Offences investigated

Updated: 23 September 2022

Next update: 28 September 2023

Offences with completed investigations
Offences with completed investigations
2021
271 510
Offences investigated and solved, charges against persons, persons charged and persons charged in base year with recidivism in the following five-year period. Absolute figures
Offences investigated and solved, charges against persons, persons charged and persons charged in base year with recidivism in the following five-year period. Absolute figures
2021
Offences investigated271 510
Offences investigated and solved131 820
Charges against persons135 793
Persons charged64 938
Persons charged in base year included in recidivism statistics72 281
Persons charged in base year with recidivism in the following five-year period28 489
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Selected tables and charts from this statistics

  • Offences investigated, by police decision, per cent solved and type of offence. Absolute figures
    Offences investigated, by police decision, per cent solved and type of offence. Absolute figures
    All decisionsUnsolvedSolvedUnsolvedSolvedPer cent solved
    ¬ Prosecution dropped, insufficient information about the offender¬ Prosecution dropped, deficient evidence¬ Prosecution dropped, deficient investigation capacity¬ Other unsolved¬ Prosecution dropped, the offender not liable¬ Transferred to Conflict Council¬ Ticket fine¬ Committed for trial¬ Prosecution dropped and other solved
    2021
    All types of offences271 510139 690131 82082 03542 75213 8401 0639 1301 41042 52655 02023 73449
    ¬ Property theft77 95361 92416 02955 1753 5583 103882 4472943 3274 8405 12121
    ¬¬ Theft, total77 64561 71915 92655 0423 5293 061872 4382933 3134 7895 09321
    ¬¬¬ Petty theft12 2234 3347 8892 4658151 038161 3182322 0616093 66965
    ¬¬¬¬ Petty theft from shop and other sales outlet11 2873 6297 6581 8397751 004111 2992291 9985593 57368
    ¬¬¬¬ Other or unspecified petty theft9367052316264034519363509625
    ¬¬¬ Theft59 11352 5746 53948 5692 0751 87951980521 1863 0621 25911
    ¬¬¬¬ Theft from shops and other sales outlet5 8632 1223 7411 24851534415671138191 54869064
    ¬¬¬¬ Theft from other business and public institution4 5743 7867883 3412661745811811446011517
    ¬¬¬¬ Theft from dwelling and holiday home10 5059 9056008 844574472155810613191526
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Theft from dwelling2 1681 9602081 425285244623321976410
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Theft from holiday home21919326165235012115712
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Theft from storage area, garage and other area by dwelling and holiday home8 1187 7523667 254266223934539207815
    ¬¬¬¬ Theft from car and other motor vehicle7 0356 5984376 221241131551140277686
    ¬¬¬¬ Bicycle theft17 67017 19347716 6582173162542652421143
    ¬¬¬¬ Theft from the person13 45012 96548512 2542614428658872101154
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Theft from the person at sales outlet3 2553 1001552 9622810911213976275
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Theft from the person on public transport (from 1.10.2015)2 4432 424192 34912621704621
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Theft from the person in the street, park, other recreation area (from 1.10.2015)2 3682 317512 2264050191421162
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Theft from the person at sports facility, cultural venue etc. (from 1.10.2015)1 1761 134421 110717072913114
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Theft from the person at other public and private place (from 1.10.2015)4 2083 9902183 60717420453043194595
    ¬¬¬¬ Other or unspecified theft1651131010006569
    ¬¬¬ Aggravated theft3 2822 4748082 093308676812196307625
    ¬¬¬¬ Aggravated theft from shop and other sales outlet3081971111672091110886636
    ¬¬¬¬ Aggravated theft from other business or public institution68155013147663110251593719
    ¬¬¬¬ Aggravated theft from dwelling and holiday home1 7881 3334551 10618935338043724125
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Aggravated theft from dwelling1 11083327766713431123042183225
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Aggravated theft from holiday home296203931762601110074831
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Aggravated theft from storage area, garage and other area by dwelling and holiday home38229785263294140080122
    ¬¬¬¬ Aggravated theft from car and other motor vehicle29824652231114030042717
    ¬¬¬¬ Aggravated theft from the person192145471132381311321024
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Aggravated theft from the person at sales outlet (from 1.10.2015)3724132103000012135
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Aggravated theft from the person on public transport (from 1.10.2015)121201200000000..
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Aggravated theft from the person in the street, park, other recreation area (from 1.10.2015)42366340110104114
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Aggravated theft from the person at sports facility, cultural venue etc. (from 1.10.2015)87170000000113
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Aggravated theft from the person at other or unspecified place93662739234030116729
    ¬¬¬¬ Other or unspecified aggravated theft1531202011015580
    ¬¬¬ Theft of car and other motor vehicle3 0272 3376901 9153317714597474888923
    ¬¬¬¬ Theft of car1 374888486620216493475333465535
    ¬¬¬¬ Theft of motor cycle and moped8117318065752166618521310
    ¬¬¬¬ Other or unspecified theft of motor vehicle84271812463863125616902115
    ¬¬ Other unlawful use and possession of property308205103133294219114512833
    ¬ Other offences for profit22 16412 9459 2194 9543 2634 577151225531 6696 0711 20142
    ¬¬ Receipt of stolen property and money laundering2 2669991 26711903374857812788019556
    ¬¬¬ Receipt of stolen property, total2 1159431 1729857324555812380218455
    ¬¬¬¬ Receipt of stolen property1 9068441 0628785312052812070018256
    ¬¬¬¬ Aggravated receipt of stolen property20999110172125303102253
    ¬¬¬ Money laundering, total145509504451204781166
    ¬¬¬¬ Money laundering6529360253100425755
    ¬¬¬¬ Aggravated money laundering8021590192020053474
    ¬¬¬ Other or unspecified receipt of stolen property and money laundering660220200000..
    ¬¬ Fraud, total16 25410 7135 5414 8461 7054 10656102296224 16062834
    ¬¬¬ Petty fraud and the like1 264977287518873702165112708423
    ¬¬¬ Fraud12 2748 9293 3454 1221 2633 5044080245032 24349527
    ¬¬¬ Aggravated fraud2 7168071 909206355232146071 8474970
    ¬¬ Embezzlement, total897459438382371786814972308949
    ¬¬¬ Embezzlement64536128434170154371297927644
    ¬¬¬ Aggravated embezzlement252981544672431201381361
    ¬¬ Misappropriation of funds153501030416321097367
    ¬¬ Corruption and influencing trade24717160000015271
    ¬¬ Accounting offences741177564010663810022522710276
    ¬¬ Creditor-related offences4831171219000114235
    ¬¬ Tax and duty offences54992457068915360903003183
    ¬¬¬ Tax evasion1464210403417002273971
    ¬¬¬ Aggravated tax evasion19617179013132001151791
    ¬¬¬ Other tax and duty offences207331740217516067761584
    ¬¬ Violations of the Customs Act9522337192510493111048811211876
    ¬¬¬ Smuggling5937851574517910374637787
    ¬¬¬ Other violations of the Customs Act359155204185976200114494157
    ¬¬ Other business and economic offences2801849632727649119363134
    ¬ Criminal damage19 04315 5213 52213 1011 569807448041695771 27869418
    ¬¬ Damage to property, total18 52815 1303 39812 9301 374787397131695731 25668718
    ¬¬¬ Petty damage to property1 3029063967261176035828859013530
    ¬¬¬¬ Petty damage to building52534318227942211341930415835
    ¬¬¬¬ Petty damage to motor vehicle and other means of transport (from 1.10.2015)37628888240341227221213723
    ¬¬¬¬ Other or unspecified petty damage to property4012751262074127017734284031
    ¬¬¬ Damage to property16 88814 0532 83512 0981 204716356281394851 04054317
    ¬¬¬¬ Damage to building5 6654 1161 5493 271583235273677724157329127
    ¬¬¬¬ Damage to motor vehicle and other means of transport9 1408 2389027 46045432041983716932317510
    ¬¬¬¬ Other or unspecified damage to property2 0831 6993841 36716716146325751447718
    ¬¬¬ Aggravated damage to property338171167106531112723126949
    ¬¬¬¬ Aggravated damage to building20693113484140211281855
    ¬¬¬¬ Aggravated damage to motor vehicle and other means of transport9550454172030140147
    ¬¬¬¬ Other aggravated damage to property37289175513105024
    ¬¬ Public danger from fire and other criminal damage515391124171195205910422724
    ¬ Violence and maltreatment32 85516 79316 0622 15013 3371 1141922 5226031 5968 3133 02849
    ¬¬ Offences of violence18 3529 0509 3028727 971120871 2194329735 0251 65351
    ¬¬¬ Assault, total11 5075 6855 8226514 871117467723969602 2461 44851
    ¬¬¬¬ Assault11 0775 5185 5596084 747117467273919602 0431 43850
    ¬¬¬¬ Aggravated assault430167263431240045502031061
    ¬¬¬ Bodily harm, total1 63176886320655615682267392853
    ¬¬¬¬ Bodily harm1 40369470918949915552265982851
    ¬¬¬¬ Grievous bodily harm228741541757001300141068
    ¬¬¬ Murder34529050030026085
    ¬¬¬ Attempted murder56452030130049093
    ¬¬¬ Unintentional bodily harm or manslaughter11215971140010191487
    ¬¬¬¬ Unintentional bodily harm87879170010175291
    ¬¬¬¬ Manslaughter25718070000016272
    ¬¬¬ Maltreatment in close relations, total2 8792 19968012 18311441505746024
    ¬¬¬¬ Maltreatment in close relations2 7612 18257912 16611434504855521
    ¬¬¬¬ Aggravated maltreatment in close relations118171010170070089586
    ¬¬¬ Assault of public servant1 8592811 5787255019286631 1869785
    ¬¬¬ Other or unspecified offences of violence274931816841245331141666
    ¬¬ Threats, total7 6933 6364 0573852 94725054856842222 26263353
    ¬¬¬ Threats (from 1.10.2015)6 0773 1352 9423572 51423430610772041 49755448
    ¬¬¬ Aggravated threats (from 1.10.2015)22312499179944281167244
    ¬¬¬ Threats against public servant1 09727782010242916159396143575
    ¬¬¬ Other or unspecified threats296100196192345938844266
    ¬¬ Robbery and extortion95663831837819564191112151033
    ¬¬¬ Robbery620385235245138117810150638
    ¬¬¬ Aggravated robbery110585237210060045147
    ¬¬¬ Extortion22519530963663070119313
    ¬¬¬ Other or unspecified robbery and extortion101000000010100
    ¬¬ Coercion108723676032110023233
    ¬¬ Deprivation of liberty9859399490160130240
    ¬¬ Offences within family relations and the like153668716131300325257
    ¬¬ Reckless behaviour and stalking5 4483 2412 2074932 031674433328639971567541
    ¬¬ Human trafficking31238020030007126
    ¬¬ Terrorism and terror-related offences158753004003047
    ¬¬ Other violence and maltreatment101000000010100
    ¬ Sexual offences7 1213 3673 7545222 7237646477282922 35560253
    ¬¬ Rape, total2 2811 354927881 2560101470067310741
    ¬¬¬ Rape2 2201 329891851 2340101430064210640
    ¬¬¬¬ Rape, children under 14 years of age9302626682523106114004629272
    ¬¬¬¬ Rape, other or unspecified age1 2901 067223601 0030429001801417
    ¬¬¬ Aggravated rape6125363220040031159
    ¬¬¬¬ Aggravated rape, children under 14 years of age (from 1.10.2015)26323030010022088
    ¬¬¬¬ Aggravated rape, other or unspecified age352213319003009137
    ¬¬ Attempted rape68442411330010022135
    ¬¬ Sexual intercourse through abuse of position of trust11156552510340045650
    ¬¬ Sexual intercourse with a child aged 14-15 years5101263841311201180025511175
    ¬¬ Sexual intercourse within family relations13637990350270084873
    ¬¬ Sexual act1 02050651462434196772727613750
    ¬¬¬ Sexual act with a child under 16 years of age6192333861921004491123310262
    ¬¬¬ Other sexual act without consent401273128432241518626433532
    ¬¬ Sexually abusive behaviour1 48469079424542118691516441412054
    ¬¬¬ Sexually abusive behaviour with a child under 16 years of age (from. 1.10.2015)77531745812318275463532857159
    ¬¬¬ Sexually abusive behaviour, other or unspecified age7093733361222391114521111294947
    ¬¬ Other or unspecified sexual offences1 51155495710138157151421610158611263
    ¬ Drug and alcohol offences34 1227 98326 1391 8434 8671 1671067411105 32214 8755 09177
    ¬¬ Narcotic offences22 0205 32716 6931 0923 330817885531043 5707 9994 46776
    ¬¬¬ Narcotics, Act relating to medicinal goods etc.10 0961 3458 7511331 0819734241911 9173 4153 08787
    ¬¬¬¬ Narcotics, use5 4484325 01643871922106751 1472 2561 43292
    ¬¬¬¬ Narcotics, minor possession4 6489133 7351296947812135167701 1591 65580
    ¬¬¬ Narcotics, Penal Code, total11 9243 9827 9429592 24972054312131 6534 5841 38067
    ¬¬¬¬ Narcotic offences, Penal Code11 0813 8527 2299442 14771546284131 6533 9091 37065
    ¬¬¬¬ Aggravated narcotic offences, Penal Code843130713151025828006751085
    ¬¬ Doping1 0314485835816722038122723810957
    ¬¬¬ Doping, Act relating to medicinal goods etc.263522114426051471085080
    ¬¬¬ Doping, Penal Code768396372541252143301801305948
    ¬¬ Driving under the influence9 4261 0618 36511 03981316051 2826 53038889
    ¬¬¬ Driving under the influence, road traffic9 0761 0298 04711 00781315951 0946 40538489
    ¬¬¬ Driving under the influence, other350323180320010188125491
    ¬¬ Violations of the Alcohol Act, total3676829955850100142737481
    ¬¬¬ Violations of the Alcohol Act3666829855850100142727481
    ¬¬¬ Aggravated violations of the Alcohol Act101000000010100
    ¬¬ Other or unspecified drug and alcohol offences1 2781 0791996872731172100101355316
    ¬ Public order and integrity violations27 6829 11418 5682 2765 3441 2822121 372825 6947 7933 62767
    ¬¬ Public order violations9 8492 6797 1703442 07420061540342 4352 6301 53173
    ¬¬¬ Breach of the peace, total3 0556792 376155864731167121 02560956378
    ¬¬¬¬ Regional public order statute, urinating and other549435064271021303083914692
    ¬¬¬¬ Breach of the peace under self-induced intoxication8302395911214111344322619911971
    ¬¬¬¬ Other or unspecified breach of the peace1 6763971 279103452616110949137129876
    ¬¬¬ Weapons, fire and explosives legislation6 7942 0004 7943291 48815330373221 4102 02196871
    ¬¬¬¬ Bearing arms in a public place2 4984092 0891838065192114301 10135584
    ¬¬¬¬ Other or unspecified weapons offences2 3485921 756484121092374452783831375
    ¬¬¬¬ Fire and explosives legislation1 94899994926369638210774538230049
    ¬¬ Violations of public authority11 6942 5279 167462 221142118667262 8683 8741 73278
    ¬¬¬ Obstructing and counteracting public authority9 3681 8017 567161 6376187626252 4213 1591 33681
    ¬¬¬¬ Obstructing and harrassing a public servant2 4243232 101526314411301367493534987
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Harrassing a public servant1 7862001 5864166111996950971026289
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Obstructing a public servant6381235151973223441652258781
    ¬¬¬¬ Counteracting legal action and criminal prosecution6 9441 4785 466111 3744746496121 7472 22498779
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Obligation of identification to public authority794627320527332331422615792
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Violation of exclusion order2 8398781 961085062230073091 11023569
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Other order issued by police and other authority2 5223602 1623316281314221 00159042786
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Counteraction of the execution of sentences51372441059678012115216086
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Other counteraction of legal action and criminal prosecution276106170897011402146862
    ¬¬¬ Perjury and false accusation1 00937863163114615121265365663
    ¬¬¬¬ Perjury7021535490120211241194824378
    ¬¬¬¬ False accusation307225826191253807541327
    ¬¬¬ Immigration legislation1 027216811518118122037112731179
    ¬¬¬¬ Violation of entry ban9029610290010153668
    ¬¬¬¬ Assistance of illegal entry and stay261511112110019142
    ¬¬¬¬ Other or unspecified immigration legislation91117273941401711103696530481
    ¬¬¬ Misconduct and misuse of public authority31191247532030739
    ¬¬¬ Other or unspecified violation of public authority259113146158512125047522256
    ¬¬ Violations of integrity6 1393 9082 2311 8861 04994033165223911 28936436
    ¬¬¬ Document and ID offences3 9482 7361 2121 4015587522540321680814531
    ¬¬¬¬ Document forgery1 20945475543321771317119743810262
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Document forgery, use863276587232063891611553407568
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Document forgery, production and procurement346178168201153941042982749
    ¬¬¬¬ Counterfeiting917813363012030010014
    ¬¬¬¬ ID offences (from 1.10.2015)2 5692 1793901 31719066111201103233615
    ¬¬¬¬¬ ID offences, handling (from 1.10.2015)308220881314641281271629
    ¬¬¬¬¬ ID offences, use (from 1.10.2015)2 2611 9593021 186144620912082523013
    ¬¬¬¬ Other or unspecified document and ID offences7925545172101937768
    ¬¬¬ Unauthorised access and stay1 4777267513912201132931611638514151
    ¬¬¬¬ Trespassing, building and other place1 140455685231180422881611233413560
    ¬¬¬¬ Unauthorised access to computer and communication system337271661604071050451620
    ¬¬¬ Invasion of privacy2411736835865116015133428
    ¬¬¬ Hate speech and discrimination293159134531012324327691146
    ¬¬¬ Other or unspecified violation of integrity180114666842222017143337
    ¬ Traffic offences43 7878 14335 6441 2465 5231 2101644885222 0489 2133 84381
