Offences investigated

Updated: 28 September 2023

Next update: Not yet determined

Offences with completed investigations
Offences with completed investigations
2022
279 738
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
2022
Offences investigated279 738
Offences investigated and solved120 465
Charges against persons123 230
Persons charged61 549
Persons charged in base year included in recidivism statistics66 500
Persons charged in base year with recidivism in the following five-year period25 715
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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
    2022
    All types of offences279 738159 273120 46599 04042 99715 9531 2838 9531 38341 12948 46120 53943
    ¬ Property theft92 93277 41015 52269 1244 3173 8641052 6383433 8483 8604 83317
    ¬¬ Theft, total92 61677 18315 43368 9834 2893 8101012 6353423 8343 8094 81317
    ¬¬¬ Petty theft13 1715 1737 9982 9851 1681 003171 6142922 1704663 45661
    ¬¬¬¬ Petty theft from shop and other sales outlet11 9874 1977 7902 1401 123917171 5922862 1054333 37465
    ¬¬¬¬ Other or unspecified petty theft1 1849762088454586022665338218
    ¬¬¬ Theft71 98665 7016 28560 6312 3852 62362900441 6352 5311 1759
    ¬¬¬¬ Theft from shops and other sales outlet6 1982 6653 5331 55664842437627181 2681 03158957
    ¬¬¬¬ Theft from other business and public institution5 3754 5867893 995324259868810846014515
    ¬¬¬¬ Theft from dwelling and holiday home11 22210 5846389 4575995217554693831276
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Theft from dwelling2 3872 2011861 62429328222432690438
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Theft from holiday home270256142411221201925
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Theft from storage area, garage and other area by dwelling and holiday home8 5658 1274387 592294237429142284825
    ¬¬¬¬ Theft from car and other motor vehicle7 6807 3023786 872235194126339246645
    ¬¬¬¬ Bicycle theft19 61819 13048818 4682524073690692341162
    ¬¬¬¬ Theft from the person21 86521 42743820 28132481665511821671232
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Theft from the person at sales outlet6 3866 2341525 9924819311345442392
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Theft from the person on public transport (from 1.10.2015)3 9853 964213 812111410305761
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Theft from the person in the street, park, other recreation area (from 1.10.2015)2 8172 775422 6324498162220121
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Theft from the person at sports facility, cultural venue etc. (from 1.10.2015)2 0782 044341 9881640031413132
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Theft from the person at other public and private place (from 1.10.2015)6 5996 4101895 85720534443041785533
    ¬¬¬¬ Other or unspecified theft287212320000101175
    ¬¬¬ Aggravated theft3 8573 2795782 822371788452541910715
    ¬¬¬¬ Aggravated theft from shop and other sales outlet25521045178257080032518
    ¬¬¬¬ Aggravated theft from other business or public institution97483414072089187601844914
    ¬¬¬¬ Aggravated theft from dwelling and holiday home1 9201 6053151 35720542128142592316
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Aggravated theft from dwelling1 2591 02323683814936022121902119
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Aggravated theft from holiday home28523748214221040043117
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Aggravated theft from storage area, garage and other area by dwelling and holiday home3763453130534512022618
    ¬¬¬¬ Aggravated theft from car and other motor vehicle4664432341424501001935
    ¬¬¬¬ Aggravated theft from the person224185391522760210211517
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Aggravated theft from the person at sales outlet (from 1.10.2015)2726125100100004
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Aggravated theft from the person on public transport (from 1.10.2015)1514114000000107
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Aggravated theft from the person in the street, park, other recreation area (from 1.10.2015)75687571010100519
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Aggravated theft from the person at sports facility, cultural venue etc. (from 1.10.2015)109152200001010
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Aggravated theft from the person at other or unspecified place976829511430010141430
    ¬¬¬¬ Other or unspecified aggravated theft18216110000041289
    ¬¬¬ Theft of car and other motor vehicle3 6023 0305722 54536510614764243937516
    ¬¬¬¬ Theft of car1 5661 172394846260597551162754725
    ¬¬¬¬ Theft of motor cycle and moped893842517813917561527126
    ¬¬¬¬ Other or unspecified theft of motor vehicle1 1431 016127918663021523911611
    ¬¬ Other unlawful use and possession of property31622789141285443114512028
    ¬ Other offences for profit24 38616 8077 5797 7243 2775 665141226661 5154 5901 18231
    ¬¬ Receipt of stolen property and money laundering2 0891 0151 0741192449314039873519851
    ¬¬¬ Receipt of stolen property, total1 879926953984939293838964717651
    ¬¬¬¬ Receipt of stolen property1 731873858980237253338956217150
    ¬¬¬¬ Aggravated receipt of stolen property14853950472450085564
    ¬¬¬ Money laundering, total2048711717592209871957
    ¬¬¬¬ Money laundering81404103640107201351
    ¬¬¬¬ Aggravated money laundering12347761395210267662
    ¬¬¬ Other or unspecified receipt of stolen property and money laundering62410100001367
    ¬¬ Fraud, total19 16314 5394 6247 5941 7645 11467167407143 07662724
    ¬¬¬ Petty fraud and the like1 5861 2113756349248322331258114324
    ¬¬¬ Fraud15 58512 3643 2216 6621 3024 35545137355872 00945321
    ¬¬¬ Aggravated fraud1 9929641 028298370276207229863152
    ¬¬ Embezzlement, total9225243985223222911422762128443
    ¬¬¬ Embezzlement723432291461742039322761098140
    ¬¬¬ Aggravated embezzlement19992107658262100103354
    ¬¬ Misappropriation of funds10151500427200142750
    ¬¬ Corruption and influencing trade127505200004142
    ¬¬ Accounting offences5731803930997834013515210269
    ¬¬ Creditor-related offences4528170189100014338
    ¬¬ Tax and duty offences35966293045111010262382882
    ¬¬¬ Tax evasion10518870121500475883
    ¬¬¬ Aggravated tax evasion1632613701934101135084
    ¬¬¬ Other tax and duty offences912269014710021282076
    ¬¬ Violations of the Customs Act83119263915858012404518110377
    ¬¬¬ Smuggling5687849083230820369457486
    ¬¬¬ Other violations of the Customs Act2631141497535042082362957
    ¬¬ Other business and economic offences2912058652638646114362930
    ¬ Criminal damage18 52815 4473 08112 7201 764926377641315551 10652517
    ¬¬ Damage to property, total18 01915 0632 95612 5721 540916356651305551 09051616
    ¬¬¬ Petty damage to property1 3771 029348846116652741886809025
    ¬¬¬¬ Petty damage to building5183661523014124035637314329
    ¬¬¬¬ Petty damage to motor vehicle and other means of transport (from 1.10.2015)317225921694412015628271629
    ¬¬¬¬ Other or unspecified petty damage to property5424381043763129224621223119
    ¬¬¬ Damage to property16 33013 8612 46911 6201 3708482354011146493242215
    ¬¬¬¬ Damage to building5 6804 3651 3153 400659294123025623348523923
    ¬¬¬¬ Damage to motor vehicle and other means of transport8 4677 7067616 7365384284165211493241029
    ¬¬¬¬ Other or unspecified damage to property2 1831 7903931 48417312677334821238118
    ¬¬¬ Aggravated damage to property31217313910654310511578445
    ¬¬¬¬ Aggravated damage to building21093117523920441464456
    ¬¬¬¬ Aggravated damage to motor vehicle and other means of transport6351124010106006019
    ¬¬¬¬ Other aggravated damage to property3929101450101018026
    ¬¬ Public danger from fire and other criminal damage509384125148224102991016925
    ¬ Violence and maltreatment32 97618 41614 5602 68114 3731 1392232 6296071 4997 3382 48744
    ¬¬ Offences of violence18 51010 1528 3581 2828 5791721191 2944479914 1721 45445
    ¬¬¬ Assault, total12 1486 7435 4059745 539159718333969731 9221 28144
    ¬¬¬¬ Assault11 7326 5495 1839235 399158697933919721 7531 27444
    ¬¬¬¬ Aggravated assault41619422251140124051169753
    ¬¬¬ Bodily harm, total1 69796173628566709903215833043
    ¬¬¬¬ Bodily harm1 52089962127261908853214772641
    ¬¬¬¬ Grievous bodily harm17762115134801500106465
    ¬¬¬ Murder330330000700260100
    ¬¬¬ Attempted murder84678140160072093
    ¬¬¬ Unintentional bodily harm or manslaughter9417770161030170382
    ¬¬¬¬ Unintentional bodily harm601050091020145283
    ¬¬¬¬ Manslaughter34727070010025179
    ¬¬¬ Maltreatment in close relations, total2 4061 94745901 92921641413714219
    ¬¬¬¬ Maltreatment in close relations2 3171 92739001 91021539413083817
    ¬¬¬¬ Aggravated maltreatment in close relations8920690190120063478
    ¬¬¬ Assault of public servant1 7593481 4111130782226014121 0418480
    ¬¬¬ Other or unspecified offences of violence28913015911117205413871455
    ¬¬ Threats, total7 7073 8833 8244283 17722850829921772 22949750
    ¬¬¬ Threats (from 1.10.2015)5 8633 2952 5683862 67919931591841701 32439944
    ¬¬¬ Aggravated threats (from 1.10.2015)240118122219232341184251
    ¬¬¬ Threats against public servant1 191353838153061715133446257270
    ¬¬¬ Other or unspecified threats41311729661009271321962472
    ¬¬ Robbery and extortion1 050729321436229568108111951631
    ¬¬¬ Robbery6974422552711651510011148537
    ¬¬¬ Aggravated robbery92543833200150032141
    ¬¬¬ Extortion2612332813244552300151011
    ¬¬¬ Other or unspecified robbery and extortion000000000000..
    ¬¬ Coercion16142119729511101102574
    ¬¬ Deprivation of liberty11869497620061138342
    ¬¬ Offences within family relations and the like131854608212200162835
    ¬¬ Reckless behaviour and stalking5 2333 4361 7975172 200677423786632854148434
    ¬¬ Human trafficking5814441120110043076
    ¬¬ Terrorism and terror-related offences86233000002025
    ¬¬ Other violence and maltreatment000000000000..
    ¬ Sexual offences7 7233 1934 5304682 6056357461203443 22647959
    ¬¬ Rape, total2 1271 294833771 200116117006467039
    ¬¬¬ Rape2 0121 280732741 190115112005516936
    ¬¬¬¬ Rape, children under 14 years of age737229508172070587003685369
    ¬¬¬¬ Rape, other or unspecified age1 2751 0512245798311025001831618
    ¬¬¬ Aggravated rape115141013100150095188
    ¬¬¬¬ Aggravated rape, children under 14 years of age (from 1.10.2015)90288020040084098
    ¬¬¬¬ Aggravated rape, other or unspecified age251213380110011152
    ¬¬ Attempted rape85424314270110039351
    ¬¬ Sexual intercourse through abuse of position of trust12745822420140072665
    ¬¬ Sexual intercourse with a child aged 14-15 years509924173880121003088882
    ¬¬ Sexual intercourse within family relations111228902002800701180
    ¬¬ Sexual act1 1675026656443143665324758757
    ¬¬¬ Sexual act with a child under 16 years of age740192548151731348424266874
    ¬¬¬ Other sexual act without consent427310117492583018130491927
    ¬¬ Sexually abusive behaviour1 43863580319040830710241694379156
    ¬¬¬ Sexually abusive behaviour with a child under 16 years of age (from. 1.10.2015)7062454617716053452533095265
    ¬¬¬ Sexually abusive behaviour, other or unspecified age7323903421132482545721161283947
    ¬¬ Other or unspecified sexual offences2 1595611 5981183892826142111431 17912374
    ¬ Drug and alcohol offences29 1167 43221 6841 9364 1681 161167592474 05912 5304 45674
    ¬¬ Narcotic offences16 9794 97312 0061 5202 617700136406382 0275 7383 79771
    ¬¬¬ Narcotics, Act relating to medicinal goods etc.6 8831 2655 6182698378970171291 0192 1252 27482
    ¬¬¬¬ Narcotics, use3 1602942 8667232154050205211 48579091
    ¬¬¬¬ Narcotics, minor possession3 7239712 752262605743012194986401 48474
    ¬¬¬ Narcotics, Penal Code, total10 0963 7086 3881 2511 7806116623591 0083 6131 52363
    ¬¬¬¬ Narcotic offences, Penal Code9 2653 5605 7051 2211 6726105721491 0082 9661 50862
    ¬¬¬¬ Aggravated narcotic offences, Penal Code831148683301081921006471582
    ¬¬ Doping1 1225855376720131347021019612448
    ¬¬¬ Doping, Act relating to medicinal goods etc.17636140225814028634580
    ¬¬¬ Doping, Penal Code946549397651763053301821337942
    ¬¬ Driving under the influence9 8281 1778 65101 140132416531 5496 48944588
    ¬¬¬ Driving under the influence, road traffic9 5471 1408 40701 103132415931 4186 39143688
    ¬¬¬ Driving under the influence, other28137244037006013198987
    ¬¬ Violations of the Alcohol Act, total3636429944614055187505282
    ¬¬¬ Violations of the Alcohol Act3626429844614055187495282
    ¬¬¬ Aggravated violations of the Alcohol Act101000000010100
    ¬¬ Other or unspecified drug and alcohol offences82463319134516412139186573823
    ¬ Public order and integrity violations27 1499 23817 9112 1385 6051 2782171 134996 7136 8223 14366
    ¬¬ Public order violations9 6682 7646 9043382 07730544507322 9492 1211 29571
    ¬¬¬ Breach of the peace, total3 5748092 765197017019142181 62752345577
    ¬¬¬¬ Regional public order statute, urinating and other8105475643811152631199993
    ¬¬¬¬ Breach of the peace under self-induced intoxication94128265902571784323611569770
    ¬¬¬¬ Other or unspecified breach of the peace1 8234731 350154064210941463534825974
    ¬¬¬ Weapons, fire and explosives legislation6 0941 9554 1393191 37623525365141 3221 59884068
    ¬¬¬¬ Bearing arms in a public place2 2084551 7532741378172641481834379
    ¬¬¬¬ Other or unspecified weapons offences2 1947171 477784262011273245269525567
    ¬¬¬¬ Fire and explosives legislation1 69278390921453727512064568524254
    ¬¬ Violations of public authority11 5982 7578 841422 440148127496453 3103 5471 44376
    ¬¬¬ Obstructing and counteracting public authority9 8512 0267 825161 8576588458433 1122 9651 24779
    ¬¬¬¬ Obstructing and harrassing a public servant2 1813081 87382522127981375374826186
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Harrassing a public servant1 6022001 4024165161570555757519588
