Money laundering, total4043528952721017311411694140157184188
    ¬¬¬¬ Money laundering3773267633444529596732616660101
    ¬¬¬¬ Aggravated money laundering27261319285644554962799112487
    ¬¬¬ Other or unspecified receipt of stolen property and money laundering43942977334827351276915149
    ¬¬ Fraud, total16 52914 06313 23414 21914 49814 26517 52221 36119 87522 53221 03218 99818 92823 048
    ¬¬¬ Petty fraud and the like1 6131 4641 4161 4921 6441 8302 4883 3102 7602 5912 0201 7561 7552 008
    ¬¬¬ Fraud13 86711 89110 47511 63511 80911 58513 68816 45515 45517 73316 63214 91114 95618 809
    ¬¬¬ Aggravated fraud1 0497081 3431 0921 0458501 3461 5961 6602 2082 3802 3312 2172 231
    ¬¬ Embezzlement, total1 5891 6371 4021 4391 5791 7761 3691 4351 5001 3801 3101 1741 2751 307
    ¬¬¬ Embezzlement1 3991 4401 2361 2421 1921 3271 1601 2051 2141 0981 0529099901 065
    ¬¬¬ Aggravated embezzlement190197166197387449209230286282258265285242
    ¬¬ Misappropriation of funds106120112319188260128153161150156141147136
    ¬¬ Corruption and influencing trade25251255947254946823647403141
    ¬¬ Accounting offences2 0972 1982 2001 8821 7721 7901 8991 6681 5681 2771 1261 018862811
    ¬¬ Creditor-related offences264314359311312271195302229109991037449
    ¬¬ Tax and duty offences1 2261 7842 0062 2172 1361 9472 1961 3151 143829763576459461
    ¬¬¬ Tax evasion2543654346515625416633973742672101539681
    ¬¬¬ Aggravated tax evasion56299013211810381149180158175196282253
    ¬¬¬ Other tax and duty offences9161 3901 4821 4341 4561 3031 45276958940437822781127
    ¬¬ Violations of the Customs Act2 1322 3062 4342 5382 4322 3012 0771 9661 6301 5111 3921 045883734
    ¬¬¬ Smuggling1 6581 6951 8191 9631 7041 6511 5241 296993922993644533493
    ¬¬¬ Other violations of the Customs Act474611615575728650553670637589399401350241
    ¬¬ Other business and economic offences336366413404324389369400402431412466420529
    ¬ Criminal damage24 73721 55019 73018 31718 44817 63917 21717 29317 47417 27017 65121 36719 88119 716
    ¬¬ Damage to property, total24 53921 35419 54318 15218 27217 45616 95416 75116 90716 54816 96520 71219 21418 994
    ¬¬¬ Petty damage to property3 0483 3672 9522 4512 7492 6922 5483 2932 1071 6091 3501 4811 3161 419
    ¬¬¬¬ Petty damage to building770925775747622607722949738650603599514534
    ¬¬¬¬ Petty damage to motor vehicle and other means of transport (from 1.10.2015)0000002131 659818497339395388322
    ¬¬¬¬ Other or unspecified petty damage to property2 2782 4422 1771 7042 1272 0851 613685551462408487414563
    ¬¬¬ Damage to property20 53017 22315 81514 98314 91314 14913 82612 68314 22714 45115 04318 80917 59617 282
    ¬¬¬¬ Damage to building8 3126 4665 6734 8775 1654 8255 1805 1185 7695 2225 8296 4835 8456 187
    ¬¬¬¬ Damage to motor vehicle and other means of transport7 2756 6416 1396 2595 8905 7485 4916 1026 7917 5187 3819 8049 4318 723
    ¬¬¬¬ Other or unspecified damage to property4 9434 1164 0033 8473 8583 5763 1551 4631 6671 7111 8332 5222 3202 372
    ¬¬¬ Aggravated damage to property961764776718610615580775573488572422302293
    ¬¬¬¬ Aggravated damage to building376320388319300293249290275259312252177171
    ¬¬¬¬ Aggravated damage to motor vehicle and other means of transport5814423853833073203094322561872131428253
    ¬¬¬¬ Other aggravated damage to property42316322253424247284369
    ¬¬ Public danger from fire and other criminal damage198196187165176183263542567722686655667722
    ¬ Violence and maltreatment33 93934 21534 09934 67435 14734 11135 00334 96936 68737 46138 01337 06335 98839 465
    ¬¬ Offences of violence1 18 38118 38118 90619 31619 12218 73819 39519 96720 40320 58320 68118 79018 35920 512
    ¬¬¬ Assault, total11 59411 40111 74512 07711 75911 34811 73912 30812 57412 84512 81411 46911 46313 010
    ¬¬¬¬ Assault10 62910 61110 99911 36211 09710 81911 19011 80912 09812 33412 26411 06211 05812 592
    ¬¬¬¬ Aggravated assault965790746715662529549499476511550407405418
    ¬¬¬ Bodily harm, total3 0932 9252 8372 7812 5662 3772 2392 1992 1121 9682 1291 7861 5711 932
    ¬¬¬¬ Bodily harm2 7682 6102 5172 4952 2932 1271 9671 8211 7651 6451 8261 5381 3831 725
    ¬¬¬¬ Grievous bodily harm325315320286273250272378347323303248188207
    ¬¬¬ Murder30291112747292427282528312930
    ¬¬¬ Attempted murder4647395057606141497068878377
    ¬¬¬ Unintentional bodily harm or manslaughter9697881001109480976976789170101
    ¬¬¬¬ Unintentional bodily harm6366596578545461514051625071
    ¬¬¬¬ Manslaughter3331293532402636183627292030
    ¬¬¬ Maltreatment in close relations, total2 1192 4472 5752 5562 8263 0563 3223 4373 7213 4923 3703 2993 1093 033
    ¬¬¬¬ Maltreatment in close relations2 0742 4062 5262 4972 7752 9093 1383 3113 5763 4063 2943 2153 0402 977
    ¬¬¬¬ Aggravated maltreatment in close relations45414959511471841261458676846956
    ¬¬¬ Assault of public servant1 1 2871 3271 4181 6161 6651 6761 8051 6111 5781 7071 7961 6981 7521 980
    ¬¬¬ Other or unspecified offences of violence116108931099298125247272400398329282349
    ¬¬ Threats, total1 7 7327 7797 5588 1378 2967 9068 3338 6078 9869 1259 0829 0728 1529 206
    ¬¬¬ Threats (from 1.10.2015)0000001 4496 4036 7326 9976 9537 1246 4957 043
    ¬¬¬ Aggravated threats (from 1.10.2015)00000078328345376356404227298
    ¬¬¬ Threats against public servant1 5377306997649799031 0161 2461 4191 3591 4531 1891 1561 565
    ¬¬¬ Other or unspecified threats7 1957 0496 8597 3737 3177 0035 790630490393320355274300
    ¬¬ Robbery and extortion1 9381 8331 7891 6061 8131 2351 0819459401 3021 1861 2121 0931 282
    ¬¬¬ Robbery1 3341 2681 2721 2011 413871758662630623713788650795
    ¬¬¬ Aggravated robbery442419351283254192172148151165168170116109
    ¬¬¬ Extortion6983977180105114132157513305254327378
    ¬¬¬ Other or unspecified robbery and extortion936369516667373210000
    ¬¬ Coercion61758355736499216221185147131113105
    ¬¬ Deprivation of liberty155180123157150159151155137170141165112152
    ¬¬ Offences within family relations and the like673654548536513440467338320286244223208264
    ¬¬ Reckless behaviour and stalking4 9615 2755 0434 8135 1115 4495 4004 6595 5905 7416 4787 4107 9107 898
    ¬¬ Human trafficking38384450671076246454536392932
    ¬¬ Terrorism and terror-related offences00000131527412312191012
    ¬¬ Other violence and maltreatment00542009416222
    ¬ Sexual offences4 2194 2714 6124 7194 8234 7805 7097 0797 9868 3866 7446 8737 9897 396
    ¬¬ Rape, total1 4811 4461 6211 6461 5941 6301 9042 2352 3082 5642 1972 2342 4712 254
    ¬¬¬ Rape1 4311 4021 5841 5851 5461 5911 8502 1672 2462 4502 1082 1552 3492 165
    ¬¬¬¬ Rape, children under 14 years of age483505546529457503617663779846677737774662
    ¬¬¬¬ Rape, other or unspecified age9488971 0381 0561 0891 0881 2331 5041 4671 6041 4311 4181 5751 503
    ¬¬¬ Aggravated rape504437614839546862114897912289
    ¬¬¬¬ Aggravated rape, children under 14 years of age (from 1.10.2015)000000011115435399147
    ¬¬¬¬ Aggravated rape, other or unspecified age5044376148395457516054403142
    ¬¬ Attempted rape1171061381041008582113107100967310371
    ¬¬ Sexual intercourse through abuse of position of trust8196829985887977125129124108123174
    ¬¬ Sexual intercourse with a child aged 14-15 years313306328345301309337400430498377437505414
    ¬¬ Sexual intercourse within family relations95107132158126128118188151137141144123123
    ¬¬ Sexual act6056816926296337819991 3091 2831 2429679051 053946
    ¬¬¬ Sexual act with a child under 16 years of age393467461398394502709903833764579565577420
    ¬¬¬ Other sexual act without consent212214231231239279290406450478388340476526
    ¬¬ Sexually abusive behaviour7237798338528989411 0371 5031 5071 3921 4281 4111 6431 494
    ¬¬¬ Sexually abusive behaviour with a child under 16 years of age (from. 1.10.2015)00000056546700566688700819691
    ¬¬¬ Sexually abusive behaviour, other or unspecified age723779833852898941981957807826740711824803
    ¬¬ Other or unspecified sexual offences8047507868861 0868181 1531 2542 0752 3241 4141 5611 9681 920
    ¬ Drug and alcohol offences49 11255 17452 12956 09059 43658 45055 23750 29346 93045 69941 87339 60230 24129 218
    ¬¬ Narcotic offences37 75644 01541 27144 14847 28645 36841 59836 18433 58531 63328 79325 79817 51814 954
    ¬¬¬ Narcotics, Act relating to medicinal goods etc.19 14022 06121 28622 54524 16823 25721 72619 68617 49417 06015 42212 3847 5215 943
    ¬¬¬¬ Narcotics, use12 04013 81913 10114 03515 33614 40713 35611 80310 3369 9688 8066 8303 7682 596
    ¬¬¬¬ Narcotics, minor possession7 1008 2428 1858 5108 8328 8508 3707 8837 1587 0926 6165 5543 7533 347
    ¬¬¬ Narcotics, Penal Code, total18 61621 95419 98521 60323 11822 11119 87216 49816 09114 57313 37113 4149 9979 011
    ¬¬¬¬ Narcotic offences, Penal Code17 55620 64218 87920 31921 94720 86518 76015 43915 12313 67912 46412 4609 1838 218
    ¬¬¬¬ Aggravated narcotic offences, Penal Code1 0601 3121 1061 2841 1711 2461 1121 059968894907954814793
    ¬¬ Doping7406256648209471 5101 5001 7931 6161 3811 0611 0249601 025
    ¬¬¬ Doping, Act relating to medicinal goods etc.00000241495836700564372319192118
    ¬¬¬ Doping, Penal Code7406256648209471 2691 005957916817689705768907
    ¬¬ Driving under the influence8 5308 5928 3159 0939 1929 5249 7849 9059 6059 92810 06210 61210 08012 102
    ¬¬¬ Driving under the influence, road traffic8 2648 3388 0938 8928 8959 2149 4849 6559 3489 5999 73910 2549 76411 819
    ¬¬¬ Driving under the influence, other266254222201297310300250257329323358316283
    ¬¬ Violations of the Alcohol Act, total1 3271 2161 0491 107869875737662546472476370336305
    ¬¬¬ Violations of the Alcohol Act1 3271 2161 0491 107869875736662541467473366336305
    ¬¬¬ Aggravated violations of the Alcohol Act00000010553400
    ¬¬ Other or unspecified drug and alcohol offences7597268309221 1421 1731 6181 7491 5782 2851 4811 7981 347832
    ¬ Public order and integrity violations37 04840 48339 81539 99041 74841 74440 13436 64635 30836 30734 30431 49028 90630 903
    ¬¬ Public order violations15 03216 39016 40617 03517 28916 94815 98913 29612 22114 08512 84712 1279 22510 334
    ¬¬¬ Breach of the peace, total7 6768 2028 4018 9278 4888 0567 6886 3965 3384 9535 1303 4082 9493 720
    ¬¬¬¬ Regional public order statute, urinating and other1 3551 5711 5541 7881 7631 7011 5701 5351 3071 1351 117568527813
    ¬¬¬¬ Breach of the peace under self-induced intoxication3 8533 9554 1414 2904 1093 8843 7392 9172 3902 1271 9701 1008521 002
    ¬¬¬¬ Other or unspecified breach of the peace2 4682 6762 7062 8492 6162 4712 3791 9441 6411 6912 0431 7401 5701 905
    ¬¬¬ Weapons, fire and explosives legislation7 3568 1888 0058 1088 8018 8928 3016 9006 8839 1327 7178 7196 2766 614
    ¬¬¬¬ Bearing arms in a public place2 1912 4912 5662 7422 9952 9052 9342 4112 3232 4342 6582 8581 9852 395
    ¬¬¬¬ Other or unspecified weapons offences2 1122 3932 3752 5372 5902 7432 7272 5622 5114 2172 9083 7772 1152 354
    ¬¬¬¬ Fire and explosives legislation3 0533 3043 0642 8293 2163 2442 6401 9272 0492 4812 1512 0842 1761 865
    ¬¬ Violations of public authority12 03513 55213 18113 74815 42016 15316 13715 22914 54313 66413 91312 32412 79413 740
    ¬¬¬ Obstructing and counteracting public authority7 6388 4388 5909 1199 8489 72910 19110 3509 7939 4739 8929 2209 22710 217
    ¬¬¬¬ Obstructing and harrassing a public servant2 1622 3682 3572 4312 6512 6352 5992 5092 4442 4842 7162 3182 1442 186
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Harrassing a public servant1 4851 5901 5871 6561 7531 7601 7881 9751 9101 9492 0141 6781 6061 597
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Obstructing a public servant677778770775898875811534534535702640538589
    ¬¬¬¬ Counteracting legal action and criminal prosecution5 4766 0706 2336 6887 1977 0947 5927 8417 3496 9897 1766 9027 0838 031
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Obligation of identification to public authority1 3451 2301 1711 2461 2761 2591 1341 078999928853773772925
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Violation of exclusion order1 2521 6561 5451 4711 8841 9432 3472 3382 3232 3312 3922 8543 0153 297
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Other order issued by police and other authority1 7311 9252 6433 1283 1442 9763 0413 3633 0302 8343 0532 5362 4352 896
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Counteraction of the execution of sentences9501 061629591624642752727700583557423578620
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Other counteraction of legal action and criminal prosecution198198245252269274318335297313321316283293
    ¬¬¬ Perjury and false accusation1 3781 2101 2381 2361 3862 0122 1471 9651 9821 8851 7141 3421 2611 281
    ¬¬¬¬ Perjury7576136306868271 4451 6071 4681 3791 2821 167805742782
    ¬¬¬¬ False accusation621597608550559567540497603603547537519499
    ¬¬¬ Immigration legislation2 5423 4122 8322 9043 6713 9703 3292 4122 2211 8091 7551 3081 7601 659
    ¬¬¬¬ Violation of entry ban1691852392664484624533452812381681178091
    ¬¬¬¬ Assistance of illegal entry and stay37546049474710449292832313529
    ¬¬¬¬ Other or unspecified immigration legislation2 3363 1732 5332 5893 1763 4612 7722 0181 9111 5431 5551 1601 6451 539
    ¬¬¬ Misconduct and misuse of public authority189178188185192182170202154181245173229169
    ¬¬¬ Other or unspecified violation of public authority288314333304323260300300393316307281317414
    ¬¬ Violations of integrity9 98110 54110 2289 2079 0398 6438 0088 1218 5448 5587 5447 0396 8876 829
    ¬¬¬ Document and ID offences5 5845 8185 8764 9944 6824 3854 3785 1915 6275 6374 6204 1084 1063 578
    ¬¬¬¬ Document forgery3 7343 8163 8543 1332 8822 6752 3652 1491 8231 7761 6151 4351 2531 172
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Document forgery, use2 6502 9192 8082 4062 2642 1081 7871 3461 1781 1551 043960804762
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Document forgery, production and procurement1 0848971 046727618567578803645621572475449410
    ¬¬¬¬ Counterfeiting30428625817118017813716934689563310865
    ¬¬¬¬ ID offences (from 1.10.2015)0000003952 5693 2403 6062 7302 5712 6732 195
    ¬¬¬¬¬ ID offences, handling (from 1.10.2015)00000064471466698393332303338
    ¬¬¬¬¬ ID offences, use (from 1.10.2015)0000003312 0982 7742 9082 3372 2392 3701 857
    ¬¬¬¬ Other or unspecified document and ID offences1 5461 7161 7641 6901 6201 5321 4813042181662196972146
    ¬¬¬ Unauthorised access and stay3 4853 7593 4053 3703 3193 2352 5331 6841 7191 6921 7311 6711 5041 710
    ¬¬¬¬ Trespassing, building and other place3 3453 3572 8682 9372 9812 9452 1891 3211 2991 1631 1591 2451 1081 310
    ¬¬¬¬ Unauthorised access to computer and communication system140402537433338290344363420529572426396400
    ¬¬¬ Invasion of privacy704696670607733714693696552528471508441578
    ¬¬¬ Hate speech and discrimination483924274651120225245281330346375418
    ¬¬¬ Other or unspecified violation of integrity160229253209259258284325401420392406461545
    ¬ Traffic offences53 54854 11049 46851 93250 38351 10248 91549 03245 74944 95343 18845 60843 01443 852