    ¬¬ Road traffic offences43 1687 96235 2061 2175 4221 1641594855121 7589 1623 75082
    ¬¬¬ Non-possession of driving licence11 09179110 30007293032232234 5934 3701 08293
    ¬¬¬ Speeding11 89278511 107171341224494318 0192 24579993
    ¬¬¬ Personal injury2 9761 4541 5221231 28044779297126820251
    ¬¬¬ Other or unspecified road traffic offences17 2094 93212 2779233 07286671131258 1752 2791 66771
    ¬¬ Other transport and traffic legislation6191814382910146531290519371
    ¬ Other offences6 7833 9002 8837682 5685046054192 00128252743
    ¬¬ Offences against nature and the environment4 2932 1862 1077349794462733181 48122235349
    ¬¬¬ Poisoning as a danger to public health and serious environmental offences11110640100000..
    ¬¬¬ Hunting and fishing offences1 49469280243324766506444510854
    ¬¬¬ Other offences against nature and the environment2 7881 4831 30529572844020281883717724547
    ¬¬ Work environment legislation2871371503116135007686652
    ¬¬ Other or unspecified penal legislation2 2031 577626311 47345282114445210828
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  • Offences investigated, by police decision and police district. Absolute figures
    Offences investigated, by police decision and police district. Absolute figures
    All decisionsUnsolvedSolvedUnsolvedSolved
    ¬ Prosecution dropped, insufficient information about the offender¬ Prosecution dropped, deficient evidence¬ Prosecution dropped, deficient investigation capacity¬ Other unsolved¬ Prosecution dropped, the offender not liable¬ Transferred to Conflict Council¬ Ticket fine¬ Committed for trial¬ Prosecution dropped and other solved
    20211
    Total271 510139 690131 82082 03542 75213 8401 0639 1301 41042 52655 02023 734
    Oslo63 24841 32921 91927 0707 9405 9973221 742785 6489 1725 279
    East39 10918 22820 8819 3406 8511 7702671 1771057 5428 1413 916
    Inland17 3546 83610 5183 4602 507803664161284 3394 3211 314
    South-East32 53215 91816 6149 5735 1681 0181591 0161714 8927 8342 701
    Agder18 1299 3438 7865 0522 8151 45125650952 6584 2211 162
    South-West24 38212 96111 4217 4483 6651 805431 0662243 1964 6372 298
    West24 18211 55312 6296 7263 970811469711353 8745 5472 102
    Møre and Romsdal9 3113 5465 7651 8801 6410253811072 2352 067975
    Trøndelag21 79311 52510 2687 5033 802184367421723 5683 4942 292
    Nordland9 6904 0545 6361 8752 1570223001151 9772 311933
    Troms7 3552 8524 5031 5241 307021453461 5711 913520
    Finnmark4 1171 4452 672551876117202349921 232212
    Svalbard70343624901102618
    Special agencies23866172944013130812922
    Unknown police district000000000000
    1As a result of changes in the municipalities from 1.1.2020, the police districts, which consist of a number of municipalities, have changed. See changes in www.ssb.no/en/klass
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  • Offences investigated, by group of offence and police district. Absolute figures and per cent solved
    Offences investigated, by group of offence and police district. Absolute figures and per cent solved
    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
    20211
    Offences investigated
    Total271 51077 95322 16419 04332 8557 12134 12227 68243 7876 783
    Oslo63 24824 0365 4546 3197 4981 0075 4727 2955 543624
    East39 1099 6073 5211 9284 6658985 5374 0737 3351 545
    Inland17 3543 0812 3978451 7444642 1141 7524 509448
    South-East32 5329 7852 6081 8403 7857364 6133 0115 507647
    Agder18 1295 5851 2161 1972 3753612 4331 9882 461513
    South-West24 3827 3551 8601 7862 9946493 0792 5313 543585
    West24 1827 2021 3791 2563 0099743 1102 0554 485712
    Møre and Romsdal9 3111 5846796071 1904241 4531 0431 956375
    Trøndelag21 7936 2501 3931 9132 5917672 6571 6844 095443
    Nordland9 6901 4877736341 3744321 7839851 876346
    Troms7 3551 5304624581 0092501 1727231 543208
    Finnmark4 117435269249598147673499928319
    Svalbard70152118561337
    Special agencies238115101572030311
    Unknown police district0000000000
    Offences investigated. Per cent solved
    Total49214218495377678143
    Oslo3515268414470627644
    East53244623515481678323
    Inland61216020504981758748
    South-East51214725535980668142
    Agder48223724493880708047
    South-West47193721494974678345
    West52264827526074727748
    Møre and Romsdal62335028546581758547
    Trøndelag47193815505173658052
    Nordland58245131515575728246
    Troms61364438566074708763
    Finnmark65315939575075768368
    Svalbard517..5588..83926743
    Special agencies72..79..672985576745
    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. See changes in www.ssb.no/en/klass
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  • Offences investigated, by number of persons charged and type of offence. Absolute figures
    Offences investigated, by number of persons charged and type of offence. Absolute figures
    TotalNo charged person1 charged2 charged3 charged4 charged5 charged6 charged7 or more charged
    2021
    All types of offences271 510142 987123 3453 6541 0582581013572
    ¬ Property theft77 95362 29014 54789316152613
    ¬¬ Theft, total77 64562 07514 46488515952613
    ¬¬¬ Petty theft12 2234 4377 609149243100
    ¬¬¬¬ Petty theft from shop and other sales outlet11 2873 7257 391144243000
    ¬¬¬¬ Other or unspecified petty theft936712218500100
    ¬¬¬ Theft59 11352 7865 7614757016311
    ¬¬¬¬ Theft from shops and other sales outlet5 8632 1573 476183386300
    ¬¬¬¬ Theft from other business and public institution4 5743 796654104136001
    ¬¬¬¬ Theft from dwelling and holiday home10 5059 9694448822000
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Theft from dwelling2 1681 9901502620000
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Theft from holiday home21919716501000
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Theft from storage area, garage and other area by dwelling and holiday home8 1187 7822785701000
    ¬¬¬¬ Theft from car and other motor vehicle7 0356 6143694281010
    ¬¬¬¬ Bicycle theft17 67017 2284212010000
    ¬¬¬¬ Theft from the person13 45013 0173863881000
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Theft from the person at sales outlet3 2553 115133610000
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Theft from the person on public transport (from 1.10.2015)2 4432 42514301000
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Theft from the person in the street, park, other recreation area (from 1.10.2015)2 3682 32334920000
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Theft from the person at sports facility, cultural venue etc. (from 1.10.2015)1 1761 13931510000
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Theft from the person at other public and private place (from 1.10.2015)4 2084 0151741540000
    ¬¬¬¬ Other or unspecified theft16511000000
    ¬¬¬ Aggravated theft3 2822 4795341785631202
    ¬¬¬¬ Aggravated theft from shop and other sales outlet3081976135131001
    ¬¬¬¬ Aggravated theft from other business or public institution6815507742101001
    ¬¬¬¬ Aggravated theft from dwelling and holiday home1 7881 33833680294100
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Aggravated theft from dwelling1 1108372313344100
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Aggravated theft from holiday home296204662420000
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Aggravated theft from storage area, garage and other area by dwelling and holiday home3822973923230000
    ¬¬¬¬ Aggravated theft from car and other motor vehicle2982461911121000
    ¬¬¬¬ Aggravated theft from the person19214534823000
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Aggravated theft from the person at sales outlet (from 1.10.2015)372412100000
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Aggravated theft from the person on public transport (from 1.10.2015)12120000000
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Aggravated theft from the person in the street, park, other recreation area (from 1.10.2015)42363210000
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Aggravated theft from the person at sports facility, cultural venue etc. (from 1.10.2015)870100000
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Aggravated theft from the person at other or unspecified place936619413000
    ¬¬¬¬ Other or unspecified aggravated theft1537211100
    ¬¬¬ Theft of car and other motor vehicle3 0272 3735608392000
    ¬¬¬¬ Theft of car1 3749133936161000
    ¬¬¬¬ Theft of motor cycle and moped81173471420000
    ¬¬¬¬ Other or unspecified theft of motor vehicle842726961811000
    ¬¬ Other unlawful use and possession of property30821583820000
    ¬ Other offences for profit22 16413 2098 2063653669513
    ¬¬ Receipt of stolen property and money laundering2 2661 0151 1687444001
    ¬¬¬ Receipt of stolen property, total2 1159561 0876543000
    ¬¬¬¬ Receipt of stolen property1 9068579915332000
    ¬¬¬¬ Aggravated receipt of stolen property20999961211000
    ¬¬¬ Money laundering, total1455381901001
    ¬¬¬¬ Money laundering653230200001
    ¬¬¬¬ Aggravated money laundering802151701000
    ¬¬¬ Other or unspecified receipt of stolen property and money laundering660000000
    ¬¬ Fraud, total16 25410 8894 8341873413000
    ¬¬¬ Petty fraud and the like1 2641 010252110000
    ¬¬¬ Fraud12 2749 0663 1356751000
    ¬¬¬ Aggravated fraud2 7168131 4471193352000
    ¬¬ Embezzlement, total897490400700000
    ¬¬¬ Embezzlement645388254300000
    ¬¬¬ Aggravated embezzlement252102146400000
    ¬¬ Misappropriation of funds1535195700000
    ¬¬ Corruption and influencing trade24711600000
    ¬¬ Accounting offences7411895272410000
    ¬¬ Creditor-related offences483216000000
    ¬¬ Tax and duty offences5499542220100011
    ¬¬¬ Tax evasion1464498400000
    ¬¬¬ Aggravated tax evasion19618159990001
    ¬¬¬ Other tax and duty offences20733165710010
    ¬¬ Violations of the Customs Act9522456633082301
    ¬¬¬ Smuggling593844802141201
    ¬¬¬ Other violations of the Customs Act359161183941100
    ¬¬ Other business and economic offences280196701020200
    ¬ Criminal damage19 04315 7052 91427291361564
    ¬¬ Damage to property, total18 52815 3092 83525180301454
    ¬¬¬ Petty damage to property1 30292832431114310
    ¬¬¬¬ Petty damage to building5253501442061310
    ¬¬¬¬ Petty damage to motor vehicle and other means of transport (from 1.10.2015)37629773501000
    ¬¬¬¬ Other or unspecified petty damage to property401281107652000
    ¬¬¬ Damage to property16 88814 2082 37220064251144
    ¬¬¬¬ Damage to building5 6654 1841 2821224521623
    ¬¬¬¬ Damage to motor vehicle and other means of transport9 1408 29478250130100
    ¬¬¬¬ Other or unspecified damage to property2 0831 7303082864421
    ¬¬¬ Aggravated damage to property3381731392051000
    ¬¬¬¬ Aggravated damage to building20695911631000
    ¬¬¬¬ Aggravated damage to motor vehicle and other means of transport955042210000
    ¬¬¬¬ Other aggravated damage to property37286210000
    ¬¬ Public danger from fire and other criminal damage5153967921116110
    ¬ Violence and maltreatment32 85517 81813 9007592328542118
    ¬¬ Offences of violence18 3529 4208 212518125432194
    ¬¬¬ Assault, total11 5076 0444 95235994341554
    ¬¬¬¬ Assault11 0775 8764 7623178026943
    ¬¬¬¬ Aggravated assault43016819042148611
    ¬¬¬ Bodily harm, total1 63177076557238440
    ¬¬¬¬ Bodily harm1 40369663747124340
    ¬¬¬¬ Grievous bodily harm2287412810114100
    ¬¬¬ Murder34525210100
    ¬¬¬ Attempted murder56447500000
    ¬¬¬ Unintentional bodily harm or manslaughter1121596100000
    ¬¬¬¬ Unintentional bodily harm87878100000
    ¬¬¬¬ Manslaughter25718000000
    ¬¬¬ Maltreatment in close relations, total2 8792 2055947720100
    ¬¬¬¬ Maltreatment in close relations2 7612 1885145900000
    ¬¬¬¬ Aggravated maltreatment in close relations11817801820100
    ¬¬¬ Assault of public servant1 8592841 5561450000
    ¬¬¬ Other or unspecified offences of violence27493177301000
    ¬¬ Threats, total7 6933 8993 671743312202
    ¬¬¬ Threats (from 1.10.2015)6 0773 3862 59066286001
    ¬¬¬ Aggravated threats (from 1.10.2015)22312678556201
    ¬¬¬ Threats against public servant1 097279815300000
    ¬¬¬ Other or unspecified threats296108188000000
    ¬¬ Robbery and extortion9566401538450181010
    ¬¬¬ Robbery620386110653416810
    ¬¬¬ Aggravated robbery110581818122200
    ¬¬¬ Extortion22519624140000
    ¬¬¬ Other or unspecified robbery and extortion101000000
    ¬¬ Coercion1087226432100
    ¬¬ Deprivation of liberty9859211041300
    ¬¬ Offences within family relations and the like1538061831000
    ¬¬ Reckless behaviour and stalking5 4483 6171 74160148512
    ¬¬ Human trafficking31238000000
    ¬¬ Terrorism and terror-related offences1586100000
    ¬¬ Other violence and maltreatment101000000
    ¬ Sexual offences7 1213 3893 62190136200
    ¬¬ Rape, total2 2811 3548972441100
    ¬¬¬ Rape2 2201 3298652230100
    ¬¬¬¬ Rape, children under 14 years of age9302626491710100
    ¬¬¬¬ Rape, other or unspecified age1 2901 067216520000
    ¬¬¬ Aggravated rape612532211000
    ¬¬¬¬ Aggravated rape, children under 14 years of age (from 1.10.2015)26323000000
    ¬¬¬¬ Aggravated rape, other or unspecified age35229211000
    ¬¬ Attempted rape684523000000
    ¬¬ Sexual intercourse through abuse of position of trust1115655000000
    ¬¬ Sexual intercourse with a child aged 14-15 years5101263721110000
    ¬¬ Sexual intercourse within family relations1363895300000
    ¬¬ Sexual act1 020514498323000
    ¬¬¬ Sexual act with a child under 16 years of age619233379313000
    ¬¬¬ Other sexual act without consent401281119010000
    ¬¬ Sexually abusive behaviour1 4846997701410000
    ¬¬¬ Sexually abusive behaviour with a child under 16 years of age (from. 1.10.2015)775319450600000
    ¬¬¬ Sexually abusive behaviour, other or unspecified age709380320810000
    ¬¬ Other or unspecified sexual offences1 5115579113552100
    ¬ Drug and alcohol offences34 1228 19125 1846148235763
    ¬¬ Narcotic offences22 0205 51115 8175648033663
    ¬¬¬ Narcotics, Act relating to medicinal goods etc.10 0961 4758 4591212413220
    ¬¬¬¬ Narcotics, use5 4484934 840801913120
    ¬¬¬¬ Narcotics, minor possession4 6489823 6194150100
    ¬¬¬ Narcotics, Penal Code, total11 9244 0367 3584435620443
    ¬¬¬¬ Narcotic offences, Penal Code11 0813 9066 7993303213010
    ¬¬¬¬ Aggravated narcotic offences, Penal Code843130559113247433
    ¬¬ Doping1 031452569622000
    ¬¬¬ Doping, Act relating to medicinal goods etc.26352210100000
    ¬¬¬ Doping, Penal Code768400359522000
    ¬¬ Driving under the influence9 4261 0678 3233600000
    ¬¬¬ Driving under the influence, road traffic9 0761 0358 0073400000
    ¬¬¬ Driving under the influence, other35032316200000
    ¬¬ Violations of the Alcohol Act, total36774286600100
    ¬¬¬ Violations of the Alcohol Act36674285600100
    ¬¬¬ Aggravated violations of the Alcohol Act101000000
    ¬¬ Other or unspecified drug and alcohol offences1 2781 087189200000
    ¬ Public order and integrity violations27 6829 67517 42644379251798
    ¬¬ Public order violations9 8492 8086 809184278751
    ¬¬¬ Breach of the peace, total3 0557292 2248573241
    ¬¬¬¬ Regional public order statute, urinating and other54953492300100
    ¬¬¬¬ Breach of the peace under self-induced intoxication8302545631120000
    ¬¬¬¬ Other or unspecified breach of the peace1 6764221 1697153141
    ¬¬¬ Weapons, fire and explosives legislation6 7942 0794 58599205510
    ¬¬¬¬ Bearing arms in a public place2 4984192 0502261000
    ¬¬¬¬ Other or unspecified weapons offences2 3486171 7042222100
    ¬¬¬¬ Fire and explosives legislation1 9481 04383155122410
    ¬¬ Violations of public authority11 6942 8918 6121372513736
    ¬¬¬ Obstructing and counteracting public authority9 3681 9107 37455138206
    ¬¬¬¬ Obstructing and harrassing a public servant2 4243442 0631321001
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Harrassing a public servant1 7862161 563600001
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Obstructing a public servant638128500721000
    ¬¬¬¬ Counteracting legal action and criminal prosecution6 9441 5665 31142117205
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Obligation of identification to public authority79472719201000
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Violation of exclusion order2 8399271 908400000
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Other order issued by police and other authority2 5223772 1022495005
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Counteraction of the execution of sentences51384428100000
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Other counteraction of legal action and criminal prosecution2761061541121200
    ¬¬¬ Perjury and false accusation1 009392611410100
    ¬¬¬¬ Perjury702162535410000
    ¬¬¬¬ False accusation30723076000100
    ¬¬¬ Immigration legislation1 02745048670104430
    ¬¬¬¬ Violation of entry ban903058200000
    ¬¬¬¬ Assistance of illegal entry and stay261511000000
    ¬¬¬¬ Other or unspecified immigration legislation91140541768104430
    ¬¬¬ Misconduct and misuse of public authority31229000000
    ¬¬¬ Other or unspecified violation of public authority259117132811000
    ¬¬ Violations of integrity6 1393 9762 005122274311
    ¬¬¬ Document and ID offences3 9482 7571 1364960000
    ¬¬¬¬ Document forgery1 2094667211930000
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Document forgery, use8632825661410000
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Document forgery, production and procurement346184155520000
    ¬¬¬¬ Counterfeiting917813000000
    ¬¬¬¬ ID offences (from 1.10.2015)2 5692 1883621900000