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Obstructing a public servant5791084714875122881961736681
    ¬¬¬¬ Counteracting legal action and criminal prosecution7 6701 7185 95281 6054461360302 3592 21798678
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Obligation of identification to public authority867797880695528638221715591
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Violation of exclusion order3 0891 0602 02931 019731201204111 14824966
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Other order issued by police and other authority2 8243562 4681322201310341 42154239887
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Counteraction of the execution of sentences558904680729910013915216784
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Other counteraction of legal action and criminal prosecution33213319941233318061581760
    ¬¬¬ Perjury and false accusation9063745325291611790164614659
    ¬¬¬¬ Perjury626168458013423111064104173
    ¬¬¬¬ False accusation280206745157386801051526
    ¬¬¬ Immigration legislation56923133871941020501367412359
    ¬¬¬¬ Violation of entry ban7528470270120038763
    ¬¬¬¬ Assistance of illegal entry and stay40337422070007018
    ¬¬¬¬ Other or unspecified immigration legislation45417028431451012301362911663
    ¬¬¬ Misconduct and misuse of public authority27198013600001730
    ¬¬¬ Other or unspecified violation of public authority24510713814856224246462056
    ¬¬ Violations of integrity5 8833 7172 1661 7581 08882546131224541 15440537
    ¬¬¬ Document and ID offences3 4132 3451 0681 2045066013426618570714431
    ¬¬¬¬ Document forgery1 157469688443228320921314588859
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Document forgery, use80728252526190481831973517365
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Document forgery, production and procurement3501871631813235261341071547
    ¬¬¬¬ Counterfeiting86671929324200115322
    ¬¬¬¬ ID offences (from 1.10.2015)2 0441 7832611 1231415109173201932813
    ¬¬¬¬¬ ID offences, handling (from 1.10.2015)287228591483147221742721
    ¬¬¬¬¬ ID offences, use (from 1.10.2015)1 7571 5552029751104637152131512111
    ¬¬¬¬ Other or unspecified document and ID offences12626100811430133412579
    ¬¬¬ Unauthorised access and stay1 568877691449287136546109834818944
    ¬¬¬¬ Trespassing, building and other place1 21759662127925260544109031716051
    ¬¬¬¬ Unauthorised access to computer and communication system3512817017035760208312920
    ¬¬¬ Invasion of privacy3412101313710860536240242938
    ¬¬¬ Hate speech and discrimination291186105561273020417541036
    ¬¬¬ Other or unspecified violation of integrity27099171126025230114213363
    ¬ Traffic offences42 3548 89233 4621 5165 7211 3513044474821 2308 6373 10079
    ¬¬ Road traffic offences41 6658 69932 9661 4675 6321 3102904444620 8518 5923 03379
    ¬¬¬ Non-possession of driving licence10 3078319 47617376132193214 3873 97989692
    ¬¬¬ Speeding11 21892110 2971643822191562227 3052 30965992
    ¬¬¬ Personal injury3 0111 5261 4851171 3436158231 03320815949
    ¬¬¬ Other or unspecified road traffic offences17 1295 42111 7081 1853 17096997147208 1262 0961 31968
    ¬¬ Other transport and traffic legislation6891934964989411432379456772
    ¬ Other offences4 5742 4382 1367331 1675063262221 36635233447
    ¬¬ Offences against nature and the environment3 6792 0441 6356599144591251221 11221623444
    ¬¬¬ Poisoning as a danger to public health and serious environmental offences107315100001230
    ¬¬¬ Hunting and fishing offences1 132559573341194240110447506551
    ¬¬¬ Other offences against nature and the environment2 5371 4781 05931771543412402266516516742
    ¬¬ Work environment legislation34615718941311390090633655
    ¬¬ Other or unspecified penal legislation549237312701223411110164736457
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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
    20221
    Total279 738159 273120 46599 04042 99715 9531 2838 9531 38341 12948 46120 539
    Oslo66 97046 63120 33931 6088 5296 1623321 388686 3728 2374 274
    East43 35722 07721 28012 7616 7632 1743791 094766 9079 0934 110
    Inland16 4247 8388 5864 4722 556714965921293 6623 296907
    South-East35 09318 96216 13111 9575 1971 5942141 2472455 1217 0342 484
    Agder18 45310 3758 0785 8542 6141 879288251082 5173 5871 041
    South-West25 64815 34410 3049 0544 0242 225419731803 1883 7012 262
    West23 33312 81910 5147 6984 082988517231063 9004 2401 545
    Møre and Romsdal8 7143 4565 2582 1071 3229183851292 2211 912611
    Trøndelag21 88812 8679 0218 8753 776167496301403 1743 1491 928
    Nordland8 8544 3334 5212 2822 0261411481951 6711 646628
    Troms6 8792 9143 9651 6661 206735407631 6061 445444
    Finnmark3 7801 5482 232650851192820243718983286
    Svalbard1444110326150051641815
    Special agencies201681333036111081204
    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
    20221
    Offences investigated
    Total279 73892 93224 38618 52832 9767 72329 11627 14942 3544 574
    Oslo66 97029 5646 1685 1007 6169194 6396 3226 212430
    East43 35712 5953 9212 0265 0631 9945 3024 3527 462642
    Inland16 4243 9571 8039021 7265271 6841 6013 918306
    South-East35 09311 4393 0662 2763 8556914 2003 2515 884431
    Agder18 4536 4701 5381 2802 2473332 0331 9822 240330
    South-West25 6488 7242 1822 0362 9594812 7292 6423 359536
    West23 3337 5251 5881 3472 9237992 4742 1943 907576
    Møre and Romsdal8 7141 7137006281 1284881 0938961 848220
    Trøndelag21 8887 3101 9271 7162 4336432 2461 7583 562293
    Nordland8 8541 7847295811 3633791 1758871 677279
    Troms6 8791 4324944039603189457531 385189
    Finnmark3 780399182223670148555429888286
    Svalbard144192815217371133
    Special agencies20118621812445123
    Unknown police district0000000000
    Offences investigated. Per cent solved
    Total43173117445974667947
    Oslo3012238353969617439
    East49203419468078647947
    Inland52184123464678718452
    South-East46183521505476667938
    Agder44193424454178697948
    South-West40172615434369668036
    West45203217455372717548
    Møre and Romsdal60342925597483758656
    Trøndelag41143212455673627945
    Nordland51193924475970677948
    Troms58253341525577758662
    Finnmark59194322564877727758
    Svalbard7221..75805076896482
    Special agencies66..58..83..10060..74
    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
    2022
    All types of offences279 738162 106113 3783 263576244893349
    ¬ Property theft92 93277 79114 18679912027630
    ¬¬ Theft, total92 61677 55814 10979511827630
    ¬¬¬ Petty theft13 1715 3457 677134123000
    ¬¬¬¬ Petty theft from shop and other sales outlet11 9874 3647 484126103000
    ¬¬¬¬ Other or unspecified petty theft1 184981193820000
    ¬¬¬ Theft71 98665 8835 5844327210230
    ¬¬¬¬ Theft from shops and other sales outlet6 1982 7183 301152223110
    ¬¬¬¬ Theft from other business and public institution5 3754 61264497173110
    ¬¬¬¬ Theft from dwelling and holiday home11 22210 6125247772000
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Theft from dwelling2 3872 2171511540000
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Theft from holiday home27025612200000
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Theft from storage area, garage and other area by dwelling and holiday home8 5658 1393616032000
    ¬¬¬¬ Theft from car and other motor vehicle7 6807 30930748160000
    ¬¬¬¬ Bicycle theft19 61819 1564362150000
    ¬¬¬¬ Theft from the person21 86521 4693642452010
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Theft from the person at sales outlet6 3866 240138511010
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Theft from the person on public transport (from 1.10.2015)3 9853 96717100000
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Theft from the person in the street, park, other recreation area (from 1.10.2015)2 8172 77936200000
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Theft from the person at sports facility, cultural venue etc. (from 1.10.2015)2 0782 04928100000
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Theft from the person at other public and private place (from 1.10.2015)6 5996 4341451541000
    ¬¬¬¬ Other or unspecified theft28781300000
    ¬¬¬ Aggravated theft3 8573 2793631702913300
    ¬¬¬¬ Aggravated theft from shop and other sales outlet255210281330100
    ¬¬¬¬ Aggravated theft from other business or public institution974834795451100
    ¬¬¬¬ Aggravated theft from dwelling and holiday home1 9201 605213791012100
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Aggravated theft from dwelling1 2591 02315859612100
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Aggravated theft from holiday home285237331230000
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Aggravated theft from storage area, garage and other area by dwelling and holiday home37634522810000
    ¬¬¬¬ Aggravated theft from car and other motor vehicle46644313460000
    ¬¬¬¬ Aggravated theft from the person224185211350000
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Aggravated theft from the person at sales outlet (from 1.10.2015)27261000000
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Aggravated theft from the person on public transport (from 1.10.2015)15140100000
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Aggravated theft from the person in the street, park, other recreation area (from 1.10.2015)75687000000
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Aggravated theft from the person at sports facility, cultural venue etc. (from 1.10.2015)1090010000
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Aggravated theft from the person at other or unspecified place9768131240000
    ¬¬¬¬ Other or unspecified aggravated theft1829700000
    ¬¬¬ Theft of car and other motor vehicle3 6023 0514855951100
    ¬¬¬¬ Theft of car1 5661 1853473021100
    ¬¬¬¬ Theft of motor cycle and moped89384444500000
    ¬¬¬¬ Other or unspecified theft of motor vehicle1 1431 022942430000
    ¬¬ Other unlawful use and possession of property31623377420000
    ¬ Other offences for profit24 38617 0336 8764083525225
    ¬¬ Receipt of stolen property and money laundering2 0891 02297671104105
    ¬¬¬ Receipt of stolen property, total1 8799338696083105
    ¬¬¬¬ Receipt of stolen property1 7318807885361003
    ¬¬¬¬ Aggravated receipt of stolen property1485381722102
    ¬¬¬ Money laundering, total204871031121000
    ¬¬¬¬ Money laundering814038111000
    ¬¬¬¬ Aggravated money laundering12347651010000
    ¬¬¬ Other or unspecified receipt of stolen property and money laundering624000000
    ¬¬ Fraud, total19 16314 6844 1982471516120
    ¬¬¬ Petty fraud and the like1 5861 260322400000
    ¬¬¬ Fraud15 58512 4572 984123515010
    ¬¬¬ Aggravated fraud1 992967892120101110
    ¬¬ Embezzlement, total9225513551132000
    ¬¬¬ Embezzlement723459250932000
    ¬¬¬ Aggravated embezzlement19992105200000
    ¬¬ Misappropriation of funds1015343320000
    ¬¬ Corruption and influencing trade1272210000
    ¬¬ Accounting offences5732003571510000
    ¬¬ Creditor-related offences452916000000
    ¬¬ Tax and duty offences359712652111000
    ¬¬¬ Tax evasion1051983300000
    ¬¬¬ Aggravated tax evasion16327129700000
    ¬¬¬ Other tax and duty offences9125531111000
    ¬¬ Violations of the Customs Act8312015973111000
    ¬¬¬ Smuggling568824632201000
    ¬¬¬ Other violations of the Customs Act263119134910000
    ¬¬ Other business and economic offences29121567711000
    ¬ Criminal damage18 52815 5702 55026683372101
    ¬¬ Damage to property, total18 01915 1812 46924471351801
    ¬¬¬ Petty damage to property1 3771 0442962862100
    ¬¬¬¬ Petty damage to building5183721281341000
    ¬¬¬¬ Petty damage to motor vehicle and other means of transport (from 1.10.2015)31722684501100
    ¬¬¬¬ Other or unspecified petty damage to property542446841020000
    ¬¬¬ Damage to property16 33013 9632 05620661281501
    ¬¬¬¬ Damage to building5 6804 4181 0811213614901
    ¬¬¬¬ Damage to motor vehicle and other means of transport8 4677 73766243175300
    ¬¬¬¬ Other or unspecified damage to property2 1831 8083134289300
    ¬¬¬ Aggravated damage to property3121741171045200
    ¬¬¬¬ Aggravated damage to building2109497945100
    ¬¬¬¬ Aggravated damage to motor vehicle and other means of transport635110100100
    ¬¬¬¬ Other aggravated damage to property392910000000
    ¬¬ Public danger from fire and other criminal damage5093898122122300
    ¬ Violence and maltreatment32 97619 13412 75876218274411510
    ¬¬ Offences of violence18 51010 4807 3445001044224106
    ¬¬¬ Assault, total12 1487 0634 58135589252285
    ¬¬¬¬ Assault11 7326 8694 43032169191653
    ¬¬¬¬ Aggravated assault41619415134206632
    ¬¬¬ Bodily harm, total1 697962648621210111
    ¬¬¬¬ Bodily harm1 5209005594687000
    ¬¬¬¬ Grievous bodily harm17762891643111
    ¬¬¬ Murder33029211000
    ¬¬¬ Attempted murder84672311010
    ¬¬¬ Unintentional bodily harm or manslaughter941776100000
    ¬¬¬¬ Unintentional bodily harm601050000000
    ¬¬¬¬ Manslaughter34726100000
    ¬¬¬ Maltreatment in close relations, total2 4061 9513896500100
    ¬¬¬¬ Maltreatment in close relations2 3171 9313256000100
    ¬¬¬¬ Aggravated maltreatment in close relations892064500000
    ¬¬¬ Assault of public servant1 7593491 398804000
    ¬¬¬ Other or unspecified offences of violence289132151411000
    ¬¬ Threats, total7 7074 0323 56782175301
    ¬¬¬ Threats (from 1.10.2015)5 8633 4352 33672125300
    ¬¬¬ Aggravated threats (from 1.10.2015)240119108750001
    ¬¬¬ Threats against public servant1 191358830300000
    ¬¬¬ Other or unspecified threats413120293000000
    ¬¬ Robbery and extortion1 050730168963513431
    ¬¬¬ Robbery697442131782612431
    ¬¬¬ Aggravated robbery9254141581000
    ¬¬¬ Extortion26123423310000
    ¬¬¬ Other or unspecified robbery and extortion000000000
    ¬¬ Coercion161441031012001
    ¬¬ Deprivation of liberty11869231086101
