Court outcomes — Justice and public safety, Newfoundland and Labrador

3,724cases completed, 2024/2025

54 in 100ended in a guilty finding

44 in 100stayed or withdrawn

Twenty-six court years

The line is every adult criminal case completed in the province, by court year.

1999/20002012/20132024/2025

How cases ended

Each completed case ends one way: a guilty finding, an acquittal, a stay or withdrawal, or another decision. The shares below are of every case completed in the latest court year; the table underneath runs the whole series.

What happened in court, 2024/2025

3,724 adult criminal court cases were completed in Newfoundland and Labrador under all offences, and 2,007 of them, 54 per cent, ended in a guilty finding.

Guilty2,007	2,007	54%
Stayed or withdrawn1,645	1,645	44%
Acquitted59	59	2%
Other decisions13	13	0%

These are not the incidents above. A court case is counted under the most serious offence it contains, so one case can cover several charges. The court year runs April to March, and the cases completed in it mostly began with charges laid in earlier years. The survey covers adults only; anyone under eighteen at the time of the offence is dealt with in youth court and does not appear here.

Court outcomes year by year

Court year	Cases completed	Guilty	Stayed or withdrawn	Acquitted	Guilty per 100
2024/2025	3,724	2,007	1,645	59	54
2023/2024	3,423	1,893	1,472	46	55
2022/2023	3,742	2,081	1,611	49	56
2021/2022	2,811	1,684	1,084	37	60
2020/2021	3,695	2,470	1,155	51	67
2019/2020	4,420	2,944	1,406	58	67
2018/2019	4,850	3,424	1,383	35	71
2017/2018	4,722	3,359	1,327	27	71
2016/2017	4,524	3,326	1,146	35	74
2015/2016	4,877	3,761	1,059	30	77
2014/2015	5,183	3,837	1,298	23	74
2013/2014	5,439	4,118	1,255	32	76
2012/2013	5,958	4,586	1,315	29	77
2011/2012	5,782	4,406	1,328	25	76
2010/2011	5,767	4,439	1,284	11	77
2009/2010	5,398	4,181	1,175	12	77
2008/2009	5,229	3,896	1,262	27	75
2007/2008	4,808	3,682	1,064	19	77
2006/2007	5,065	3,876	1,155	3	77
2005/2006	5,584	4,202	1,321	11	75
2004/2005	6,037	4,523	1,469	2	75
2003/2004	5,915	4,539	1,329	7	77
2002/2003	6,252	4,935	1,270	6	79
2001/2002	6,163	4,906	1,213	3	80
2000/2001	5,915	4,609	1,248	8	78

By offence group

The survey groups offences the way the Criminal Code does. Open a group for every offence inside it, with its cases completed and how they ended.

Court outcomes

Crimes against the person

Homicide, assault, sexual assault, robbery, threats, and harassment.

1,455cases, 2024/2025

35 in 100guilty

2000/2001 to 2024/2025

Court outcomes

Crimes against property

Theft, break and enter, fraud, mischief, and stolen property.

760cases, 2024/2025

58 in 100guilty

2000/2001 to 2024/2025

Court outcomes

Administration of justice

Offences against the court process itself: failing to appear, breaching probation, breaching an order.

481cases, 2024/2025

63 in 100guilty

2000/2001 to 2024/2025

Court outcomes

Other Criminal Code

Weapons, disturbing the peace, and the remaining Criminal Code offences.

170cases, 2024/2025

65 in 100guilty

2000/2001 to 2024/2025

Court outcomes

Criminal Code traffic

Impaired driving and other Criminal Code driving offences.

610cases, 2024/2025

78 in 100guilty

2000/2001 to 2024/2025

Court outcomes

Other federal statutes

Drug offences and other federal statutes, including the Youth Criminal Justice Act.

248cases, 2024/2025

69 in 100guilty

2000/2001 to 2024/2025

Every offence

One row per offence as the survey publishes it, for the latest court year, with the run of cases completed since 1999/2000 at the right. Two offences, motor vehicle theft and offences in relation to sexual services, are only published from 2012/2013; the earlier years are blank as filed. Prostitution offences were repealed in 2014 and the series ends there.

Crimes against the person, 2024/2025

1,455 cases were completed under crimes against the person, and 35 in 100 ended in a guilty finding. The police-reported side of this is under Violence.