    ¬¬ Road traffic offences52 98653 38548 76751 35049 78550 49848 25048 33845 08644 24142 54445 04642 37343 149
    ¬¬¬ Non-possession of driving licence14 08214 28713 64014 18013 15013 35313 00012 69111 54711 11410 45411 66010 10010 620
    ¬¬¬ Speeding14 19713 27611 15812 26412 06012 86012 45012 47911 53811 15211 05112 47511 38611 119
    ¬¬¬ Personal injury5 2634 7894 5344 5294 2564 0993 7413 6773 3963 4663 3583 3603 4823 500
    ¬¬¬ Other or unspecified road traffic offences19 44421 03319 43520 37720 31920 18619 05919 49118 60518 50917 68117 55117 40517 910
    ¬¬ Other transport and traffic legislation562725701582598604665694663712644562641703
    ¬ Other offences5 7445 2665 3644 9314 8995 0075 0184 8934 6894 4454 5125 6298 2335 371
    ¬¬ Offences against nature and the environment4 4534 0624 1273 7163 7473 7453 8323 8153 5693 3483 4324 0554 5874 196
    ¬¬¬ Poisoning as a danger to public health and serious environmental offences5124511540433727242019
    ¬¬¬ Hunting and fishing offences2 0491 7761 8991 5031 2991 3031 3761 3661 1451 0061 2581 4901 4051 276
    ¬¬¬ Other offences against nature and the environment2 3992 2852 2262 2092 4432 4312 4512 4092 3812 3052 1472 5413 1622 901
    ¬¬ Work environment legislation728676830784766880864787836863790763821735
    ¬¬ Other or unspecified penal legislation5635284074313863823222912842342908112 825440
    1The figures for "Assault of public servant" and "Threats against public servant" in the 2020 statistics were corrected in the Statbank on 30 June 2022. This amount to a 10 per cent decrease in assault of, and an 18 per cent increase in threats against, public servants. For the sum of assaults this amounts to 1 per cent fewer, and for the sum threats a 2 per cent more offences.
    Explanation of symbols
  • Offences reported to the police, by group of offence and police district (owner). Absolute figures and per 1 000 population
    Offences reported to the police, by group of offence and police district (owner). Absolute figures and per 1 000 population1
    All groups of offences¬ Property theft¬ Other offences for profit¬ Criminal damage¬ Violence and maltreatment¬ Sexual offences¬ Drug and alcohol offences¬ Public order and integrity violations¬ Traffic offences¬ Other offences
    2022
    Absolute figures
    Total304 62199 72928 97119 71639 4657 39629 21830 90343 8525 371
    Oslo73 71731 3426 8045 1739 1381 0564 7977 6207 276511
    East44 08713 4714 3162 1605 4658535 3094 7427 211560
    Inland17 8704 1312 0859742 2735451 8371 7863 900339
    South-East37 56012 1163 7052 4444 6717983 8503 4355 943598
    Agder18 9566 6381 4491 2412 7024011 9592 1072 119340
    South-West27 9409 3912 6972 1613 4716742 7132 8343 370629
    West27 5228 8062 8211 5713 5359312 6352 5433 904776
    Møre and Romsdal9 5521 7818197011 5083761 1281 0221 972245
    Trøndelag24 6907 9512 2821 9602 9868762 1932 1993 856387
    Nordland9 7691 9069116391 6004141 1491 0671 754329
    Troms7 9321 6156544071 2382981 0409401 513227
    Finnmark4 3515412272787731514995291 004349
    Svalbard160226613713251949
    Special agencies513181951921695541131
    Unknown police district2000001001
    Per 1 000 population
    Total56.118.45.33.67.31.45.45.78.11.0
    Oslo79.733.97.45.69.91.15.28.27.90.6
    East57.617.65.62.87.11.16.96.29.40.7
    Inland47.010.95.52.66.01.44.84.710.30.9
    South-East54.117.45.33.56.71.15.54.98.60.9
    Agder61.321.54.74.08.71.36.36.86.91.1
    South-West52.617.75.14.16.51.35.15.36.31.2
    West46.114.74.72.65.91.64.44.36.51.3
    Møre and Romsdal35.96.73.12.65.71.44.23.87.40.9
    Trøndelag51.916.74.84.16.31.84.64.68.10.8
    Nordland40.77.93.82.76.71.74.84.47.31.4
    Troms47.69.73.92.47.41.86.25.69.11.4
    Finnmark58.77.33.13.810.42.06.77.113.54.7
    Svalbard....................
    Special agencies....................
    Unknown police district....................
    1As a result of changes in the municipalities from 1.1.2020, the police districts, which consist of a number of municipalities, have changed. It affects Oslo and Sør-Øst particularly. See changes in www.ssb.no/en/klass
    Explanation of symbols
  • Offences reported to the police, by group of offence and scene of crime (county). Absolute figures and per 1 000 population
    Offences reported to the police, by group of offence and scene of crime (county). Absolute figures and per 1 000 population
    All groups of offences¬ Property theft¬ Other offences for profit¬ Criminal damage¬ Violence and maltreatment¬ Sexual offences¬ Drug and alcohol offences¬ Public order and integrity violations¬ Traffic offences¬ Other offences
    2022
    Absolute figures
    Total304 62199 72928 97119 71639 4657 39629 21830 90343 8525 371
    The whole country296 92594 42427 48219 67939 0537 32229 08230 70743 8205 356
    Viken65 42120 7096 7433 5547 8231 2717 3376 51110 618855
    Oslo62 82826 0985 6904 5318 1438803 9757 0116 107393
    Innlandet17 2313 8442 0519502 2465241 7291 7453 806336
    Vestfold og Telemark23 7537 1422 0941 6873 0945282 7262 2673 789426
    Agder18 7456 4171 3981 2422 7144011 9532 1222 150348
    Rogaland24 5918 5211 7572 0173 1896072 5262 5722 937465
    Vestland28 3898 4992 9011 6833 7329672 7952 6674 281864
    Møre og Romsdal9 3511 6267897001 5043761 1371 0251 951243
    Trøndelag - Trööndelage24 0507 5482 1371 9592 9758672 1712 1993 807387
    Nordland - Nordlánnda9 4821 7629146321 5494071 1331 0281 733324
    Troms og Finnmark - Romsa ja Finnmárku12 1532 0068856952 0224541 5401 4722 503576
    Norway, unknown county768230117234933476111989
    Abroad, without known county7 6965 3051 48937412741361963215
    County not stated0000000000
    Per 1 000 population
    Total56.118.45.33.67.31.45.45.78.11.0
    The whole country54.717.45.13.67.21.35.45.78.11.0
    Viken51.516.35.32.86.21.05.85.18.40.7
    Oslo89.837.38.16.511.61.35.710.08.70.6
    Innlandet46.410.45.52.66.01.44.74.710.30.9
    Vestfold og Telemark55.916.84.94.07.31.26.45.38.91.0
    Agder60.220.64.54.08.71.36.36.86.91.1
    Rogaland50.617.53.64.26.61.25.25.36.01.0
    Vestland44.313.34.52.65.81.54.44.26.71.3
    Møre og Romsdal35.26.13.02.65.71.44.33.97.30.9
    Trøndelag - Trööndelage50.715.94.54.16.31.84.64.68.00.8
    Nordland - Nordlánnda39.57.33.82.66.41.74.74.37.21.3
    Troms og Finnmark - Romsa ja Finnmárku50.38.33.72.98.41.96.46.110.42.4
    Norway, unknown county....................
    Abroad, without known county....................
    County not stated....................
    Explanation of symbols
  • Offences reported to the police, by group of offence and scene of crime (size of municipality). Absolute figures and per 1 000 population
    Offences reported to the police, by group of offence and scene of crime (size of municipality). Absolute figures and per 1 000 population
    All groups of offences¬ Property theft¬ Other offences for profit¬ Criminal damage¬ Violence and maltreatment¬ Sexual offences¬ Drug and alcohol offences¬ Public order and integrity violations¬ Traffic offences¬ Other offences
    2022
    Absolute figures
    Total304 62199 72928 97119 71639 4657 39629 21830 90343 8525 371
    The whole country296 92594 42427 48219 67939 0537 32229 08230 70743 8205 356
    0-1 999 inhabitants3 407496359213451141258293904292
    2 000-4 999 inhabitants11 4291 8411 2196811 4324951 0619783 116606
    5 000-9 999 inhabitants18 6822 9051 8401 1482 6686711 9742 0054 863608
    10 000-19 999 inhabitants27 0525 8712 8241 8693 9011 0072 8802 6035 355742
    20 000-29 999 inhabitants30 4177 6513 0181 9294 1558693 4523 0005 661682
    30 000-49 999 inhabitants33 9019 9033 1552 0234 3417874 2614 0074 844580
    50 000 inhabitants or more169 81765 09314 76611 73721 9093 23215 05117 63518 7981 596
    Norway, unknown size of municipality2 22066430179196120145186279250
    Abroad, without known size of municipality7 6965 3051 48937412741361963215
    Unknown size of municipality0000000000
    Per 1 000 population
    Total56.118.45.33.67.31.45.45.78.11.0
    The whole country54.717.45.13.67.21.35.45.78.11.0
    0-1 999 inhabitants36.25.33.82.34.81.52.73.19.63.1
    2 000-4 999 inhabitants37.66.14.02.24.71.63.53.210.32.0
    5 000-9 999 inhabitants38.46.03.82.45.51.44.14.110.01.3
    10 000-19 999 inhabitants37.88.23.92.65.51.44.03.67.51.0
    20 000-29 999 inhabitants45.411.44.52.96.21.35.14.58.41.0
    30 000-49 999 inhabitants54.415.95.13.27.01.36.86.47.80.9
    50 000 inhabitants or more67.125.75.84.68.71.35.97.07.40.6
    Norway, unknown size of municipality....................
    Abroad, without known size of municipality....................
    Unknown size of municipality....................
    Explanation of symbols
  • Offences reported to the police, by type of victim and group of offence. Absolute figures
    Offences reported to the police, by type of victim and group of offence. Absolute figures
    TotalPersonOther juridical unit/enterpriseWithout victim or unknown
    2022
    All groups of offences304 621165 82937 366101 426
    ¬ Property theft99 72975 42922 6211 679
    ¬ Other offences for profit28 97121 7033 8243 444
    ¬ Criminal damage19 71611 1616 8081 747
    ¬ Violence and maltreatment39 46533 8741 0444 547
    ¬ Sexual offences7 3965 959141 423
    ¬ Drug and alcohol offences29 21834038428 494
    ¬ Public order and integrity violations30 9039 0811 65020 172
    ¬ Traffic offences43 8526 62070536 527
    ¬ Other offences5 3711 6623163 393
    Explanation of symbols
  • Victims (persons), by number of offences, sex and age. Absolute figures and per cent
    Victims (persons), by number of offences, sex and age. Absolute figures and per cent
    Total1 offence2 offences3 offences4 or more offences
    2022
    Absolute figures
    Total152 021136 05812 3582 2561 349
    Sex
    Males84 77976 1726 8931 173541
    Females67 24259 8865 4651 083808
    Age
    0-9 years3 8333 4073436221
    10-19 years14 51212 7451 319298150
    20-29 years32 00728 3752 807517308
    30-39 years30 60427 1252 661477341
    40-49 years28 25925 1352 422445257
    50-59 years22 09920 0481 623255173
    60-69 years11 98311 05075411663
    70-79 years6 5536 1583055931
    80 years or older2 0541 929102212
    Unknown age117862263
    Per cent
    Total100.089.58.11.50.9
    Sex
    Males100.089.88.11.40.6
    Females100.089.18.11.61.2
    Age
    0-9 years100.088.98.91.60.5
    10-19 years100.087.89.12.11.0
    20-29 years100.088.78.81.61.0
    30-39 years100.088.68.71.61.1
    40-49 years100.088.98.61.60.9
    50-59 years100.090.77.31.20.8
    60-69 years100.092.26.31.00.5
    70-79 years100.094.04.70.90.5
    80 years or older100.093.95.01.00.1
    Unknown age100.073.518.85.12.6
    Explanation of symbols
  • Victims (persons), by group of principal offence, sex and age. Absolute figures and per 1 000 population
    Victims (persons), by group of principal offence, sex and age. Absolute figures and per 1 000 population
    All groups of offences¬ Property theft¬ Other offences for profit¬ Criminal damage¬ Violence and maltreatment¬ Sexual offences¬ Public order and integrity violations¬ Traffic offences¬ Other offences (incl. Drug and alcohol offences)
    2022
    Absolute figures
    Total152 02169 66220 4699 60032 0495 2735 9777 0621 929
    Sex
    Males84 77940 74911 1406 03617 4957173 2134 1991 230
    Females67 24228 9139 3293 56414 5544 5562 7642 863699
    Age
    0-9 years3 8333312142 7077515021551
    10-19 years14 5122 8481 4282305 9222 646601725112
    20-29 years32 00716 0673 6001 4807 1371 0961 1531 187287
    30-39 years30 60415 6003 6921 9796 0813721 2211 270389
    40-49 years28 25915 1493 5321 9694 6741961 1241 235380
    50-59 years22 09911 2913 0431 9513 283868801 202363
    60-69 years11 9835 3592 4401 2211 47426531698234
    70-79 years6 5532 5671 988602588831938299
    80 years or older2 05474773415415469814813
    Unknown age1171002986001
    Per 1 000 population
    Total28.012.83.81.85.91.01.11.30.4
    Sex
    Males31.014.94.12.26.40.31.21.50.4
    Females25.010.83.51.35.41.71.01.10.3
    Age
    0-9 years6.50.10.00.04.61.30.10.40.1
    10-19 years22.44.42.20.49.24.10.91.10.2
    20-29 years45.622.95.12.110.21.61.61.70.4
    30-39 years40.920.84.92.68.10.51.61.70.5
    40-49 years39.621.24.92.86.50.31.61.70.5
    50-59 years30.515.64.22.74.50.11.21.70.5
    60-69 years20.19.04.12.02.50.00.91.20.4
    70-79 years14.15.54.31.31.30.00.70.80.2
    80 years or older8.53.13.10.60.60.00.40.60.1
    Unknown age..................
    Explanation of symbols
  • Victims (persons), by group of principal offence and one-year age group. Absolute figures and per 1 000 population
    Victims (persons), by group of principal offence and one-year age group. Absolute figures and per 1 000 population
    All groups of offences¬ Property theft¬ Other offences for profit¬ Criminal damage¬ Violence and maltreatment¬ Sexual offences¬ Public order and integrity violations¬ Traffic offences¬ Other offences (incl. Drug and alcohol offences)
    2022
    Absolute figures
    Total152 02169 66220 4699 60032 0495 2735 9777 0621 929
    0 years402250337286222
    1 year181210137261122
    2 years225101171304171
    3 years318000218722233
    4 years402101287882185
    5 years4234012909771311
    6 years434501299974217
    7 years4833313221108279
    8 years4713053161088265
    9 years4941234330958366
    10 years564113532714819447
    11 years673133538218330498
    12 years823359544425135359
    13 years1 1956039467932739398
    14 years1 480107744733448554316
    15 years1 538186137666143062515
    16 years1 601301185116692427011211
    17 years1 71837526820650228631086
    18 years2 4418103518071821510914117
    19 years2 4799503599065917411910325
    20 years2 8811 252369897741779910021
    21 years3 1721 44642911376717211010629
    22 years3 2001 59536513071715110710629
    23 years3 1671 60840011770410510210625
    24 years3 2401 69333014570410611312920
    25 years3 3591 7433481677408511113134
    26 years3 2581 6913361717108911711628
    27 years3 2341 6933421576607713412942
    28 years3 2321 6943481796647311212834
    29 years3 2641 6523332126976114813625
    30 years3 2281 6693352216435812813440
    31 years3 3241 6714032176496314013348
    32 years3 2341 6663592136744212513025
    33 years3 0451 5583681796223012112443
    34 years3 0461 5263802006133811813437
    35 years3 0021 5903441885703512211439
    36 years3 0301 4933941916273113012143
    37 years3 0011 520394188605259513044
    38 years2 9201 4733922105132412014741
    39 years2 7741 4343231725652612210329
    40 years2 9591 5163522155612312213337
    41 years2 8431 4823731784882612013343
    42 years2 8061 4843651795122110810631
    43 years2 7591 4473602014682410611736
    44 years2 7451 5083291904292511611434
    45 years2 7591 5283401844331711211035
    46 years2 8391 5343352214572211212731
    47 years2 8451 5123651884661611014147
    48 years2 9461 6203872004501210112947
    49 years2 7581 5183262134101011712539