    ¬¬ Offences within family relations and the like1319038300000
    ¬¬ Reckless behaviour and stalking5 2333 6691 48550136820
    ¬¬ Human trafficking5814281140100
    ¬¬ Terrorism and terror-related offences862000000
    ¬¬ Other violence and maltreatment000000000
    ¬ Sexual offences7 7233 2054 45144136301
    ¬¬ Rape, total2 1271 294816853100
    ¬¬¬ Rape2 0121 280718743000
    ¬¬¬¬ Rape, children under 14 years of age737229497623000
    ¬¬¬¬ Rape, other or unspecified age1 2751 051221120000
    ¬¬¬ Aggravated rape1151498110100
    ¬¬¬¬ Aggravated rape, children under 14 years of age (from 1.10.2015)90288000000
    ¬¬¬¬ Aggravated rape, other or unspecified age251210110100
    ¬¬ Attempted rape854243000000
    ¬¬ Sexual intercourse through abuse of position of trust1274579210000
    ¬¬ Sexual intercourse with a child aged 14-15 years50992410600100
    ¬¬ Sexual intercourse within family relations1112289000000
    ¬¬ Sexual act1 167505656501000
    ¬¬¬ Sexual act with a child under 16 years of age740192544400000
    ¬¬¬ Other sexual act without consent427313112101000
    ¬¬ Sexually abusive behaviour1 438644784720100
    ¬¬¬ Sexually abusive behaviour with a child under 16 years of age (from. 1.10.2015)706245455510000
    ¬¬¬ Sexually abusive behaviour, other or unspecified age732399329210100
    ¬¬ Other or unspecified sexual offences2 1595611 5741652001
    ¬ Drug and alcohol offences29 1167 80320 7744486517342
    ¬¬ Narcotic offences16 9795 32411 1524146416342
    ¬¬¬ Narcotics, Act relating to medicinal goods etc.6 8831 5285 27267124000
    ¬¬¬¬ Narcotics, use3 1604172 69236123000
    ¬¬¬¬ Narcotics, minor possession3 7231 1112 5803101000
    ¬¬¬ Narcotics, Penal Code, total10 0963 7965 8803475212342
    ¬¬¬¬ Narcotic offences, Penal Code9 2653 6485 325263212321
    ¬¬¬¬ Aggravated narcotic offences, Penal Code831148555843110021
    ¬¬ Doping1 122596521500000
    ¬¬¬ Doping, Act relating to medicinal goods etc.17639136100000
    ¬¬¬ Doping, Penal Code946557385400000
    ¬¬ Driving under the influence9 8281 1808 6272001000
    ¬¬¬ Driving under the influence, road traffic9 5471 1428 3871701000
    ¬¬¬ Driving under the influence, other28138240300000
    ¬¬ Violations of the Alcohol Act, total36366291510000
    ¬¬¬ Violations of the Alcohol Act36266291500000
    ¬¬¬ Aggravated violations of the Alcohol Act100010000
    ¬¬ Other or unspecified drug and alcohol offences824637183400000
    ¬ Public order and integrity violations27 1499 62017 06434757351097
    ¬¬ Public order violations9 6682 9146 5471542517434
    ¬¬¬ Breach of the peace, total3 5748882 59265149231
    ¬¬¬¬ Regional public order statute, urinating and other81061746300000
    ¬¬¬¬ Breach of the peace under self-induced intoxication9413016281011000
    ¬¬¬¬ Other or unspecified breach of the peace1 8235261 21852138231
    ¬¬¬ Weapons, fire and explosives legislation6 0942 0263 95589118203
    ¬¬¬¬ Bearing arms in a public place2 2084791 7022231001
    ¬¬¬¬ Other or unspecified weapons offences2 1947341 4382000101
    ¬¬¬¬ Fire and explosives legislation1 6928138154787101
    ¬¬ Violations of public authority11 5982 9158 57287134151
    ¬¬¬ Obstructing and counteracting public authority9 8512 1187 6685054141
    ¬¬¬¬ Obstructing and harrassing a public servant2 1813251 8441200000
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Harrassing a public servant1 6022151 3771000000
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Obstructing a public servant579110467200000
    ¬¬¬¬ Counteracting legal action and criminal prosecution7 6701 7935 8243854141
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Obligation of identification to public authority86783779302000
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Violation of exclusion order3 0891 1051 984000000
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Other order issued by police and other authority2 8243712 4212431040
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Counteraction of the execution of sentences55899458100000
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Other counteraction of legal action and criminal prosecution3321351821021101
    ¬¬¬ Perjury and false accusation9063745151510010
    ¬¬¬¬ Perjury6261684421410010
    ¬¬¬¬ False accusation28020673100000
    ¬¬¬ Immigration legislation5692802681650000
    ¬¬¬¬ Violation of entry ban752946000000
    ¬¬¬¬ Assistance of illegal entry and stay40334300000
    ¬¬¬¬ Other or unspecified immigration legislation4542182181350000
    ¬¬¬ Misconduct and misuse of public authority27216000000
    ¬¬¬ Other or unspecified violation of public authority245122115620000
    ¬¬ Violations of integrity5 8833 7911 9451061914512
    ¬¬¬ Document and ID offences3 4132 3671 0132840010
    ¬¬¬¬ Document forgery1 1574826581520000
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Document forgery, use8072915041110000
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Document forgery, production and procurement350191154410000
    ¬¬¬¬ Counterfeiting866719000000
    ¬¬¬¬ ID offences (from 1.10.2015)2 0441 790244720010
    ¬¬¬¬¬ ID offences, handling (from 1.10.2015)28722851620000
    ¬¬¬¬¬ ID offences, use (from 1.10.2015)1 7571 562193100010
    ¬¬¬¬ Other or unspecified document and ID offences1262892600000
    ¬¬¬ Unauthorised access and stay1 568899575621414400
    ¬¬¬¬ Trespassing, building and other place1 217617515551214400
    ¬¬¬¬ Unauthorised access to computer and communication system35128260720000
    ¬¬¬ Invasion of privacy341223108900001
    ¬¬¬ Hate speech and discrimination29118995510100
    ¬¬¬ Other or unspecified violation of integrity270113154200001
    ¬ Traffic offences42 3549 39232 8598697001
    ¬¬ Road traffic offences41 6659 04532 5268067001
    ¬¬¬ Non-possession of driving licence10 3078489 448821000
    ¬¬¬ Speeding11 21893810 277201000
    ¬¬¬ Personal injury3 0111 5671 4321011000
    ¬¬¬ Other or unspecified road traffic offences17 1295 69211 3696034001
    ¬¬ Other transport and traffic legislation689347333630000
    ¬ Other offences4 5742 5581 86010312163022
    ¬¬ Offences against nature and the environment3 6792 1051 47183109100
    ¬¬¬ Poisoning as a danger to public health and serious environmental offences1082000000
    ¬¬¬ Hunting and fishing offences1 1325735331924100
    ¬¬¬ Other offences against nature and the environment2 5371 5249366485000
    ¬¬ Work environment legislation346209127802000
    ¬¬ Other or unspecified penal legislation54924426212252022
    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
    2022
    All types of offences123 230104 17019 0605 6926 89610 78613 98916 09230 09920 24112 5126 923
    ¬ Property theft16 26011 1345 1261 9831 5946091 0371 7524 3352 8611 415674
    ¬¬ Theft, total16 16911 0515 1181 9831 5885981 0281 7424 3062 8441 409671
    ¬¬¬ Petty theft8 0004 6593 3411 3161 2423194366241 6161 173767507
    ¬¬¬¬ Petty theft from shop and other sales outlet7 7784 5023 2761 2951 2123114155981 5601 140750497
    ¬¬¬¬ Other or unspecified petty theft2221576521308212656331710
    ¬¬¬ Theft6 6735 0021 6715962662313918812 1561 431569152
    ¬¬¬¬ Theft from shops and other sales outlet3 6712 4141 25744692812174381 168719383127
    ¬¬¬¬ Theft from other business and public institution88780384464136631052732426417
    ¬¬¬¬ Theft from dwelling and holiday home69755414317193238149251160274
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Theft from dwelling1861473914791733653560
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Theft from holiday home16133000016522
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Theft from storage area, garage and other area by dwelling and holiday home4953941013122321115180120192
    ¬¬¬¬ Theft from car and other motor vehicle44941732554322547133121320
    ¬¬¬¬ Bicycle theft49045931336141881197113280
    ¬¬¬¬ Theft from the person447323124495220305413073354
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Theft from the person at sales outlet1621065611827166235192
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Theft from the person on public transport (from 1.10.2015)19163340306120
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Theft from the person in the street, park, other recreation area (from 1.10.2015)403826801910510
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Theft from the person at sports facility, cultural venue etc. (from 1.10.2015)302010381484110
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Theft from the person at other public and private place (from 1.10.2015)1961435326241715214831122
    ¬¬¬¬ Other or unspecified theft323200216074300
    ¬¬¬ Aggravated theft85778176163216151120335133459
    ¬¬¬¬ Aggravated theft from shop and other sales outlet696451121120201013
    ¬¬¬¬ Aggravated theft from other business or public institution209196132365318764083
    ¬¬¬¬ Aggravated theft from dwelling and holiday home451408433156895818965233
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Aggravated theft from dwelling341304373156584115847112
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Aggravated theft from holiday home67625000217181191
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Aggravated theft from storage area, garage and other area by dwelling and holiday home43421000101013730
    ¬¬¬¬ Aggravated theft from car and other motor vehicle4140100006151280
    ¬¬¬¬ Aggravated theft from the person60481202061130650
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Aggravated theft from the person at sales outlet (from 1.10.2015)110000000010
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Aggravated theft from the person on public transport (from 1.10.2015)211000001100
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Aggravated theft from the person in the street, park, other recreation area (from 1.10.2015)770000123100
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Aggravated theft from the person at sports facility, cultural venue etc. (from 1.10.2015)110000100000
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Aggravated theft from the person at other or unspecified place4938110204926440
    ¬¬¬¬ Other or unspecified aggravated theft272520103275000
    ¬¬¬ Theft of car and other motor vehicle6396093055483250117199107283
    ¬¬¬¬ Theft of car42540322332827378412271203
    ¬¬¬¬ Theft of motor cycle and moped5554175148181020
    ¬¬¬¬ Other or unspecified theft of motor vehicle159152715154925592660
    ¬¬ Other unlawful use and possession of property918380611910291763
    ¬ Other offences for profit7 9806 4541 5261242765041 0971 3212 2221 490738208
    ¬¬ Receipt of stolen property and money laundering1 2251 073152846701212234002438925
    ¬¬¬ Receipt of stolen property, total1 07895212654061892053622207917
    ¬¬¬¬ Receipt of stolen property93983010953847701753211977412
    ¬¬¬¬ Aggravated receipt of stolen property1391221702141930412355
    ¬¬¬ Money laundering, total1441192536932173722108
    ¬¬¬¬ Money laundering4737100639611822
    ¬¬¬¬ Aggravated money laundering9782153062311261486
    ¬¬¬ Other or unspecified receipt of stolen property and money laundering321000011100
    ¬¬ Fraud, total4 8363 7511 0851062203888608941 30668930964
    ¬¬¬ Petty fraud and the like3312201111619154865108301911
    ¬¬¬ Fraud3 2882 5287609016629462256285346420631
    ¬¬¬ Aggravated fraud1 2171 003214035791902673451958422
    ¬¬ Embezzlement, total3882631253831475591984312
    ¬¬¬ Embezzlement27919782383141387253294
    ¬¬¬ Aggravated embezzlement10966430006171945148
    ¬¬ Misappropriation of funds5447700035132481
    ¬¬ Corruption and influencing trade871000106001
    ¬¬ Accounting offences38935930001730931448430
    ¬¬ Creditor-related offences16151000026710
    ¬¬ Tax and duty offences31629323013132791986815
    ¬¬¬ Tax evasion89818003742327196
    ¬¬¬ Aggravated tax evasion14413860005154743304
    ¬¬¬ Other tax and duty offences83749010182128195
    ¬¬ Violations of the Customs Act66657393019437319416712257
    ¬¬¬ Smuggling51143675015296014812210046
    ¬¬¬ Other violations of the Customs Act15513718004141346452211
    ¬¬ Other business and economic offences827397022122220143
    ¬ Criminal damage3 5893 15443579735130334941466743620369
    ¬¬ Damage to property, total3 4013 00839366034830034540766042219960
    ¬¬¬ Petty damage to property38433747813829323976582011
    ¬¬¬¬ Petty damage to building171154174317101812352952
    ¬¬¬¬ Petty damage to motor vehicle and other means of transport (from 1.10.2015)103967141116119211155
    ¬¬¬¬ Other or unspecified petty damage to property1108723241033182018104
    ¬¬¬ Damage to property2 8382 51732154729426129534555333016647
    ¬¬¬¬ Damage to building1 5311 3621693491621141371763091947812
    ¬¬¬¬ Damage to motor vehicle and other means of transport834742921135990116122158906125
    ¬¬¬¬ Other or unspecified damage to property47341360857357424786462710
    ¬¬¬ Aggravated damage to property1791542532161018233134132
    ¬¬¬¬ Aggravated damage to building152129232414816212828112
    ¬¬¬¬ Aggravated damage to motor vehicle and other means of transport17161811101500
    ¬¬¬¬ Other aggravated damage to property1091011122120
    ¬¬ Public danger from fire and other criminal damage18814642137334771449
    ¬ Violence and maltreatment15 49813 2632 2351 7431 4311 3281 7302 0043 4092 1741 223456
    ¬¬ Offences of violence9 0567 5301 5269508969091 0651 2461 9541 171627238
    ¬¬¬ Assault, total5 8564 9618958396425776317231 148740400156
    ¬¬¬¬ Assault5 4794 6078727765755115816891 090712392153
    ¬¬¬¬ Aggravated assault377354236367665034582883
    ¬¬¬ Bodily harm, total8778205755108137132134167854712
    ¬¬¬¬ Bodily harm709659505377110120106135574110
    ¬¬¬¬ Grievous bodily harm1681617231271228322862
    ¬¬¬ Murder4033701135161013
    ¬¬¬ Attempted murder9174172351216325133
    ¬¬¬ Unintentional bodily harm or manslaughter7360130291021751216
    ¬¬¬¬ Unintentional bodily harm46361000571931011