Offence	Cases completed	Guilty	Stayed or withdrawn	Acquitted	Guilty per 100
Homicide	1	1	0	0	100
Attempted murder	1	0	1	0	0
Robbery	29	19	9	1	66
Sexual assault	79	19	50	9	24
Other sexual offences	76	27	40	8	36
Major assault	377	122	244	9	32
Common assault	482	146	329	7	30
Uttering threats	284	128	154	1	45
Criminal harassment	40	19	20	0	48
Other crimes against persons	86	25	59	2	29

Crimes against the person year by year

Court year	Cases completed	Guilty	Stayed or withdrawn	Acquitted	Guilty per 100
2024/2025	1,455	506	906	37	35
2023/2024	1,259	465	761	29	37
2022/2023	1,324	519	781	24	39
2021/2022	996	444	526	25	45
2020/2021	1,197	623	539	30	52
2019/2020	1,415	679	699	34	48
2018/2019	1,394	722	656	13	52
2017/2018	1,200	592	587	19	49
2016/2017	1,183	624	533	22	53
2015/2016	1,233	706	501	19	57
2014/2015	1,319	710	588	14	54
2013/2014	1,317	744	541	25	56
2012/2013	1,425	828	571	17	58
2011/2012	1,365	772	569	18	57
2010/2011	1,405	854	537	6	61
2009/2010	1,320	835	473	6	63
2008/2009	1,290	759	501	16	59
2007/2008	1,131	688	416	14	61
2006/2007	1,166	723	435	2	62
2005/2006	1,337	832	489	6	62
2004/2005	1,379	853	516	1	62
2003/2004	1,347	828	502	7	61
2002/2003	1,407	931	464	3	66
2001/2002	1,335	889	437	1	67
2000/2001	1,283	842	422	8	66

Crimes against property, 2024/2025

760 cases were completed under crimes against property, and 58 in 100 ended in a guilty finding. The police-reported side of this is under Property.

Offence	Cases completed	Guilty	Stayed or withdrawn	Acquitted	Guilty per 100
Theft	238	146	90	2	61
Break and enter	148	94	51	2	64
Motor vehicle theft	17	11	6	0	65
Fraud	122	76	45	1	62
Mischief	156	70	84	2	45
Possess stolen property	70	37	31	1	53
Other property crimes	9	5	4	0	56

Crimes against property year by year

Court year	Cases completed	Guilty	Stayed or withdrawn	Acquitted	Guilty per 100
2024/2025	760	439	311	8	58
2023/2024	737	430	301	5	58
2022/2023	910	524	378	8	58
2021/2022	654	405	246	3	62
2020/2021	996	704	287	5	71
2019/2020	1,219	926	284	6	76
2018/2019	1,379	1,079	295	4	78
2017/2018	1,432	1,129	294	4	79
2016/2017	1,209	983	222	3	81
2015/2016	1,212	1,032	171	2	85
2014/2015	1,339	1,095	234	5	82
2013/2014	1,443	1,203	231	1	83
2012/2013	1,684	1,418	257	1	84
2011/2012	1,587	1,322	260	1	83
2010/2011	1,586	1,303	270	4	82
2009/2010	1,472	1,198	267	1	81
2008/2009	1,408	1,110	278	3	79
2007/2008	1,353	1,107	234	1	82
2006/2007	1,535	1,218	301	1	79
2005/2006	1,666	1,346	300	0	81
2004/2005	1,763	1,416	330	1	80
2003/2004	1,565	1,276	281	0	82
2002/2003	1,587	1,283	291	2	81
2001/2002	1,657	1,341	301	0	81
2000/2001	1,707	1,381	312	0	81

Administration of justice, 2024/2025

481 cases were completed under administration of justice, and 63 in 100 ended in a guilty finding. The police-reported side of this is under Administration of justice.

Offence	Cases completed	Guilty	Stayed or withdrawn	Acquitted	Guilty per 100
Fail to appear	19	13	6	0	68
Breach of probation	158	101	55	2	64
Unlawfully at large	13	13	0	0	100
Fail to comply with order	216	128	87	1	59
Other administration of justice	75	48	26	1	64

Administration of justice year by year

Court year	Cases completed	Guilty	Stayed or withdrawn	Acquitted	Guilty per 100
2024/2025	481	303	174	4	63
2023/2024	487	299	183	3	61
2022/2023	439	268	170	1	61
2021/2022	372	232	136	3	62
2020/2021	549	370	174	5	67
2019/2020	678	473	200	3	70
2018/2019	744	549	193	0	74
2017/2018	730	549	178	2	75
2016/2017	787	623	152	5	79
2015/2016	980	801	173	2	82
2014/2015	889	700	185	1	79
2013/2014	895	688	200	0	77
2012/2013	925	738	184	2	80
2011/2012	878	697	175	2	79
2010/2011	857	681	173	0	79
2009/2010	783	627	146	2	80
2008/2009	823	614	203	2	75
2007/2008	695	555	133	1	80
2006/2007	725	558	163	0	77
2005/2006	832	641	183	1	77
2004/2005	949	737	209	0	78
2003/2004	911	721	184	0	79
2002/2003	972	778	187	0	80
2001/2002	913	744	165	1	81
2000/2001	845	645	187	0	76

Other Criminal Code, 2024/2025

170 cases were completed under other criminal code, and 65 in 100 ended in a guilty finding.