    50 years2 8011 498378230409129813343
    51 years2 6301 4393142034031110512035
    52 years2 4811 2883282153681410012939
    53 years2 4641 3013002243671110412334
    54 years2 3001 165317220345108013033
    55 years2 1381 10228520131459310434
    56 years2 01099430816629777812832
    57 years1 90192328717928037711339
    58 years1 76183626415426966912043
    59 years1 61374526215923177610231
    60 years1 5397282701542135518632
    61 years1 4806832721521983618229
    62 years1 3456162191491936538326
    63 years1 2555762271261760586923
    64 years1 1875462481031493476526
    65 years1 1674982601301313547021
    66 years1 0904872411081172536319
    67 years1 0544432581051132506716
    68 years917389194102870576820
    69 years94939325192972474522
    70 years88536723292922364618
    71 years77229822162801504515
    72 years74129821074650453514
    73 years68628218375680303513
    74 years70228721356681264110
    75 years6642702106049024438
    76 years6202311926945131465
    77 years5131881684743134266
    78 years5511932093940025387
    79 years4191531502838218273
    80 years or older2 05474773415415469814813
    Unknown age1171002986001
    Per 1 000 population
    Total28.012.83.81.85.91.01.11.30.4
    0 years7.10.00.10.06.00.50.10.40.0
    1 year3.40.00.00.02.60.50.00.20.0
    2 years4.10.00.00.03.10.50.10.30.0
    3 years5.60.00.00.03.91.30.00.40.1
    4 years6.90.00.00.04.91.50.00.30.1
    5 years7.00.10.00.04.81.60.10.20.2
    6 years7.10.10.00.04.91.60.10.30.1
    7 years7.90.00.00.05.31.80.10.40.1
    8 years7.70.00.00.15.11.80.10.40.1
    9 years7.80.20.00.15.21.50.10.60.1
    10 years8.80.20.00.15.12.30.30.70.1
    11 years10.20.20.00.15.82.80.50.70.1
    12 years12.30.50.10.16.63.70.50.50.1
    13 years18.00.90.60.110.24.90.60.60.1
    14 years22.91.71.10.111.36.90.90.70.2
    15 years23.62.92.10.110.26.61.00.80.1
    16 years25.24.72.90.210.53.81.11.80.2
    17 years26.95.94.20.310.23.61.01.70.1
    18 years38.412.75.51.311.33.41.72.20.3
    19 years39.615.25.71.410.52.81.91.60.4
    20 years45.019.55.81.412.12.81.51.60.3
    21 years47.321.66.41.711.42.61.61.60.4
    22 years47.523.75.41.910.62.21.61.60.4
    23 years47.223.96.01.710.51.61.51.60.4
    24 years46.724.44.82.110.21.51.61.90.3
    25 years46.824.34.82.310.31.21.51.80.5
    26 years45.123.44.72.49.81.21.61.60.4
    27 years44.423.34.72.29.11.11.81.80.6
    28 years43.722.94.72.49.01.01.51.70.5
    29 years43.021.84.42.89.20.81.91.80.3
    30 years41.721.64.32.98.30.71.71.70.5
    31 years42.221.25.12.88.20.81.81.70.6
    32 years41.521.44.62.78.70.51.61.70.3
    33 years39.320.14.82.38.00.41.61.60.6
    34 years40.820.45.12.78.20.51.61.80.5
    35 years40.421.44.62.57.70.51.61.50.5
    36 years41.520.45.42.68.60.41.81.70.6
    37 years41.721.15.52.68.40.31.31.80.6
    38 years40.820.65.52.97.20.31.72.10.6
    39 years38.519.94.52.47.80.41.71.40.4
    40 years42.021.55.03.18.00.31.71.90.5
    41 years39.920.85.22.56.80.41.71.90.6
    42 years40.021.25.22.67.30.31.51.50.4
    43 years39.620.85.22.96.70.31.51.70.5
    44 years40.522.24.92.86.30.41.71.70.5
    45 years39.822.14.92.76.20.21.61.60.5
    46 years39.921.54.73.16.40.31.61.80.4
    47 years38.420.44.92.56.30.21.51.90.6
    48 years39.821.95.22.76.10.21.41.70.6
    49 years36.119.94.32.85.40.11.51.60.5
    50 years36.719.65.03.05.40.21.31.70.6
    51 years34.919.14.22.75.30.11.41.60.5
    52 years32.416.84.32.84.80.21.31.70.5
    53 years32.517.24.03.04.80.11.41.60.4
    54 years31.215.84.33.04.70.11.11.80.4
    55 years29.315.13.92.84.30.11.31.40.5
    56 years28.113.94.32.34.10.11.11.80.4
    57 years27.113.24.12.64.00.01.11.60.6
    58 years26.212.53.92.34.00.11.01.80.6
    59 years24.711.44.02.43.50.11.21.60.5
    60 years24.111.44.22.43.30.10.81.30.5
    61 years23.510.84.32.43.10.01.01.30.5
    62 years21.59.83.52.43.10.10.81.30.4
    63 years20.39.33.72.02.90.00.91.10.4
    64 years19.89.14.11.72.50.10.81.10.4
    65 years19.48.34.32.22.20.00.91.20.3
    66 years18.78.44.11.92.00.00.91.10.3
    67 years18.67.84.61.92.00.00.91.20.3
    68 years16.57.03.51.81.60.01.01.20.4
    69 years17.57.24.61.71.80.00.90.80.4
    70 years17.37.24.51.81.80.00.70.90.4
    71 years15.05.84.31.21.50.01.00.90.3
    72 years14.55.84.11.51.30.00.90.70.3
    73 years13.55.53.61.51.30.00.60.70.3
    74 years13.75.64.21.11.30.00.50.80.2
    75 years12.85.24.01.20.90.00.50.80.2
    76 years13.75.14.31.51.00.00.71.00.1
    77 years12.14.44.01.11.00.00.80.60.1
    78 years15.15.35.71.11.10.00.71.00.2
    79 years12.94.74.60.91.20.10.60.80.1
    80 years or older8.53.13.10.60.60.00.40.60.1
    Unknown age..................
    Explanation of symbols
  • Victims (persons), by group of principal offence and place of residence (county). Absolute figures and per 1 000 population
    Victims (persons), by group of principal offence and place of residence (county). Absolute figures and per 1 000 population
    All groups of offences¬ Property theft¬ Other offences for profit¬ Criminal damage¬ Violence and maltreatment¬ Sexual offences¬ Public order and integrity violations¬ Traffic offences¬ Other offences (incl. Drug and alcohol offences)
    2022
    Absolute figures
    Total152 02169 66220 4699 60032 0495 2735 9777 0621 929
    The whole country150 29969 04120 3039 53631 6145 2115 9186 8251 851
    Viken34 27715 9614 5962 0427 0939981 3281 862397
    Oslo30 00017 1753 4391 3055 3414831 0751 027155
    Innlandet8 1313 1461 4185401 796337342387165
    Vestfold og Telemark12 0585 5221 4338162 488443523659174
    Agder9 5884 5891 0847102 168317369248103
    Rogaland13 3536 4381 8059912 494484528463150
    Vestland15 0325 9082 5601 0223 264727534778239
    Møre og Romsdal4 9321 4248394311 33225624434363
    Trøndelag - Trööndelage12 6145 6901 6758742 607611463528166
    Nordland - Nordlánnda4 8921 5447064111 347263235266120
    Troms og Finnmark - Romsa ja Finnmárku5 4111 6447463931 679291277263118
    Norway, unknown county000000000
    Abroad, without known county1 54856914158374584522776
    County not stated1745225661414102
    Per 1 000 population
    Total28.012.83.81.85.91.01.11.30.4
    The whole country27.712.73.71.85.81.01.11.30.3
    Viken27.012.63.61.65.60.81.01.50.3
    Oslo42.924.54.91.97.60.71.51.50.2
    Innlandet21.98.53.81.54.80.90.91.00.4
    Vestfold og Telemark28.413.03.41.95.91.01.21.60.4
    Agder30.814.73.52.37.01.01.20.80.3
    Rogaland27.513.33.72.05.11.01.11.00.3
    Vestland23.49.24.01.65.11.10.81.20.4
    Møre og Romsdal18.65.43.21.65.01.00.91.30.2
    Trøndelag - Trööndelage26.612.03.51.85.51.31.01.10.4
    Nordland - Nordlánnda20.46.42.91.75.61.11.01.10.5
    Troms og Finnmark - Romsa ja Finnmárku22.46.83.11.66.91.21.11.10.5
    Norway, unknown county..................
    Abroad, without known county..................
    County not stated..................
    Explanation of symbols
  • Victims (persons), by sex, age and place of residence (county). Absolute figures and per 1 000 population
    Victims (persons), by sex, age and place of residence (county). Absolute figures and per 1 000 population
    TotalMalesFemales0-9 years10-19 years20-29 years30-39 years40-49 years50-59 years60-69 years70-79 years80 years or olderUnknown age
    2022
    Absolute figures
    Total152 02184 77967 2423 83314 51232 00730 60428 25922 09911 9836 5532 054117
    The whole country150 29983 65766 6423 77814 42231 57830 20727 98521 85811 8316 4842 039117
    Viken34 27719 09915 1788533 3366 1346 4586 9565 5102 9281 56650333
    Oslo30 00016 58113 4194921 9287 5148 0405 2843 7161 7369863004
    Innlandet8 1314 5283 6032408751 5861 3061 4011 32680645612510
    Vestfold og Telemark12 0586 8135 2453091 1902 0392 1822 3502 0621 1246101884
    Agder9 5885 4914 0972159601 9701 7001 8641 4958593931239
    Rogaland13 3537 5505 8032281 2922 5892 6482 9111 9781 0394861739
    Vestland15 0328 2816 7514551 5373 4692 7962 6462 0301 15869922517
    Møre og Romsdal4 9322 6762 2561866341 121819759664406253837
    Trøndelag - Trööndelage12 6146 9615 6533511 3632 9402 4472 1991 64597353115411
    Nordland - Nordlánnda4 8922 6842 208234644966800763696439254879
    Troms og Finnmark - Romsa ja Finnmárku5 4112 9862 4252156611 2481 008848736363250784
    Norway, unknown county0000000000000
    Abroad, without known county1 5481 02052834804003692552111355590
    County not stated17410272211029281930171460
    Per 1 000 population31.025.0
    Total28.030.624.86.522.445.640.939.630.520.114.18.5..
    The whole country27.729.924.16.422.345.040.339.230.219.814.08.5..
    Viken27.047.538.36.020.944.238.739.030.621.014.39.2..
    Oslo42.924.319.56.427.962.359.954.546.329.723.313.8..
    Innlandet21.932.024.87.020.937.030.831.024.716.511.15.9..
    Vestfold og Telemark28.435.126.57.223.643.141.842.934.221.114.48.7..
    Agder30.830.624.36.224.149.343.145.936.324.614.69.0..
    Rogaland27.525.521.43.820.342.438.343.631.621.013.99.5..
    Vestland23.419.817.36.419.639.832.132.124.816.713.17.5..
    Møre og Romsdal18.628.924.26.619.335.524.622.818.812.610.06.1..
    Trøndelag - Trööndelage26.622.018.76.924.542.538.337.626.718.812.87.2..
    Nordland - Nordlánnda20.424.220.59.823.233.027.227.020.514.510.56.6..
    Troms og Finnmark - Romsa ja Finnmárku22.4....9.023.836.732.028.821.713.011.27.1..
    Norway, unknown county..........................
    Abroad, without known county..........................
    County not stated........................
    Explanation of symbols
  • Victims (persons), by group of principal offence and place of residence (size of municipality). Absolute figures and per 1 000 population
    Victims (persons), by group of principal offence and place of residence (size of municipality). Absolute figures and per 1 000 population
    All groups of offences¬ Property theft¬ Other offences for profit¬ Criminal damage¬ Violence and maltreatment¬ Sexual offences¬ Public order and integrity violations¬ Traffic offences¬ Other offences (incl. Drug and alcohol offences)
    2022
    Absolute figures
    Total152 02169 66220 4699 60032 0495 2735 9777 0621 929
    The whole country150 29969 04120 3039 53631 6145 2115 9186 8251 851
    All municipalities150 28869 04120 3019 53531 6095 2105 9186 8241 850
    0-1 999 inhabitants1 67244830412747594977651
    2 000-4 999 inhabitants5 4141 5331 0344131 336346251347154
    5 000-9 999 inhabitants9 4492 8591 6607232 523493477514200
    10 000-19 999 inhabitants15 5015 8222 5171 1403 608730684723277
    20 000-29 999 inhabitants17 3587 1752 3831 1953 923764748910260
    30 000-49 999 inhabitants15 2666 5022 1491 0763 416547627744205
    50 000 inhabitants or more85 62844 70210 2544 86116 3282 2363 0343 510703
    Norway, unknown size of municipality1102151011
    Abroad, without known size of municipality1 54856914158374584522776
    Unknown size of municipality1745225661414102
    Per 1 000 population
    Total28.012.83.81.85.91.01.11.30.4
    The whole country27.712.73.71.85.81.01.11.30.3
    All municipalities27.712.73.71.85.81.01.11.30.3
    0-1 999 inhabitants17.74.83.21.35.01.01.00.80.5
    2 000-4 999 inhabitants17.85.03.41.44.41.10.81.10.5
    5 000-9 999 inhabitants19.45.93.41.55.21.01.01.10.4
    10 000-19 999 inhabitants21.78.13.51.65.01.01.01.00.4
    20 000-29 999 inhabitants25.910.73.61.85.81.11.11.40.4
    30 000-49 999 inhabitants24.510.43.51.75.50.91.01.20.3
    50 000 inhabitants or more33.817.74.01.96.40.91.21.40.3
    Norway, unknown size of municipality..................
    Abroad, without known size of municipality..................
    Unknown size of municipality..................
    Explanation of symbols
  • Victims (persons), by sex, age and type of principal offence. Absolute figures
    Victims (persons), by sex, age and type of principal offence. Absolute figures
    TotalMalesFemales0-9 years10-14 years15-19 years20-29 years30-39 years40-49 years50-59 years60-69 years70-79 years80 years or olderUnknown age
    2022
    All types of offences152 02184 77967 2423 8334 7359 77732 00730 60428 25922 09911 9836 5532 054117
    ¬ Property theft69 66240 74928 913332262 62216 06715 60015 14911 2915 3592 5677471
    ¬¬ Theft, total69 38840 58628 802322242 60716 00715 54315 10111 2525 3212 5557451
    ¬¬¬ Petty theft95651144528542021712231686943160
    ¬¬¬¬ Petty theft from shop and other sales outlet40261400011510131000
    ¬¬¬¬ Other or unspecified petty theft91648543128541911662131556843160
    ¬¬¬ Theft62 26735 70326 564292022 41514 83514 20713 5499 8044 5122 1285851
    ¬¬¬¬ Theft from shops and other sales outlet32718314410766696769311250
    ¬¬¬¬ Theft from other business and public institution3 0861 8431 243328229637634638499239127520
    ¬¬¬¬ Theft from dwelling and holiday home10 4786 2494 229491461 8842 5232 1121 7901 1506312290
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Theft from dwelling2 3041 2551 04915864484344223902441711030
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Theft from holiday home29019892003122055687341180
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Theft from storage area, garage and other area by dwelling and holiday home7 8844 7963 08834571 4242 0691 6351 3328334191080
    ¬¬¬¬ Theft from car and other motor vehicle6 7554 9471 808211481 1731 4721 4591 343736352681
    ¬¬¬¬ Bicycle theft18 00210 8447 1585484122 8824 5395 2653 1871 179423620
    ¬¬¬¬ Theft from the person23 61011 63111 979141161 4738 1894 9684 0072 9161 1765821690
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Theft from the person at sales outlet6 6393 0303 6095182973 0171 362858665254124390
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Theft from the person on public transport (from 1.10.2015)4 5572 1742 3832172181 346951845673325157230
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Theft from the person in the street, park, other recreation area (from 1.10.2015)3 2731 7051 5682182271 11571854239516578130
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Theft from the person at sports facility, cultural venue etc. (from 1.10.2015)1 9971 109888121210603390470226532300
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Theft from the person at other public and private place (from 1.10.2015)7 1443 6133 5314425212 1081 5471 292957379200940
    ¬¬¬¬ Other or unspecified theft96300042101100
    ¬¬¬ Aggravated theft3 0101 9421 06818524345405476154372551210
    ¬¬¬¬ Aggravated theft from shop and other sales outlet423111000416966100
    ¬¬¬¬ Aggravated theft from other business or public institution250197530123452665227970
    ¬¬¬¬ Aggravated theft from dwelling and holiday home2 0671 2628051529274347333431341207990
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Aggravated theft from dwelling1 3827915911525213244223257205133760
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Aggravated theft from holiday home29718611100042247858440150
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Aggravated theft from storage area, garage and other area by dwelling and holiday home38828510300457816389523480