    ¬¬¬¬¬ ID offences, handling (from 1.10.2015)30822179800000
    ¬¬¬¬¬ ID offences, use (from 1.10.2015)2 2611 9672831100000
    ¬¬¬¬ Other or unspecified document and ID offences7925401130000
    ¬¬¬ Unauthorised access and stay1 47774564563154311
    ¬¬¬¬ Trespassing, building and other place1 14047457963154311
    ¬¬¬¬ Unauthorised access to computer and communication system33727166000000
    ¬¬¬ Invasion of privacy24118849220000
    ¬¬¬ Hate speech and discrimination293162124430000
    ¬¬¬ Other or unspecified violation of integrity18012451410000
    ¬ Traffic offences43 7878 64535 02998121200
    ¬¬ Road traffic offences43 1688 37134 6959191100
    ¬¬¬ Non-possession of driving licence11 09182110 2581101000
    ¬¬¬ Speeding11 89280411 082600000
    ¬¬¬ Personal injury2 9761 5051 465600000
    ¬¬¬ Other or unspecified road traffic offences17 2095 24111 8906890100
    ¬¬ Other transport and traffic legislation619274334730100
    ¬ Other offences6 7834 0652 5181202295143
    ¬¬ Offences against nature and the environment4 2932 2681 91890152000
    ¬¬¬ Poisoning as a danger to public health and serious environmental offences11110000000
    ¬¬¬ Hunting and fishing offences1 4947017682140000
    ¬¬¬ Other offences against nature and the environment2 7881 5561 15069112000
    ¬¬ Work environment legislation28718792800000
    ¬¬ Other or unspecified penal legislation2 2031 61050822775143
    Explanation of symbols
  • Charges against persons, by sex, age and type of offence. Absolute figures
    Charges against persons, by sex, age and type of offence. Absolute figures
    TotalMalesFemales5-14 years15-17 years18-20 years21-24 years25-29 years30-39 years40-49 years50-59 years60 years or older
    2021
    All types of offences135 793115 65620 1375 1487 87112 81715 74018 77232 61323 01013 1066 716
    ¬ Property theft17 04011 7695 2711 6761 5048451 3072 2094 7162 7591 410614
    ¬¬ Theft, total16 93111 6745 2571 6701 4898391 2942 1934 6872 7471 403609
    ¬¬¬ Petty theft8 0184 6903 3281 0521 1003984617331 8451 155767507
    ¬¬¬¬ Petty theft from shop and other sales outlet7 7824 5313 2511 0331 0793854477061 7761 110748498
    ¬¬¬¬ Other or unspecified petty theft2361597719211314276945199
    ¬¬¬ Theft6 9375 2011 7365712973155961 0112 2371 266543101
    ¬¬¬¬ Theft from shops and other sales outlet3 9512 6251 3264431631453255421 24168033874
    ¬¬¬¬ Theft from other business and public institution91279811443505252153310169749
    ¬¬¬¬ Theft from dwelling and holiday home61250910316182571105199123487
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Theft from dwelling199162371341324336328183
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Theft from holiday home26233022017770
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Theft from storage area, garage and other area by dwelling and holiday home3873246331210477112988234
    ¬¬¬¬ Theft from car and other motor vehicle48744938141224658416097310
    ¬¬¬¬ Bicycle theft46142239155163883160114273
    ¬¬¬¬ Theft from the person503390113404853454216082258
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Theft from the person at sales outlet1491024711121014673464
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Theft from the person on public transport (from 1.10.2015)24195316217130
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Theft from the person in the street, park, other recreation area (from 1.10.2015)5751691710954210
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Theft from the person at sports facility, cultural venue etc. (from 1.10.2015)4736117753412720
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Theft from the person at other public and private place (from 1.10.2015)2261824420222021187038134
    ¬¬¬¬ Other or unspecified theft1183010027100
    ¬¬¬ Aggravated theft1 2121 071141203066151307396193490
    ¬¬¬¬ Aggravated theft from shop and other sales outlet1851562911681367522620
    ¬¬¬¬ Aggravated theft from other business or public institution201193831322277249240
    ¬¬¬¬ Aggravated theft from dwelling and holiday home60252181517447810723299200
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Aggravated theft from dwelling3252814431320375013556110
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Aggravated theft from holiday home1191081120121718313450
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Aggravated theft from storage area, garage and other area by dwelling and holiday home158132260412243966940
    ¬¬¬¬ Aggravated theft from car and other motor vehicle1281253004317710600
    ¬¬¬¬ Aggravated theft from the person685216166322171120
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Aggravated theft from the person at sales outlet (from 1.10.2015)141310001120010
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Aggravated theft from the person on public transport (from 1.10.2015)000000000000
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Aggravated theft from the person in the street, park, other recreation area (from 1.10.2015)1073042012100
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Aggravated theft from the person at sports facility, cultural venue etc. (from 1.10.2015)220001001000
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Aggravated theft from the person at other or unspecified place42301212329141010
    ¬¬¬¬ Other or unspecified aggravated theft282440014713210
    ¬¬¬ Theft of car and other motor vehicle7647125227626086142209133441
    ¬¬¬¬ Theft of car535488471840436111414884261
    ¬¬¬¬ Theft of motor cycle and moped87852388813251930
    ¬¬¬¬ Other or unspecified theft of motor vehicle1421393614917153630150
    ¬¬ Other unlawful use and possession of property109951461561316291275
    ¬ Other offences for profit10 1488 5391 609491816421 1321 7252 8312 414926248
    ¬¬ Receipt of stolen property and money laundering1 3771 2241533369320625338827010622
    ¬¬¬ Receipt of stolen property, total1 2541 124130331861732423662489213
    ¬¬¬¬ Receipt of stolen property1 1221 009113330801432253302207912
    ¬¬¬¬ Aggravated receipt of stolen property1321151701630173628131
    ¬¬¬ Money laundering, total11593220572892122149
    ¬¬¬¬ Money laundering41338045756671
    ¬¬¬¬ Aggravated money laundering746014012214151678
    ¬¬¬ Other or unspecified receipt of stolen property and money laundering871000521000
    ¬¬ Fraud, total6 2555 1111 144371385008241 2461 7611 33237245
    ¬¬¬ Petty fraud and the like2811909111134821427354154
    ¬¬¬ Fraud3 2802 4408402512332152765492249719615
    ¬¬¬ Aggravated fraud2 6942 4812131213127655076678116126
    ¬¬ Embezzlement, total413294119153239421001275512
    ¬¬¬ Embezzlement26017486152831316963257
    ¬¬¬ Aggravated embezzlement153120330048113164305
    ¬¬ Misappropriation of funds1091036001051364233
    ¬¬ Corruption and influencing trade232210000444110
    ¬¬ Accounting offences5795235600295415919213033
    ¬¬ Creditor-related offences16160000006532
    ¬¬ Tax and duty offences499467320003281381848759
    ¬¬¬ Tax evasion10610060000425282821
    ¬¬¬ Aggravated tax evasion205202300031055793424
    ¬¬¬ Other tax and duty offences1881652300001458772514
    ¬¬ Violations of the Customs Act779691880013478524020912164
    ¬¬¬ Smuggling5625035900935631661548649
    ¬¬¬ Other violations of the Customs Act21718829004122274553515
    ¬¬ Other business and economic offences988810821482227188
    ¬ Criminal damage4 0243 55247282742236535443884953318254
    ¬¬ Damage to property, total3 8353 39244368141636434543084252718050
    ¬¬¬ Petty damage to property4643966891744448409844205
    ¬¬¬¬ Petty damage to building228187416234162121432182
    ¬¬¬¬ Petty damage to motor vehicle and other means of transport (from 1.10.2015)888086131015823751
    ¬¬¬¬ Other or unspecified petty damage to property148129192327181211321672
    ¬¬¬ Damage to property3 1732 81435957031927828636970545815038
    ¬¬¬¬ Damage to building1 7981 5952033521891321362174132747015
    ¬¬¬¬ Damage to motor vehicle and other means of transport92681710912364110106952061426416
    ¬¬¬¬ Other or unspecified damage to property4494024795663644578642167
    ¬¬¬ Aggravated damage to property1981821620234211213925107
    ¬¬¬¬ Aggravated damage to building1361211514181110183117107
    ¬¬¬¬ Aggravated damage to motor vehicle and other means of transport484712329016700
    ¬¬¬¬ Other aggravated damage to property14140422122100
    ¬¬ Public danger from fire and other criminal damage1891602914661987624
    ¬ Violence and maltreatment16 79214 4572 3351 5311 6841 3981 8332 2203 9282 4231 321454
    ¬¬ Offences of violence9 9918 3761 6158261 0199801 1571 4002 3311 341681256
    ¬¬¬ Assault, total6 2245 2939317217416086397661 349802430168
    ¬¬¬¬ Assault5 8284 9279016616745575947121 285766413166
    ¬¬¬¬ Aggravated assault3963663060675145546436172
    ¬¬¬ Bodily harm, total1 03795879381051681731721901215911
    ¬¬¬¬ Bodily harm834768663590138140136150864910
    ¬¬¬¬ Grievous bodily harm203190133153033364035101
    ¬¬¬ Murder373520124913710
    ¬¬¬ Attempted murder5852633311613847
    ¬¬¬ Unintentional bodily harm or manslaughter9782150113101217201014
    ¬¬¬¬ Unintentional bodily harm79671200117101217913
    ¬¬¬¬ Manslaughter18153012325311
    ¬¬¬ Maltreatment in close relations, total7606151452317641093221745316
    ¬¬¬¬ Maltreatment in close relations633517116221160932621434911
    ¬¬¬¬ Aggravated maltreatment in close relations1279829016416603145
    ¬¬¬ Assault of public servant1 5911 1943974915014723428738719211530
    ¬¬¬ Other or unspecified offences of violence1871474013152222394017910
    ¬¬ Threats, total3 9913 5914003602932264335711 00667133893
    ¬¬¬ Threats (from 1.10.2015)2 8382 54729132924015626835869348523970
    ¬¬¬ Aggravated threats (from 1.10.2015)14413861891827192018141
    ¬¬¬ Threats against public servant821744771133431161642351376517
    ¬¬¬ Other or unspecified threats18816226211922305831205
    ¬¬ Robbery and extortion59957425137164966968501221
    ¬¬¬ Robbery45343716123133784135311011
    ¬¬¬ Aggravated robbery107103472915192413000
    ¬¬¬ Extortion38335722996210
    ¬¬¬ Other or unspecified robbery and extortion110001000000
    ¬¬ Coercion5650613146829310
    ¬¬ Deprivation of liberty7064662681221942
    ¬¬ Offences within family relations and the like9052382001013392222
    ¬¬ Reckless behaviour and stalking1 9781 73624218719084148151469357292100
    ¬¬ Human trafficking862000002510
    ¬¬ Terrorism and terror-related offences871010031300
    ¬¬ Other violence and maltreatment110010000000
    ¬ Sexual offences3 8713 770101399456387388389562772343175
    ¬¬ Rape, total9659531213111763861021422435625
    ¬¬¬ Rape9229101212711460841001292345024
    ¬¬¬¬ Rape, children under 14 years of age690682810297394463752104119
    ¬¬¬¬ Rape, other or unspecified age23222842517214037542495
    ¬¬¬ Aggravated rape434304332213961
    ¬¬¬¬ Aggravated rape, children under 14 years of age (from 1.10.2015)23230030017741
    ¬¬¬¬ Aggravated rape, other or unspecified age20200403216220
    ¬¬ Attempted rape23230050543600
    ¬¬ Sexual intercourse through abuse of position of trust555320047481967
    ¬¬ Sexual intercourse with a child aged 14-15 years3963960179111744293345155
    ¬¬ Sexual intercourse within family relations10198376331022171716
    ¬¬ Sexual act52251666426295344721317033
    ¬¬¬ Sexual act with a child under 16 years of age40039555321193929421185821
    ¬¬¬ Other sexual act without consent122121111510141530131212
    ¬¬ Sexually abusive behaviour80078416436196104981361348939
    ¬¬¬ Sexually abusive behaviour with a child under 16 years of age (from. 1.10.2015)4624539315578465067715014
    ¬¬¬ Sexually abusive behaviour, other or unspecified age338331712618584869633925
    ¬¬ Other or unspecified sexual offences1 009947621371507586981461779050
    ¬ Drug and alcohol offences26 88323 7173 1661361 1833 1314 0224 2826 9394 3692 100721
    ¬¬ Narcotic offences17 37515 3592 0161241 0502 3792 8932 8694 3872 4661 011196
    ¬¬¬ Narcotics, Act relating to medicinal goods etc.8 9547 7991 155887911 5291 5871 4381 9481 07242972
    ¬¬¬¬ Narcotics, use5 1574 487670475549298718101 06859923346
    ¬¬¬¬ Narcotics, minor possession3 7973 3124854123760071662888047319626
    ¬¬¬ Narcotics, Penal Code, total8 4217 560861362598501 3061 4312 4391 394582124
    ¬¬¬¬ Narcotic offences, Penal Code7 4536 691762352588061 1971 2612 1421 168485101
    ¬¬¬¬ Aggravated narcotic offences, Penal Code9688699911441091702972269723
    ¬¬ Doping59857721013288117230102199
    ¬¬¬ Doping, Act relating to medicinal goods etc.215209601183453732871
    ¬¬¬ Doping, Penal Code383368150014546415774128
    ¬¬ Driving under the influence8 4127 3321 08031086519781 2452 2081 7201 015484
    ¬¬¬ Driving under the influence, road traffic8 0887 0241 06421046389471 2072 1331 654939464
    ¬¬¬ Driving under the influence, other324308161413313875667620
    ¬¬ Violations of the Alcohol Act, total3042802422068502346423419
    ¬¬¬ Violations of the Alcohol Act3032792422068502246423419
    ¬¬¬ Aggravated violations of the Alcohol Act110000010000
    ¬¬ Other or unspecified drug and alcohol offences19416925741132868392113
    ¬ Public order and integrity violations18 80516 4472 3584069181 6562 2092 7414 9623 2361 873804
    ¬¬ Public order violations7 3606 6417192333796028661 0321 8781 264694412
    ¬¬¬ Breach of the peace, total2 4832 2252582610530139739361637821354
    ¬¬¬¬ Regional public order statute, urinating and other5034713212464888511668489
    ¬¬¬¬ Breach of the peace under self-induced intoxication59554253085084921771076413
    ¬¬¬¬ Other or unspecified breach of the peace1 3851 212173257318722521632320310132
    ¬¬¬ Weapons, fire and explosives legislation4 8774 4164612072743014696391 262886481358
    ¬¬¬¬ Bearing arms in a public place2 1081 9391697016617026132463035211223
    ¬¬¬¬ Other or unspecified weapons offences1 7701 68585203391158251473373235136
    ¬¬¬¬ Fire and explosives legislation99979220711775405064159161134199
    ¬¬ Violations of public authority9 0697 7621 307824138891 0881 3282 4171 526982344
    ¬¬¬ Obstructing and counteracting public authority7 6226 710912624018209631 1381 9641 227799248
    ¬¬¬¬ Obstructing and harrassing a public servant2 0971 8612362516827233136446225617049
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Harrassing a public servant1 5771 4151621912820224626534919014434
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Obstructing a public servant52044674640708599113662615
    ¬¬¬¬ Counteracting legal action and criminal prosecution5 5254 849676372335486327741 502971629199
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Obligation of identification to public authority7276121152186100118125152822617
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Violation of exclusion order1 9161 7122041225612221463344432896
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Other order issued by police and other authority2 2581 9602981010836435335652629818063
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Counteraction of the execution of sentences4303884200529561441077514
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Other counteraction of legal action and criminal prosecution194177175172310234740209
    ¬¬¬ Perjury and false accusation6254182071082244832121508412
    ¬¬¬¬ Perjury544375169441537731881357711
    ¬¬¬¬ False accusation814338647710241571
    ¬¬¬ Immigration legislation662508154012357902061318074
    ¬¬¬¬ Violation of entry ban62566001414201292
    ¬¬¬¬ Assistance of illegal entry and stay11101002206001
    ¬¬¬¬ Other or unspecified immigration legislation589442147012051761801197171
    ¬¬¬ Misconduct and misuse of public authority734200102200
    ¬¬¬ Other or unspecified violation of public authority153123308324231733161910
    ¬¬ Violations of integrity2 3762 0443329112616525538166744619748
    ¬¬¬ Document and ID offences1 2481 0591891749851342283912408024
    ¬¬¬¬ Document forgery7676719612041681272441816124
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Document forgery, use5965336311335511051831474417
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Document forgery, production and procurement1711383307617226134177
    ¬¬¬¬ Counterfeiting13103000023620
    ¬¬¬¬ ID offences (from 1.10.2015)39731285162231637714034140
    ¬¬¬¬¬ ID offences, handling (from 1.10.2015)945836643261822870
    ¬¬¬¬¬ ID offences, use (from 1.10.2015)3032544910182837591182670
    ¬¬¬¬ Other or unspecified document and ID offences71665071332241930
    ¬¬¬ Unauthorised access and stay8747908450655998130228167698
    ¬¬¬¬ Trespassing, building and other place8087278146645376118214163668
    ¬¬¬¬ Unauthorised access to computer and communication system66633416221214430
    ¬¬¬ Invasion of privacy59441573573111373
    ¬¬¬ Hate speech and discrimination141117241678151133182112
    ¬¬¬ Other or unspecified violation of integrity5434201281948201
    ¬ Traffic offences35 00430 8194 1851051 4214 1264 0734 4517 2776 0014 4073 143
    ¬¬ Road traffic offences34 73930 5754 1641031 4114 1054 0444 4107 2175 9544 3623 133
    ¬¬¬ Non-possession of driving licence10 2959 367928445728191 2101 4502 4931 8601 204643
    ¬¬¬ Speeding11 0949 9511 14301451 5951 5091 4982 2631 9031 487694
    ¬¬¬ Personal injury1 4771 0624153392167128124214226177316
    ¬¬¬ Other or unspecified road traffic offences11 87310 1951 678266021 5241 1971 3382 2471 9651 4941 480
    ¬¬ Other transport and traffic legislation2652442121021294160474510
    ¬ Other offences3 2262 58664019102267422317549503544503
    ¬¬ Offences against nature and the environment2 0811 824257153184138173359395441445