    ¬¬¬¬ Manslaughter27243024318225
    ¬¬¬ Maltreatment in close relations, total526399127331540832221163113
    ¬¬¬¬ Maltreatment in close relations45233511732143367192992913
    ¬¬¬¬ Aggravated maltreatment in close relations746410011716301720
    ¬¬¬ Assault of public servant1 4271 0683594713114221323931819411330
    ¬¬¬ Other or unspecified offences of violence16611551462324443416105
    ¬¬ Threats, total3 8223 437385379275221424516928634333112
    ¬¬¬ Threats (from 1.10.2015)2 5502 25030033721014317332361543023683
    ¬¬¬ Aggravated threats (from 1.10.2015)1441395223124010431121
    ¬¬¬ Threats against public servant83476965185558751462281488125
    ¬¬¬ Other or unspecified threats29427915278136374245143
    ¬¬ Robbery and extortion561526351671247746486519123
    ¬¬¬ Robbery45742928157111683734371012
    ¬¬¬ Aggravated robbery7270256781223551
    ¬¬¬ Extortion32275572125460
    ¬¬¬ Other or unspecified robbery and extortion000000000000
    ¬¬ Coercion14213931311168228730
    ¬¬ Deprivation of liberty10393106830121125830
    ¬¬ Offences within family relations and the like4434100113821820
    ¬¬ Reckless behaviour and stalking1 7011 458243228114729716237832123792
    ¬¬ Human trafficking674423012111296611
    ¬¬ Terrorism and terror-related offences220010001000
    ¬¬ Other violence and maltreatment000000000000
    ¬ Sexual offences4 6244 54777330384408915292881701536177
    ¬¬ Rape, total86384419799058717419014712727
    ¬¬¬ Rape7557371878825667711741445825
    ¬¬¬¬ Rape, children under 14 years of age5295121760633437401161114622
    ¬¬¬¬ Rape, other or unspecified age226225118192230315833123
    ¬¬¬ Aggravated rape108107118243163692
    ¬¬¬¬ Aggravated rape, children under 14 years of age (from 1.10.2015)888711203292672
    ¬¬¬¬ Aggravated rape, other or unspecified age20200062117120
    ¬¬ Attempted rape434300111332320
    ¬¬ Sexual intercourse through abuse of position of trust868333032231216234
    ¬¬ Sexual intercourse with a child aged 14-15 years428419913609049237368448
    ¬¬ Sexual intercourse within family relations8983638208332645
    ¬¬ Sexual act668666239204123629143794536
    ¬¬¬ Sexual act with a child under 16 years of age552551132142322513122663423
    ¬¬¬ Other sexual act without consent11611517618111621131113
    ¬¬ Sexually abusive behaviour8098018524781147821311438739
    ¬¬¬ Sexually abusive behaviour with a child under 16 years of age (from. 1.10.2015)46846712743601044860723420
    ¬¬¬ Sexually abusive behaviour, other or unspecified age341334725421433471715319
    ¬¬ Other or unspecified sexual offences1 6381 608301411581323897029622017458
    ¬ Drug and alcohol offences21 98719 3502 6371186682 0672 8103 4806 3583 7601 967759
    ¬¬ Narcotic offences12 26610 8671 3991115381 3341 8012 1283 5831 809801161
    ¬¬¬ Narcotics, Act relating to medicinal goods etc.5 5144 851663663377388329321 49375231252
    ¬¬¬¬ Narcotics, use2 8252 4853402417035841244979442416826
    ¬¬¬¬ Narcotics, minor possession2 6892 3663234216738042048369932814426
    ¬¬¬ Narcotics, Penal Code, total6 7526 016736452015969691 1962 0901 057489109
    ¬¬¬¬ Narcotic offences, Penal Code5 8625 213649451965568681 0451 76887441694
    ¬¬¬¬ Aggravated narcotic offences, Penal Code8908038705401011513221837315
    ¬¬ Doping537513241827528823998204
    ¬¬¬ Doping, Act relating to medicinal goods etc.14013460171623622731
    ¬¬¬ Doping, Penal Code397379181720366517771173
    ¬¬ Driving under the influence8 6917 5621 1292996288661 1962 4391 7791 109573
    ¬¬¬ Driving under the influence, road traffic8 4457 3261 1190946178471 1732 3841 7251 049556
    ¬¬¬ Driving under the influence, other246236102511192355546017
    ¬¬ Violations of the Alcohol Act, total3022485402074753239252017
    ¬¬¬ Violations of the Alcohol Act2992465302074743237252017
    ¬¬¬ Aggravated violations of the Alcohol Act321000102000
    ¬¬ Other or unspecified drug and alcohol offences1911603143416365849174
    ¬ Public order and integrity violations18 13515 7292 4064448741 7122 3162 6714 6772 9091 761771
    ¬¬ Public order violations7 0436 3097342643146158911 0541 7801 096635394
    ¬¬¬ Breach of the peace, total2 8252 527298268232953648165139322998
    ¬¬¬¬ Regional public order statute, urinating and other7527114117107168148152875032
    ¬¬¬¬ Breach of the peace under self-induced intoxication6575857202691131071781125818
    ¬¬¬¬ Other or unspecified breach of the peace1 4161 231185257315325522632119412148
    ¬¬¬ Weapons, fire and explosives legislation4 2183 7824362382322863555731 129703406296
    ¬¬¬¬ Bearing arms in a public place1 7581 6261328714617118828450524311123
    ¬¬¬¬ Other or unspecified weapons offences1 4951 4247116378012220247130317094
    ¬¬¬¬ Fire and explosives legislation96573223313549354587153157125179
    ¬¬ Violations of public authority8 7847 4681 316673709191 2291 3222 2231 406943305
    ¬¬¬ Obstructing and counteracting public authority7 8406 7751 065503558831 1531 1871 8981 214833267
    ¬¬¬¬ Obstructing and harrassing a public servant1 8701 6242461911627732732240123412747
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Harrassing a public servant1 3981 227171179419725325728715710234
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Obstructing a public servant47239775222807465114772513
    ¬¬¬¬ Counteracting legal action and criminal prosecution5 9705 151819312396068268651 497980706220
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Obligation of identification to public authority790652138149110514413418470408
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Violation of exclusion order1 9841 74324165966104229605426370119
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Other order issued by police and other authority2 5132 14137257541053043149631019165
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Counteraction of the execution of sentences4604105000327541691256616
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Other counteraction of legal action and criminal prosecution2232051861422211743493912
    ¬¬¬ Perjury and false accusation552374178542051842051205112
    ¬¬¬¬ Perjury478334144031643681801134510
    ¬¬¬¬ False accusation74403451481625762
    ¬¬¬ Immigration legislation26122338207173995523217
    ¬¬¬¬ Violation of entry ban4644200026141374
    ¬¬¬¬ Assistance of illegal entry and stay10100001042210
    ¬¬¬¬ Other or unspecified immigration legislation20516936206152979372413
    ¬¬¬ Misconduct and misuse of public authority550000000050
    ¬¬¬ Other or unspecified violation of public authority1269135101198122520229
    ¬¬ Violations of integrity2 3081 95235611319017819629567440718372
    ¬¬¬ Document and ID offences1 0859071781870961041523441956739
    ¬¬¬¬ Document forgery6935969721138491072401535538
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Document forgery, use528461670102742841761184823
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Document forgery, production and procurement1651353021117236435715
    ¬¬¬¬ Counterfeiting19172012931300
    ¬¬¬¬ ID offences (from 1.10.2015)268208601646223637713091
    ¬¬¬¬¬ ID offences, handling (from 1.10.2015)6860814110225430
    ¬¬¬¬¬ ID offences, use (from 1.10.2015)20014852155123435662661
    ¬¬¬¬ Other or unspecified document and ID offences10586190123410532930
    ¬¬¬ Unauthorised access and stay82574976348350591072581556316
    ¬¬¬¬ Trespassing, building and other place74567273338145541032001516216
    ¬¬¬¬ Unauthorised access to computer and communication system807731255458410
    ¬¬¬ Invasion of privacy1279631402910104913102
    ¬¬¬ Hate speech and discrimination113892420786121819185
    ¬¬¬ Other or unspecified violation of integrity158111471114172045252510
    ¬ Traffic offences32 86928 6604 2091371 2263 7163 5473 9577 1045 5104 2453 427
    ¬¬ Road traffic offences32 61728 4234 1941311 2173 7033 5143 9357 0335 4614 2103 413
    ¬¬¬ Non-possession of driving licence9 4868 588898564997029221 2382 4581 7951 167649
    ¬¬¬ Speeding10 2849 1431 14151621 4751 3431 3532 1111 7161 405714
    ¬¬¬ Personal injury1 4571 0853722971147119125215199198354
    ¬¬¬ Other or unspecified road traffic offences11 3909 6071 783414851 3791 1301 2192 2491 7511 4401 696
    ¬¬ Other transport and traffic legislation252237156913332271493514
    ¬ Other offences2 2881 8794091692139188201446400424382
    ¬¬ Offences against nature and the environment1 6641 42723714455390121311311373346
    ¬¬¬ Poisoning as a danger to public health and serious environmental offences110000001000
    ¬¬¬ Hunting and fishing offences59456925537113090111157180
    ¬¬¬ Other offences against nature and the environment1 069857212942467991220200216166
    ¬¬ Work environment legislation837211001153620911
    ¬¬ Other or unspecified penal legislation54138016124785977599694225
    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
    2022
    Both sexes
    All ages 5 years or older8 7013 8202 5498 9821 84514 00411 48924 1791 958
    5-14 years1 5571026521 21230110037311616
    15-17 years1 22314625786126951960390688
    18-20 years4141762147871901 4281 2172 912131
    21-24 years5193732178851301 7831 5512 578172
    25-29 years7695272801 0841722 0821 6342 718187
    30-39 years1 7641 0934541 8663053 6772 7144 838353
    40-49 years1 2438162941 2342172 4161 7813 964333
    50-59 years7364291347271641 3621 0613 225345
    60 years or older47615847326976375552 922333
    Males
    All ages 5 years or older5 5833 0602 2567 7071 78712 1179 90620 6531 602
    5-14 years755815641 0112787731410913
    15-17 years62712422774726544750782462
    18-20 years2901401937111861 2461 0582 478107
    21-24 years3962881947891291 5681 3522 238126
    25-29 years5694222579341671 8401 4392 348140
    30-39 years1 3268654101 5572943 2152 3604 118283
    40-49 years8776542521 0312112 0491 5223 396282
    50-59 years4733531196331601 1339032 792297
    60 years or older27013340294975424512 350292
    Females
    All ages 5 years or older3 1187602931 275581 8871 5833 526356
    5-14 years802218820123235973
    15-17 years5962230114472968226
    18-20 years124362176418215943424
    21-24 years123852396121519934046
    25-29 years20010523150524219537047
    30-39 years438228443091146235472070
    40-49 years36616242203636725956851
    50-59 years263761594422915843348
    60 years or older2062573209510457241
    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
    2022
    All ages 5 years or older61 54942 9139 2333 4451 8521 0236574303152721 409
    5-14 years3 7812 8984742118735201513820
    15-17 years3 9852 888565209124623222151355
    18-20 years6 0344 353870316181875731212593
    21-24 years6 4364 3241 02539521011981613931151
    25-29 years7 0224 5881 13743723913889624635251
    30-39 years12 6648 0622 0808324742841881339782432
    40-49 years9 5906 4951 511569304171119585748258
    50-59 years6 8775 0071 0153381619651402323123
    60 years or older5 1604 29855613872312084726
    Both sexes61 54942 9139 2333 4451 8521 0236574303152721 409
    Males50 49534 5557 7982 9761 6018895783632732301 232
    Females11 0548 3581 43546925113479674242177
    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
    2022
    All ages 5 years or older61 54955 9743 2781 023512762
    5-14 years3 7812 234730379192246
    15-17 years3 9853 16941615791152
    18-20 years6 0345 4823018857106
    21-24 years6 4365 8643251015690
    25-29 years7 0226 499354783061
    30-39 years12 66411 8635781185055
    40-49 years9 5909 170317552325
    50-59 years6 8776 643168341022
    60 years or older5 1605 050891335
    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
    2022
    All ages 5 years or older61 54950 49511 05411.8119.254.27
    5-14 years3 7812 6671 1145.928.133.59
    15-17 years3 9853 05493120.3230.369.75
    18-20 years6 0345 09494031.3151.689.99
    21-24 years6 4365 50193523.7939.417.14
    25-29 years7 0225 9431 07919.0731.486.01
    30-39 years12 66410 5212 14316.5526.925.72
    40-49 years9 5907 8921 69813.4021.574.85
    50-59 years6 8775 6931 1849.3315.153.28
    60 years or older5 1604 1301 0303.896.501.49
    One-year age groups
    5 years3300.050.100.00
    6 years7700.110.220.00
    7 years232210.370.690.03
    8 years322840.520.880.13
    9 years6451131.021.600.42
    10 years12497271.922.940.86
    11 years207139683.184.152.16
    12 years5143591557.6910.484.75
    13 years1 18782036717.4523.4411.11
    14 years1 6201 14147924.0632.8414.70
    15 years1 23586337218.8125.5811.66
    16 years1 4291 11531421.6532.909.78
    17 years1 3211 07624520.4932.637.78
    18 years2 1371 77835932.9253.3411.37
    19 years2 0461 71832831.8152.2410.43
    20 years1 8511 59825329.1749.398.13
    21 years1 7171 45726026.4243.628.23
    22 years1 6361 41322324.0240.106.78
    23 years1 6051 38222323.3838.856.74
    24 years1 4781 24922921.5035.316.86
    25 years1 4561 26019620.5234.465.70
    26 years1 4821 25722520.2033.406.29
    27 years1 3461 13321318.2329.895.93
    28 years1 3701 15721318.4030.405.85
    29 years1 3681 13623218.0929.426.27
    30 years1 3741 15921517.7329.115.70
    31 years1 4331 20023318.1729.796.04
    32 years1 3481 09325516.8226.846.47
    33 years1 2881 08820016.2727.015.14
    34 years1 2551 04321215.9526.035.49
    35 years1 2391 02921016.3526.805.61
    36 years1 2101 03617416.0526.804.74
    37 years1 15493721715.5624.676.00
    38 years1 20098321716.4326.446.05
    39 years1 16395321016.0225.515.96
    40 years1 06888018814.6423.515.29
    41 years1 09493615815.3725.864.52
    42 years97678918713.5421.345.33
    43 years95977418513.5421.355.35
    44 years94579515013.4522.084.38
    45 years97379717614.2222.855.25
    46 years90873417413.0120.525.11
    47 years87270616612.1719.364.72
    48 years91073517512.2319.434.78
    49 years88574613911.9119.593.84
    50 years or older12 0379 8232 2145.839.722.10
    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
    2022