    ¬¬¬¬ Aggravated theft from car and other motor vehicle423320103004538510897472360
    ¬¬¬¬ Aggravated theft from the person22713196021768403129161590
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Aggravated theft from the person at sales outlet (from 1.10.2015)36142200266623560
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Aggravated theft from the person on public transport (from 1.10.2015)21813001141212000
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Aggravated theft from the person in the street, park, other recreation area (from 1.10.2015)9559360011291914106600
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Aggravated theft from the person at sports facility, cultural venue etc. (from 1.10.2015)54100032000000
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Aggravated theft from the person at other or unspecified place70462402316129165430
    ¬¬¬¬ Other or unspecified aggravated theft11000010000000
    ¬¬¬ Theft of car and other motor vehicle3 1552 4307250686536625782665303129230
    ¬¬¬¬ Theft of car1 3931 012381012726233133024112862110
    ¬¬¬¬ Theft of motor cycle and moped809653156014118915018418053920
    ¬¬¬¬ Other or unspecified theft of motor vehicle95376518804188514426824412258100
    ¬¬ Other unlawful use and possession of property274163111121560574839381220
    ¬ Other offences for profit20 46911 1409 329121281 3003 6003 6923 5323 0432 4401 9887340
    ¬¬ Receipt of stolen property and money laundering3972561411413628488564930100
    ¬¬¬ Receipt of stolen property, total361249112141057798654442060
    ¬¬¬¬ Receipt of stolen property332226106141057757850361830
    ¬¬¬¬ Aggravated receipt of stolen property2923600004848230
    ¬¬¬ Money laundering, total34727003452151040
    ¬¬¬¬ Money laundering2222000345103330
    ¬¬¬¬ Aggravated money laundering125700000112710
    ¬¬¬ Other or unspecified receipt of stolen property and money laundering20200010010000
    ¬¬ Fraud, total19 19210 3218 87141151 2553 4023 4243 2792 8492 2881 9006760
    ¬¬¬ Petty fraud and the like1 700877823017169265341318268165126310
    ¬¬¬ Fraud16 1148 6127 5024981 0703 0082 8972 7752 3551 8821 5344910
    ¬¬¬ Aggravated fraud1 37883254600161291861862262412401540
    ¬¬ Embezzlement, total618379239352594127123817344430
    ¬¬¬ Embezzlement52032020024239011299666733240
    ¬¬¬ Aggravated embezzlement9859391124152415611190
    ¬¬ Misappropriation of funds2013700104530430
    ¬¬ Corruption and influencing trade75200011131000
    ¬¬ Accounting offences33000002000100
    ¬¬ Creditor-related offences54100011300000
    ¬¬ Tax and duty offences42200021001000
    ¬¬¬ Tax evasion31200021000000
    ¬¬¬ Aggravated tax evasion00000000000000
    ¬¬¬ Other tax and duty offences11000000001000
    ¬¬ Violations of the Customs Act00000000000000
    ¬¬¬ Smuggling00000000000000
    ¬¬¬ Other violations of the Customs Act00000000000000
    ¬¬ Other business and economic offences223157664463848335128920
    ¬ Criminal damage9 6006 0363 56414232071 4801 9791 9691 9511 2216021540
    ¬¬ Damage to property, total9 4105 9113 4999202061 4581 9331 9401 9091 1925941490
    ¬¬¬ Petty damage to property5533142391117791071171245440130
    ¬¬¬¬ Petty damage to building1961088800122413850251450
    ¬¬¬¬ Petty damage to motor vehicle and other means of transport (from 1.10.2015)1961247200104039463811750
    ¬¬¬¬ Other or unspecified petty damage to property161827911617273336181930
    ¬¬¬ Damage to property8 7125 5073 2058191871 3641 7971 7951 7571 1165351340
    ¬¬¬¬ Damage to building2 4141 4689461624268422490518381222820
    ¬¬¬¬ Damage to motor vehicle and other means of transport5 2483 4401 808351401 0151 1861 062994566242350
    ¬¬¬¬ Other or unspecified damage to property1 05059945148238118924324516971170
    ¬¬¬ Aggravated damage to property145905500215292828221920
    ¬¬¬¬ Aggravated damage to building8452320007151119161420
    ¬¬¬¬ Aggravated damage to motor vehicle and other means of transport3720170025101062200
    ¬¬¬¬ Other aggravated damage to property2418600034734300
    ¬¬ Public danger from fire and other criminal damage190125655312246294229850
    ¬ Violence and maltreatment32 04917 49514 5542 7072 5653 3577 1376 0814 6743 2831 47458815429
    ¬¬ Offences of violence17 0949 7697 3252 3141 5941 9724 0602 8792 0411 3835562156812
    ¬¬¬ Assault, total10 3386 2634 0756059021 3772 7711 8461 3439273701543310
    ¬¬¬¬ Assault9 9465 9753 9715948751 3152 6701 7601 2868923641493110
    ¬¬¬¬ Aggravated assault3922881041127621018657356520
    ¬¬¬ Bodily harm, total1 9421 6203221245241664395271216781280
    ¬¬¬¬ Bodily harm1 7391 446293744206603359241194651280
    ¬¬¬¬ Grievous bodily harm2031742951356136302213000
    ¬¬¬ Murder30161410074735030
    ¬¬¬ Attempted murder826913221218171862410
    ¬¬¬ Unintentional bodily harm or manslaughter9848507371411161314850
    ¬¬¬¬ Unintentional bodily harm6435294251161169730
    ¬¬¬¬ Manslaughter34132131235575120
    ¬¬¬ Maltreatment in close relations, total4 0721 4372 6351 6706353144564822871325131122
    ¬¬¬¬ Maltreatment in close relations3 9951 4052 5901 6246323064494772821295131122
    ¬¬¬¬ Aggravated maltreatment in close relations773245463875530000
    ¬¬¬ Assault of public servant244155891377357494011210
    ¬¬¬ Other or unspecified offences of violence288161127164145767504625450
    ¬¬ Threats, total6 0683 4862 5821153615201 2461 3191 087852403144201
    ¬¬¬ Threats (from 1.10.2015)5 2273 0722 1551043414761 0831 109916699341137201
    ¬¬¬ Aggravated threats (from 1.10.2015)278167111918376850522912300
    ¬¬¬ Threats against public servant36716819902265104847830200
    ¬¬¬ Other or unspecified threats196791172053056354620200
    ¬¬ Robbery and extortion1 2761 090186516426039219212279401480
    ¬¬¬ Robbery7886881001130167221120734519750
    ¬¬¬ Aggravated robbery12998314172832241652100
    ¬¬¬ Extortion359304550176513948332919630
    ¬¬¬ Other or unspecified robbery and extortion00000000000000
    ¬¬ Coercion8150311131015181065300
    ¬¬ Deprivation of liberty1105555791931201541220
    ¬¬ Offences within family relations and the like254123131913017293729710013
    ¬¬ Reckless behaviour and stalking6 8762 7214 1551743945561 2711 5221 320913458209563
    ¬¬ Human trafficking331023002216310000
    ¬¬ Terrorism and terror-related offences257191660017288473810100
    ¬¬ Other violence and maltreatment00000000000000
    ¬ Sexual offences5 2737174 5567511 3571 2891 09637219686268686
    ¬¬ Rape, total2 1272401 8873763324545861801074252241
    ¬¬¬ Rape2 0562261 8303503244455671771044252238
    ¬¬¬¬ Rape, children under 14 years of age6291454843352580000000036
    ¬¬¬¬ Rape, other or unspecified age1 427811 3461566445567177104425222
    ¬¬¬ Aggravated rape7114572689193300003
    ¬¬¬¬ Aggravated rape, children under 14 years of age (from 1.10.2015)32725236000000003
    ¬¬¬¬ Aggravated rape, other or unspecified age39732329193300000
    ¬¬ Attempted rape6556037132313510000
    ¬¬ Sexual intercourse through abuse of position of trust157181392124053281255000
    ¬¬ Sexual intercourse with a child aged 14-15 years304442604154124000000022
    ¬¬ Sexual intercourse within family relations6012483813341100000
    ¬¬ Sexual act8008871215716118318264231222311
    ¬¬¬ Sexual act with a child under 16 years of age3585929915615239000000011
    ¬¬¬ Other sexual act without consent44229413191441826423122230
    ¬¬ Sexually abusive behaviour1 07517190466406240204714119123112
    ¬¬¬ Sexually abusive behaviour with a child under 16 years of age (from. 1.10.2015)4891063835334975000000012
    ¬¬¬ Sexually abusive behaviour, other or unspecified age58665521135716520471411912310
    ¬¬ Other or unspecified sexual offences6851395461052722324415772100
    ¬ Drug and alcohol offences33220712510231953536760281630
    ¬¬ Narcotic offences38191943354691300
    ¬¬¬ Narcotics, Act relating to medicinal goods etc.128400022250100
    ¬¬¬¬ Narcotics, use31200001110000
    ¬¬¬¬ Narcotics, minor possession97200021140100
    ¬¬¬ Narcotics, Penal Code, total26111543332441200
    ¬¬¬¬ Narcotic offences, Penal Code23111243331431100
    ¬¬¬¬ Aggravated narcotic offences, Penal Code30300001010100
    ¬¬ Doping10100001000000
    ¬¬¬ Doping, Act relating to medicinal goods etc.00000000000000
    ¬¬¬ Doping, Penal Code10100001000000
    ¬¬ Driving under the influence273182916121346475849271230
    ¬¬¬ Driving under the influence, road traffic262174885121344455746251230
    ¬¬¬ Driving under the influence, other118310022132000
    ¬¬ Violations of the Alcohol Act, total1331007211110000
    ¬¬¬ Violations of the Alcohol Act1331007211110000
    ¬¬¬ Aggravated violations of the Alcohol Act00000000000000
    ¬¬ Other or unspecified drug and alcohol offences73401110210100
    ¬ Public order and integrity violations5 9773 2132 764501784231 1531 2211 124880531319980
    ¬¬ Public order violations64042821243040132129111965037110
    ¬¬¬ Breach of the peace, total25617482014227753363311820
    ¬¬¬¬ Regional public order statute, urinating and other84400022011200
    ¬¬¬¬ Breach of the peace under self-induced intoxication118793901110412320112000
    ¬¬¬¬ Other or unspecified breach of the peace13091390312342816218620
    ¬¬¬ Weapons, fire and explosives legislation3842541304161855767563392990
    ¬¬¬¬ Bearing arms in a public place66491703102016962000
    ¬¬¬¬ Other or unspecified weapons offences473611201851096420
    ¬¬¬¬ Fire and explosives legislation271169102213727555648312570
    ¬¬ Violations of public authority1 482789693336110825334031921010142150
    ¬¬¬ Obstructing and counteracting public authority8303045262145821561971571034018110
    ¬¬¬¬ Obstructing and harrassing a public servant623032002132411111000
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Harrassing a public servant5527280021322891000
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Obstructing a public servant73400002320000
    ¬¬¬¬ Counteracting legal action and criminal prosecution768274494214580143173146923918110
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Obligation of identification to public authority118300343010000
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Violation of exclusion order57716741019344896133112733318110
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Other order issued by police and other authority157801063131000
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Counteraction of the execution of sentences00000000000000
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Other counteraction of legal action and criminal prosecution165927321029373433155000
    ¬¬¬ Perjury and false accusation49938911004227911912584471810
    ¬¬¬¬ Perjury1098326014722302614410
    ¬¬¬¬ False accusation39030684031872979558331400
    ¬¬¬ Immigration legislation86203140000000
    ¬¬¬¬ Violation of entry ban00000000000000
    ¬¬¬¬ Assistance of illegal entry and stay32102010000000
    ¬¬¬¬ Other or unspecified immigration legislation54101130000000
    ¬¬¬ Misconduct and misuse of public authority986335211101928209530
    ¬¬¬ Other or unspecified violation of public authority472720108245935100
    ¬¬ Violations of integrity3 8551 9961 8591387275768752694574380240720
    ¬¬¬ Document and ID offences2 0541 074980219121430373387299224154450
    ¬¬¬¬ Document forgery166107590011732433524950
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Document forgery, use5238140008814108130
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Document forgery, production and procurement1146945001924292516820
    ¬¬¬¬ Counterfeiting22000010100000
    ¬¬¬¬ ID offences (from 1.10.2015)1 854941913219119406334337259196143390
    ¬¬¬¬¬ ID offences, handling (from 1.10.2015)244118126051552434633262130
    ¬¬¬¬¬ ID offences, use (from 1.10.2015)1 610823787214104354291291226170122360
    ¬¬¬¬ Other or unspecified document and ID offences3224800167654210
    ¬¬¬ Unauthorised access and stay893481412082515018717417310255190
    ¬¬¬¬ Trespassing, building and other place63737126604151011331301227540170
    ¬¬¬¬ Unauthorised access to computer and communication system256110146041049544451271520
    ¬¬¬ Invasion of privacy4231682554368083686947261000
    ¬¬¬ Hate speech and discrimination275174101217337386341810200
    ¬¬¬ Other or unspecified violation of integrity21099111571632383037181980
    ¬ Traffic offences7 0624 1992 8632152105151 1871 2701 2351 2026983821480
    ¬¬ Road traffic offences7 0254 1712 8542152055121 1821 2681 2241 1926973821480
    ¬¬¬ Non-possession of driving licence2471710335731100
    ¬¬¬ Speeding64210000131000
    ¬¬¬ Personal injury2 2021 253949113121248318323302365205133740
    ¬¬¬ Other or unspecified road traffic offences4 7932 9071 88610084261861940914821490248740
    ¬¬ Other transport and traffic legislation372890535211101000
    ¬ Other offences1 5971 02357441254523433631330320683101
    ¬¬ Offences against nature and the environment9164184983824231031631731761436580
    ¬¬¬ Poisoning as a danger to public health and serious environmental offences51410001110100
    ¬¬¬ Hunting and fishing offences31265000326610400
    ¬¬¬ Other offences against nature and the environment8803914893724231001601661691336080
    ¬¬ Work environment legislation61456252112212416412411257810
    ¬¬ Other or unspecified penal legislation67432420079161561011
    Explanation of symbols
  • Victims (persons) of property theft, by sex and one-year age group. Absolute figures and per 1 000 population
    Victims (persons) of property theft, by sex and one-year age group. Absolute figures and per 1 000 population
    Victims (persons) of property theftVictims (persons) of property theft per 1 000 population
    Both sexesMalesFemalesBoth sexesMalesFemales
    2022
    Total71 11141 53529 57613.115.211.0
    0 years2200.00.10.0
    1 year2110.00.00.0
    2 years1100.00.00.0
    3 years0000.00.00.0
    4 years1100.00.00.0
    5 years4220.10.10.1
    6 years5410.10.10.0
    7 years3210.00.10.0
    8 years3210.00.10.0
    9 years12570.20.20.2
    10 years12750.20.20.2
    11 years131030.20.30.1
    12 years3720170.60.60.5
    13 years6345180.91.30.6
    14 years11173381.72.21.2
    15 years193130633.03.92.0
    16 years3091921174.95.93.8
    17 years3872311566.17.05.0
    18 years83045437613.013.912.1
    19 years97653644015.616.814.4
    20 years1 28263964320.019.420.7
    21 years1 48577571022.222.322.0
    22 years1 63987476524.325.023.6
    23 years1 65689376324.725.723.5
    24 years1 72891481424.925.524.3
    25 years1 77897280624.826.323.1
    26 years1 71792779023.824.922.6
    27 years1 73294179123.825.222.3
    28 years1 72397375023.325.720.8
    29 years1 68798270522.225.119.1
    30 years1 71899572322.225.119.1
    31 years1 70496573921.624.119.1
    32 years1 7021 03966321.826.117.4
    33 years1 59993766220.623.717.5
    34 years1 56390665720.923.917.9
    35 years1 62494268221.924.718.9
    36 years1 54290463821.124.018.0
    37 years1 56990566421.824.618.9
    38 years1 50788662121.023.918.0
    39 years1 46884961920.422.917.7
    40 years1 54186767421.924.119.6