    ¬¬¬ Poisoning as a danger to public health and serious environmental offences000000000000
    ¬¬¬ Hunting and fishing offences8197823736102150105156204264
    ¬¬¬ Other offences against nature and the environment1 2621 042220122574117123254239237181
    ¬¬ Work environment legislation4040000040107163
    ¬¬ Other or unspecified penal legislation1 1057223834711832801441801018755
    Explanation of symbols
  • Total number of persons charged in each group of offence, by sex and age. Absolute figures
    Total number of persons charged in each group of offence, by sex and age. Absolute figures
    Persons charged by property theftPersons charged by other offences for profitPersons charged by criminal damagePersons charged by violence and maltreatmentPersons charged by sexual offencesPersons charged by drug and alcohol offencesPersons charged by public order and integrity violationsPersons charged by traffic offencesPersons charged by other offences
    2021
    Both sexes
    All ages 5 years or older8 5774 1722 9139 5762 02415 86811 43525 6532 886
    5-14 years1 338426991 10336211935110319
    15-17 years1 176973361 0003098026541 02497
    18-20 years5142162408781941 9041 0933 201262
    21-24 years5673732539641732 3091 3402 881403
    25-29 years8315923061 1271762 3501 5963 000285
    30-39 years1 8021 2265582 0093083 8442 7895 100491
    40-49 years1 1919463301 4082472 5861 8924 363427
    50-59 years7255161427721551 3861 1073 346474
    60 years or older433164493151005686132 635428
    Males
    All ages 5 years or older5 4953 3702 5758 1421 94913 7409 85622 1192 280
    5-14 years65827600896323903108515
    15-17 years6288630085429967458692355
    18-20 years3611762187741931 6679732 713168
    21-24 years3942972348641722 0611 2002 514285
    25-29 years6114762799691702 0471 3792 636224
    30-39 years1 2941 0004981 6733003 3712 3954 444411
    40-49 years8037472811 1742392 1901 5713 762351
    50-59 years4864141266631531 1569332 889389
    60 years or older260147392751004845092 153382
    Females
    All ages 5 years or older3 0828023381 434752 1281 5793 534606
    5-14 years6801599207392941184
    15-17 years5481136146101286810142
    18-20 years1534022104123712048894
    21-24 years17376191001248140367118
    25-29 years22011627158630321736461
    30-39 years50822660336847339465680
    40-49 years38819949234839632160176
    50-59 years23910216109223017445785
    60 years or older17317104008410448246
    Explanation of symbols
  • Persons charged, by number of offences, age and sex. Absolute figures
    Persons charged, by number of offences, age and sex. Absolute figures
    Total1 offence2 offences3 offences4 offences5 offences6 offences7 offences8 offences9 offences10 or more offences
    2021
    All ages 5 years or older64 93844 34710 0263 9651 9351 0487415153533081 700
    5-14 years3 5942 82745514859412498518
    15-17 years4 3923 026723287122684728211654
    18-20 years6 7804 7321 05342716610160573723124
    21-24 years7 0874 6751 16945823012781683831210
    25-29 years7 5694 8231 222481286157120735840309
    30-39 years13 1678 2042 2519205082501921309786529
    40-49 years10 3066 9041 5776783171831281055869287
    50-59 years7 1675 1761 0194051749961343029140
    60 years or older4 8763 980557161732228116929
    Both sexes64 93844 34710 0263 9651 9351 0487415153533081 700
    Males53 45835 8748 3843 4181 6669116464483072741 530
    Females11 4808 4731 64254726913795674634170
    Explanation of symbols
  • Persons charged, by number of accessories and age. Absolute figures
    Persons charged, by number of accessories and age. Absolute figures
    TotalNo accessories1 accessory2 accessories3 accessories4 or more accessories
    2021
    All ages 5 years or older64 93858 0933 7111 2906601 184
    5-14 years3 5941 959693441264237
    15-17 years4 3923 303504247140198
    18-20 years6 7805 99536417462185
    21-24 years7 0876 28238412754240
    25-29 years7 5696 88442410034127
    30-39 years13 16712 25164110855112
    40-49 years10 3069 772383593557
    50-59 years7 1676 89721824919
    60 years or older4 8764 7501001079
    Explanation of symbols
  • Persons charged, by sex and age (grouped and one-year). Absolute figures and per 1 000 population
    Persons charged, by sex and age (grouped and one-year). Absolute figures and per 1 000 population
    Persons chargedPersons charged per 1 000 population
    Both sexesMalesFemalesBoth sexesMalesFemales
    2021
    All ages 5 years or older64 93853 45811 48012.6220.614.50
    5-14 years3 5942 5631 0315.657.853.33
    15-17 years4 3923 3911 00122.8134.3610.67
    18-20 years6 7805 6871 09335.6458.3111.79
    21-24 years7 0876 0211 06626.1642.938.16
    25-29 years7 5696 4151 15420.6434.036.48
    30-39 years13 16711 0332 13417.5828.755.84
    40-49 years10 3068 4731 83314.4323.135.27
    50-59 years7 1675 9061 2619.8915.933.56
    60 years or older4 8763 9699073.756.391.33
    One-year age groups
    5 years5410.080.130.03
    6 years141130.230.350.10
    7 years12840.200.250.13
    8 years282620.450.830.07
    9 years403280.630.980.26
    10 years9282101.432.490.32
    11 years219168513.324.971.59
    12 years4573341236.819.693.77
    13 years1 06376529816.0222.389.26
    14 years1 6641 13353125.7234.1316.86
    15 years1 32195836320.3028.6911.45
    16 years1 5201 19132923.9136.6610.58
    17 years1 5511 24230924.2837.869.94
    18 years2 3681 99837037.2261.2811.93
    19 years2 2151 83637935.3957.4512.37
    20 years2 1971 85334434.3056.2111.07
    21 years1 9841 67530929.6048.259.57
    22 years1 7731 52524826.3343.627.66
    23 years1 7011 42727425.3241.138.44
    24 years1 6291 39423523.4938.877.02
    25 years1 5171 28123621.1334.656.78
    26 years1 5431 33121221.3735.756.06
    27 years1 5241 29822620.9434.756.38
    28 years1 4791 23124819.9932.516.86
    29 years1 5061 27423219.8432.596.30
    30 years1 4281 20022818.4530.286.03
    31 years1 4031 16823517.8129.146.07
    32 years1 3641 13822617.5128.625.92
    33 years1 3371 12021717.2628.335.72
    34 years1 3341 15118317.8830.344.99
    35 years1 3121 10221017.6728.875.82
    36 years1 3231 08623718.1128.886.68
    37 years1 3001 10519518.0630.005.55
    38 years1 19599120416.6826.735.90
    39 years1 17197219916.2626.205.70
    40 years1 16195920216.4926.685.86
    41 years1 10190120015.4424.525.79
    42 years1 07887220615.3724.206.04
    43 years1 03884419414.9023.535.74
    44 years97881416414.4223.454.95
    45 years1 06186319815.3124.215.88
    46 years1 00983317614.1622.895.05
    47 years95880115712.9421.224.33
    48 years99181917213.3921.524.78
    49 years93176716412.1919.574.41
    50 years or older12 0439 8752 1685.959.962.10
    Explanation of symbols
  • Persons charged, by sex, age and type of principal offence. Absolute figures
    Persons charged, by sex, age and type of principal offence. Absolute figures
    TotalMalesFemales5-14 years15-17 years18-20 years21-24 years25-29 years30-39 years40-49 years50-59 years60 years or older
    2021
    All types of offences64 93853 45811 4803 5944 3926 7807 0877 56913 16710 3067 1674 876
    ¬ Property theft6 5903 9042 6861 2181 0183593665561 202884586401
    ¬¬ Theft, total6 5773 8922 6851 2171 0163583655551 199883585399
    ¬¬¬ Petty theft3 9452 0411 904782808206168233572458378340
    ¬¬¬¬ Petty theft from shop and other sales outlet3 8621 9911 871769791203166229562442368332
    ¬¬¬¬ Other or unspecified petty theft83503313173241016108
    ¬¬¬ Theft2 0411 33870340317010513520947131817258
    ¬¬¬¬ Theft from shops and other sales outlet1 29371657732193499413428018010438
    ¬¬¬¬ Theft from other business and public institution2522104226322311265943248
    ¬¬¬¬ Theft from dwelling and holiday home13210824137613123919185
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Theft from dwelling52381412124514662
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Theft from holiday home880012002030
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Theft from storage area, garage and other area by dwelling and holiday home72621015297231393
    ¬¬¬¬ Theft from car and other motor vehicle767061071129171640
    ¬¬¬¬ Bicycle theft1171061110415163633102
    ¬¬¬¬ Theft from the person1671244323271510113826125
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Theft from the person at sales outlet42241811312161332
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Theft from the person on public transport (from 1.10.2015)440000001120
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Theft from the person in the street, park, other recreation area (from 1.10.2015)272437131231000
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Theft from the person at sports facility, cultural venue etc. (from 1.10.2015)21156264302220
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Theft from the person at other public and private place (from 1.10.2015)735716137746181053
    ¬¬¬¬ Other or unspecified theft440000012100
    ¬¬¬ Aggravated theft43937267171627489112887250
    ¬¬¬¬ Aggravated theft from shop and other sales outlet746113105591816920
    ¬¬¬¬ Aggravated theft from other business or public institution767063125162415100
    ¬¬¬¬ Aggravated theft from dwelling and holiday home21818632361424387448110
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Aggravated theft from dwelling154128261591527583180
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Aggravated theft from holiday home3934520366101110
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Aggravated theft from storage area, garage and other area by dwelling and holiday home25241012356620
    ¬¬¬¬ Aggravated theft from car and other motor vehicle20173001672400
    ¬¬¬¬ Aggravated theft from the person3827111452610910
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Aggravated theft from the person at sales outlet (from 1.10.2015)220000020000
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Aggravated theft from the person on public transport (from 1.10.2015)000000000000
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Aggravated theft from the person in the street, park, other recreation area (from 1.10.2015)853022012100
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Aggravated theft from the person at sports facility, cultural venue etc. (from 1.10.2015)220001001000
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Aggravated theft from the person at other or unspecified place26188122237810
    ¬¬¬¬ Other or unspecified aggravated theft13112000262210
    ¬¬¬ Theft of car and other motor vehicle1521411115222014222820101
    ¬¬¬¬ Theft of car96879121213915171161
    ¬¬¬¬ Theft of motor cycle and moped21192114235410
    ¬¬¬¬ Other or unspecified theft of motor vehicle35350293346530
    ¬¬ Other unlawful use and possession of property13121121113112
    ¬ Other offences for profit3 1232 4686553364157249401889736434160
    ¬¬ Receipt of stolen property and money laundering40134556114356263103674214
    ¬¬¬ Receipt of stolen property, total331291401133244558758347
    ¬¬¬¬ Receipt of stolen property262233291122831446946256
    ¬¬¬¬ Aggravated receipt of stolen property6958110141311181291
    ¬¬¬ Money laundering, total62471501313615987
    ¬¬¬¬ Money laundering14104001034141
    ¬¬¬¬ Aggravated money laundering48371101213311846
    ¬¬¬ Other or unspecified receipt of stolen property and money laundering871000521000
    ¬¬ Fraud, total1 21385336025438611517736823912634
    ¬¬¬ Petty fraud and the like654124951031014734
    ¬¬¬ Fraud694490204153865791022041136315
    ¬¬¬ Aggravated fraud454322132101133651501196015
    ¬¬ Embezzlement, total28418896152232367370369
    ¬¬¬ Embezzlement18010971151826264935155
    ¬¬¬ Aggravated embezzlement10479250046102435214
    ¬¬ Misappropriation of funds3432200101711113
    ¬¬ Corruption and influencing trade14131000034340
    ¬¬ Accounting offences37232943002640971198622
    ¬¬ Creditor-related offences660000000312
    ¬¬ Tax and duty offences1591441500011246552817
    ¬¬¬ Tax evasion3832600002121086
    ¬¬¬ Aggravated tax evasion4141000011915114
    ¬¬¬ Other tax and duty offences8071900009253097
    ¬¬ Violations of the Customs Act59251775001130631791599357
    ¬¬¬ Smuggling4443925200823521341196543
    ¬¬¬ Other violations of the Customs Act1481252300371145402814
    ¬¬ Other business and economic offences4841762036121072
    ¬ Criminal damage1 5481 3432056002101201071161741246433
    ¬¬ Damage to property, total1 3691 193176459205119991091671206229
    ¬¬¬ Petty damage to property1701531763301717522574
    ¬¬¬¬ Petty damage to building90791140159929132
    ¬¬¬¬ Petty damage to motor vehicle and other means of transport (from 1.10.2015)26251242529011
    ¬¬¬¬ Other or unspecified petty damage to property5449521116314431
    ¬¬¬ Damage to property1 090940150377159907894124974922
    ¬¬¬¬ Damage to building62453193253914335556852198
    ¬¬¬¬ Damage to motor vehicle and other means of transport27123833502732332636322510
    ¬¬¬¬ Other or unspecified damage to property195171247441151013201354
    ¬¬¬ Aggravated damage to property1091009191612410211863
    ¬¬¬¬ Aggravated damage to building807191312737171263
    ¬¬¬¬ Aggravated damage to motor vehicle and other means of transport18180233013600
    ¬¬¬¬ Other aggravated damage to property11110412121000
    ¬¬ Public danger from fire and other criminal damage1791502914151877424
    ¬ Violence and maltreatment8 1306 8291 3019818747338009461 6381 185684289
    ¬¬ Offences of violence5 4314 4809515395645545806831 134781414182
    ¬¬¬ Assault, total3 0632 532531467390292265305557435234118
    ¬¬¬¬ Assault2 7582 255503415344251228268510405221116
    ¬¬¬¬ Aggravated assault3052772852464137374730132
    ¬¬¬ Bodily harm, total8667967034861301441461581025610
    ¬¬¬¬ Bodily harm69663858317210911611512573469
    ¬¬¬¬ Grievous bodily harm170158123142128313329101
    ¬¬¬ Murder363420124913610
    ¬¬¬ Attempted murder494363338613643
    ¬¬¬ Unintentional bodily harm or manslaughter857114011091014181013
    ¬¬¬¬ Unintentional bodily harm685711008681015912
    ¬¬¬¬ Manslaughter17143012324311
    ¬¬¬ Maltreatment in close relations, total3883097923122861153863211
    ¬¬¬¬ Maltreatment in close relations33026367228255113175288
    ¬¬¬¬ Aggravated maltreatment in close relations584612014310221143
    ¬¬¬ Assault of public servant8446212232470941081302081177320
    ¬¬¬ Other or unspecified offences of violence1007426910111416181147
    ¬¬ Threats, total1 1721 039133184846510013624419512539
    ¬¬¬ Threats (from 1.10.2015)71862197163703646581341087726
    ¬¬¬ Aggravated threats (from 1.10.2015)615921604799961
    ¬¬¬ Threats against public servant3493202941324435989703710
    ¬¬¬ Other or unspecified threats4439511141012852
    ¬¬ Robbery and extortion4003782210099585143371011
    ¬¬¬ Robbery29327914877545282325811
    ¬¬¬ Aggravated robbery827847221216178000
    ¬¬¬ Extortion25214621734200
    ¬¬¬ Other or unspecified robbery and extortion000000000000
    ¬¬ Coercion21174633213210
    ¬¬ Deprivation of liberty19163400233511
    ¬¬ Offences within family relations and the like57292820078241312
    ¬¬ Reckless behaviour and stalking1 02086315714612353586919017614164
    ¬¬ Human trafficking202000002000
    ¬¬ Terrorism and terror-related offences871010031300
    ¬¬ Other violence and maltreatment000000000000
    ¬ Sexual offences1 8441 7776734529318214916226521314194
    ¬¬ Rape, total5885771112093455166103593516
    ¬¬¬ Rape556545111179042496494543115
    ¬¬¬¬ Rape, children under 14 years of age3693627927826183054342611
    ¬¬¬¬ Rape, other or unspecified age18718342512163134402054
    ¬¬¬ Aggravated rape32320333229541
    ¬¬¬¬ Aggravated rape, children under 14 years of age (from 1.10.2015)14140030014321
    ¬¬¬¬ Aggravated rape, other or unspecified age18180303215220
    ¬¬ Attempted rape10100010232200
    ¬¬ Sexual intercourse through abuse of position of trust302820001461036
    ¬¬ Sexual intercourse with a child aged 14-15 years2062060126662241015971
    ¬¬ Sexual intercourse within family relations18171610021143
    ¬¬ Sexual act2062033521813161730261816
    ¬¬¬ Sexual act with a child under 16 years of age1421393421788121522108
    ¬¬¬ Other sexual act without consent6464010158515488
    ¬¬ Sexually abusive behaviour2532467361224192350413018
    ¬¬¬ Sexually abusive behaviour with a child under 16 years of age (from. 1.10.2015)116110626717791817114
    ¬¬¬ Sexually abusive behaviour, other or unspecified age13713611057121432241914
    ¬¬ Other or unspecified sexual offences5334904311910238363758654434
    ¬ Drug and alcohol offences11 4049 7711 633785441 4371 7351 6882 6601 8221 006434
    ¬¬ Narcotic offences7 1496 156993724871 0431 2111 1321 654983458109
    ¬¬¬ Narcotics, Act relating to medicinal goods etc.2 5402 098442463415735383663731978719
    ¬¬¬¬ Narcotics, use1 3041 0582462524034526618214965266
    ¬¬¬¬ Narcotics, minor possession1 2361 040196211012282721842241326113
    ¬¬¬ Narcotics, Penal Code, total4 6094 058551261464706737661 28178637190
    ¬¬¬¬ Narcotic offences, Penal Code3 8553 389466251454325926371 04661329570
    ¬¬¬¬ Aggravated narcotic offences, Penal Code754669851138811292351737620
    ¬¬ Doping284270140013345110761108
    ¬¬¬ Doping, Act relating to medicinal goods etc.302910025106421
    ¬¬¬ Doping, Penal Code25424113001129411015787
    ¬¬ Driving under the influence3 7183 123595236336450480859743512300
    ¬¬¬ Driving under the influence, road traffic3 4742 893581132327424450803695459283
    ¬¬¬ Driving under the influence, other24423014149263056485317
    ¬¬ Violations of the Alcohol Act, total1741591521745371313201512