    All types of offences61 54950 49511 0543 7813 9856 0346 4367 02212 6649 5906 8775 160
    ¬ Property theft6 9574 1292 8281 3921 0913163695051 257965620442
    ¬¬ Theft, total6 9384 1122 8261 3921 0903113675041 253963619439
    ¬¬¬ Petty theft4 2612 2012 060924915203178225568505385358
    ¬¬¬¬ Petty theft from shop and other sales outlet4 1612 1422 019913895198170215551491376352
    ¬¬¬¬ Other or unspecified petty theft100594111205810171496
    ¬¬¬ Theft2 1841 4617234351478913220553636520075
    ¬¬¬¬ Theft from shops and other sales outlet1 44685159533868367413635024113865
    ¬¬¬¬ Theft from other business and public institution2291963329191821175942186
    ¬¬¬¬ Theft from dwelling and holiday home12794331010812222726102
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Theft from dwelling58451310646981140
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Theft from holiday home211000001001
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Theft from storage area, garage and other area by dwelling and holiday home674819044613181561
    ¬¬¬¬ Theft from car and other motor vehicle78753110789281050
    ¬¬¬¬ Bicycle theft12611313205103143925100
    ¬¬¬¬ Theft from the person17512946373591473319192
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Theft from the person at sales outlet694722108253201092
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Theft from the person on public transport (from 1.10.2015)752020102020
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Theft from the person in the street, park, other recreation area (from 1.10.2015)13112540111100
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Theft from the person at sports facility, cultural venue etc. (from 1.10.2015)1394341301010
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Theft from the person at other public and private place (from 1.10.2015)73571619176439870
    ¬¬¬¬ Other or unspecified theft330001000200
    ¬¬¬ Aggravated theft3453123312711385711375266
    ¬¬¬¬ Aggravated theft from shop and other sales outlet4241110211138511
    ¬¬¬¬ Aggravated theft from other business or public institution90837105910312473
    ¬¬¬¬ Aggravated theft from dwelling and holiday home1721531911424285640162
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Aggravated theft from dwelling123107161141622432691
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Aggravated theft from holiday home32302000629951
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Aggravated theft from storage area, garage and other area by dwelling and holiday home17161000244520
    ¬¬¬¬ Aggravated theft from car and other motor vehicle990000015300
    ¬¬¬¬ Aggravated theft from the person231760003312320
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Aggravated theft from the person at sales outlet (from 1.10.2015)110000000010
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Aggravated theft from the person on public transport (from 1.10.2015)101000000100
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Aggravated theft from the person in the street, park, other recreation area (from 1.10.2015)550000103100
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Aggravated theft from the person at sports facility, cultural venue etc. (from 1.10.2015)110000100000
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Aggravated theft from the person at other or unspecified place15105000139110
    ¬¬¬¬ Other or unspecified aggravated theft990041121000
    ¬¬¬ Theft of car and other motor vehicle14813810212181917361880
    ¬¬¬¬ Theft of car988998137181426930
    ¬¬¬¬ Theft of motor cycle and moped21210441104520
    ¬¬¬¬ Other or unspecified theft of motor vehicle29281940036430
    ¬¬ Other unlawful use and possession of property19172015214213
    ¬ Other offences for profit2 8502 24360784106127267360775628353150
    ¬¬ Receipt of stolen property and money laundering40733968526305165110713613
    ¬¬¬ Receipt of stolen property, total317267502222332549356287
    ¬¬¬¬ Receipt of stolen property229190392201416376843245
    ¬¬¬¬ Aggravated receipt of stolen property8877110291617251342
    ¬¬¬ Money laundering, total8971183471911171486
    ¬¬¬¬ Money laundering28199043724611
    ¬¬¬¬ Aggravated money laundering6152930412913875
    ¬¬¬ Other or unspecified receipt of stolen property and money laundering110000000100
    ¬¬ Fraud, total1 2168903267071661341773512179535
    ¬¬¬ Petty fraud and the like8749389133910231244
    ¬¬¬ Fraud791594197615454971132221155223
    ¬¬¬ Aggravated fraud33824791049285410690398
    ¬¬ Embezzlement, total26717790382439325864318
    ¬¬¬ Embezzlement19712968382433234340194
    ¬¬¬ Aggravated embezzlement704822000691524124
    ¬¬ Misappropriation of funds312920001151761
    ¬¬ Corruption and influencing trade761000106000
    ¬¬ Accounting offences2702482200071963995626
    ¬¬ Creditor-related offences871000015200
    ¬¬ Tax and duty offences877890001419272313
    ¬¬¬ Tax evasion32293000017996
    ¬¬¬ Aggravated tax evasion18180000112572
    ¬¬¬ Other tax and duty offences3731600002101375
    ¬¬ Violations of the Customs Act5154348101631561471259851
    ¬¬¬ Smuggling410343670142448121928040
    ¬¬¬ Other violations of the Customs Act10591140027826331811
    ¬¬ Other business and economic offences423576012511683
    ¬ Criminal damage1 3551 175180534161100961081651105130
    ¬¬ Damage to property, total1 1841 0461384091589793102159974722
    ¬¬¬ Petty damage to property1301141647151276191833
    ¬¬¬¬ Petty damage to building615472765527810
    ¬¬¬¬ Petty damage to motor vehicle and other means of transport (from 1.10.2015)32293656206421
    ¬¬¬¬ Other or unspecified petty damage to property373161441046602
    ¬¬¬ Damage to property956847109334132817587123693718
    ¬¬¬¬ Damage to building53547164223783735406335186
    ¬¬¬¬ Damage to motor vehicle and other means of transport2302072361132027313922116
    ¬¬¬¬ Other or unspecified damage to property191169225041241316211286
    ¬¬¬ Aggravated damage to property98851328114119171071
    ¬¬¬¬ Aggravated damage to building75641120939814651
    ¬¬¬¬ Aggravated damage to motor vehicle and other means of transport15141810101400
    ¬¬¬¬ Other aggravated damage to property871011112020
    ¬¬ Public danger from fire and other criminal damage17112942125333661348
    ¬ Violence and maltreatment7 7346 5961 1381 0817686617599101 5651 046641303
    ¬¬ Offences of violence5 1144 2798355765185185966541 027682373170
    ¬¬¬ Assault, total3 0782 607471492350285305332549422229114
    ¬¬¬¬ Assault2 7892 336453434302230266309514399224111
    ¬¬¬¬ Aggravated assault289271185848553923352353
    ¬¬¬ Bodily harm, total759712475492125112118136694211
    ¬¬¬¬ Bodily harm6175764152659810392112483710
    ¬¬¬¬ Grievous bodily harm142136622727926242151
    ¬¬¬ Murder342770113513713
    ¬¬¬ Attempted murder58526235121114542
    ¬¬¬ Unintentional bodily harm or manslaughter645212026911451215
    ¬¬¬¬ Unintentional bodily harm3829900260731010
    ¬¬¬¬ Manslaughter26233024317225
    ¬¬¬ Maltreatment in close relations, total27720770227244611057227
    ¬¬¬¬ Maltreatment in close relations2411776421620389552207
    ¬¬¬¬ Aggravated maltreatment in close relations363060114815520
    ¬¬¬ Assault of public servant7675622052265791221261761055814
    ¬¬¬ Other or unspecified offences of violence7760174310915151254
    ¬¬ Threats, total1 1971 07811919789657313725917313173
    ¬¬¬ Threats (from 1.10.2015)7176387917463323459135996853
    ¬¬¬ Aggravated threats (from 1.10.2015)4642413013614711
    ¬¬¬ Threats against public servant402369331023303567102655416
    ¬¬¬ Other or unspecified threats32293032158283
    ¬¬ Robbery and extortion3733492412273413136501442
    ¬¬¬ Robbery301281201146834222428911
    ¬¬¬ Aggravated robbery6159234781120431
    ¬¬¬ Extortion1192510112100
    ¬¬¬ Other or unspecified robbery and extortion000000000000
    ¬¬ Coercion24222842013420
    ¬¬ Deprivation of liberty322754303311530
    ¬¬ Offences within family relations and the like3727100113518810
    ¬¬ Reckless behaviour and stalking9388011371747833527218915912556
    ¬¬ Human trafficking17116011127122
    ¬¬ Terrorism and terror-related offences220010001000
    ¬¬ Other violence and maltreatment000000000000
    ¬ Sexual offences1 7061 6515528326317811415726819714898
    ¬¬ Rape, total48146615787343305497552823
    ¬¬¬ Rape44242814776641285183522321
    ¬¬¬¬ Rape, children under 14 years of age28427113605224132742331518
    ¬¬¬¬ Rape, other or unspecified age15815711714171524411983
    ¬¬¬ Aggravated rape393811722314352
    ¬¬¬¬ Aggravated rape, children under 14 years of age (from 1.10.2015)21201110128242
    ¬¬¬¬ Aggravated rape, other or unspecified age18180062116110
    ¬¬ Attempted rape770000031120
    ¬¬ Sexual intercourse through abuse of position of trust4139230231910103
    ¬¬ Sexual intercourse with a child aged 14-15 years18918451047552017181192
    ¬¬ Sexual intercourse within family relations20182151052600
    ¬¬ Sexual act180179135141291432212023
    ¬¬¬ Sexual act with a child under 16 years of age116115131864818151313
    ¬¬¬ Other sexual act without consent6464046656146710
    ¬¬ Sexually abusive behaviour228221739918172038373218
    ¬¬¬ Sexually abusive behaviour with a child under 16 years of age (from. 1.10.2015)94931227989141186
    ¬¬¬ Sexually abusive behaviour, other or unspecified age1341286172991124262412
    ¬¬ Other or unspecified sexual offences5605372311711547354371564729
    ¬ Drug and alcohol offences10 0178 5391 478503441 0381 3601 4882 5591 694991493
    ¬¬ Narcotic offences5 2504 525725462786188238741 37878236190
    ¬¬¬ Narcotics, Act relating to medicinal goods etc.1 4831 243240241682802692272951416217
    ¬¬¬¬ Narcotics, use5074188968710492719239124
    ¬¬¬¬ Narcotics, minor possession97682515118811761771562031025013
    ¬¬¬ Narcotics, Penal Code, total3 7673 282485221103385546471 08364129973
    ¬¬¬¬ Narcotic offences, Penal Code3 0612 6484132210630246852184449524360
    ¬¬¬¬ Aggravated narcotic offences, Penal Code706634720436861262391465613
    ¬¬ Doping293278151512254912460152
    ¬¬¬ Doping, Act relating to medicinal goods etc.22220000278410
    ¬¬¬ Doping, Penal Code271256151512234211656142
    ¬¬ Driving under the influence4 1833 5136701443454365321 021817598389
    ¬¬¬ Driving under the influence, road traffic3 9903 330660040336419516983775546375
    ¬¬¬ Driving under the influence, other19318310149171638425214
    ¬¬ Violations of the Alcohol Act, total220169510156170212014811
    ¬¬¬ Violations of the Alcohol Act218168500156169211914811
    ¬¬¬ Aggravated violations of the Alcohol Act211000101000
    ¬¬ Other or unspecified drug and alcohol offences715417222612162191
    ¬ Public order and integrity violations7 4246 3231 1012483818321 0539921 6151 110729464
    ¬¬ Public order violations3 5293 116413161188325491462759505347291
    ¬¬¬ Breach of the peace, total1 5031 36214173918434326832417411549
    ¬¬¬¬ Regional public order statute, urinating and other627592351586145122135644326
    ¬¬¬¬ Breach of the peace under self-induced intoxication28024931003451536448246
    ¬¬¬¬ Other or unspecified breach of the peace596521756346414793125624817
    ¬¬¬ Weapons, fire and explosives legislation2 0261 754272154149141148194435331232242
    ¬¬¬¬ Bearing arms in a public place7847404449939680921981035617
    ¬¬¬¬ Other or unspecified weapons offences5034713211181531501221207858
    ¬¬¬¬ Fire and explosives legislation739543196943830375211510898167
    ¬¬ Violations of public authority2 9872 46552220121393472449666444295127
    ¬¬¬ Obstructing and counteracting public authority2 4692 07839111111367416367511345240101
    ¬¬¬¬ Obstructing and harrassing a public servant4513698212472707196613917
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Harrassing a public servant2812324911438425161343010
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Obstructing a public servant17013733010342820352797
    ¬¬¬¬ Counteracting legal action and criminal prosecution2 0181 709309108729534629641528420184
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Obligation of identification to public authority220172483333444334015144
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Violation of exclusion order307267400310162984716232
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Other order issued by police and other authority1 1941 0061883442402662112041247230
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Counteraction of the execution of sentences17615818001101659473310
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Other counteraction of legal action and criminal prosecution1211061547101072827208
    ¬¬¬ Perjury and false accusation26317489431636468049236
    ¬¬¬¬ Perjury22815276031230397246224
    ¬¬¬¬ False accusation352213404678312
    ¬¬¬ Immigration legislation20117031105143268412713
    ¬¬¬¬ Violation of entry ban3837100025101263
    ¬¬¬¬ Assistance of illegal entry and stay880001031210
    ¬¬¬¬ Other or unspecified immigration legislation15512530104122457272010
    ¬¬¬ Misconduct and misuse of public authority000000000000
    ¬¬¬ Other or unspecified violation of public authority544311475647957
    ¬¬ Violations of integrity908742166677211490811901618746
    ¬¬¬ Document and ID offences39933366122659384682803422
    ¬¬¬¬ Document forgery291255362720273971743021
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Document forgery, use223198250616213153562713
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Document forgery, production and procurement68571121468181838
    ¬¬¬¬ Counterfeiting880011311100
    ¬¬¬¬ ID offences (from 1.10.2015)5339141088459531
    ¬¬¬¬¬ ID offences, handling (from 1.10.2015)16115047211010
    ¬¬¬¬¬ ID offences, use (from 1.10.2015)372891041248521
    ¬¬¬¬ Other or unspecified document and ID offences47311601030411010
    ¬¬¬ Unauthorised access and stay2892573213293136256850289
    ¬¬¬¬ Trespassing, building and other place2702393113282634256147279