    41 years1 51088562521.224.118.1
    42 years1 50888062821.524.418.4
    43 years1 47584163421.223.518.8
    44 years1 53488964522.625.619.5
    45 years1 56089366722.525.119.8
    46 years1 56692464222.025.418.4
    47 years1 54692462220.924.517.1
    48 years1 65097667422.325.618.7
    49 years1 54192461720.223.616.6
    50 years1 53193259920.123.916.0
    51 years1 45989156819.423.115.4
    52 years1 30982148817.121.013.0
    53 years1 32785647117.522.112.7
    54 years1 18776941816.120.511.6
    55 years1 11669841815.318.611.8
    56 years1 01559941614.216.311.9
    57 years93657536113.316.010.6
    58 years84952032912.615.39.9
    59 years75546229311.613.99.2
    60 years73847726111.514.78.3
    61 years69346123211.014.47.5
    62 years62936626310.011.58.5
    63 years5873712169.511.97.0
    64 years5513641879.212.16.3
    65 years5052882178.49.67.2
    66 years4943171778.510.96.1
    67 years4493081417.911.04.9
    68 years3972461517.29.05.4
    69 years3952621337.39.74.9
    70 years3782461327.49.65.1
    71 years3041931115.97.64.3
    72 years3061991076.07.94.1
    73 years286187995.67.43.8
    74 years2911761155.77.14.4
    75 years2701661045.26.63.9
    76 years234142925.26.63.9
    77 years190113774.55.63.5
    78 years199125745.57.23.9
    79 years15689674.85.93.8
    80 years or older7563763803.13.92.6
    Unknown age110......
    Explanation of symbols
  • Victims (persons) of property theft, by sex, age and place of residence (county). Absolute figures and per 1 000 population
    Victims (persons) of property theft, by sex, age and place of residence (county). Absolute figures and per 1 000 population
    TotalMalesFemalesAll ages0-9 years10-19 years20-29 years30-39 years40-49 years50-59 years60-69 years70-79 years80 years or olderUnknown age
    2022
    Absolute figures
    Total71 11141 53529 57671 110332 93116 42715 99615 43111 4845 4382 6147561
    The whole country70 48441 13229 35270 483322 90916 25815 84615 34711 3855 3722 5827521
    Viken16 2629 4706 79216 26227293 0913 2943 9343 0111 3956071990
    Oslo17 5579 7297 82817 557125314 7085 2173 2572 2419455201260
    Innlandet3 2251 9511 2743 2251168697555666598319175460
    Vestfold og Telemark5 6373 4302 2075 63722429421 0881 3361 117562266820
    Agder4 6922 9031 7894 69202069928621 056879441202540
    Rogaland6 5843 9362 6486 58452811 2931 3751 7411 088513208800
    Vestland6 0313 5132 5186 03162871 6851 2641 260857415205520
    Møre og Romsdal1 4628266361 46218042125527022912067190
    Trøndelag - Trööndelage5 7833 4182 3655 78222241 5691 2601 199869412193541
    Nordland - Nordlánnda1 5769536231 57619037631730526213571190
    Troms og Finnmark - Romsa ja Finnmárku1 6751 0036721 67507148435932323411568210
    Norway, unknown county00000000000000
    Abroad, without known county5743742005741221561417988612330
    County not stated53292453001395115910
    Per 1 000 population
    Total13.115.211.013.10.14.523.421.421.615.89.15.63.1..
    The whole country13.015.010.913.00.14.523.221.221.515.79.05.63.1..
    Viken12.814.810.812.80.04.622.319.822.116.710.05.53.6..
    Oslo25.127.922.325.10.27.739.138.933.627.916.112.35.8..
    Innlandet8.710.56.98.70.04.016.213.114.711.16.54.32.2..
    Vestfold og Telemark13.316.110.413.30.04.819.920.924.418.510.56.33.8..
    Agder15.118.511.615.10.05.224.821.926.021.312.67.54.0..
    Rogaland13.615.911.113.60.14.421.219.926.117.410.45.94.4..
    Vestland9.410.88.09.40.13.719.314.515.310.56.03.81.7..
    Møre og Romsdal5.56.14.95.50.02.413.37.78.16.53.72.61.4..
    Trøndelag - Trööndelage12.214.210.112.20.04.022.719.720.514.18.04.62.5..
    Nordland - Nordlánnda6.67.85.36.60.03.212.810.810.87.74.52.91.5..
    Troms og Finnmark - Romsa ja Finnmárku6.98.15.76.90.02.614.211.411.06.94.13.01.9..
    Norway, unknown county............................
    Abroad, without known county............................
    County not stated............................
    Explanation of symbols
  • Victims (persons) of property theft, by place of residence (county) and victimisation in own place of residence (municipality). Absolute figures and per 1 000 population
    Victims (persons) of property theft, by place of residence (county) and victimisation in own place of residence (municipality). Absolute figures and per 1 000 population
    TotalIn own place of residence (municipality)Outside own place of residence (municipality)Unknown place of residence (municipality)
    2022
    Absolute figures
    Total71 11148 51021 974627
    The whole country70 48448 51021 9740
    Viken16 2629 4676 7950
    Oslo17 55714 5592 9980
    Innlandet3 2251 9031 3220
    Vestfold og Telemark5 6373 7111 9260
    Agder4 6923 3821 3100
    Rogaland6 5844 5062 0780
    Vestland6 0314 0431 9880
    Møre og Romsdal1 4627666960
    Trøndelag - Trööndelage5 7834 1921 5910
    Nordland - Nordlánnda1 5761 0075690
    Troms og Finnmark - Romsa ja Finnmárku1 6759747010
    Norway, unknown county0000
    Abroad, without known county57400574
    County not stated530053
    Per 1 000 population
    Total13.18.94.1..
    The whole country13.08.94.1..
    Viken12.87.55.4..
    Oslo25.120.84.3..
    Innlandet8.75.13.6..
    Vestfold og Telemark13.38.74.5..
    Agder15.110.94.2..
    Rogaland13.69.34.3..
    Vestland9.46.33.1..
    Møre og Romsdal5.52.92.6..
    Trøndelag - Trööndelage12.28.83.4..
    Nordland - Nordlánnda6.64.22.4..
    Troms og Finnmark - Romsa ja Finnmárku6.94.02.9..
    Norway, unknown county........
    Abroad, without known county........
    County not stated........
    Explanation of symbols
  • Victims (persons) of property theft, by number of property thefts, sex and age. Absolute figures and per cent
    Victims (persons) of property theft, by number of property thefts, sex and age. Absolute figures and per cent
    Total1 offence2 offences3 offences4 or more offences
    2022
    Absolute figures
    Total71 11166 5374 045415114
    Sex
    Males41 53538 7292 48925067
    Females29 57627 8081 55616547
    Age
    0-9 years3333000
    10-19 years2 9312 80212180
    20-29 years16 42715 2491 03311728
    30-39 years15 99614 90793811239
    40-49 years15 43114 33396810426
    50-59 years11 48410 7746445214
    60-69 years5 4385 195220176
    70-79 years2 6142 5139551
    80 years or older7567302600
    Unknown age11000
    Per cent
    Total100.093.65.70.60.2
    Sex
    Males100.093.26.00.60.2
    Females100.094.05.30.60.2
    Age
    0-9 years100.0100.00.00.00.0
    10-19 years100.095.64.10.30.0
    20-29 years100.092.86.30.70.2
    30-39 years100.093.25.90.70.2
    40-49 years100.092.96.30.70.2
    50-59 years100.093.85.60.50.1
    60-69 years100.095.54.00.30.1
    70-79 years100.096.13.60.20.0
    80 years or older100.096.63.40.00.0
    Unknown age100.0100.00.00.00.0
    Explanation of symbols
  • Victims (persons) of violence and maltreatment, by sex and one-year age group. Absolute figures and per 1 000 population
    Victims (persons) of violence and maltreatment, by sex and one-year age group. Absolute figures and per 1 000 population
    Victims (persons) of violence and maltreatmentVictims (persons) of violence and maltreatment per 1 000 population
    Both sexesMalesFemalesBoth sexesMalesFemales
    2022
    Total34 45018 64315 8076.36.85.9
    0 years3421731696.16.06.1
    1 year13875632.62.72.4
    2 years17298743.13.42.7
    3 years2241161084.04.04.0
    4 years2931561375.05.24.9
    5 years2931741194.85.64.1
    6 years3051731325.05.54.5
    7 years3241791455.35.74.9
    8 years3231751485.25.64.9
    9 years3351901455.35.84.7
    10 years3321881445.25.74.6
    11 years3852221635.86.65.1
    12 years4582641946.87.75.9
    13 years69844525310.513.07.9
    14 years78149628512.114.99.1
    15 years69745724010.713.77.6
    16 years69942327611.013.08.9
    17 years70241129111.012.59.4
    18 years77246131112.114.110.0
    19 years70843627211.313.68.9
    20 years82347834512.814.511.1
    21 years82948334612.413.910.7
    22 years77545931611.513.19.8
    23 years76346130211.413.39.3
    24 years77939538411.211.011.5
    25 years81043937111.311.910.7
    26 years75745330410.512.28.7
    27 years7223763469.910.19.8
    28 years7213663559.79.79.8
    29 years7504013499.910.39.5
    30 years7123663469.29.29.2
    31 years7193483719.18.79.6
    32 years7403643769.59.29.9
    33 years6883203688.98.19.7
    34 years6523333198.78.88.7
    35 years6202993218.47.88.9
    36 years6953283679.58.710.4
    37 years6593093509.28.410.0
    38 years5522662867.77.28.3
    39 years6113043078.58.28.8
    40 years6022953078.58.28.9
    41 years5332512827.56.88.2
    42 years5602742868.07.68.4
    43 years5082572517.37.27.4
    44 years4752482277.07.16.9
    45 years4822412417.06.87.2
    46 years4972432547.06.77.3
    47 years5072422656.86.47.3
    48 years4782562226.56.76.2
    49 years4552352206.06.05.9
    50 years4432372065.86.15.5
    51 years4422292135.95.95.8
    52 years3992161835.25.54.9
    53 years4042281765.35.94.7
    54 years3691741955.04.65.4
    55 years3491921574.85.14.4
    56 years3231811424.54.94.1
    57 years3031671364.34.64.0
    58 years2851681174.24.93.5
    59 years2511371143.84.13.6
    60 years2421341083.84.13.4
    61 years215125903.43.92.9
    62 years207115923.33.63.0
    63 years186116703.03.72.3
    64 years15990692.73.02.3
    65 years14484602.42.82.0
    66 years12864642.22.22.2
    67 years12263592.22.22.1
    68 years9860381.82.21.4
    69 years10449551.91.82.0
    70 years9655411.92.21.6
    71 years8351321.62.01.2
    72 years7543321.51.71.2
    73 years7237351.41.51.4
    74 years7040301.41.61.1
    75 years5328251.01.10.9
    76 years4820281.10.91.2
    77 years4521241.11.01.1
    78 years4416281.20.91.5
    79 years3916231.21.11.3
    80 years or older167651020.70.70.7
    Unknown age302010......
    Explanation of symbols
  • Victims (persons) of violence and maltreatment, by sex, age and place of residence (county). Absolute figures and per 1 000 population
    Victims (persons) of violence and maltreatment, by sex, age and place of residence (county). Absolute figures and per 1 000 population
    TotalMalesFemales0-9 years10-19 years20-29 years30-39 years40-49 years50-59 years60-69 years70-79 years80 years or olderUnknown age
    2022
    Absolute numbers
    Total34 45018 64315 8072 7496 2327 7296 6485 0973 5681 60562516730
    The whole country34 00218 37215 6302 7086 1997 6046 5545 0223 5241 57362116730
    Viken7 6084 0933 5156621 4401 4981 4551 1498133851563713
    Oslo5 8153 3072 5083759191 4171 32988857021971270
    Innlandet1 9221 00491816035542631727722210842141
    Vestfold og Telemark2 7021 4281 27420548954852940633013450110
    Agder2 3741 2451 1291374445754253862401153868
    Rogaland2 6821 4531 2291375146225214492721144571
    Vestland3 4831 9021 58129056585067749734815372265
    Møre og Romsdal1 408762646136278341236173139682881
    Trøndelag - Trööndelage2 7971 4931 30425958064953436023512740130
    Nordland - Nordlánnda1 440726714176300288219181167693271
    Troms og Finnmark - Romsa ja Finnmárku1 7669548121713133903112541888147110
    Abroad, without known county382236146232811584673526400
    County not stated6635311851010896000
    Per 1 000 population
    Total6.36.85.94.79.611.08.97.14.92.71.30.7..
    The whole country6.36.75.84.69.610.88.77.04.92.61.30.7..
    Viken6.06.45.64.79.010.88.76.44.52.81.40.7..
    Oslo8.39.57.24.913.311.89.99.27.13.71.71.2..
    Innlandet5.25.45.04.68.59.97.56.14.12.21.00.7..
    Vestfold og Telemark6.46.76.04.89.711.610.17.45.52.51.20.5..
    Agder7.67.97.34.011.214.410.89.55.83.31.40.4..
    Rogaland5.55.95.12.38.110.27.56.74.32.31.30.4..
    Vestland5.45.95.04.07.29.77.86.04.22.21.30.9..
    Møre og Romsdal5.35.65.04.88.510.87.15.23.92.11.10.6
    Trøndelag - Trööndelage5.96.25.65.110.49.48.46.23.82.51.00.6
    Nordland - Nordlánnda6.05.96.07.410.89.87.46.44.92.31.30.5
    Troms og Finnmark - Romsa ja Finnmárku7.37.76.97.211.311.59.98.65.52.92.11.0
    The table was corrected due to an error regarding a displacement in the table layout. The numbers are not affected by the correction.
    Explanation of symbols
  • Victims (persons) of violence and maltreatment, by place of residence (county) and victimisation in own place of residence (municipality). Absolute figures and per 1 000 population
    Victims (persons) of violence and maltreatment, by place of residence (county) and victimisation in own place of residence (municipality). Absolute figures and per 1 000 population
    2022TotalIn own place of residence (municipality)Outside own place of residence (municipality)Unknown place of residence (municipality)
    Absolute figures
    Total34 45025 5288 469453
    The whole country34 00225 5288 4695
    Viken7 6084 9892 6190
    Oslo5 8155 0537620
    Innlandet1 9221 3255970
    Vestfold og Telemark2 7021 9317710
    Agder2 3741 7835910
    Rogaland2 6821 9347480
    Vestland3 4832 7257580
    Møre og Romsdal1 4081 0743340
    Trøndelag - Trööndelage2 7972 1776200
    Nordland - Nordlánnda1 4401 1422980
    Troms og Finnmark - Romsa ja Finnmárku1 7661 3953710
    Norway, unknown county0000
    Abroad, without known county38200382
    County not stated660066
    Per 1 000 population
    Total6.34.71.6..
    The whole country6.34.71.6..
    Viken6.03.92.1..
    Oslo8.37.21.1..
    Innlandet5.23.61.6..
    Vestfold og Telemark6.44.51.8..
    Agder7.65.71.9..
    Rogaland5.54.01.5..
    Vestland5.44.21.2..
    Møre og Romsdal5.34.01.3..
    Trøndelag - Trööndelage5.94.61.3..
    Nordland - Nordlánnda6.04.81.2..
    Troms og Finnmark - Romsa ja Finnmárku1 7665.85.8..
    Norway, unknown county........
    Abroad, without known county........
    County not stated........
    Explanation of symbols
  • Victims (persons) of violence and maltreatment, by number of offences of violence and maltreatment, sex and age. Absolute figures and per cent
    Victims (persons) of violence and maltreatment, by number of offences of violence and maltreatment, sex and age. Absolute figures and per cent
    Total1 offence2 offences3 offences4 or more offences
    2022
    Absolute figures
    Total34 45030 8142 891502243
    Sex
    Males18 64316 7701 509246118
    Females15 80714 0441 382256125
    Age
    0-9 years2 7492 520202243
    10-19 years6 2325 6045237233
    20-29 years7 7296 86066312977
    30-39 years6 6485 87860610955
    40-49 years5 0974 5034649040
    50-59 years3 5683 2132815420
    60-69 years1 6051 481101149
    70-79 years6255714176
    80 years or older1671551020
    Unknown age3029010
    Per cent
    Total100.089.48.41.50.7
    Sex
    Males100.090.08.11.30.6
    Females100.088.88.71.60.8
    Age
    0-9 years100.091.77.30.90.1
    10-19 years100.089.98.41.20.5
    20-29 years100.088.88.61.71.0
    30-39 years100.088.49.11.60.8
    40-49 years100.088.39.11.80.8
    50-59 years100.090.17.91.50.6
    60-69 years100.092.36.30.90.6
    70-79 years100.091.46.61.11.0
    80 years or older100.092.86.01.20.0
    Unknown age100.096.70.03.30.0
    Explanation of symbols