Offence	Cases completed	Guilty	Stayed or withdrawn	Acquitted	Guilty per 100
Weapons	128	77	48	2	60
Prostitution	0	0	0	0	—
Offences in relation to sexual services	0	0	0	0	—
Disturbing the peace	8	8	0	0	100
Residual Criminal Code	34	25	9	0	74

Other Criminal Code year by year

Court year	Cases completed	Guilty	Stayed or withdrawn	Acquitted	Guilty per 100
2024/2025	170	110	57	2	65
2023/2024	125	73	52	0	58
2022/2023	150	89	59	2	59
2021/2022	115	68	46	1	59
2020/2021	117	78	36	3	67
2019/2020	141	97	42	2	69
2018/2019	133	101	31	0	76
2017/2018	141	98	43	0	70
2016/2017	135	100	33	1	74
2015/2016	149	123	24	2	83
2014/2015	159	120	38	0	75
2013/2014	143	114	28	0	80
2012/2013	188	148	38	1	79
2011/2012	206	163	42	1	79
2010/2011	193	154	37	0	80
2009/2010	166	130	35	1	78
2008/2009	159	114	44	1	72
2007/2008	158	122	33	0	77
2006/2007	169	138	29	0	82
2005/2006	197	139	52	2	71
2004/2005	227	168	55	0	74
2003/2004	238	186	50	0	78
2002/2003	265	199	61	0	75
2001/2002	225	187	35	0	83
2000/2001	270	206	63	0	76

Criminal Code traffic, 2024/2025

610 cases were completed under criminal code traffic, and 78 in 100 ended in a guilty finding.

Offence	Cases completed	Guilty	Stayed or withdrawn	Acquitted	Guilty per 100	2000/2001 to 2024/2025
Impaired driving	476	369	99	4	78
Other Criminal Code traffic	134	108	26	0	81

Criminal Code traffic year by year

Court year	Cases completed	Guilty	Stayed or withdrawn	Acquitted	Guilty per 100
2024/2025	610	477	125	4	78
2023/2024	584	466	110	6	80
2022/2023	657	508	140	9	77
2021/2022	444	357	80	3	80
2020/2021	512	440	64	4	86
2019/2020	604	484	109	9	80
2018/2019	707	599	98	10	85
2017/2018	682	567	113	2	83
2016/2017	635	536	93	4	84
2015/2016	712	616	85	4	87
2014/2015	826	693	123	3	84
2013/2014	831	728	91	3	88
2012/2013	844	728	110	2	86
2011/2012	903	779	118	2	86
2010/2011	839	747	83	0	89
2009/2010	830	709	114	1	85
2008/2009	777	676	91	2	87
2007/2008	690	611	71	2	89
2006/2007	678	591	83	0	87
2005/2006	702	595	99	1	85
2004/2005	780	672	100	0	86
2003/2004	826	711	105	0	86
2002/2003	904	806	93	0	89
2001/2002	824	734	82	1	89
2000/2001	893	782	105	0	88

Other federal statutes, 2024/2025

248 cases were completed under other federal statutes, and 69 in 100 ended in a guilty finding.

Offence	Cases completed	Guilty	Stayed or withdrawn	Acquitted	Guilty per 100
Drug possession	16	7	8	1	44
Other drug offences	72	42	29	1	58
Youth Criminal Justice Act	1	1	0	0	100
Residual federal statutes	159	122	35	2	77

Other federal statutes year by year

Court year	Cases completed	Guilty	Stayed or withdrawn	Acquitted	Guilty per 100
2024/2025	248	172	72	4	69
2023/2024	231	160	65	3	69
2022/2023	262	173	83	5	66
2021/2022	230	178	50	2	77
2020/2021	324	255	55	4	79
2019/2020	363	285	72	4	79
2018/2019	493	374	110	8	76
2017/2018	537	424	112	0	79
2016/2017	575	460	113	0	80
2015/2016	591	483	105	1	82
2014/2015	651	519	130	0	80
2013/2014	810	641	164	3	79
2012/2013	892	726	155	6	81
2011/2012	843	673	164	1	80
2010/2011	887	700	184	1	79
2009/2010	827	682	140	1	82
2008/2009	772	623	145	3	81
2007/2008	781	599	177	1	77
2006/2007	792	648	144	0	82
2005/2006	850	649	198	1	76
2004/2005	939	677	259	0	72
2003/2004	1,028	817	207	0	79
2002/2003	1,117	938	174	1	84
2001/2002	1,209	1,011	193	0	84
2000/2001	917	753	159	0	82

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What to know about these figures

Court outcomes come from the Integrated Criminal Court Survey, a census of completed cases in adult criminal courts. A case is counted once, under the most serious offence it carried, so one case can cover several charges. The court year runs April to March, and the cases completed in a year mostly began with charges laid in earlier years. Anyone under eighteen at the time of the offence is dealt with in youth court and does not appear here.

Guilty, acquitted, and stayed or withdrawn do not add up to the total. The remainder are other decisions, such as a finding of not criminally responsible or a transfer, which the table publishes as a single residual and this page shows as the gap.

These figures and the police-reported figures on the first page come from two different surveys and cannot be read against each other case for case: an incident reported in one year may be completed in court years later, or never charged at all.