    ¬¬¬¬ Unauthorised access to computer and communication system19181015207310
    ¬¬¬ Invasion of privacy77512628146638642
    ¬¬¬ Hate speech and discrimination53431013352051195
    ¬¬¬ Other or unspecified violation of integrity9058321013872714128
    ¬ Traffic offences21 83518 4933 342948002 6912 2822 3554 1673 5493 0372 860
    ¬¬ Road traffic offences21 71818 3853 333887942 6832 2682 3474 1413 5243 0202 853
    ¬¬¬ Non-possession of driving licence4 7514 200551273203634285011 072911670459
    ¬¬¬ Speeding7 4336 53390011041 1499769341 4311 2151 060563
    ¬¬¬ Personal injury1 21487633827521179492164176169323
    ¬¬¬ Other or unspecified road traffic offences8 3206 7761 544333181 0547708201 4741 2221 1211 508
    ¬¬ Other transport and traffic legislation11710896681482625177
    ¬ Other offences1 6711 346325157191136147293291307320
    ¬¬ Offences against nature and the environment1 2401 0611791327335589214234277298
    ¬¬¬ Poisoning as a danger to public health and serious environmental offences110000001000
    ¬¬¬ Hunting and fishing offences469451185279236483117159
    ¬¬¬ Other offences against nature and the environment770609161825264666149151160139
    ¬¬ Work environment legislation16151000003553
    ¬¬ Other or unspecified penal legislation41527014524458815876522519
    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
    2022
    Persons charged, place of residence
    Total61 54950 49511 0543 7813 9856 0346 4367 02212 6649 5906 8775 160
    The whole country58 78147 98210 7993 7693 9625 9386 1746 61411 8379 0156 4994 973
    Viken14 09611 5122 5848609161 3021 3621 5103 0362 3111 6681 131
    Oslo7 8546 4141 4404924656218691 0651 7881 227792535
    Innlandet3 9943 242752211217431409401740635497453
    Vestfold og Telemark4 7643 796968319366487478514935701525439
    Agder3 6672 942725329284380405418686506405254
    Rogaland5 1674 188979413460553535561995798502350
    Vestland5 8084 7431 0653833696466415911 163881632502
    Møre og Romsdal2 8632 359504128165349320311517441328304
    Trøndelag - Trööndelage4 7083 880828316330467536538914704517386
    Nordland - Nordlánnda2 5022 078424140157319246299456351249285
    Troms og Finnmark - Romsa ja Finnmárku3 3132 787526174233383369397599457376325
    Svalbard981000234000
    Norway, unknown county36333400264389
    Abroad, without known county2 7612 508253102394262408827575375187
    County not stated752202000030
    Persons charged per 1 000 population, place of residence
    Total11.8119.254.275.9220.3231.3123.7919.0716.5513.409.333.89
    The whole country11.2818.294.175.9020.2030.8122.8217.9615.4712.598.823.75
    Viken11.5018.694.245.4518.7528.0524.7921.1817.6812.929.063.63
    Oslo11.7219.244.286.8022.3929.1422.1114.2613.0912.529.674.28
    Innlandet11.1718.104.215.3917.1633.4623.6519.2016.9814.259.164.03
    Vestfold og Telemark11.6418.574.726.5923.6333.0925.7721.9017.4912.898.553.67
    Agder12.2219.544.858.3623.4432.1524.7021.0816.9912.369.643.29
    Rogaland11.1217.794.276.3223.9130.7022.5217.9614.1711.797.893.32
    Vestland9.4815.313.524.9615.7227.2318.2813.4713.2110.667.613.23
    Møre og Romsdal11.2318.214.024.0716.5934.9824.8420.0415.3113.289.164.20
    Trøndelag - Trööndelage10.3616.853.695.7619.6127.4019.0315.4114.0212.058.293.30
    Nordland - Nordlánnda10.8717.823.745.3018.9038.1422.4419.8715.1212.547.324.14
    Troms og Finnmark - Romsa ja Finnmárku14.3323.694.636.7027.5445.4427.9922.7618.6215.6911.025.22
    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
    2022
    Both sexes
    All ages 5 years or older61 5495 0971 1526 9303 31729 67815 375
    5-14 years3 7813 77703001
    15-17 years3 985135717931 212956440
    18-20 years6 034391105332923 4651 595
    21-24 years6 43675866262383 4681 943
    25-29 years7 022163788992343 4752 173
    30-39 years12 6643151171 6394986 0944 001
    40-49 years9 590280961 1923884 9052 729
    50-59 years6 877208567522503 9221 689
    60 years or older5 160227384932053 393804
    Males
    All ages 5 years or older50 4953 7478955 6022 38524 54213 324
    5-14 years2 6672 66303001
    15-17 years3 05410411528864831410
    18-20 years5 09432944462072 8911 424
    21-24 years5 50160765431882 9311 703
    25-29 years5 943133637551822 9141 896
    30-39 years10 521258981 3783475 0153 425
    40-49 years7 892218769602844 0222 332
    50-59 years5 693174426231733 2491 432
    60 years or older4 130199353661402 689701
    Females
    All ages 5 years or older11 0541 3502571 3289325 1362 051
    5-14 years1 1141 11400000
    15-17 years931316026534812530
    18-20 years9407168785574171
    21-24 years93515108350537240
    25-29 years1 079301514452561277
    30-39 years2 14357192611511 079576
    40-49 years1 6986220232104883397
    50-59 years1 184341412977673257
    60 years or older1 03028312765704103
    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
    2022
    Total61 5496 9572 8501 3557 7341 70610 0177 42421 8351 671
    All continents61 4666 9382 8461 3557 7231 70610 0077 40721 8151 669
    Europe57 9286 5102 6881 2927 0781 5659 5606 91320 7101 612
    Norway48 1885 1812 0881 1876 3711 4787 7066 00416 8251 348
    Sweden1 04395681371919710845923
    Germany33627125347743012324
    Latvia4275423531087411779
    Lithuania1 60323910610102729212666457
    Poland2 57834117124171185432611 00940
    Romania7101656793811766126815
    Africa1 14215734202384514417231814
    Eritrea36741127551832581431
    Asia2 042232110403628322228267932
    Afghanistan32828107621245521084
    Syria87796501918241731033049
    Americas32837143401376379810
    Oceania262005053101
    Without citizenship56111090711170
    Unknown27830203632
    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
    2017
    Both sexes
    All ages 5 years or older66 50040 78513 2376 5263 5161 789647
    5-14 years2 7251 5746072631678826
    15-17 years4 2452 16695755832319348
    18-20 years7 1923 9281 63886548119684
    21-24 years8 0424 5201 78590850223691
    25-29 years8 4654 9111 74492252327293
    30-39 years13 1447 7192 6151 452786408164
    40-49 years11 1127 0742 1881 005482259104
    50-59 years6 8184 8241 21543420211231
    60 years or older4 7574 06948811950256
    Males
    All ages 5 years or older54 88232 15511 5755 8253 1501 619558
    5-14 years2 1131 1214982301558425
    15-17 years3 3731 51881550630618444
    18-20 years6 0463 0511 48779944118682
    21-24 years6 8513 6851 59782644921876
    25-29 years7 1643 9861 55681947424782
    30-39 years10 9606 1532 3301 294684363136
    40-49 years9 0065 5811 82786941522589
    50-59 years5 6523 9241 0483801819821
    60 years or older3 7173 13641710245143
    Females
    All ages 5 years or older11 6188 6301 66270136617089
    5-14 years612453109331241
    15-17 years872648142521794
    18-20 years1 1468771516640102
    21-24 years1 19183518882531815
    25-29 years1 301925188103492511
    30-39 years2 1841 5662851581024528
    40-49 years2 1061 493361136673415
    50-59 years1 16690016754211410
    60 years or older1 04093371175113
    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
    2017
    All groups of offences
    All persons charged66 5002 7241 2595 5931 9603 20535 67616 083
    Without recidivism40 7851 5738093 0781 2361 93023 7668 393
    With recidivism25 7151 1514502 5157241 27511 9107 690
    ¬ Property theft
    All persons charged6 8411 1031421 0804648002 2371 015
    Without recidivism3 451725754753025081 161205
    With recidivism3 390378676051622921 076810
    ¬ Other offences for profit
    All persons charged3 9903052356571351 3671 993
    Without recidivism2 636143720337909621 293
    With recidivism1 35416151532045405700
    ¬ Criminal damage
    All persons charged1 592520717928694404138
    Without recidivism87229942351764721261
    With recidivism72022129441104719277
    ¬ Violence and maltreatment
    All persons charged7 8205314667388484941 5353 208
    Without recidivism4 1632342684535293069571 416
    With recidivism3 6572971982853191885781 792
    ¬ Sexual offences
    All persons charged1 601227883343146276599
    Without recidivism1 093129782322024196414
    With recidivism5089810102112280185
    ¬ Drug and alcohol offences
    All persons charged14 374851901 120618736 7315 314
    Without recidivism7 46335127464264503 5702 791
    With recidivism6 9115063656354233 1612 523
    ¬ Public order and integrity violations
    All persons charged8 2531891427791353655 6141 029
    Without recidivism5 06311791443812223 610499
    With recidivism3 1907251336541432 004530
    ¬ Traffic offences
    All persons charged20 81834981 0013632716 6222 700
    Without recidivism15 03715836892722612 3391 658
    With recidivism5 781191531291014 2831 042
    ¬ Other offences
    All persons charged1 211510106427189087
    Without recidivism1 0075884385775956
    With recidivism204022241413131
    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
    2017
    All types of offences66 5002 7254 24515 23421 60922 68740 7851 5742 1668 44812 63015 96725 7151 1512 0796 7868 9796 720
    ¬ Property theft6 8411 1031 1439151 6662 0143 4517257063996111 0103 3903784375161 0551 004
    ¬¬ Theft, total6 8211 1021 1399101 6612 0093 4427257043966091 0083 3793774355141 0521 001
    ¬¬¬ Petty theft3 5806638543275691 1672 2194745721902996841 361189282137270483
    ¬¬¬¬ Petty theft from shop and other sales outlet3 3986428302995241 1032 1084625551772706441 290180275122254459
    ¬¬¬¬ Other or unspecified petty theft182212428456411112171329407197151624
    ¬¬¬ Theft2 3383842273887076329942301071622292661 344154120226478366
    ¬¬¬¬ Theft from shops and other sales outlet1 39827612819139740664818071841391747509657107258232
    ¬¬¬¬ Theft from other business and public institution306564456797111325142027271933130365244
    ¬¬¬¬ Theft from dwelling and holiday home155138346535557311191510065234620
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Theft from dwelling8911722331634627118555515228
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Theft from holiday home1000244300012700232
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Theft from storage area, garage and other area by dwelling and holiday home56211028151811475381062110
    ¬¬¬¬ Theft from car and other motor vehicle1007729332430429697035202715
    ¬¬¬¬ Bicycle theft93671141282221397714683221
    ¬¬¬¬ Theft from the person1962520336751821281324251141312204326
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Theft from the person at sales outlet7746172921332281011442491910
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Theft from the person on public transport (from 1.10.2015)1002044301002701042
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Theft from the person in the street, park, other recreation area (from 1.10.2015)401021100010301011
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Theft from the person at sports facility, cultural venue etc. (from 1.10.2015)23884037231011665302
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Theft from the person at other public and private place (from 1.10.2015)82133123222388241311445181911
    ¬¬¬¬ Other or unspecified theft9011334251744082259461512208
    ¬¬¬ Aggravated theft689412215430217016519113257465242211122245124
    ¬¬¬¬ Aggravated theft from shop and other sales outlet929820361927344976564162712
    ¬¬¬¬ Aggravated theft from other business or public institution1502263158334411671010106110244823
    ¬¬¬¬ Aggravated theft from dwelling and holiday home3447381158956520142623279536713272
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Aggravated theft from dwelling214204910360401010161317410398747
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Aggravated theft from holiday home925324342618104767443202720
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Aggravated theft from storage area, garage and other area by dwelling and holiday home3800821970003431008185
    ¬¬¬¬ Aggravated theft from car and other motor vehicle3600324950003231003217
    ¬¬¬¬ Aggravated theft from the person283279711302331702564
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Aggravated theft from the person at sales outlet (from 1.10.2015)700322200101500221
    ¬¬¬¬¬ 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)502111000000502111
    ¬¬¬¬¬ 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 place1630364930132700232
    ¬¬¬¬ Other or unspecified aggravated theft390312177130156126027116
    ¬¬¬ Theft of car and other motor vehicle2141436418340642141224121501222295928
    ¬¬¬¬ Theft of car1307232356213919814791614154214
    ¬¬¬¬ Theft of motor cycle and moped3543691381113227325611
    ¬¬¬¬ Other or unspecified theft of motor vehicle4931012186170437332369113
    ¬¬ Other unlawful use and possession of property20145559023221112233
    ¬ Other offences for profit3 99030794721 6291 7802 63614312681 0301 2931 3541648204599487
    ¬¬ Receipt of stolen property and money laundering44762268208143155272472502924154413693
    ¬¬¬ Receipt of stolen property, total40062261183128124271954422764154212986
    ¬¬¬¬ Receipt of stolen property35862157159115108271845362504143911479
    ¬¬¬¬ Aggravated receipt of stolen property420142413160019626013157
    ¬¬¬ Money laundering, total400062311280051761200165
    ¬¬¬¬ Money laundering190041051500492400013
    ¬¬¬¬ Aggravated money laundering210021361300184800152
    ¬¬¬ Other or unspecified receipt of stolen property and money laundering700124300012400112
    ¬¬ Fraud, total1 57623402526955661 00512141304374125711126122258154
    ¬¬¬ Petty fraud and the like7824192528512310132327019125
    ¬¬¬ Fraud1 2242130190547436791109107344321433112183203115
    ¬¬¬ Aggravated fraud27406431231021630213806811104304334
    ¬¬ Embezzlement, total3081968123107233075285897512163818
    ¬¬¬ Embezzlement21119598359155074555485612142811
    ¬¬¬ Aggravated embezzlement97009404878007304119002107
    ¬¬ Misappropriation of funds4600123223300114181300094