    ¬¬¬ Violations of the Alcohol Act1741591521745371313201512
    ¬¬¬ Aggravated violations of the Alcohol Act000000000000
    ¬¬ Other or unspecified drug and alcohol offences7963162403122715115
    ¬ Public order and integrity violations6 8765 8421 0342394066867709061 5651 090718496
    ¬¬ Public order violations3 1852 796389147204296341392655512339299
    ¬¬¬ Breach of the peace, total1 083987968531551951922211528522
    ¬¬¬¬ Regional public order statute, urinating and other362340220195171706842356
    ¬¬¬¬ Breach of the peace under self-induced intoxication18216616011530314641144
    ¬¬¬¬ Other or unspecified breach of the peace53948158833899491107693612
    ¬¬¬ Weapons, fire and explosives legislation2 1021 809293139151141146200434360254277
    ¬¬¬¬ Bearing arms in a public place82475470438789771152021345720
    ¬¬¬¬ Other or unspecified weapons offences522485379112632451161119676
    ¬¬¬¬ Fire and explosives legislation7565701868753263740116115101181
    ¬¬ Violations of public authority2 8202 31650428127323353408693440289159
    ¬¬¬ Obstructing and counteracting public authority1 9511 6762751212027728329142027818882
    ¬¬¬¬ Obstructing and harrassing a public servant4143585624273685978443414
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Harrassing a public servant266233331274440365628259
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Obstructing a public servant14812523115292823221695
    ¬¬¬¬ Counteracting legal action and criminal prosecution1 5371 318219107820421523234223415468
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Obligation of identification to public authority19315835535263037311946
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Violation of exclusion order24621828009122678554620
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Other order issued by police and other authority818696122135154158140150935730
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Counteraction of the execution of sentences166144220018165147367
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Other counteraction of legal action and criminal prosecution1141021248147133220115
    ¬¬¬ Perjury and false accusation25317776951822388948231
    ¬¬¬¬ Perjury21015060421320327841200
    ¬¬¬¬ False accusation4327165352611731
    ¬¬¬ Immigration legislation549414135012243721671066870
    ¬¬¬¬ Violation of entry ban4944500041318752
    ¬¬¬¬ Assistance of illegal entry and stay10100002205001
    ¬¬¬¬ Other or unspecified immigration legislation49036013001203759144996367
    ¬¬¬ Misconduct and misuse of public authority734200102200
    ¬¬¬ Other or unspecified violation of public authority60461451647156106
    ¬¬ Violations of integrity871730141647567761062171389038
    ¬¬¬ Document and ID offences441375661225273761134883720
    ¬¬¬¬ Document forgery37532649114233154117813420
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Document forgery, use2982653311118244891672414
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Document forgery, production and procurement776116035762614106
    ¬¬¬¬ Counterfeiting431000012010
    ¬¬¬¬ ID offences (from 1.10.2015)50371311724513710
    ¬¬¬¬¬ ID offences, handling (from 1.10.2015)12111221122200
    ¬¬¬¬¬ ID offences, use (from 1.10.2015)3826129513311510
    ¬¬¬¬ Other or unspecified document and ID offences1293042212010
    ¬¬¬ Unauthorised access and stay3042624235412929366536267
    ¬¬¬¬ Trespassing, building and other place2872464132402627346035267
    ¬¬¬¬ Unauthorised access to computer and communication system17161313225100
    ¬¬¬ Invasion of privacy30219224526432
    ¬¬¬ Hate speech and discrimination675710146353107118
    ¬¬¬ Other or unspecified violation of integrity2915141140423131
    ¬ Traffic offences22 93019 5913 339839042 8952 5722 5594 3753 8843 1022 556
    ¬¬ Road traffic offences22 82419 4933 331818962 8902 5582 5494 3513 8673 0822 550
    ¬¬¬ Non-possession of driving licence4 7994 249550273573774775421 047875647450
    ¬¬¬ Speeding8 4247 4499750911 3041 1731 0681 6311 4561 126575
    ¬¬¬ Personal injury1 191816375336412710294157189146279
    ¬¬¬ Other or unspecified road traffic offences8 4106 9791 431213841 0828068451 5161 3471 1631 246
    ¬¬ Other transport and traffic legislation10698828514102417206
    ¬ Other offences2 4931 9335601779211339235399368432413
    ¬¬ Offences against nature and the environment1 5441 34120313155787116256287346367
    ¬¬¬ Poisoning as a danger to public health and serious environmental offences000000000000
    ¬¬¬ Hunting and fishing offences66062733348153181126170222
    ¬¬¬ Other offences against nature and the environment8847141701011497285175161176145
    ¬¬ Work environment legislation252500004063102
    ¬¬ Other or unspecified penal legislation924567357464154248119137787644
    Explanation of symbols
  • Persons charged, by sex, age and place of recidence (county). Absolute figures and per 1 000 population
    Persons charged, by sex, age and place of recidence (county). Absolute figures and per 1 000 population
    TotalMalesFemales5-14 years15-17 years18-20 years21-24 years25-29 years30-39 years40-49 years50-59 years60 years or older
    2021
    Persons charged, place of residence
    Total64 93853 45811 4803 5944 3926 7807 0877 56913 16710 3067 1674 876
    The whole country61 97050 73711 2333 5874 3856 6856 8307 11212 2539 6636 7734 682
    Viken14 56011 8702 6908441 0161 3911 5151 5593 0052 4201 6891 121
    Oslo8 3186 7901 5284755847729821 0961 8681 263807471
    Innlandet4 1643 403761143240471491446726702539406
    Vestfold og Telemark4 7043 855849272303489466553961754557349
    Agder3 9293 116813250295427484449726599416283
    Rogaland5 4384 4051 0334514485975836291 078850492310
    Vestland6 2995 2361 0633924816916566511 256976682514
    Møre og Romsdal3 0152 507508117193402330341579435343275
    Trøndelag - Trööndelage5 2804 332948314377585582678986796547415
    Nordland - Nordlánnda2 7682 301467151195413355289451391285238
    Troms og Finnmark - Romsa ja Finnmárku3 4862 914572178253445385420613476416300
    Svalbard440000012100
    Norway, unknown county541002102000
    Abroad, without known county2 9672 7202477795257457913643394194
    County not stated110000001000
    Persons charged per 1 000 population, place of residence
    Total12.6220.614.505.6522.8135.6426.1620.6417.5814.439.893.75
    The whole country12.0419.564.405.6422.7735.1425.2219.4016.3613.539.343.60
    Viken12.1019.634.505.3921.1630.9727.8822.2318.0213.589.383.69
    Oslo12.6120.654.626.5829.2437.2825.1614.8013.9213.0310.053.85
    Innlandet11.7219.114.293.6718.9836.2728.0421.1817.1415.5410.033.66
    Vestfold og Telemark11.6119.044.195.6419.8133.2924.8823.3318.4313.779.242.98
    Agder13.3120.995.546.4025.0436.7229.4622.9918.4014.7610.093.75
    Rogaland11.8818.954.596.9723.9833.7024.2920.1415.5912.747.863.02
    Vestland10.3717.033.555.0820.7129.2318.6614.8214.4311.848.323.37
    Møre og Romsdal11.9519.504.103.7319.5540.5025.6622.2917.3813.099.733.86
    Trøndelag - Trööndelage11.7318.964.285.7422.7934.1420.7619.4015.4513.628.883.62
    Nordland - Nordlánnda12.0819.794.145.6723.7549.3731.1019.0715.3413.858.393.51
    Troms og Finnmark - Romsa ja Finnmárku15.1424.785.086.7930.5252.1128.7923.8019.4516.1412.284.89
    Svalbard........................
    Norway, unknown county........................
    Abroad, without known county........................
    County not stated........................
    Explanation of symbols
  • Persons charged, by police decision, sex and age. Absolute figures
    Persons charged, by police decision, sex and age. Absolute figures
    All decisions¬ Prosecution dropped, the offender not liable¬ Transferred to Conflict Council¬ Prosecution dropped for other reasons¬ Prosecution conditionally dropped¬ Ticket fine¬ Committed for trial
    2021
    Both sexes
    All ages 5 years or older64 9384 8371 2126 7525 40030 75015 987
    5-14 years3 5943 58508001
    15-17 years4 392126195721 6501 018521
    18-20 years6 780531355276083 8101 647
    21-24 years7 08798796655213 7671 957
    25-29 years7 569154888634913 7042 269
    30-39 years13 1673121081 6488086 3243 967
    40-49 years10 306270821 2345995 1073 014
    50-59 years7 167181697473843 9601 826
    60 years or older4 876172324883393 060785
    Males
    All ages 5 years or older53 4583 5679465 5284 02125 53513 861
    5-14 years2 5632 55507001
    15-17 years3 391114664181 164852480
    18-20 years5 687441144374753 1451 472
    21-24 years6 02168665664193 1441 758
    25-29 years6 415128707253813 1191 992
    30-39 years11 033255921 3656015 2853 435
    40-49 years8 473217671 0274364 2352 491
    50-59 years5 906146486122903 2681 542
    60 years or older3 969143233712552 487690
    Females
    All ages 5 years or older11 4801 2702661 2241 3795 2152 126
    5-14 years1 0311 03001000
    15-17 years1 001115315448616641
    18-20 years1 09392190133665175
    21-24 years1 066301399102623199
    25-29 years1 1542618138110585277
    30-39 years2 13457162832071 039532
    40-49 years1 8335315207163872523
    50-59 years1 261352113594692284
    60 years or older9072991178457395
    Explanation of symbols
  • Persons charged, by group of principal offence and citizenship (continent and selected countries). Absolute figures
    Persons charged, by group of principal offence and citizenship (continent and selected countries). Absolute figures1
    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
    2021
    Total64 9386 5903 1231 5488 1301 84411 4046 87622 9302 493
    All continents64 8416 5713 1171 5458 1161 84111 3966 86222 9012 492
    Europe61 1486 1802 9801 4817 3891 71410 9006 38621 6992 419
    Norway51 1455 0612 2351 3646 6901 6229 0765 31117 7312 055
    Denmark40223283305793318021
    Sweden1 141819018811424614342444
    Latvia43455262352855116117
    Lithuania1 72821615014921232715170957
    Poland2 70530921936181165312951 04771
    Romania642137544266619424119
    Africa1 25614730272724719318433917
    Eritrea37729510841835451474
    Somalia3965951098157859684
    Asia2 09920997344047324925973242
    Syria879783417169388210333028
    Americas32335103506523212114
    Oceania150001121100
    Without citizenship841763143810221
    Unknown13200000470
    1Citizenship is specified for the 10 countries with the highest number of persons charged.
    Explanation of symbols
  • Persons charged in base year, by number of years with recidivism and sex, and age in base year. Absolute figures
    Persons charged in base year, by number of years with recidivism and sex, and age in base year. Absolute figures
    All years (0-5)0 years with recidivism1 year with recidivism2 years with recidivism3 years with recidivism4 years with recidivism5 years with recidivism
    2016
    Both sexes
    All ages 5 years or older72 28143 79214 4577 2754 0112 017729
    5-14 years1 9841 1034252181258528
    15-17 years3 9391 93091149235018967
    18-20 years8 0264 4101 7091 03054624883
    21-24 years9 0894 9662 0401 080588294121
    25-29 years9 3485 2712 0051 03664030294
    30-39 years14 8008 5953 0241 584931483183
    40-49 years12 4817 8082 4551 205587319107
    50-59 years7 5015 3401 3284982068841
    60 years or older5 1134 3695601323895
    Males
    All ages 5 years or older59 55234 47412 5616 4533 6011 823640
    5-14 years1 5137533412011118027
    15-17 years3 0951 30179343832617265
    18-20 years6 7353 4431 51495151723278
    21-24 years7 7544 0211 839983536269106
    25-29 years7 9004 2641 77191558527986
    30-39 years12 2756 8722 6191 391817421155
    40-49 years10 0826 1232 0681 02149828389
    50-59 years6 1374 2651 1484351797931
    60 years or older4 0613 4324681183283
    Females
    All ages 5 years or older12 7299 3181 89682241019489
    5-14 years47135084171451
    15-17 years8446291185424172
    18-20 years1 2919671957929165
    21-24 years1 33594520197522515
    25-29 years1 4481 00723412155238
    30-39 years2 5251 7234051931146228
    40-49 years2 3991 685387184893618
    50-59 years1 3641 0751806327910
    60 years or older1 0529379214612
    Explanation of symbols
  • Persons charged in base year, by police decision, group of principal offence in base year and recidivism in the following five-year period. Absolute figures
    Persons charged in base year, by police decision, group of principal offence in base year and recidivism in the following five-year period. Absolute figures
    All decisions¬ Prosecution dropped, the offender under 15 years of age¬ Prosecution dropped, the offender not liable for other reason than age¬ Prosecution dropped for other reasons¬ Transferred to Conflict Council¬ Prosecution conditionally dropped¬ Ticket fine¬ Committed for trial
    2016
    All groups of offences
    All persons charged72 2811 9831 3116 0631 9032 90940 25017 862
    Without recidivism43 7921 1038783 1741 1631 78426 4579 233
    With recidivism28 4898804332 8897401 12513 7938 629
    ¬ Property theft
    All persons charged7 2487741671 1324176202 7091 429
    Without recidivism3 397476864492733701 437306
    With recidivism3 851298816831442501 2721 123
    ¬ Other offences for profit
    All persons charged4 7013155432781451 6722 288
    Without recidivism3 050154122950901 1621 463
    With recidivism1 65116142032855510825
    ¬ Criminal damage
    All persons charged1 3723276910727570397127
    Without recidivism73918244471563522055
    With recidivism63314525601193517772
    ¬ Violence and maltreatment
    All persons charged8 1523964517888624151 5063 734
    Without recidivism4 3611782564755172639281 744
    With recidivism3 7912181953133451525781 990
    ¬ Sexual offences
    All persons charged1 485213712441440321582
    Without recidivism1 025122581651018234418
    With recidivism46091137942287164
    ¬ Drug and alcohol offences
    All persons charged15 918582231 119587517 9075 802
    Without recidivism8 10923169414323994 0453 027
    With recidivism7 8093554705263523 8622 775
    ¬ Public order and integrity violations
    All persons charged8 7261291148051074186 1341 019
    Without recidivism5 3667178458542643 934507
    With recidivism3 3605836347531542 200512
    ¬ Traffic offences
    All persons charged23 283441551 3173337218 5982 764
    Without recidivism16 609261408392527613 6681 635
    With recidivism6 67418154788964 9301 129
    ¬ Other offences
    All persons charged1 39611611959781 006117
    Without recidivism1 13610698466982978
    With recidivism260102113917739
    Explanation of symbols
  • Persons charged in base year, by recidivism in the following five-year period, age and type of principal offence in base year. Absolute figures
    Persons charged in base year, by recidivism in the following five-year period, age and type of principal offence in base year. Absolute figures
    All persons chargedWithout recidivismWith recidivism
    All ages 5 years or older5-14 years15-17 years18-24 years25-39 years40 years or olderAll ages 5 years or older5-14 years15-17 years18-24 years25-39 years40 years or olderAll ages 5 years or older5-14 years15-17 years18-24 years25-39 years40 years or older
    2016
    All types of offences72 2811 9843 93917 11524 14825 09543 7921 1031 9309 37613 86617 51728 4898812 0097 73910 2827 578
    ¬ Property theft7 2487749271 1232 0702 3543 3974765244317491 2173 8512984036921 3211 137
    ¬¬ Theft, total7 1967729191 1122 0562 3373 3724765214277421 2063 8242963986851 3141 131
    ¬¬¬ Petty theft3 5164496383817071 3412 1563124122203748381 360137226161333503
    ¬¬¬¬ Petty theft from shop and other sales outlet3 0554265643105841 1711 9082983691813187421 147128195129266429
    ¬¬¬¬ Other or unspecified petty theft4612374711231702481443395696213931326774
    ¬¬¬ Theft2 366270202405785704896146901382372851 470124112267548419
    ¬¬¬¬ Theft from shops and other sales outlet1 2811939717342239654012151681401607417246105282236
    ¬¬¬¬ Theft from other business and public institution282323663817011511142229391672122415231
    ¬¬¬¬ Theft from dwelling and holiday home22116195277576396131619158713396138
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Theft from dwelling1331013345125447210151089311243615
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Theft from holiday home1151113421001730112
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Theft from storage area, garage and other area by dwelling and holiday home771517252915033186212142421
    ¬¬¬¬ Theft from car and other motor vehicle11754284931280261378952223624
    ¬¬¬¬ Bicycle theft12710101450432213241210597124631
    ¬¬¬¬ Theft from the person1461323313247644714122782916172020
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Theft from the person at sales outlet642414162830226515340281113
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Theft from the person on public transport (from 1.10.2015)1323341400310923031
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Theft from the person in the street, park, other recreation area (from 1.10.2015)200101000000200101
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Theft from the person at sports facility, cultural venue etc. (from 1.10.2015)1417312512200905112
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Theft from the person at other public and private place (from 1.10.2015)5389101115251336122876753
    ¬¬¬¬ Other or unspecified theft192113447460640713232112816315139
    ¬¬¬ Aggravated theft90640392113912252091383990596972731172301166
    ¬¬¬¬ Aggravated theft from shop and other sales outlet1216543432422309559935343819
    ¬¬¬¬ Aggravated theft from other business or public institution189131030924452445251413796256730
