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Total Federal Statute violations

One offence, every year it appears in the survey. Within all crime, Newfoundland and Labrador.

1,228 Reported to police 223 per 100,000 people
117 Led to a charge 10 in 100 reports
150 People charged
46 Found not to have happened Recorded from 2017 on.

Incidents reported each year, 1998 to 2025

0 625 1,250 1,875 2,5001998 — Someone charged: 7051998 — Solved another way: 3301998 — No one charged: 4431999 — Someone charged: 5661999 — Solved another way: 2821999 — No one charged: 5002000 — Someone charged: 6452000 — Solved another way: 2422000 — No one charged: 6512001 — Someone charged: 6642001 — Solved another way: 1662001 — No one charged: 7592002 — Someone charged: 6102002 — Solved another way: 2072002 — No one charged: 8232003 — Someone charged: 4842003 — Solved another way: 2942003 — No one charged: 6022004 — Someone charged: 4032004 — Solved another way: 2482004 — No one charged: 7112005 — Someone charged: 4102005 — Solved another way: 2802005 — No one charged: 8002006 — Someone charged: 4002006 — Solved another way: 1862006 — No one charged: 6452007 — Someone charged: 4682007 — Solved another way: 2502007 — No one charged: 8992008 — Someone charged: 6332008 — Solved another way: 2302008 — No one charged: 1,1372009 — Someone charged: 5142009 — Solved another way: 2992009 — No one charged: 1,3912010 — Someone charged: 5792010 — Solved another way: 2562010 — No one charged: 1,5712011 — Someone charged: 5292011 — Solved another way: 3072011 — No one charged: 1,4422012 — Someone charged: 5112012 — Solved another way: 3032012 — No one charged: 1,0662013 — Someone charged: 4632013 — Solved another way: 2802013 — No one charged: 1,0022014 — Someone charged: 3532014 — Solved another way: 2692014 — No one charged: 8032015 — Someone charged: 2762015 — Solved another way: 2192015 — No one charged: 7772016 — Someone charged: 2912016 — Solved another way: 3302016 — No one charged: 6052017 — Someone charged: 1802017 — Solved another way: 2692017 — No one charged: 7422018 — Someone charged: 1392018 — Solved another way: 1832018 — No one charged: 7772019 — Someone charged: 1022019 — Solved another way: 1092019 — No one charged: 9512020 — Someone charged: 1232020 — Solved another way: 642020 — No one charged: 9632021 — Someone charged: 772021 — Solved another way: 622021 — No one charged: 1,0002022 — Someone charged: 922022 — Solved another way: 622022 — No one charged: 9322023 — Someone charged: 1322023 — Solved another way: 922023 — No one charged: 1,0632024 — Someone charged: 1222024 — Solved another way: 802024 — No one charged: 1,1892025 — Someone charged: 1172025 — Solved another way: 882025 — No one charged: 1,02319982002200620102014201820222025
Someone charged 117 Solved another way 88 No one charged 1,023

Each bar is the year's total reports. The segments show what happened: a charge was laid, the case was solved another way, or no one was charged. Figures beside each colour are for 2025.

1,478 in 1998, 1,228 in 2025. The highest year on record is 2010. A single year moving up or down is ordinary; the shape across the whole series is the part worth reading.

Year by year figures
YearIncidents reportedLed to a charge People chargedCharged per 100 reports Per 100,000 people Unfounded
2025 1,228 117150 10 223 46
2024 1,391 122151 9 254 57
2023 1,287 132182 10 239 36
2022 1,086 92118 8 204 34
2021 1,139 77109 7 216 46
2020 1,150 123152 11 218 44
2019 1,162 102131 9 220 55
2018 1,099 139165 13 208 66
2017 1,191 180216 15 225 122
2016 1,226 291355 24 232 —
2015 1,272 276326 22 241 —
2014 1,425 353408 25 270 —
2013 1,745 463523 27 331 —
2012 1,880 511604 27 357 —
2011 2,278 529614 23 434 —
2010 2,406 579683 24 461 —
2009 2,204 514590 23 427 —
2008 2,000 633718 32 391 —
2007 1,617 468518 29 318 —
2006 1,231 400432 32 241 —
2005 1,490 410446 28 290 —
2004 1,362 403435 30 263 —
2003 1,380 484591 35 266 —
2002 1,640 610609 37 316 —
2001 1,589 664668 42 304 —
2000 1,538 645618 42 291 —
1999 1,348 566613 42 253 —
1998 1,478 705530 48 274 —

The last two columns are the ones to compare across years: they stay steady when the volume of reports changes, so a real shift shows up rather than being hidden by how many reports came in.

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