    ¬¬ Corruption and influencing trade2700422125003121200110
    ¬¬ Accounting offences516002418231039700151382441190094466
    ¬¬ Creditor-related offences170004131000037700016
    ¬¬ Tax and duty offences395007136252286006961841090014068
    ¬¬¬ Tax evasion110001377286001305524000717
    ¬¬¬ Aggravated tax evasion1700031415000312200002
    ¬¬¬ Other tax and duty offences2680069616618500563117830013349
    ¬¬ Violations of the Customs Act609064323532545802341692531510496672
    ¬¬¬ Smuggling428032217323032402171251801040154850
    ¬¬¬ Other violations of the Customs Act1810321629513400174473470341822
    ¬¬ Other business and economic offences4902521213401315151501266
    ¬ Criminal damage1 59252024232229521387229912216515313372022112015714280
    ¬¬ Damage to property, total1 47644623831628019680626112116214311967018511715413777
    ¬¬¬ Petty damage to property21141574537311252531291921861626161810
    ¬¬¬¬ Petty damage to building11329382116963162411755013141094
    ¬¬¬¬ Petty damage to motor vehicle and other means of transport (from 1.10.2015)2852116418416521011512
    ¬¬¬¬ Other or unspecified petty damage to property7071713151844561271426211184
    ¬¬¬ Damage to property1 13935316824821715361920087126114925201538112210361
    ¬¬¬¬ Damage to building64822710813511860368141557662342808653595626
    ¬¬¬¬ Damage to motor vehicle and other means of transport297622764727216031153239431373112323329
    ¬¬¬¬ Other or unspecified damage to property1946433492721912817181315103361631146
    ¬¬¬ Aggravated damage to property126521323261262363710664161016166
    ¬¬¬¬ Aggravated damage to building103449182111523026865114712135
    ¬¬¬¬ Aggravated damage to motor vehicle and other means of transport15542315310101023221
    ¬¬¬¬ Other aggravated damage to property830320530110300210
    ¬¬ Public danger from fire and other criminal damage11674461517663813101450363353
    ¬ Violence and maltreatment7 8205327061 8572 5952 1304 1632352818621 3911 3943 6572974259951 204736
    ¬¬ Offences of violence5 1712384081 3561 8511 3182 8941051346581 0809172 277133274698771401
    ¬¬¬ Assault, total3 1222053117571 0288211 873911014126696001 249114210345359221
    ¬¬¬¬ Assault2 9231952827059507911 79487953926345861 129108187313316205
    ¬¬¬¬ Aggravated assault19910295278307946203514120623324316
    ¬¬¬ Bodily harm, total8322255301323131349121810514074483103719618357
    ¬¬¬¬ Bodily harm65222462352519828512188611257367102814913941
    ¬¬¬¬ Grievous bodily harm18009667233640019281711609474416
    ¬¬¬ Murder26002111323002813300030
    ¬¬¬ Attempted murder2311214518111123500122
    ¬¬¬ Unintentional bodily harm or manslaughter64011514345901131332500212
    ¬¬¬¬ Unintentional bodily harm4001792338016823200110
    ¬¬¬¬ Manslaughter240085112100759300102
    ¬¬¬ Maltreatment in close relations, total4152352202156300123214611911511205637
    ¬¬¬¬ Maltreatment in close relations3602245176135252112712310010811185335
    ¬¬¬¬ Aggravated maltreatment in close relations550172621480152319700232
    ¬¬¬ Assault of public servant62473320923014523901182796738572212715178
    ¬¬¬ Other or unspecified offences of violence651418291333001113932147164
    ¬¬ Threats, total1 2611391132233684185665955761512256958058147217193
    ¬¬¬ Threats (from 1.10.2015)6561198591157204338504539761283186940528176
    ¬¬¬ Aggravated threats (from 1.10.2015)33120511513402162080309
    ¬¬¬ Threats against public servant30041680110908825163332212211647758
    ¬¬¬ Other or unspecified threats272412471001091273519415914517285950
    ¬¬ Robbery and extortion2422635897616567524137186193065639
    ¬¬¬ Robbery180222468541234521575146172253477
    ¬¬¬ Aggravated robbery393812151151275024265101
    ¬¬¬ Extortion1312523510112802411
    ¬¬¬ Other or unspecified robbery and extortion1001450201100800350
    ¬¬ Coercion233575312234121112341
    ¬¬ Deprivation of liberty4942201672221114427219123
    ¬¬ Offences within family relations and the like4204824634046195800251
    ¬¬ Reckless behaviour and stalking1 020122138150250360568607880118232452626070132128
    ¬¬ Human trafficking400022400022000000
    ¬¬ Terrorism and terror-related offences801430701330100100
    ¬¬ Other violence and maltreatment000000000000000000
    ¬ Sexual offences1 6012272313203764471 093129126200279359508981051209788
    ¬¬ Rape, total5048462107147104365403777119921394425302812
    ¬¬¬ Rape477846010013499342403672107871354424282712
    ¬¬¬¬ Rape, children under 14 years of age3276949508475245352939727082342011125
    ¬¬¬¬ Rape, other or unspecified age150151150502497573335175310417157
    ¬¬¬ Aggravated rape2702713523015125401210
    ¬¬¬¬ Aggravated rape, children under 14 years of age (from 1.10.2015)301011200011101000
    ¬¬¬¬ Aggravated rape, other or unspecified age2401712421015114300210
    ¬¬ Attempted rape811330401030410300
    ¬¬ Sexual intercourse through abuse of position of trust2542061318310410711023
    ¬¬ Sexual intercourse with a child aged 14-15 years1943509530161132225720128112838104
    ¬¬ Sexual intercourse within family relations318627819532451233033
    ¬¬ Sexual act211331730547715723819416654109111311
    ¬¬¬ Sexual act with a child under 16 years of age141281321344510520615244036876105
    ¬¬¬ Other sexual act without consent7054920325232417261822536
    ¬¬ Sexually abusive behaviour25944264653901602613243265991813222125
    ¬¬¬ Sexually abusive behaviour with a child under 16 years of age (from. 1.10.2015)922019141722541397101538710777
    ¬¬¬ Sexually abusive behaviour, other or unspecified age16724732366810613417225061113151418
    ¬¬ Other or unspecified sexual offences36950673776139257304121561091122026162030
    ¬ Drug and alcohol offences14 374857724 4295 4183 6707 463353312 1892 7172 1916 911504412 2402 7011 479
    ¬¬ Narcotic offences10 293837283 5153 9801 9874 698343111 6131 8159255 595494171 9022 1651 062
    ¬¬¬ Narcotics, Act relating to medicinal goods etc.4 648595211 9881 4965842 294252251 0197512742 35434296969745310
    ¬¬¬¬ Narcotics, use2 890434521 3607932421 478171987344191101 41226254626374132
    ¬¬¬¬ Narcotics, minor possession1 7581669628703342816827285332164942842343371178
    ¬¬¬ Narcotics, Penal Code, total5 645242071 5272 4841 4032 4049865941 0646513 241151219331 420752
    ¬¬¬¬ Narcotic offences, Penal Code5 047242061 4352 1701 2122 1959855739555732 852151218621 215639
    ¬¬¬¬ Aggravated narcotic offences, Penal Code59801923141912090121109783890071205113
    ¬¬ Doping4270310823383247015612565180025210818
    ¬¬¬ Doping, Act relating to medicinal goods etc.9701325311520017269450115272
    ¬¬¬ Doping, Penal Code3300276180721950139995613501378116
    ¬¬ Driving under the influence3 1900316221 0781 4592 2070153916911 110983016231387349
    ¬¬¬ Driving under the influence, road traffic3 0190315971 0271 3642 0850153746581 038934016223369326
    ¬¬¬ Driving under the influence, other1710025519512200173372490081823
    ¬¬ Violations of the Alcohol Act, total328010168826821804121543911006472829
    ¬¬¬ Violations of the Alcohol Act328010168826821804121543911006472829
    ¬¬¬ Aggravated violations of the Alcohol Act000000000000000000
    ¬¬ Other or unspecified drug and alcohol offences13620164573931083252431081321
    ¬ Public order and integrity violations8 2531893972 3292 8992 4395 0631171921 3501 7381 6663 190722059791 161773
    ¬¬ Public order violations4 5961061511 2331 6131 4932 90266757089761 0771 6944076525637416
    ¬¬¬ Breach of the peace, total2 4608529179505331 574328553623367886524364327166
    ¬¬¬¬ Regional public order statute, urinating and other1 028112393384238777010284297186251121098752
    ¬¬¬¬ Breach of the peace under self-induced intoxication8220122903491714510214220010737101014814964
    ¬¬¬¬ Other or unspecified breach of the peace610728234217124346316127126742644121079150
    ¬¬¬ Weapons, fire and explosives legislation2 13698993166639601 32863471553537108083552161310250
    ¬¬¬¬ Bearing arms in a public place744354615329721324519194681804991627107216133
    ¬¬¬¬ Other or unspecified weapons offences5842116781693004111574111423417369375566
    ¬¬¬¬ Fire and explosives legislation8084237851974476722921681583961361316173951
    ¬¬ Violations of public authority2 749151148981 0117111 68211485286364591 067466370375252
    ¬¬¬ Obstructing and counteracting public authority2 3575878268425971 396333479508373961254347334224
    ¬¬¬¬ Obstructing and harrassing a public servant451330146171101267288510369184122616832
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Harrassing a public servant3011131031176717612646940125011394827
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Obstructing a public servant15021743543491162134295911122205
    ¬¬¬¬ Counteracting legal action and criminal prosecution1 9062576806714961 129125394405304777132286266192
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Obligation of identification to public authority19402971583613101648432463013231512
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Violation of exclusion order189011169108910162460980054548
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Other order issued by police and other authority1 2922235744562377981833330015649411524115681
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Counteraction of the execution of sentences1500076776700022741800054035
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Other counteraction of legal action and criminal prosecution81041721393900511234204121016
    ¬¬¬ Perjury and false accusation168219476733112110334127561914266
    ¬¬¬¬ Perjury114012294924840723332130056163
    ¬¬¬¬ False accusation5427181892813108626148103
    ¬¬¬ Immigration legislation139131170541141386042250031012
    ¬¬¬¬ Violation of entry ban29002171025002158400022
    ¬¬¬¬ Assistance of illegal entry and stay900171600051300120
    ¬¬¬¬ Other or unspecified immigration legislation101138464383136403318002610
    ¬¬¬ Misconduct and misuse of public authority400022300012100010
    ¬¬¬ Other or unspecified violation of public authority817514302557628261524136410
    ¬¬ Violations of integrity908681321982752354794069114126130429286384149105
    ¬¬¬ Document and ID offences5061061127165143277639777778229422508865
    ¬¬¬¬ Document forgery39403987140128210024516669184015367459
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Document forgery, use2920256411093152015364952140010286141
    ¬¬¬¬¬ Document forgery, production and procurement1020142330355809151717440581318
    ¬¬¬¬ Counterfeiting1340333830113510220
    ¬¬¬¬ ID offences (from 1.10.2015)7962228158443151853353710105
    ¬¬¬¬¬ ID offences, handling (from 1.10.2015)2411093114085101012421
    ¬¬¬¬¬ ID offences, use (from 1.10.2015)5551219127303713432525684
    ¬¬¬¬ Other or unspecified document and ID offences20009741500753500221
    ¬¬¬ Unauthorised access and stay312436462885513925263033251731838325530
    ¬¬¬¬ Trespassing, building and other place291405961834812324242928181681635325530
    ¬¬¬¬ Unauthorised access to computer and communication system21351571612157523000
    ¬¬¬ Invasion of privacy241021831772161730022
    ¬¬¬ Hate speech and discrimination36543717232124141333133
    ¬¬¬ Other or unspecified violation of integrity3001571723014612700115
    ¬ Traffic offences20 818346474 4486 4219 26815 037153602 9064 4797 2775 781192871 5421 9421 991
    ¬¬ Road traffic offences20 608336394 4106 3429 18414 875153532 8804 4157 2125 733182861 5301 9271 972
    ¬¬¬ Non-possession of driving licence4 962222717671 7222 1802 997101383801 0061 4631 96512133387716717
    ¬¬¬ Speeding7 0240451 7572 3002 9225 1150331 2061 6322 2441 909012551668678
    ¬¬¬ Personal injury1 002440162228568869424123191527133016393741
    ¬¬¬ Other or unspecified road traffic offences7 62072831 7242 0923 5145 89411581 1711 5862 9781 7266125553506536
    ¬¬ Other transport and traffic legislation21018387984162072664654811121519
    ¬ Other offences1 2115281423107261 007517109232644204011337882
    ¬¬ Offences against nature and the environment1 123528134285671937517105215595186011297076
    ¬¬¬ Poisoning as a danger to public health and serious environmental offences100001100001000000
    ¬¬¬ Hunting and fishing offences413132585299366112271271470231428
    ¬¬¬ Other offences against nature and the environment7094251092003715704168314432313909265648
    ¬¬ Work environment legislation360051219260038151000244
    ¬¬ Other or unspecified penal legislation52003133644001934800242
    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
    2017
    Persons charged
    All groups of offences66 50040 78525 7152 6771 1225294 1003946 5103 4646 597322
    ¬ Property theft6 8413 4513 3901 0911371014803368139545418
    ¬ Other offences for profit3 9902 6361 35413427791391821917037117
    ¬ Criminal damage1 5928727206221571781913512011612
    ¬ Violence and maltreatment7 8204 1633 657264109871 1615569859465831
    ¬ Sexual offences1 6011 0935082821166910375631276
    ¬ Drug and alcohol offences14 3747 4636 911651198125884513 0728221 06048
    ¬ Public order and integrity violations8 2535 0633 190225105656624768773462243
    ¬ Traffic offences20 81815 0375 78121024868502649125383 127112
    ¬ Other offences1 2111 007204126125431286235
    Persons charged (per cent)
    All groups of offences100.061.338.74.01.70.86.20.69.85.29.90.5
    ¬ Property theft100.050.449.615.92.01.57.00.510.05.86.60.3
    ¬ Other offences for profit100.066.133.93.46.90.23.50.55.54.39.30.4
    ¬ Criminal damage100.054.845.23.91.33.611.21.28.57.57.30.8
    ¬ Violence and maltreatment100.053.246.83.41.41.114.80.78.97.68.40.4
    ¬ Sexual offences100.068.331.71.71.31.04.36.44.73.97.90.4
    ¬ Drug and alcohol offences100.051.948.14.51.40.96.10.421.45.77.40.3
    ¬ Public order and integrity violations100.061.338.72.71.30.88.00.68.38.97.50.5
    ¬ Traffic offences100.072.227.81.01.20.32.40.34.42.615.00.5
    ¬ Other offences100.083.216.81.00.50.12.10.32.62.35.12.9
    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.