    ¬¬¬¬ Aggravated theft from dwelling and holiday home350181481137100716213292127912126810879
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Aggravated theft from dwelling2146755846236207141317847487049
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Aggravated theft from holiday home8110117302321312966070152117
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Aggravated theft from storage area, garage and other area by dwelling and holiday home5526923151411462411551713
    ¬¬¬¬ Aggravated theft from car and other motor vehicle71131232232100498501382315
    ¬¬¬¬ Aggravated theft from the person432312215400130392311185
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Aggravated theft from the person at sales outlet (from 1.10.2015)300021000000300021
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Aggravated theft from the person on public transport (from 1.10.2015)000000000000000000
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Aggravated theft from the person in the street, park, other recreation area (from 1.10.2015)210010000000210010
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Aggravated theft from the person at sports facility, cultural venue etc. (from 1.10.2015)000000000000000000
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Aggravated theft from the person at other or unspecified place381312184400130341311154
    ¬¬¬¬ Other or unspecified aggravated theft132043366293902719119302264718
    ¬¬¬ Theft of car and other motor vehicle4081340115173671115113041242978298513243
    ¬¬¬¬ Theft of car29982888126498538213518214520679131
    ¬¬¬¬ Theft of motor cycle and moped474811159102221337269146
    ¬¬¬¬ Other or unspecified theft of motor vehicle621416329160175346139276
    ¬¬ Other unlawful use and possession of property5228111417250347112725776
    ¬ Other offences for profit4 70131875371 9482 0983 05015372931 1921 5131 6511650244756585
    ¬¬ Receipt of stolen property and money laundering576730872432092112931789136552156165118
    ¬¬¬ Receipt of stolen property, total548730852321941912929718035752156161114
    ¬¬¬¬ Receipt of stolen property502730782101771652927616633752151149111
    ¬¬¬¬ Aggravated receipt of stolen property46007221726002101420005123
    ¬¬¬ Money laundering, total210028111600268500023
    ¬¬¬¬ Money laundering700214500203200011
    ¬¬¬¬ Aggravated money laundering14000771100065300012
    ¬¬¬ Other or unspecified receipt of stolen property and money laundering700034400013300021
    ¬¬ Fraud, total1 81221432568776151 1541217126551448658926130326167
    ¬¬¬ Petty fraud and the like128742449449163163531371181413
    ¬¬¬ Fraud1 4751338204714506948514101458370527824103256136
    ¬¬¬ Aggravated fraud20911281146511510958479401195618
    ¬¬ Embezzlement, total34006881221242500567781009001214424
    ¬¬¬ Embezzlement23205748172167045751556501173017
    ¬¬¬ Aggravated embezzlement10801144152830110274525004147
    ¬¬ Misappropriation of funds46001202523000914230011111
    ¬¬ Corruption and influencing trade1800161116001510200011
    ¬¬ Accounting offences6010032219350421001914226018000137790
    ¬¬ Creditor-related offences2100061514000410700025
    ¬¬ Tax and duty offences597001820137843500101462791620085599
    ¬¬¬ Tax evasion166006511091170043578490021631
    ¬¬¬ Aggravated tax evasion170006111200039500032
    ¬¬¬ Other tax and duty offences41400121442583060061081921080063666
    ¬¬ Violations of the Customs Act6542450246352500023617728515422146967
    ¬¬¬ Smuggling4860434179269374022313021911202114950
    ¬¬¬ Other violations of the Customs Act1682016678312600134766422032017
    ¬¬ Other business and economic offences36144819261432161000163
    ¬ Criminal damage1 3723271943342872307391828518514314463314510914914486
    ¬¬ Damage to property, total1 2402481903252712066591348318113512658111410714413680
    ¬¬¬ Petty damage to property21850435039361253219272324931824231612
    ¬¬¬¬ Petty damage to building119382919171672251613117471313669
    ¬¬¬¬ Petty damage to motor vehicle and other means of transport (from 1.10.2015)19307361020215910521
    ¬¬¬¬ Other or unspecified petty damage to property809142419144353121112374111282
    ¬¬¬ Damage to property932174140255210153495876214610793437877810910360
    ¬¬¬¬ Damage to building479136781031045822866305346332517048505825
    ¬¬¬¬ Damage to motor vehicle and other means of transport2551730857152148918494329107812362823
    ¬¬¬¬ Other or unspecified damage to property1982132673543119121444183179918231712
    ¬¬¬ Aggravated damage to property9024720221739152859519512178
    ¬¬¬¬ Aggravated damage to building741871618153313273841559157
    ¬¬¬¬ Aggravated damage to motor vehicle and other means of transport1560432620121940311
    ¬¬¬¬ Other aggravated damage to property100010000000100010
    ¬¬ Public danger from fire and other criminal damage1327949162480482481852312586
    ¬ Violence and maltreatment8 1523965602 0242 8392 3334 3611782199181 5231 5233 7912183411 1061 316810
    ¬¬ Offences of violence5 4572013471 4931 9581 4583 174911397281 1941 0222 283110208765764436
    ¬¬¬ Assault, total3 1641672318111 0648911 96073984347036521 20494133377361239
    ¬¬¬¬ Assault2 9791622227519888561 87669974126666321 10393125339322224
    ¬¬¬¬ Aggravated assault18559607635844122372010118383915
    ¬¬¬ Bodily harm, total1 015226939237116145713241551729355894523719968
    ¬¬¬¬ Bodily harm875215833631414640112201381478447493819816762
    ¬¬¬¬ Grievous bodily harm140111565715561417259840739326
    ¬¬¬ Murder3211691528015913410102
    ¬¬¬ Attempted murder240079814004641000334
    ¬¬¬ Unintentional bodily harm or manslaughter710019173555001410311600574
    ¬¬¬¬ Unintentional bodily harm440011122136007821800440
    ¬¬¬¬ Manslaughter2700851419007210800134
    ¬¬¬ Maltreatment in close relations, total4626352230171346413317513311622195538
    ¬¬¬¬ Maltreatment in close relations392534719114629431291461159822184531
    ¬¬¬¬ Aggravated maltreatment in close relations70105392552104291818001107
    ¬¬¬ Assault of public servant657440202245166292012801128836542812213378
    ¬¬¬ Other or unspecified offences of violence32134131122133781000163
    ¬¬ Threats, total1 527108842835405126404728931932798876156190347233
    ¬¬¬ Threats (from 1.10.2015)4198245489814621935192343992004726255547
    ¬¬¬ Aggravated threats (from 1.10.2015)37134398133221524102183
    ¬¬¬ Threats against public servant17633398249642111272311212285526
    ¬¬¬ Other or unspecified threats89510321933513093447657122152551326136229157
    ¬¬ Robbery and extortion23814329879154222211521961230776413
    ¬¬¬ Robbery187132676639321117121155122559518
    ¬¬¬ Aggravated robbery420519135801421340415114
    ¬¬¬ Extortion811231210010601221
    ¬¬¬ Other or unspecified robbery and extortion100100000000100100
    ¬¬ Coercion1010072610041400031
    ¬¬ Deprivation of liberty342111137121053322116104
    ¬¬ Offences within family relations and the like52021026143601617121601492
    ¬¬ Reckless behaviour and stalking825689412621332444534496395204380344563118120
    ¬¬ Human trafficking100001000000100001
    ¬¬ Terrorism and terror-related offences820330620220200110
    ¬¬ Other violence and maltreatment000000000000000000
    ¬ Sexual offences1 4852141962773814171 02512210417629732646092921018491
    ¬¬ Rape, total4327457941248330140305999731313427352510
    ¬¬¬ Rape4057453831148128640305491711193423292310
    ¬¬¬¬ Rape, children under 14 years of age2585541406458189322528515369231612135
    ¬¬¬¬ Rape, other or unspecified age147191243502397852640185011717105
    ¬¬¬ Aggravated rape27041110215005821204620
    ¬¬¬¬ Aggravated rape, children under 14 years of age (from 1.10.2015)100010100010000000
    ¬¬¬¬ Aggravated rape, other or unspecified age2604119214005721204620
    ¬¬ Attempted rape930123720113210010
    ¬¬ Sexual intercourse through abuse of position of trust170025101300148400112
    ¬¬ Sexual intercourse with a child aged 14-15 years1781145763214106517472611726282963
    ¬¬ Sexual intercourse within family relations25831852052184531001
    ¬¬ Sexual act2266022265563154381516434272227101221
    ¬¬¬ Sexual act with a child under 16 years of age16551201739381113313103025541877913
    ¬¬¬ Other sexual act without consent6192916254352613171840338
    ¬¬ Sexually abusive behaviour265302740651031721714234474931313172129
    ¬¬¬ Sexually abusive behaviour with a child under 16 years of age (from. 1.10.2015)6119145149321253752979274
    ¬¬¬ Sexually abusive behaviour, other or unspecified age2041113355194140592037696464151425
    ¬¬ Other or unspecified sexual offences333284237901362521526287211181131691825
    ¬ Drug and alcohol offences15 918587204 9406 0754 1258 109233212 4572 9122 3967 809353992 4833 1631 729
    ¬¬ Narcotic offences11 453536513 8514 5652 3335 078202741 7741 9741 0366 375333772 0772 5911 297
    ¬¬¬ Narcotics, Act relating to medicinal goods etc.5 068384452 1171 7696992 453141831 0568863142 615242621 061883385
    ¬¬¬¬ Narcotics, use3 196363861 4749923081 610131627605361391 58623224714456169
    ¬¬¬¬ Narcotics, minor possession1 8722596437773918431212963501751 029138347427216
    ¬¬¬ Narcotics, Penal Code, total6 385152061 7342 7961 6342 6256917181 0887223 76091151 0161 708912
    ¬¬¬¬ Narcotic offences, Penal Code5 664152041 6282 4131 4042 3446906759416323 32091149531 472772
    ¬¬¬¬ Aggravated narcotic offences, Penal Code721021063832302810143147904400163236140
    ¬¬ Doping4761811627081265046413859211145213222
    ¬¬¬ Doping, Act relating to medicinal goods etc.121063465166803213212530313334
    ¬¬¬ Doping, Penal Code35512822056519701431064715811399918
    ¬¬ Driving under the influence3 3780386841 0871 5692 3450304176991 1991 03308267388370
    ¬¬¬ Driving under the influence, road traffic3 1830376601 0321 4542 1980294016611 10798508259371347
    ¬¬¬ Driving under the influence, other19501245511514701163892480081723
    ¬¬ Violations of the Alcohol Act, total4261212488373293012175574913319732624
    ¬¬¬ Violations of the Alcohol Act4261212488373293012175574913319732624
    ¬¬¬ Aggravated violations of the Alcohol Act000000000000000000
    ¬¬ Other or unspecified drug and alcohol offences18532417069128312744535701142616
    ¬ Public order and integrity violations8 7261294332 6283 0342 5025 366712191 5291 8271 7203 360582141 0991 207782
    ¬¬ Public order violations4 979721731 4451 7761 5133 17240648671 1111 0901 80732109578665423
    ¬¬¬ Breach of the peace, total2 95710631 1031 1346471 9577226967804521 000341407354195
    ¬¬¬¬ Regional public order statute, urinating and other1 16311042345327690617316362220257031079156
    ¬¬¬¬ Breach of the peace under self-induced intoxication1 0870114044442286320121727114345501018717385
    ¬¬¬¬ Other or unspecified breach of the peace707942276237143419614163147892883281139054
    ¬¬¬ Weapons, fire and explosives legislation2 022621103426428661 21533421713316388072968171311228
    ¬¬¬¬ Bearing arms in a public place69518621782521852318206268734641042116184112
    ¬¬¬¬ Other or unspecified weapons offences59816209118728435369478420724510114410377
    ¬¬¬¬ Fire and explosives legislation72928287320339763119136217935898915112439
    ¬¬ Violations of public authority2 7829949579877351 6274455265744781 155549431413257
    ¬¬¬ Obstructing and counteracting public authority2 3524778847995881 3343364784443731 018141406355215
    ¬¬¬¬ Obstructing and harrassing a public servant512020204174114282051119076230015938438
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Harrassing a public servant3470181251228218205656052165013606230
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Obstructing a public servant1650279523210000463024650233228
    ¬¬¬¬ Counteracting legal action and criminal prosecution1 8404576806254741 052331367354297788126313271177
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Obligation of identification to public authority22543172645414732048403678111242418
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Violation of exclusion order17901146797820052651970194146
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Other order issued by police and other authority1 22702256441222973001130726015249701125715277
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Counteraction of the execution of sentences1290095466590031937700063529
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Other counteraction of legal action and criminal prosecution800321282834004921460317197
    ¬¬¬ Perjury and false accusation190213517648125073150376526202611
    ¬¬¬¬ Perjury120062953328804193827320210155
    ¬¬¬¬ False accusation70272223163703121210332410116
    ¬¬¬ Immigration legislation15900777751160075653430002122
    ¬¬¬¬ Violation of entry ban31001181223001148800044
    ¬¬¬¬ Assistance of illegal entry and stay180011161500195300021
    ¬¬¬¬ Other or unspecified immigration legislation1100054857780053340320001517
    ¬¬¬ Misconduct and misuse of public authority400022300012100010
    ¬¬¬ Other or unspecified violation of public authority7734153322491210231328225109
    ¬¬ Violations of integrity9654816622627125456727110136142152398215690129102
    ¬¬¬ Document and ID offences6611412417018616741089111197103251633598964
    ¬¬¬¬ Document forgery495169100167158291048598896204121417962
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Document forgery, use37914476128130224034466975155110305955
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Document forgery, production and procurement116025243928670141319214901111207
    ¬¬¬¬ Counterfeiting1003421302001701420
    ¬¬¬¬ ID offences (from 1.10.2015)10413433311469834223235591182
    ¬¬¬¬¬ ID offences, handling (from 1.10.2015)171104111309301411110
    ¬¬¬¬¬ ID offences, use (from 1.10.2015)8712332910356825193131481072
    ¬¬¬¬ Other or unspecified document and ID offences5209336447073064502300
    ¬¬¬ Unauthorised access and stay22120324575491041112214020117920243529
    ¬¬¬¬ Trespassing, building and other place2061929417146931010193717113919223429
    ¬¬¬¬ Unauthorised access to computer and communication system15134431112233401210
    ¬¬¬ Invasion of privacy3313944319761231463320
    ¬¬¬ Hate speech and discrimination181122121011008800224
    ¬¬¬ Other or unspecified violation of integrity3200542324003318800215
    ¬ Traffic offences23 283447875 0857 16310 20416 609264053 2654 9487 9656 674183821 8202 2152 239
    ¬¬ Road traffic offences23 061427745 0437 08210 12016 447253983 2314 8907 9036 614173761 8122 1922 217
    ¬¬¬ Non-possession of driving licence5 439193118761 9522 2813 21491424171 1281 5182 22510169459824763
    ¬¬¬ Speeding7 9280431 9592 6063 3205 7530281 3111 8762 5382 175015648730782
    ¬¬¬ Personal injury1 19614442412846131 0531034199236574143410424839
    ¬¬¬ Other or unspecified road traffic offences8 49893761 9672 2403 9066 42761941 3041 6503 2732 0713182663590633
    ¬¬ Other transport and traffic legislation22221342818416217345862601682322
    ¬ Other offences1 39611351673518321 13610161222757132601194576119
    ¬¬ Offences against nature and the environment1 2797341423217751 0536151052536742261193768101
    ¬¬¬ Poisoning as a danger to public health and serious environmental offences000000000000000000
    ¬¬¬ Hunting and fishing offences460383090329399342372297610471832
    ¬¬¬ Other offences against nature and the environment81942611223144665431182181377165115305069
    ¬¬ Work environment legislation2600062018000315800035
    ¬¬ Other or unspecified penal legislation9141252437654117192426008513
    Explanation of symbols
  • Persons charged in base year, by group of principal offence at recidivism and group of principal offence in base year. Absolute figures and per cent
    Persons charged in base year, by group of principal offence at recidivism and group of principal offence in base year. Absolute figures and per cent
    TotalNo group of offence (without recidivism)All groups of offences at recidivism¬ Property theft at recidivism¬ Other offences for profit at recidivism¬ Criminal damage at recidivism¬ Violence and maltreatment at recidivism¬ Sexual offences at recidivism¬ Drug and alcohol offences at recidivism¬ Public order and integrity violations at recidivism¬ Traffic offences at recidivism¬ Other offences at recidivism
    2016
    Persons charged
    All groups of offences72 28143 79228 4892 9731 3365554 2153697 7283 8447 111358
    ¬ Property theft7 2483 3973 8511 2541541005323988843843016
    ¬ Other offences for profit4 7013 0501 651164363171361431019343222
    ¬ Criminal damage1 37273963365145412715150921088
    ¬ Violence and maltreatment8 1524 3613 7912891161001 1305384764658129
    ¬ Sexual offences1 4851 025460291112618891531105
    ¬ Drug and alcohol offences15 9188 1097 809676238119997473 5539231 19363
    ¬ Public order and integrity violations8 7265 3663 360230122826454875979064539
    ¬ Traffic offences23 28316 6096 67425930069565631 0976733 529119
    ¬ Other offences1 3961 136260718222233368357
    Persons charged (per cent)
    All groups of offences100.060.639.44.11.80.85.80.510.75.39.80.5
    ¬ Property theft100.046.953.117.32.11.47.30.512.36.05.90.2
    ¬ Other offences for profit100.064.935.13.57.70.42.90.36.64.19.20.5
    ¬ Criminal damage100.053.946.14.71.03.99.31.110.96.77.90.6
    ¬ Violence and maltreatment100.053.546.53.51.41.213.90.710.47.97.10.4
    ¬ Sexual offences100.069.031.02.00.70.84.15.96.13.67.40.3
    ¬ Drug and alcohol offences100.050.949.14.21.50.76.30.322.35.87.50.4
    ¬ Public order and integrity violations100.061.538.52.61.40.97.40.68.79.17.40.4
    ¬ Traffic offences100.071.328.71.11.30.32.40.34.72.915.20.5
    ¬ Other offences100.081.418.60.51.30.11.60.12.42.65.94.1
    Explanation of symbols