About the statistics

The statistics provides an overview of offences reported to the police and prosecution authority. Find figures for type of offence and scene of crime, as well as figures on type of victim (person, enterprise) and breakdowns of victims by e.g. sex, age and place of residence.

Offences reported to the police

All offences registered by the police and the prosecution authority as reported in the course of the statistical year. The fact that an offence is reported to the police in a specific year does not necessarily mean that the offence was committed in the same year (91.3 and 92.3 per cent of all offences reported to the police in 2021 and 2022 respectively had a final committed date in 2021 and 2022). Violations under the Road Traffic Act or Customs Act that are settled by on the spot fines are not regarded as offences reported to the police, and therefore not included in the statistics. Cases reported to and investigated and completed by the Norwegian Bureau for the Investigation of Police Affairs are not included in the statistics.

Offences

In crime statistics defined as acts that are described by law, at any given time, as punishable. To date, more than 1 270 different codes have been used in the polices’ central registration system for offences BL/STRASAK/PAL, of which about 700 different codes are actively used today to classify offences.

Following the Penal Code of 2005 coming into effect on 1 October 2015, around 430 new codes were introduced into the police’ central registration system for offences. These replaced the codes from the Penal Code of 1902, which are about the same in numbers. Consequentially, Statistics Norway now use the new version of Standard for types of offences, Type of offence 2015, to classify offences.

Group of offence

Offences are divided into nine main groups. These groups of offences are further divided into several underlying, more specified, types of offences.

Type of offence

Offences are divided into about 150 unique types of offences. Similar types of offences are grouped together to a varying degree of aggregated levels, where all levels are included in the nine groups of offences.

Category of offence

A former classification of offences used in the statistics for the period 1993-2014, where offences were classified as either a crime or a misdemeanor. For more information on this expired classification, see the version Types of offences 2006 in KLASS and About the statistics 2014 for Offences reported to the police.

A crime was normally a punishable act of a more serious nature than a misdemeanour. Crimes and misdemeanours under the Penal Code of 1902 are referred to in the second and third part of the act respectively. According to the Penal Code of 1902 § 2, punishable acts described in other laws were crimes if they carried a sentence of more than three months' imprisonment, unless otherwise decided. Other punishable acts were misdemeanours. Some categories of offences (e.g. criminal damage and some special laws) could, by law, be both a crime and a misdemeanour. If the offence category was not given based on the offence code applied, the police’s registration of offence category was used in the statistics.

Type of victim

All offences reported to the police are classified in the statistics according to the Type of victim registered in the case. All persons or other legal entities that are subjected to and registered as the victim of one or more offences are regarded as victims. An offence can either have a person, another legal entity (normally an enterprise) or have no victim - either because no party has been directly aggrieved (e.g. in some traffic or narcotic offences), or the victim registration is insufficient. In some cases, several victims are registered in the same case, which means that more than one was the victim of the same offence. In such cases, all victims are kept and included in the tables on victims. If both persons and enterprises are victims in the same case and of the same offence, the person is chosen in preference to the enterprise in the classification of the type of victim.

Victims (persons) of offences reported

Persons registered as a victim of one or more offences reported within the statistical year.

In some cases, a person is subjected to more than one offence, and thereby registered as a victim more than once in the same statistical year. Tables on victims (persons) show the number of different persons that have been registered as a victim within the statistical year. In other words, one person counts only once as a victim during a statistical year. This also applies to persons without a personal ID number, provided they can be identified as the same person by means of date of birth, name, sex, place of residence and/or citizenship.

In tables on victims (persons), persons registered as a victim of more than one offence during the statistical year will be grouped by principal offence - which is the offence that according to the law can have the most severe penalty. In case of equal severity, the offence with the first date of crime is chose, in effecet the offences at which point the victim was youngest.

The statbank tables (11624-11629) on victims (persons) of violence and maltreatment include everyone who is registered with at least one offence in this group of offence. In other words, tables show all persons who have been subjected to at least one case of violence or mistreatment, and how many of this type of offences they are registered with during the year. These tables do not therefore indicate whether victims have also been exposed to other types of offences and/or if they have a principal offence in another group of offence. This also applies to tables on all victims (persons) of property theft.

Age

Is calculated based on date of birth and the date the offence was committed (the former is used first, and the latter is used if the former is not available). If information about the date the offence was committed is missing, the age is calculated by the date the offence was registered as reported to the police.

Several legal provisions on the sexual abuse of children, unlike most other penal provisions in Norway, are specified with the age of the victim. In these cases, Statistics Norway has specified the age as unknown when register information requires a higher age than in the legal provision. With the exception of cases where dates are logically wrong (e.g. where the date of birth is after the date the offence was committed, or the age is too high), data from the register is used to calculate the age without further controls or revisions.

Place of residence

Is defined based on the victim’s place of residence in the Central Population Register at the beginning of the year. If the person can only be identified in the register at the end of the year, this is the information that is used. For all persons who cannot be identified in the Central Population Register (by means of date of birth, personal ID number or name), information about citizenship, municipality of residence and postal country registered by the police is used.

Victimisation in municipality of residence

Entails a place of residence and scene of crime being registered with a valid municipality value, and the municipality of residence and the municipality of crime being identical. Where the municipality of residence is given, and the scene of crime is not registered as being in the same municipality, this will be classified in the statistics as victimisation outside the municipality of residence.

For places of residence abroad, unspecified or other invalid municipality of residence, no value is added for exposure in or outside the municipality of residence (remains unspecified). The statistics on exposure in or outside a municipality of residence may (partly due to the addition of place of residence, see above) be affected by relocation activity during the period between the point in time for the registered place of residence and the point in time that the offence is registered as being committed. Systematic differences between registered place of residence and actual address of residence can also arise.

Scene of crime

Is defined based on the municipality or country in which the crime was committed, as stipulated in the police register. If the offence lacks information on the municipality and country in which the crime was committed, the scene of crime (such as municipality, county or Norway/abroad) is added based on other descriptions of the scene of crime (e.g. the police zone).

Police district

Is the body ascribed as owner (i.e. which is responsible for the follow-up) of the processing of criminal cases at the point in time of Statistics Norway’s data extraction.

From 1 January 2016, Norwegian police were organised into new regional districts, where 27 police districts were reduced to 12. Statistics Norway release figures by this new division from the year 2016 and onwards.

In addition to the 12 police districts Svalbard has an inherent judicial status, and is specified as a separate district unit. Furthermore, the National Authority for Investigation and Prosecution of Economic and Environmental Crime in Norway (Økokrim), the National Criminal Investigation Service (Kripos), the Norwegian Police Security Service (PST) and the International Police Immigration Service (PU) can register and have ownership of criminal cases, all of which are included in the district grouping as "Special agencies" in the statistics (see Comparability over time and space under Production).

Group of offence: Standard for type of offences, version 2015, with an overview of all codes including code names. See detailed overview in KLASS.

Category of offence (crimes and misdemeanours, expired classification). See the standard Type of offence 2006 in Statistical classifications and code lists.

Type of offence Standard for type of offences, version 2015, with an overview of all codes including code names.

Classification of sex

Age (ten-year, five-year and one-year)

Classification of police district

Classification of county

Classification of municipalities

Classification of municipalities by population size is a classification of the municipalities by population (1 January in the statistics year), and in the crime statistics a 7-tier classification is used. This classification has not been formalised as a Statistics Norway standard, but is used by Statistics Norway in various statistics areas.

Classification of centrality (scene of crime) is a standard regional classification of the municipalities’ geographic location in relation to communities of different sizes (4-tier). These are further divided into geographic location in relation to the provincial centres (9-tier). This regional standard was used until 2017. In the crime statistics, both classifications according to the standard are used, i.e. the 4-tier and the more detailed 9-tier. In the 4-tier version of the standard for centrality, all municipalities in Norway are grouped with the central (3), somewhat central (2), less central (1) and least central (0) municipalities. The 9-tier version divides the most central (level 3) into a further three sub-groups, and each of the others (levels 0-2) into two sub-groups:

The provincial centres - i.e. Oslo, Bergen, Trondheim, Stavanger, Kristiansand and Tromsø – have the highest level (33, i.e. third sub-group of the most central level 3). The nearest municipalities are classified based on travel time to the centre of a provincial centre. Those within 35 minutes (forOslo45 minutes) have a higher level of centrality (32) than those with 36-75 minutes (forOslo 46-90 minutes) travel time (31). Each of the levels of centrality 0-2 are further classified based on whether the travel time is more or less than 2.5 hours (for Oslo 3 hours) to the centre of the nearest provincial centre.

For the detailed content of this and other regional classifications used in the statistics, see the references to the database for standards.

Offences and victims reported to the police
Topic: Social conditions, welfare and crime

Not yet determined

Division for Income and social welfare statistics

National level, and by county, police district and municipality.

Annually. Published as soon as possible after the end of the statistical year, normally before the end of the first quarter in the consecutive year.

Some statistics are reported to international bodies such as the UN , the EU and Eurostat .

Collected and revised data are stored securely by Statistics Norway in compliance with applicable legislation on data processing.

Statistics Norway can grant access to the source data (de-identified or anonymised microdata) on which the statistics are based, for researchers and public authorities for the purposes of preparing statistical results and analyses. Access can be granted upon application and subject to conditions. Refer to the details about this at Access to data from Statistics Norway.