Offences investigated
The statistics includes the offences investigated and registered during the statistical year. An offence is considered completely investigated at the time a decision with legal efficacy has been made regarding the offence. The statistics includes both persons and organisations.

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).

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.

Offences

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

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

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

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

Category of offence

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

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.

Persons charged
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).

The criminal responsibility age in Norway is 15 years. The prosecution will therefore be dropped if the person who is charged is under the age of 15, because the person is not considered to be liable. The offence is nevertheless considered solved and is therefore included in these statistics.

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.

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.

Charges against persons
Charges are an overview of all the offences for which the charged persons have been charged for during the year. Charges against persons are defined based on the decision with legal efficacy, in a similar way as for charged persons.

A person may have several charges during the year. Enterprises/organisations may also be perpetrators but are not included in charges against persons.

As there may be several accomplices in one offence, certain decisions may lead to the status of solved without a charged person, a person can receive several charges during the year and enterprises/organisations are not included, the number of charges against persons different from the number of offences solved. In other words, the statistics on charged persons, charges against persons and offences solved have different units that count perpetrators and offences in different ways. Simplistically, we can still say that the statistics on charges give us a detailed and complete overview of all offences for which the charged persons have been caught.

The statistics on charges against persons and charged persons are very impacted by which offences are solved.

The percentage of solved offences
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.

Solved offences:

  • Prosecution dropped, the offender not liable
  • Transferred to Conflict Council
  • Ticket fine
  • Committed for trial
  • Prosecution dropped and other solved

Unsolved offences:

  • Prosecution dropped, insufficient information about the offender
  • Prosecution dropped, deficient evidence
  • Prosecution dropped, deficient investigation capacity
  • Other unsolved

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.

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

Classification of type of offence: Standard for type of offences are divided into nine main groups. These groups of offences are further divided into several underlying, more specified, types of offences.

Classification of police district

Classification of county

Classification of citizenship and continent

Classification of sex

Police decisions: jf. Table D1 in Koder for avgjørelser i STRASAK og Straffesakskjeden 2010-2017, page 192-194 in Rapporter 2020/22 (only in Norwegian).

Age: groups 5-14, 15-17, 18-20, 21-24, 25-29, 30-39, 40-59, 60-.

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

Not yet determined

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.

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

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

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

Raw data files of whole-year files from the Police IT Unit 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.

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 statistics. 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).

(See comparability over time and space for more information about changes).

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

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

The statistics 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.

When using crime statistics, it is important to be aware that the various parts do not necessarily refer to the same population of offences within the same year. It can take a long time from an offence is reported to the police to when the investigation is concluded, and until a penal sanction is given and the sentence served; in some cases, it may take years. Generally, however, the offences that are included in the statistics on offences reported to the police in the same year or subsequently are represented in the statistics on offences investigated, sanctions and imprisonments. The units that are included also differ in the various statistics.

The statistics over investigated offences include all offences that were considered completely investigated during the year. This means that if two offences have been registered in one case, both offences will be included in the statistics when they get a decision with legal efficacy. In the statistics over penal sanctions, on the other hand, only one penal sanction is counted (the principal offence) if several criminal matters are dealt with in the same sentence.

Every decision with legal efficacy made by the courts, for example a sentence on unconditional imprisonment or acquittal, are classified in the statistics over investigated offences as committed for trial. The statistics over penal sanctions show more detailed types of sanctions and includes on-the-spot fine. These are not considered reported and are therefore not investigated by the police and prosecution authorities. They are therefore not included in the statistics over investigated offences.

The statistics over penal sanctions is using other registers than BL/STRASAK/PAL, which the statistics over investigated offences use (see the statistics over Penal sanctions for more information).

The tables below offences reported to the police are therefore not directly comparable to the other crime statistics. For an overall presentation of the crime statistics, see Kriminalitet og rettsvesen 2009 (in Norwegian only).

Other closely related statistics at Statistics Norway are: the Survey of level of living, victims and crime (exposure to violence and theft), Police and prosecution - StatRes (discontinued) and Causes of death (murder) (discontinued, transferred to the Norwegian Institute of Public Health).

Related external statistics

Until 2021 The National Police Directorate (POD) published Kommenterte STRASAK-tall; the police’s report statistics (the individual police districts also publish their own figures for their respective regions), and since 2022 POD and The Higher Prosecuting Authorities publishes the report Straffesaksbehandlingen. These reports also contains figures on percentage of offences solved and time of dealing with cases, based on investigated offences in STRASAK/PAL. 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 above statistics and reports are available from the police’s website for numbers and facts.

The Norwegian Bureau for the Investigation of Police Affairs investigates cases where employees of the police or prosecuting authority are suspected of committing criminal offences in the course of duty. Offences which are investigated and completed by the Bureau without further prosecution or court proceedings are not included in the data basis for the statistics on offences 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).

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

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

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

Not relevant

The statistics cover all offences 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 definitions of the population – criminal cases, offences investigated and the offenders are equal before and after this change in 2015 (see under Definitions and 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 is 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.

Collection of data

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

Editing

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

The register systems of the police contain some validity controls of data. In addition, Statistics Norway performs its own controls on some of the material. For example, missing information on scene of crime by municipality will be added to the municipality to the degree this is possible based on other information from the data basis.

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).

Estimations

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).
  • Percentage of offences solved. From the numbers of offences completely investigated 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.
  • Total number of persons charged in each group of offence (since 2010), with given characteristics (e.g. sex and age).
  • All charges against persons with given characteristics (e.g. type of offence, age and sex). Enterprise/organisations are not included.
  • 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.

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.

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 years old 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

Interviewers and everyone who works at Statistics Norway have a duty of confidentiality. Statistics Norway has its own data protection officer.

Statistics Norway does not publish figures where there is a risk of identifying individual data about persons or households.

The suppression method is used in these statistics to ensure this.

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

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 factors that can have a bearing on comparability over time and place in the various crime statistics, and a broad explanation of the problem here is given in Kriminalitet og rettsvesen 2009 (in Norwegian only). 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 criminal responsibility age. 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 IT Unit, 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 in Norway (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 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.

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. SeeClassification 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 criminal responsibility age (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 2022, under 5 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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