About the statistics

The statistics include the offences investigated and registered during the statistical year. The statistics include information about type of offence, police district, police decision and charges against persons – in addition to persons charged by age, sex, place of residence, citizenship, scene of crime, number of offences and recidivism.

An offence is considered completely investigated at the time a decision with legal efficacy has been made regarding the offence.

1) Offences are in the crime statistics defined as the actions, which by law are described as punishable at any given time. The investigated offences are separated by type of offences, police district and by police decision. Cases reported to and investigated and completed by the Norwegian Bureau for the Investigation of Police Affairs are not included in the data basis for the statistics on offences investigated (see Coherence with other statistics under Background). 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 are not investigated by the police and Prosecution authority. They are therefore not included in the statistics (see statistics on Sanctions).

2) Charges

3) Charged persons

More detailed description of units and variables:Offences in the crime statistics are the acts which at any current time are considered to be unlawful in the penal code. To date, more than 1 260 different codes have been used in BL/STRASAK/PAL, of which about 660 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. From the release of the year 2015 and onwards, the statistics thus contain the following groupings of offences (see also Statistical Classifications and Code Lists – Klass):

Group of offence, where offences are divided into nine main groups. These groups of offences are further divided into more specified types of offences (see Type of offences).

Type of offence, where 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 was a 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 investigated.

A decision with legal efficacy can be given by the police and the prosecuting authority, or by the courts. The legal decision implies that the police and prosecuting authority or courts consider the offence as completely investigated - and that further investigation is not of current interest (unless retrial at a later time). The basic material contains about 200 different types of legal decisions. How offences are settled by the police and prosecuting authorities, are described by the statistics on investigated offences. (Other registers than STRASAK are used for statistics on sanctions). All court decisions, e.g. unconditional imprisonment or acquittal, are for this reason classified as decided by prosecution in the statistics on investigated offences. Some decisions made by the police and the prosecuting authority, conclude that no offence has been committed. Cases with such decisions are not considered as offences and so not included in the statistics on investigated offences.

Persons charged are, by Statistics Norway's definition, persons who have a legal decision against them. Common to all "persons charged" is that they are regarded by the police and prosecuting authorities as perpetrators, and have had the status as charged at the completion of the investigation (prior to any prosecution and court trial).

A person suspected of having committed offences can get a legal status as charged at various times during the investigation of a criminal case (e.g. the status of prisoner in custody is person charged). Charges can, however, be withdrawn during the investigation so that by the completion of the investigation the person is no longer regarded as charged. In other words, persons who have been charged during the investigation, but not at the completion of the investigation, are not included in the statistics. Because the statistics do not cover everyone who has had the status of being charged, Statistics Norway's use of the term "charged" is not synonymous with corresponding terms in Section 82 of the Criminal Procedure Act. All "persons charged" in the statistics have, however, have had the status of charged in connection with the offences for which they have received a legal decision.

In some cases a person may be a participant in several offences and thus incur several charges in the course of the statistical year. The tables of persons charged show the number of different persons who have been charged in the course of the statistical year. In other words, a person is counted only once as charged in the course of statistical year. In other cases several persons may have participated in one individual offence, i.e. several persons may be charged with the same offence. In such cases, all these persons are included in the tables of persons charged. On the basis of these two factors, the number of persons charged will be different from the number of offences solved by charge.

Principal offence : A person, who has been charged with several offences in the course of the statistical year, will be grouped by the principal offence in the tables, i.e. by the offence, which by law carries the longest sentences.

The percentage of solved offences is calculated from Statistics Norway's classification of the legal decisions. As a main rule, all offences in which the police and prosecuting authority have charged at least one person at the completion of the investigation count as solved. The offence also counts as solved when prosecution is dropped or withdrawn, but in such cases no information is obtained on possible persons charged. The percentage is calculated from the number of offences solved by the police and prosecuting authority. This implies that all offences transferred to (with prosecution or charge in the magistrate's court) and decided in the courts, count as solved. This also applies to the offences in which the court at a later time has acquitted the putative perpetrators for the offences for which they have been charged. Cases in which the investigation has concluded that an offence has not taken place are not included in the statistics on investigated offences, or in the calculation of the percentage of solved offences. The percentage solved for various types of offences varies widely. An overall percentage of solved offences for the entire country, or for a police district, is therefore highly dependent on how the offences are distributed by type.

Recidivism : An ongoing survey of recidivism among persons charged at the completion of the investigation is carried out. The survey covers persons charged with crimes during the year five years ahead of the statistical year. Recidivism here is defined as a new charge in one or more of the following five years. The survey does not take into account various forms of recidivism obstacles during the observation period. Persons charged with uncertain information about identity and/or time of a crime, are not in the survey.

Police districts are used to break down violations of the law according to the body that is ascribed as owner of the criminal proceedings, on the date Statistics Norway takes an extraction of the basic data.

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, even though the data basis for the production of the statistics does not contain criminal case data with allocations by the new district standard, and that the internal process of organising the new district will be executed over the course of 2017 and 2018.The new police districts are mainly organised by a merger of former districts, which at an aggregated level are comparable to the previous organisation of 27 districts. The exemption from this is the former police district of Midtre Hålogaland, which after the new organisation is divided by the county border between new Nordland PD and Troms PD. 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 complete overview of Police Districts 2016 and previous organisations, including relation to municipalities, see Statistical Classifications and Code Lists.

In addition to the 12 geografic police districts (see Standard classifications), the Governor of Svalbard and some central Special agencies can also be owners (i.e. have responsibility for follow-up) of criminal cases during different stages of the criminal proceedings process. The Norwegian National Authority for Investigation and Prosecution of Economic and Environmental Crime (Økokrim) and The National Criminal Investigation Service (Kripos) have prosecuting authority and can decide criminal cases, and are therefore included in the category Special agency.

Age is defined as a person’s wholly lived years at the time of the offence.

Sex is defined based on two different sources. Where there is a match for personal ID numbers in the Central Population Register, the person`s sex is derived from this source. 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 sex registered by the police is used.

Group of offence (9 main groups). See Standard for type of offences 2015 in Klass.

Type of offence. See Standard for type of offences 2015 in Klass.

Police district (see Definitions of the main concepts and variables. Up to 31.12.2001: 54 police districts plus special agencies. From 01.01.2002 included: 27 police districts plus special agencies. From 2016: 12 police Districts plus special agencies)

Citizenship and continent:

Age (Up to 1999 included: groups 5-13, 14-17, 18-20, 21-24, 25-29, 30-39, 40-59, 60-. From 2000 included: groups 5-14, 15-17, 18-20, 21-24, 25-29, 30-39, 40-59, 60-.)

Sex

Name: Offences investigated
Topic: Social conditions, welfare and crime

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Division for Income and social welfare statistics

National, county and police district level.

Annual. Normally published in the third quarter of the year subsequent to the statistical year.

Because of changes and other circumstances, the statistics have been published later and with irregular intervals in some of the previous years.