Raw data files from the Norwegian Police ICT Services (formerly the National Police Computing and Material Service (PDMT)) used for production of the annual statistics are stored permanently in a secured archive area. Raw data files formerly collected for half-yearly statistics were only kept until they were replaced by final annual files. Annual files used for the production of statistics on registered victims in the period 2004-2018 are also stored under this statistics area. The final processed data material (i.e. the material prepared and used in the statistics production) is stored as separate archive files and documented (in the system DataDok). The annual files that are used for the statistics production are also stored as SAS files, until they are no longer used.

The statistics on offences and victims reported to the police describes the registered level of crime from year to year. The statistics maps who is exposed to offences and who reports offences to the police, by different demographic background variables and type of offence. By mapping victims and reporters of offences, we wish to form a better basis for describing crime, and simultaneously obtain a wider understanding of the judicial system. Offences that include violations of persons are of special interest and have the best quality of data, and the statistics therefore place a particular focus on these victims and the types of offences they are subjected to.

The statistics are enabled as a result of a changeover from form reporting to electronic reporting from the police’s central criminal case register (BL/STRASAK, BL/STRASAK/PAL as from 2002). The statistics were first published in the Norwegian official statistics (NOS) for the year 1990.

Since 2004, the statistics on offences reported to the police have only been published as annual statistics. Until 2003, half-yearly statistics were also published, and quarterly statistics were published until 1998.

In 2005, the whole time series 1993 to 2002 was revised (see Control and revision under Production). This particular revision could not be carried out for 1992. Therefore, 1993 is now regarded as the first year of Statistics Norway's statistics on offences reported to the police. The principle division between crimes and misdemeanours has been discontinued in new Penal Code of 2005.

From 2019, the statistics on Offences reported to the police and Victims of offences reported to the police has been merged together as one statistic. Statistics Norway has in the past, in connection with an analysis project, published statistics on offences reported to the police (1995-1998) with information on victims (Gundersen 2000 , in Norwegian only). However, these two sets of statistics are not directly comparable due to considerable differences in the data basis, processing and definitions of statistical units. The statistics on victims 2004 are therefore regarded as new statistics from Statistics Norway. Statistics on victims of offences reported to the police have been developed and produced under commission by the Ministry of Justice and the Police. The production of statistics based on data for previous statistical years was considered, but has not been carried out for reasons of quality. As from 2009, new variables and regional statistics have been added to the statistics (see Definitions and Comparability over time and space under Background).

The statistics are now released with breakdowns of different types of offences which in principle are grouped in the same way as in the penal legislation, and are considered as a Standard of types of offences. Mainly, the standard corresponds to the divisions and terms in the current penal legislation, and classifies all offences included in the penal legislation and the special legislation (see Standard for types of offences in KLASS). From the year 2015 and onwards, the statistics is released with a new version of Standard for types of offences: Types of offences 2015, which is made as a consequence of the Penal Code of 2005 and the corresponding new codes for registering offences in all of the registers relevant to Statistics Norway’s crime statistics. The new standard replaces Standard for types of offences 2006. New breakdowns of offences are for certain tables in the StatBank made available with numbers dating back to 2003.

The principle division between crimes and misdemeanours has been discontinued in new Penal Code of 2005. Thus, from 2015 and onwards, this division is discontinued also in the statistics on offences reported to the police.

Important users are the media, the research and education sector, NGOs, the Ministry of Justice and other government agencies and other agencies in the justice sector. The statistics also serve as a basis for information to anyone else interested in the state and development within the field of crime.

No external users have access to statistics before they are released at 8 a.m. on ssb.no after at least three months’ advance notice in the release calendar. This is one of the most important principles in Statistics Norway for ensuring the equal treatment of users.

The statistics on offences and victims reported to the police are one of the four regular principal statistics in the area of Crime and justice. The rest are statistics on Offences investigated , Sanctions and Imprisonments.

When using crime statistics, it is important to be aware that the various parts do not necessarily refer to the same population of offences within the same year. It can take a long time from an offence is reported to the police to when the investigation is concluded, and until a penal sanction is given and the sentence served; in some cases, it may take years. Generally, however, the offences that are included in the statistics on offences reported to the police in the same year or subsequently are represented in the statistics on offences investigated, sanctions and imprisonments (see the statistics on criminal prosecutions). The units that are included also differ in the various statistics. The tables below offences reported to the police are therefore not directly comparable to the other crime statistics. For an overall presentation of the crime statistics, see Kriminalitet og rettsvesen 2009 (in Norwegian only).

Other closely related statistics from Statistics Norway are: Survey of level of living, victimisation and fear of crime , Statres - Police and prosecution authority , Statistics on causes of death (murder).

Related external statistics

Until 2021The National Police Directorate (POD) published Kommenterte STRASAK-tall; the police’s report statistics (the individual police districts also publish their own figures for their respective regions), and since 2022 POD and The Higher Prosecuting Authorities

publishes the report Straffesaksbehandlingen.These reports contains figures for offences reported to the police on a national level, but must be regarded as operations statistics for the police and should not be interpreted as the official crime statistics. The police figures can vary somewhat from Statistics Norway’s figures based on the timing and criteria for extraction, as well as other processing routines and the groupings of offences in the statistics (see Standard classifications under Definitions).

Kripos publishes an overview of murders, but these statistics are organised based on a different definition of the sample than in Statistics Norway’s statistics on reported offences (including year of crime and not year of registration). In a number of cases, it is recommended that users use Kripos’ murder statistics. For 2005/2006 and beyond, Statistics Norway has carried out a review and audit of all murder cases (see Collection of data revision and estimation under Production). Subsequent to these audits, the number of murders is approximately the same in the statistics from Kripos and Statistics Norway. Kripos also publishes statistics on drugs, which include figures for the confiscation of drugs. Although confiscation relates to drug offences reported to the police, it is not possible to make direct comparisons between these figures.

The above statistics and reports are available from the police's website for numbers and facts.

The Norwegian Bureau for the Investigation of Police Affairs investigates cases where employees of the police or prosecuting authority are suspected of committing criminal offences in the course of duty. Offences which are investigated and completed by the Bureau without further prosecution or court proceedings are not included in the data basis for the statistics on offences and victims reported to the police and offences investigated. However, when such cases result in a sanction registered in the Criminal Record Register, they will be included in the statistics on sanctions. Furthermore, such cases are included in the statistics on imprisonments in the same manner as other criminal cases. A closer look at the offences registered by the Bureau in 2016 show that the vast majority of cases concern different types of misconduct and misuse of public authority (which in Statistics Norway’s crime statistics are classified as part of the group of offence Public order and integrity violations). The Bureau also investigates several other types of offences, including offences of violence and traffic offences. In their annual reports, the Bureau publishes statistics on offences reported and investigated over the course of the year.

The Norwegian Institute for Alcohol and Drug Research (SIRUS) publishes statistics on various forums, which include figures from Statistics Norway’s statistics on offences reported to the police, primarily in relation to drug offences and driving under the influence (cf. “drunk driving"´). The classification of the offences can, however, differ somewhat from the statistics published by Statistics Norway.

The Norwegian Institute of Public Health has the role of data processor for the Cause of Death Registry as from 1 January 2014, and is the publisher of causes of death statistics from the statistical year 2013.

The statistics are developed, produced and disseminated pursuant to Act no. 32 of 21 June 2019 relating to official statistics and Statistics Norway (the Statistics Act).

The statistics is part of the national programme for official statistics, main topic Social conditions, Welfare and Crime, topic Crime and Justice.

Not relevant.

The statistics cover all offences that were registered as reported by the police and the prosecution authority in the course of the statistical year.

The statistics provide information on the type and number of offences, police districts and scene of crime, as well as type of victim, sex and age of victims and place of residence (see Definitions).

From 1993 to 2014 the statistics contained both crimes and misdemeanours. The principle division between crimes and misdemeanours has been discontinued in new Penal Code of 2005. The definisions of the population and the offences are, however, equal before and after this change in 2015 (see under Defintions and Sources of error and uncertainty).

The victims part of the statistics includes all with the role of "victim" in all reported offences registered in the course of the statistical year. Each registered offence normally constitutes one unit in the material. Where the report includes more than one offence, all matters that can constitute a separate point in the charge/indictment are registered. Prior to 1994/1995, several offences could be registered as one offence (see Comparability over time and space).

The number and type of reported offences in the statistics on victims should be identical to the number and type in the statistics on Offences reported to the police in the same year. Where an offence entails several different victims, all of them are retained for statistical purposes.

The data basis is taken from the police’s central registration system, which covers all offences registered by the police districts (as well as special agencies and higher prosecution authorities) in the police’s databases for handling criminal cases (BL). Registrations in the local BL are transferred to STRASAK, from which Statistics Norway received its data basis extract until 2001. From the statistic years 2001/2002, Statistics Norway has received its data basis from the police’s analysis and leadership system (PAL). PAL contains data on all criminal cases after they have been transferred from STRASAK. The data source for the statistics is referred to as the criminal case register BL/STRASAK/PAL, and contains criminal case data that is transferred between these three systems on an ongoing basis.

See Sources of error and uncertainty under Sources of error and Definitions.

Collection of data

The data material is retrieved electronically from the Norwegian Police ICT Services in mid-January. The Norwegian Police ICT Services is responsible for the output of data from PAL (see Data sources and sampling). The police and prosecution authority will make subsequent corrections to this caseload after the end of the year, particularly in recently reported cases received immediately before the end of the year. Changes and structural updates in BL/STRASAK/PAL may also be made at the end of the year. The data basis for Statistics Norway is therefore not extracted until about two weeks after the end of the statistics period.

Editing

Editing is defined here as checking, examining and amending data.

The police registration systems contain some validity controls of data. In addition, Statistics Norway performs its own controls on some of the material. For example, missing information on scene of crime by municipality will be added to the municipality to the degree this is possible based on other information from the data basis. Duplicated (double entries) offences and victims are deleted, illogical valid values (for example dates) are revised or deleted.

Since 2005/2006, all murder cases have been controlled and revised (case by case) against information from Kripos (which at the end of the year has, for statistical purposes, retrieved data on all murder cases from the districts) and other register data from the Norwegian Police ICT Services.

From the statistic year 2011, all of the cases that were settled by the International Police Immigration Service (PU) during the year were deleted (which equates to around 500 offences in 2011). This has led to a relatively large reduction in the category "Special body" in the statistics that distributes the reported offences by police district, and fewer units in "Other crimes". For the previous years with PU-registrations (2005-2010), it was not possible for Statistics Norway to make this deletion of civil cases. From the statistic year 2015 the amount of deleted cases is considerably reduced, and the last five years (2018-2022) there are nearly any cases registered and settles by PU in the data material.

The statistics dating back to 1993 were completely revised in 2005. The reason for deleting cases at that time was that some cases were transferred from one police district to another. In such transfers, the same report had been registered in both police districts, meaning that they were double entries in STRASAK/PAL. The revision was carried out using information registered by the police itself and from the original data basis for the different years of the offences reported to the police. Where an offence had been registered several times, only the first registration was retained (see Comparability over time and space).

An overview of all controls and Statistics Norway's processing routines for the statistics up to the first half of 2002 is available in Notater 2000/13 "Statistikk over anmeldte lovbrudd og registrerte ofre. Dokumentasjon" (in Norwegian only).

Estimations

Based on the data material from the police’s registers, the statistics counts four units (see Definitions of the main concepts and variables under Definitions);

  • The number of offences reported to the police with a specification of characteristics; type of victim, type of offence, group of offence and scene of crime (county, municipality, size of municipality and centrality (-2017).
  • The number of unique victims (persons) registered as a victim of one or more offences during the year, and the number of these persons with different characteristics, such as age, place of residence and number of offences they have been subjected to. For victims subjected to more than one offence during the year, the principal offence is attributed based on an approximate indicator on the basis of the minimum and maximum sentences, as well as other criminal procedure characteristics of the offence.
  • The number of unique victims of violence and maltreatment, and the number of these victims with different characteristics, such as age. For victims subjected to more than one incicent of violence and maltreatment during the year, the principal offence is used (as for victim above).
  • The number of unique victims of property theft, and the number of these persons with different characteristics, such as age. For victims subjected to more than one property theft during the year, the principal offence is used (as for victim above).


A victim (person) is identified based on different information about him/her – e.g. date of birth, personal ID number, sex and name (as opposed to other legal entities, which are identified by organisation number and name). Where there is insufficient information on a person or enterprise/organisation, the victim is categorised as a person if a minimum of personal information is registered.

In addition, calculations of percentages and rates per 1 000 inhabitants are made (also for different ages, genders and regions). All rates per 1 000 inhabitants are calculated with figures for the population as of 1 January in the statistics year and in statistics that use a two-year average, the population on 1 January in the latter of the two statistic years is used (see the population statistics). As a general rule, age is calculated based on date of birth and the date the offence was committed.

Not relevant

Employees of Statistics Norway have a duty of confidentiality.

Statistics Norway does not publish figures if there is a risk of the respondent’s contribution being identified. This means that, as a general rule, figures are not published if fewer than three units form the basis of a cell in a table or if the contribution of one or two respondents constitutes a very large part of the cell total.

Statistics Norway can make exceptions to the general rule if deemed necessary to meet the requirements of the EEA agreement, if the respondent is a public authority, if the respondent has consented to this, or when the information disclosed is openly accessible to the public.

More information can be found on Statistics Norway’s website under Methods in official statistics, in the ‘Confidentiality’ section.

The statistics contain personal data and information on punishable offences that is considered to be highly sensitive. Statistics Norway therefore administers the data basis for crime statistics with great caution.

The statistics are primarily published at a higher regional level (in total and the whole country), and when classified at lower levels (county and municipal) the offences are only published in larger categories – e.g. by group of offence.

Marking cells with few units is not normally necessary on account of anonymity (and neither is it normally done in other crime statistics that are published using the same principles). When releasing statistics with few units, the protection of privacy is, however, considered on a case by case basis. In the statistics on offences reported to the police classified by municipality, in addition to a two-year average, a lower limit has been set for the number of units in the release (fewer than 5). The choice of groups and lower level of detail, as well as exclusion by marking categories with few units, is also made based on an assessment of the data quality and the statistics’ suitability for comparison over time and place (see Coherence with other statistics under Background).

There are many factors that can have a bearing on comparability over time and place in the various crime statistics, and a broader explanation of the problem here is given in Kriminalitet og rettsvesen 2009 (in Norwegian only).

Annual statistics on offences reported to the police are, subject to changes in registration practice and mergers of police districts, comparable from 1993 (see Chapter 5). Quarterly figures were published from 1991 to 1999, and half-yearly statistics from 1999 to 2003, in addition to annual statistics. Since 2004, Statistics Norway has only published annual statistics. The revision of all years dating back to 1993 (carried out in 2005, see Offences reported to the police. 1993-2001. Revised figures. ) was only for the annual statistics, and no new tables were created for the police districts (owners) in the years 1993-2001 or for scene of crime (county) in the years 1993-2000.

Many regional standards are very stable over a long period of time, but regroupings of these also occur – which in some cases is a determining factor in the content of the statistics. One example of a directly visible change took place after the reorganisation and 50 % reduction in police districts in 2002. Most of the districts were given a new name and new geographic borders, and it is almost impossible to compare the content in both the data basis and the statistics that are classified according to the old and new geographic areas (see Offences investigated 2002).