Reporting some statistics to the Eurostat and UN .

Raw data files of whole-year files from the Police Computing Service are stored electronically. Volume files with completely processed material are stored electronically (volumes from 1987 have been adapted to the new technological platform).

The statistics describe how the police and prosecuting authority settle offences when investigation is completed, percentage of solved offences, alleged offenders when investigation is completed (persons charged) and recidivism among these. The statistics on completely investigated offences has been published annually from 1957 included.

The statistics is used to describe the registered crimes and their offenders from 1960 up to 1991, and the registered offences from 1992 and up to today. The principle division between crimes and misdemeanours has been discontinued in new Penal Code of 2005.Separate statistics on Offences reported to the police exists from 1993 and are used for this purpose if trends are to be described from this time).

After a gradual transition from reporting through forms to reporting electronically (completed in the years around 1990), the central police registration system (STRASAK) has been the basis for the stistics. In 2002 there was made changes in the processing in accordance with new structure for the police districts and the subsequent alteration in the police's registration systems (BL/STRASAK/PAL).

Major users are the media, research and education sector, interest organizations, the Ministry of Justice and the Police, and other public services and institutions associated with the justice sector. Beyond this the statistics serve as the basis for information for others interested in the status of and trends in crime.

No external users have access to the statistics and analyses before they are published and accessible simultaneously for all users on ssb.no at 8 am. Prior to this, a notice is given in the Statistics Release Calendar. This is one of the most important Principles for Equal treatment of users in releasing statistics and analyses.

The statistics over investigated offences one of four main crime statistics in the area of Crime and the justice . The others are Offences reported to the police , Sanctions , and Imprisonments .

In general the offences included in the statistics offences reported shall same or later years be represented in the statistics over investigated offences, sanctions and imprisonments (see separate statistics for Criminal prosecutions, in Norwegian only ). When using the crime statistics it is, however, important to be aware that the various parts do not necessarily refer to the same population of offences within the same statistical volume. It can take a long time from an offence is reported until it is investigated and possibly sanctioned, in some cases years. The units counted ar also dissimilar in the different statistics, although offences are counted quite similar for reported and investigated offences. The tables on offences reported to the police are therefore not comparable with the other crime statistics.

Other closely related statistics at Statistics Norway are: the Survey of level of living, victims and crime (exposure to violence and theft), Victims of offences reported to the police , Police and prosecution - StatRes (discontinued) and Causes of death (murder) (discontinued).

Of related external statistics, the Police directorate (POD) also publish figures on percentage of offences solved and time of dealing with cases, based on investigated offences in STRASAK/PAL, but these are to be considered as operation statistics for the police, and should not be read as the official crime statistics. These statistics are also defined and produced on other criteria and with other groupings than Statistics Norway, and do not have directly comparable figures.

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 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.

The Bureau is an independent body, and is not organised as part of the police. The Bureau is administratively under the Ministry of Justice and Public Security, and professionally under the Director of Public Prosecutions (which also functions as the body of appeal for cases where prosecution is dropped and other types of prosecution decisions made by the Bureau). In their annual reports, the Bureau publishes statistics on offences reported and investigated over the course of the year.

The Norwegian National Criminal Investigation Services (Kripos) also publishes figures on homicides, but these statistics are counted from another definition of the selection than SSB's statistics over investigated offences (among other things the year of action, not the year of decision with legal efficacy).

Statistics Act §§ 2-1, 2-2, 3-2 (forms/registers).

Not relevant

The statistics cover all offences completely investigated within the statistical year. The statistics provide information about the type and number of offences, police district, scene of crime, the police decision, and the persons charged at completed investigation. It provides information about the age, sex, citizenship and place of residence, and recidivism of the persons charged. (see descriptions of concepts and variables in Definitions, and estimations in Collection of data revision and estimations).

Violations against the Road Traffic Act and Duty Act in which the sanction is imposed as a on the spot fine, are not covered by the statistics (see instead statistics on Sanctions). Cases reported to and investigated and completed by the Norwegian Bureau for the Investigation of Police Affairs are not included in the data basis for the statistics on offences investigated (see Coherence with other statistics under Background).

From 1992 to 2014 the statistics contained both crimes and misdemeanours. For previous years, the statistics is only for offences. The principle division between crimes and misdemeanours has been discontinued in new Penal Code of 2005. The definisions of the population – criminal cases, offences investigated and the offenders are equal before and after this change in 2015 (see under Defintions ans Sources of error and uncertainty).

Each offence with a legal decision makes one unit in the basic material. Before 1994/1995 the practice was that several offences could be registered as one (see Comparability over time and space).

From 1991 the data source is completely EDP based and drawn from the central police registration system, STRASAK, which covers all completed investigations of offences recorded by Norway's police districts (BL), as well as special agencies and higher prosecution authorities, as part of the processing of the criminal case. From 2002 the selection is decided in STRASAK, but the actual data extension are done through the police' analysis and management tool (PAL).

The various police districts are, via Kripos, asked to provide information in the cases where Statistics Norway finds logical errors and missing information in the data material. The statistical process includes information from the national register (see Population statistics), and previous volumes of statistics on investigated offences.

Not based on random sample but a complete selection, the statistics shall contain all offences and persons charged in criminal cases the police and prosecuting authority has registered as completely investigated during the year. 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. The Bureau registers cases in a separate registry version of BL/STRASAK/PAL, and these cases are not included in the data basis for the statistics on offences investigated (see Coherence with other statistics under Background). See also Population, Collection of data editering and estimations, Confidentiality and Comparability over time and space. The selection is also described in more detail, see Definitions of the main concepts and variables under Definitions.

The data files are collected in digital form from Norwegian Police ICT Services (previously The Norwegian Police Data Processing Service (PDMT)) mid January. Norwegian Police ICT Services runs out the data from STRASAK/PAL. The register is centrally completely updated the day (longer before) after local registration in BL (this is less relevant than earlier). With that, Statistics Norway can obtain information about two weeks days after the end of the statistical period. Information on incorrect entries and missing data is obtained from Kripos (from the statistical year 2015, and in previous years the police Districts and from Police ICT Services) in the course of the first and second quarter of the year though error tables. Information related to persons is electronically connected from SSB's population register.

The register systems of the police contain some validity controls of data. In addition, Statistics Norway undertakes controls and editering of the material. For example will deficient information on scene of crime by municipality, be added municipality to the extent possible out of other information from the register.

An overview of all controls and Statistics Norway's processing routines are found in "Statistikk over etterforskede lovbrudd. Dokumentasjon", Notater 1999/52, StatisticsNorway. Validity controls in STRASAK/PAL and Statistics Norway's processing routines are redeveloped as needed, resulting in constant improvement of the data material (see Comparability over time and space for new routines from 2002).

Figures are not based on estimations, as the three basic units consists of complete counts of the data from the police registers (for an account of concepts, see Definitions of the main concepts and variables under Definitions):

  • All offences completely investigated are counted, with given characteristics (e.g. type of offence, police district and police decision). From these numbers the percentage of offences solved are calculated, in total and for each type and group of offence.
  • All unique charged person are counted, and the number of these with given characteristics (e.g. sex and age). For persons with more than one offence during the year the principal offence are applied by the use of an indicator of graveness based on maximum and minimum sentence beside other characteristics of the criminal procedure.
  • Recidivism is counted as charges during the last five statistical years against persons (with full personal identification number) charged in the statistical year prior to these five.

Calculations in per cent and per 1 000 inhabitants (5 year and up) are being made by use of number of inhabitants 31'st of December in the statistical year (also for each age group, sex, and geographical area - see Population statistics ). As a general rule, all figures for charged persons per 1 000 population (both total and the whole country) are calculated from the population aged 5 years and over. This is because of the statistical definition of charged persons, with 5 year olds as a starting point. When figures per 1 000 population are calculated for the variable offence, however, the population is used as a whole – as it is done for example for the statistics on Offences reported to the police.

Not relevant

The statistics implies particularly sensitive personal information and information on punishable offences considered as extremely sensitive. Statistics Norway administers the data basis for crime statistics with great caution. When releasing statistics showing few units, the protection of privacy is considered on each incident.

There are many conditions that can be significant for the comparability over time of the different crime statistics, and is not described in a broad manner here. But a few central changes during the last decades can be pointed out:

Introduction of Strasak ca. 1985-1990
Before the 1980s individual forms with data on the crime cases were obtained from police districts and recorded by Statistics Norway. Oslo switched to edp based registration in 1979, followed by the police districts in Agder in 1981. STRASAK was introduced at the various police departments in subsequent years, and by the end of 1991 all districts had switched to electronic registration. A while after STRASAK was introduced at the various police districts, reporting to Statistics Norway was done electronically.

A reorganisation in 1984 entailed that STRASAK cover crimes finally given a legal decision during the statistical year (not completely investigated before a possible trial, as was previously the case). The previous selection criteria were, however, maintained for the police districts that did not report with STRASAK after 1984 (see Sources of error and uncertainty under Sources of error). When departments switched to reporting with STRASAK the selection criteria were changed. Because the selection criteria were different for the various departments, and were changed in conjunction with the transition to electronic reporting by the individual districts, some crimes were counted twice in the period from 1984 up to 1991/1992. The extent of the double registration caused by these transitions is uncertain. Probably there were not many double registrations, but it may have happened with certain serious crime cases where a charge was handed down at the end of the year in question.

New registration practice 1994/1995
Each offence with a legal decision makes one unit in the basic material. This has been the practice since 1994/1995. Before this, only one offence was registered when:

  • Several offences were committed in one act against one victim. The most serious offence was registered.
  • The same person committed several homogeneous offences over a period of time against one victim.
  • One offence was committed as a path-breaker for the other offence.

More offences were, however, registered when an offence was committed to hide another offence, just as the practice since 1994/1995.

STRASAK has been under development for a long time regarding to quality assurance and registration of details. Because of this development the data source of the statistics contains more information than before. The changeover in 1994/1995 to registering all offences is of great importance, and caused an increase in the number of investigated offences in the statistics without there necessarily being more offences investigated.

Reorganisation of Strasak in 2002
As of 1 January 2002, a new structure for the police districts was established; where for one thing the number of police districts was halved. Statistics Norway has as result of this, and the following technical re-adjustments in the central police criminal register system (BL/STRASAK/PAL, from October 2002 included), changed the routines for producing the statistics on offences investigated. News on statistics on offences investigated from 2002 included:

  • New police districts replace the previous geographical division. The possibilities of comparing these to statistics on police districts prior to 1 January 2002 are to a great extent restricted.
  • Several persons charged without registered and valid official Norwegian reference number are being identified if they have committed more than one offence. This gives a somewhat lower number of persons charged and a higher number of persons charged with more than one offence, for persons committing offences when on a temporarily residence in Norway in particular.
  • Statistics on the number of accessories shows to a greater extent the actual number of offenders with who the person charged has committed the offence in cooperation with. This involves a somewhat higher number of accessories than it would have been out of the previous method of surveying these.
  • Transfers to Conflict Council are only made available as settlement valid in law only against persons charged over the age of consent. This involves that the number of transfers to Conflict Council decreases, and that prosecutions dropped, the offender not liable, become correspondingly more.

After a thorough examination of the different data basis and crime statistics, in addition to dialogue with Norwegian Police ICT Services, Statistics Norway is of the opinion that the statistics on offences investigated from 2002 and following, has become fairly comparable to previous years. The police reform, together with the changes made in Statistics Norway's own categories is however of some importance to comparability of the statistics over longer time.

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
Also other changes have been made, contributing to higher quality of the statistics, and influencing the comparability over time.

National Authority for Investigation and Prosecution of Economic and Environmental Crime inNorway(Økokrim) have been included in the statistic since 1995. After The National Criminal Investigation Service (Kripos) also was given prosecuting authority in 2005, the police district category "Special agencies" have been specified in tables, which includes both agencies.

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 will be executed gradually during the course of 2017 and 2018, but as of year 2016, Statistics Norway will only 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. 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.

The principal offence is defined as the offence, which by law carries the longest sentence. Many offences have a broad sentencing framework. Because only the general provisions of the law are taken into account and not the individual differences in the seriousness of the offences, this method could cause the charged person to be grouped under another offence than the most serious one in the specific case. Because three-fourths of the persons charged are charged with only one offence, and the others have a tendency to be arrested for the same type of offence, a relatively limited number of persons charged are classified under another offence than the most serious one.

Offences, in which the police complete the investigation by recommending prosecution, are not included in STRASAK until a legal decision is made. Consequently, it is the offences tried in the courts that come under the "Committed for trial" decision category (see Definitions of the main concepts and variables under Definitions and earlier sections on the transition to a new criterion for selections introduced with STRASAK in the time period from 1984 to 1991).

In the case of offences involving several perpetrators, the police decision can be different for the various persons charged. Tables, in which the offences are grouped by type of decision, show only the decision for one casual chosen of the persons charged (of all offences completely investigated in 2015, 2 per cent involved more than one person charged).

The decision "Transferred to Conflict Council" means that the offence reported to the police and the person charged have been transferred to a conflict council -and that the police and the prosecuting authority have been informed that the council has arrived at a solution. The offences that were transferred but not solved through mediation in the conflict council will get other legal decisions categorized under other types of decisions in the statistics.

The vast majority of offences have only one point of time at which the offence was committed, but for the offences that have taken place over a period of time the age is set according to age at the time of the first offence. In addition, the age of the person charged would always be set according to his or her age at the time of the most serious offence that the person is charged with in the course of the year. In some cases this causes the age of the person charged to be somewhat misleading: Persons under the age of consent (15) may appear in the statistics as charged and punished. The fact that persons under the age of 15 appear as charged or punished, however, are due to incorrect registration by the police or that the wrong decision was made by the prosecuting authority or court.

Based on experience, incorrect registration is often the reason why persons under the age of 5 are registered as charged. Therefore personal information about persons charged under the age of 5 is removed from the statistics (and the population aged 5 years and up is used to calculate persons charged per 1 000 inhabitants).

An offence can be included as part of the investigation of a complex of cases. This can be the case when a person is investigated for several homogeneous offences against various victims, or when many persons are investigated for one or more offences that have taken place in the same situation. An offence, and the legal decision made, will not be included in the statistics before all of the remaining offences in the complex of cases are legally decided. This entails that some offences are legally decided before the year the offence becomes part of the statistics (in the statistics for 2015, under 6 per cent of offences were decided in a year prior to 2015).

Attempted offences are in most cases punishable. Attempted offences are usually registered as committed offences in the basic material of the statistics. Surveys indicate that the rule previously was followed only exceptionally concerning murder, and that attempted murder up to 1987 was usually recorded as grievous bodily harm. After the introduction and development of STRASAK, attempts at certain types of offences, e.g. attempted murder and attempted rape, have been registered and presented as separate types of offences in the statistics.

Offences dismissed by the police are in the statistics regarded as completely investigated. If such a dismissed offence is solved in a subsequent year, it will count both the year it was dropped and the year it was solved.

Processing of the data at Statistics Norway show that the various police districts make some obviously incorrect entries. Every year there are some cases were corrections are not returned to Statistics Norway. Information from the police districts that make corrections will be more complementing and correct than information from the police departments that do not return corrected lists.

BL/STRASAK contains a large selection of various categories for registering offences and legal decisions (see Definitions of the main concepts and variables under Definitions). As long as valid codes for offences and legal decisions are used, Statistics Norway cannot, by processing the statistics, discover whether the right categories are used. Partial non-response (in that certain variables are not given for some units) occurs, but with the aid of internal controls in STRASAK these are limited to less important variables.

The greatest possibility that incorrect categorization may have occurred in registering offences, is in the statistics on offences reported to the police , and then in particular the more specialized types of offences. Registration of type of offence and legal decision at the end of the investigation are made on a lawyer's evaluation, and therefore considered being more reliable than the registration done at the time of reporting to the police.

See Data sources and sampling under Production.

The crime statistics cover only registered crime, i.e. offences that the police discover or get knowledge of. Police resources and priorities and the tendency of people to report offences to the police, are of great importance to which acts become part of the crime statistics. An unknown number of offences are never registered. Such unregistered offences are usually called missing figures. Various interview surveys on self-reported crime and susceptibility to crime, indicate that unregistered crime is extensive (see Survey of level of living, victims and crime , Statistics Norway). What is registered of crime over time is necessarily also influenced by changes i laws and regulation (see Comparability over time and space under Production). These phenomenons are nonetheless not actual statistical "errors”, but elements that influences it.

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