On 1 January 2016, Norwegian police were organised into new regional districts, where 27 police districts were reduced to 12. The internal process of organising the new districts was executed gradually during the course of 2017 and 2018, but as of year 2016, Statistics Norway release statistics by the new police districts in StatBank. The new police districts are mainly organised by merging the former districts, which on an aggregated level are comparable to the former division of 27 districts. However, in the new organisation, the former Midtre Hålogaland PD is divided by the county border between new Nordland PD and Troms PD. Thus, comparisons across the new and former district are not possible for the districts in question. However, derived from information about owner district by the previous organisation, as well as information about the criminal cases belonging in terms of police branches and scene of crime, Statistics Norway have been able to allocate all criminal cases after the new organisation of police districts. All offences with a branch code for the police stations in Harstad, Iberstad and Salangen have been ascribed to Troms PD as the owner district. Furthermore, offences with a scene of crime in Troms County and with branch codes for Evenes, Tjelsund and Skånland police station, as well as "Joint Operational Unit" (Fellesoperativ enhet) and "Eco Team" (Økoteam), have been ascribed to Troms PD as the owner district. Remaining offences registered with the former Midtre Hålogaland PD as the owner district have been ascribed to Nordland PD. For a detailed overview of the new police districts, including their relation to municipalities, see Statistical Classifications and Code Lists.

From 1 January 2020, there have been major changes in the division of counties and municipalities, due to regional reform. The changes are described in this article (only in Norwegian). This also means that the police districts, which in turn consists of a whole number of municipalities, have changed. See Classification of county, Classification of municipalities and Classification of Police district.

Changes in regional standards that are not directly visible take place when, for instance, a municipality changes over to a different county, when two municipalities merge or when a municipality has population changes that result in a different classification in size of municipality (see Definitions).

The most central changes in the police’s registration system and practice that are of significance to the development of offences reported to the police took place around 1994 and in 2002.

New registration practice from 1994/1995

Where a report includes more than one offence, all matters that can constitute a separate point in the charge/indictment are registered. This has been the practice since 1994/1995. Prior to this, the practice was that only one offence was registered when:

  • More than one offence was committed in one act against one victim. The most serious was registered.
  • More than one of the same type of offence was committed by the same person within a period of time against one victim.
  • One offence was committed against a group of victims.
  • The first offence was committed in order to pave the way for the second.

However, more than one offence was registered when an offence was committed with the purpose of hiding another offence, which was also the practice after 1994/1995.

STRASAK has, for a long time, been under development with regard to quality assurance and registration details. This development has led to the data basis for the statistics containing more information than previously. The transition in 1994/1995 to registering all offences is of the greatest significance, and resulted in the number of offences reported to the police increasing in the statistics without this necessarily being related to more offences actually being reported.

Changes to STRASAK in 2002

Towards the end of 2002, the police’s criminal case register, STRASAK, underwent a major change. There are three factors in particular that have a specific bearing on the statistics on offences reported to the police:

1) Merging of police districts; as from 1 January 2002, the former 54 police districts were merged into 27 police districts. This means that the procedure of adding a value for the municipality of crime (see above) can be applied with a fewer number of police districts.

2) Duplicate registrations; In October2002, acentral serial number instead of the previous local serial number was introduced. In the long term, this will ensure that transferred cases will no longer be re-registered in the new police district, and such duplicate registrations (see Collection of data revision and estimations) will be reduced from 2003.

3) Scene of crime abroad; some offences reported to the police are committed abroad, but some are reported inNorway. Prior to 2002, no information on these was available in the material for the crime statistics. These offences were therefore previously included in the statistics and allocated a municipality of crime or county of crime according to the routine described above. As from 2002, it is possible to identify these offences, and they have been retained in the statistics with the scene of crime given as abroad.

Municipality statistics

As from 2010, Statistics Norway publishes detailed municipality statistics on offences reported to the police (2007-2008). Statistics Norway has also previously published statistics on offences reported to the police in the individual municipalities of crime (Styrings- og informasjonshjulet 2008 (in Norwegian only). Old (2003-2004 to 2006-2007) and new statistics are relatively similar and relatively comparable for the categories that have the same type of basis and classification. Due to the quality of the data, however, we have decided not to publish new figures for districts for the sample boroughs.

When using statistics at such a level of detail, it must be borne in mind that there may be great variation, particularly for the municipalities and groups of offences with few cases. Data quality and registration method, particularly in major cases, vary and can lead to considerable differences between otherwise identical municipalities – and from year to year. In both the new and old statistics, certain consideration has been given to this type of statistical random variation by creating a two-year average, but only for the largest groups of offences and the municipalities that have more than four units.

Introduction of the new penal code on 1 October 2015

After the new penal code (Penal Code of 2005) came into effect on 1 October 2015, the raw data from the police registers are changed. There are quite distinct differences in structure, language and content between the Penal Code of 1902 and the Penal Code of 2005, which is even more evident in the corresponding codes used for registering offences in the police’ central registration system. Code connected to both the new and the former penal code is used after 1 October 2015, due to the new legislation not having retroactive effect. Offences may be registered and processed long after they have been committed. This means that the Penal Code of 1902 and 2005 will appear in the data of all crime statistics for many years to come.

Criminal cases with violations of the provisions dating before the introduction of the new penal code (registered by former codes and appellation), will not always be possible to specify and classify in the same way as criminal cases with a violation of a corresponding provision from the Penal Code of 2005. Certain types of offences in Standard for types of offences 2015 will therefore exclusively contain violations of offences stemming from new penal legislation, and mainly consist of offences committed after 1 October 2015. In the standard, these will be indicated with “(from 1.10.2015)” in the classification name. Older offences which cannot be specified in the same way are placed in “other or unspecified” types of offences. The content of the statistics – and the possibilities of doing comparisons on the most detailed levels of the standard – will for certain types of offences therefore be mainly based on offences committed after 1.10.2015. This type of break in the time series will vary over time for the different types of offences, depending on which crime statistics you use. When such breaks in the time series are identified, the general recommendation is to use figures on a more aggregated level, which means less specified figures with a smaller degree of time series break. Se Standard for type of offences 2015 in KLASS and the article “The New Crime Statistics” (in Norwegian only).

Other changes

Releases from 2005 and onwards use the figure as per 1 January in the statistics year in calculations where population figures are included in the statistics on offences reported to the police (as opposed to previously, when the figure as per 31 December in the statistics year was used). This will be the practice for all statistics released from this point in time, also for previous years.

As from 1 January 2005, Kripos and the PU can register and investigate their own criminal cases. The category “special body" was therefore introduced in the statistics from 2005, classified by police district. This category includes the new district units, together with Økokrim (which has been included in the statistics since 1995).

Changes to legislation that affect the content of the statistics directly and considerably shall, as far as Statistics Norway is aware of such changes, be highlighted in the tables in the years where such changes have taken place – and where this is relevant to corresponding statistics over time. For examples of this, see Offences reported to the police 2006 (for example on the abolition of the Vagrancy Act).

Since the statistics year 2005/2006, all murder cases have been controlled and revised (case by case) against information from Kripos and register data from the Norwegian Police ICT Services (see Collection of data revision and estimations). Some cases have subsequently been changed from “other type of case" to “reported murder", but the opposite has occurred more often. After this revision, the murder figures can therefore be somewhat lower than previous years.

Merger of the offence and victim statistics from 2019

From 2019, the statistcs on Offences reported to the police and Victims of offences reported to the police are data processed, quality assured and published as one statistic. Compared to previous years, certain adjustments are made in the data processing. These changes include the choosing of offence code in cases where an offence is registered with more than one offence code, as well as the choosing of the principal offence for victims (persons) in cases where a person has plural victimisatons of offences with equal severity. However, these changes will only affect offence codes (and age) in a maximum of one hundred cases, are are therefore not considered as a break in the time series.

Subject to subsequent changes, more detailed information on both the old and the new data basis, variables and definitions are described in Notater 2000/13 “Statistics on offences reported to the police and registered victims. Documentation” (in Norwegian only). StatisticsNorway has relatively comprehensive documentation of the data basis and the statistics on the individual years, and information on this can be obtained from the contact persons specified for the statistics.

After undertaking a thorough review of various data basis and crime statistics, and dialogue with the Norwegian Police ICT Services, Statistic Norway believes that the revision that was carried out in 2005 has led to a considerable improvement in the quality of the statistics on offences reported to the police. However, there is some uncertainty in connection with the precision of deleting cases, and whether the revision has led to the deletion of duplicate registrations to the same extent throughout the period.

Offences that lack information on municipality of crime are, by means of internal controls, allocated a municipality of crime to the degree this is possible. Offences are largely investigated in the police district where the act took place. It can therefore be assumed that the offence has been committed in the relevant police district unless there are indications to the contrary. To the degree the police district does not cross one or more municipal or county borders, the offence is deemed to have been committed in this municipality/county. Where the municipality of crime is added using this method, it is considered to be relatively certain. This has been the practice in all previous years of offences reported to the police, but such partial non-response has had increasingly less significance in recent years.

Statistics Norway has no possibility of controlling the non-response of units where there is incomplete registration in individual police districts. Partial non-response (where certain variables are not given for some units) occurs, but with the aid of internal controls in BL/STRASAK these are limited to less important variables.

Statistics on offences reported to the police are based on registrations in the first stage of the legal system’s proceedings. This means that the quality is tested and controlled to a lesser degree, and is thereby more uncertain than in the other parts of the crime statistics (see Coherence with other statistics under Background). An analysis of offences of which the investigation was completed in 2010 (Stene 2020), the scope of offence code alteration over the course of an investigation is proven to be quite high for certain types of offences.

Due to the statistical units for offences are chosen on the basis of case numbers and split-case numbers in the police registers, Statistics Norway in some instances has to choose a representative for the offence in case of different offence codes. These cases are liimited to a couple of hundre cases per year. The principles of choosing offence codes were carried out in somewhat different ways for the previous statistics on Offences reported to the police and Victims of offences reported to the police, which prompted a harmonisation of these cases during the data processing of the victims statistics. During the joint data processing of the two statistics in 2019, this problem has been solved by adjusting the previous processing principles. However, the scope of such cases are so limited, and offence code variation spread across so many different types of offences, that these changes will not affect the statistics in any significant manner.

As from 2002, the data basis for the statistics is extracted annually from the same register in the same way and at roughly the same time. Likewise, Statistics Norway’s processing of the data basis should be the same every year. This will eliminate sampling errors. The principles are the same, but practical and technical changes in extraction and processing may be made which could potentially entail adjustments of the content of the sample that is used for statistical purposes.

Definition limitations (see Definitions) can have a bearing on the sample, without this necessarily being regarded as a sampling error. Investigation cases, such as fires, missing person reports and suspicious deaths are also registered in the criminal case register. If one of these cases is not registered with an offence at the time of extraction, the case is not deemed to be a criminal case reported to the police, and is not therefore included in the statistics.

Offences and criminal cases without a registration date in the statistical year at the time the data is taken from the police’s central registration system (normally approx. January 14th), will not be included in the data basis. An offence which at a later point of time is re-registered as an offence with registration date within the statistical year will therefore not be included in either data basis for the statistics on Offences reported to the police (or Victims of offences reported to the police). Albeit, these kinds of re-registered offences will, when settled by the police and prosecution authority, be included in the data basis for the statistics on Offences investigated.

Various tests on different data basis for the time period 2008-2011 indicate that these late-registrations have led to 1-2 per cent of the offences actually reported to the police not being a part of the statistics annual data sample. Statistics Norway has not obtained the data basis for the mapping of this phenomenon before the statistical year 2008. However, from the technical possibilities and knowledge of registration routines in the Police’s central criminal case register (BL), as well as police statistics, Statistics Norway has reasons to presume that the scope of such late-registrations were as many or more in the years prior to 2008.

In 2012 and the years after, there were far fewer late-registrations than in previous years. The annual average in the periode 2012-2014 was about 1 200 offences (1 000 of which were crimes), amounting to only 0.3 per cent of all offences (0.4 per cent of all crimes) in the published statistics. Derived from the average in the time period 2008-2011, there were annually about 7 000 offences (4 800 of which were crimes) subject to late-registration, thus not included in the published statistics.

The scope of such late-registrations is unevenly spread out on different groups of offences and types of offences. Larcenies and other types of offences for profit are rarely subject to late-registration, and this methodological phenomenon therefore does not significantly influence the use of the statistics on these types of offences. For other groups of offences, however, these late-registrations have a bigger impact on the figures, especially when figures from 2011 and before are compared to statistics from later than 2011. For example, the following group of offences were the subject a of significant scope of late-registration: nearly 1 500 more narcotic offences, 1 300 more traffic offences, 500 more offences of violence and 150 more sexual offences compared to the average number of late-registrations in 2012 and 2013. When attempting to characterise the actual development for the number of offences reported to the police during these time periods, one must account for the fact that these statistics up to and including 2011 are "missing" a number of offences in the given magnitude. Even though the change in routines for late-registration has significance for the statistics comparability over time, this phenomenon is not considered to be an actual source of error in this statistic. This is because the criterias which are used draw the data sample for these statistics has been constant for the whole time period.

Statistics Norway does not have data to precisely quantify the impact of these registrations on how many victims (persons) in the reported offences have not been included in the statistics. As stated in About the statistics on offences reported to the police, we know that there is a relatively high proportion of narcotic offences that have not been included in the statistics of reported offences in the years before 2011. This does not affect the statistics on victims, in particular, because these offences rarely have registered victims. We also know that property theft, which constitute a very high proportion of all offences with victims, and where three out of four of the reported offences are registered with persons as victims, have seldom been re-registered. Changes in the scope of late registrations for other groups of offences, such as offences of violence and sexual offences, could have a somewhat greater impact – especially when the figures from 2011 and previous years are compared with the statistics for recent years.

Although the scope of the victims, i.e. everyone with the role of «victim» in all reported offences, should be somewhat greater, especially in the years before 2011, this indicates that the late registrations have a smaller impact on the statistics on victims of offences reported to the police than on the statistics containing only the reported offences.

The crime statistics only include registered crime, i.e. the offences and victims that are identified by or are made known to the police. Police resources and priorities, and people’s tendency to report offences to the police are of great significance to what acts become a part of the crime statistics. An unknown number of offences are never registered. Such unregistered offences are often called dark/missing figures. Different surveys on self-reported crime and exposure to crime indicate that the crime that is not registered is extensive, and will vary according to type of offence (see Survey of level of living conditions ). What crime is registered over time is also affected by changes in legislation and regulations. These phenomenons are, however, not considered as "errors" in the statistics, but elements that affect them. For more details of this, see Kriminalitet og rettsvesen 2009 , kapittel 3 (in Norwegian only).

Statistics Norway can, to a certain extent, quality assure the data basis, but must - to a greater degree than in the statistics on perpetrators - use the information as it is in the police register at the time of extraction. Statistics Norway has a reasonably clear impression that the police registration of victims does not follow such strict requirements for precise and correct identification of role, or filling in of information on the victim compared to the registration of perpetrators. This means there is greater uncertainty in relation to the level of accuracy of the statistics on victims, both with regard to the scope of victims and whether the right person is identified as the victim in the case. However, the personal information on persons designated as victims in 2004-2010 had a very high level of completion - and by using several variables and sources there are very few victims who have an unknown value for the most central demographic variables (sex, age and place of residence) in the statistics.

Statistics Norway has few possibilities for controlling non-response errors of units in the event of insufficient registration of known and unknown offences and victims. There are, for instance, relatively large differences between the police districts’ shares of offences that have no information on victims. Although there are other conditions that are the main reason for these discrepancies between the districts, we cannot rule out some of the differences being due to varying registration practices. A varying practice in the registration of victims will thus result in a varying non-response of known victims in different parts of the country. Partial non-response (when some variables are missing on some units) occurs, but with the aid of internal controls in BL/STRASAK these are limited to less important variables.

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