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Sexual interference

One offence, every year it appears in the survey. Within violence against children, Newfoundland and Labrador.

90 Reported to police 16 per 100,000 people
58 Led to a charge 64 in 100 reports
52 People charged
27 Found not to have happened Recorded from 2017 on.

Incidents reported each year, 2008 to 2025

0 38 75 113 1502008 — Someone charged: 22008 — No one charged: 12009 — Someone charged: 92009 — Solved another way: 22009 — No one charged: 132010 — Someone charged: 272010 — Solved another way: 92010 — No one charged: 222011 — Someone charged: 212011 — Solved another way: 22011 — No one charged: 162012 — Someone charged: 272012 — Solved another way: 42012 — No one charged: 72013 — Someone charged: 102013 — Solved another way: 12013 — No one charged: 132014 — Someone charged: 282014 — Solved another way: 52014 — No one charged: 172015 — Someone charged: 322015 — Solved another way: 12015 — No one charged: 152016 — Someone charged: 532016 — Solved another way: 32016 — No one charged: 172017 — Someone charged: 532017 — No one charged: 172018 — Someone charged: 542018 — Solved another way: 42018 — No one charged: 72019 — Someone charged: 562019 — Solved another way: 12019 — No one charged: 422020 — Someone charged: 552020 — Solved another way: 62020 — No one charged: 302021 — Someone charged: 642021 — Solved another way: 102021 — No one charged: 542022 — Someone charged: 892022 — Solved another way: 72022 — No one charged: 302023 — Someone charged: 492023 — Solved another way: 22023 — No one charged: 542024 — Someone charged: 502024 — Solved another way: 12024 — No one charged: 332025 — Someone charged: 582025 — Solved another way: 32025 — No one charged: 292008201020122014201620182020202220242025
Someone charged 58 Solved another way 3 No one charged 29

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.

3 in 2008, 90 in 2025. The highest year on record is 2021. 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 90 5852 64 16 27
2024 84 5050 60 15 17
2023 105 4948 47 19 16
2022 126 8982 71 24 26
2021 128 6458 50 24 29
2020 91 5552 60 17 23
2019 99 5649 57 19 20
2018 65 5456 83 12 16
2017 70 5349 76 13 14
2016 73 5353 73 14 —
2015 48 3229 67 9 —
2014 50 2831 56 9 —
2013 24 1010 42 5 —
2012 38 2719 71 7 —
2011 39 2119 54 7 —
2010 58 2725 47 11 —
2009 24 97 38 5 —
2008 3 21 67 1 —

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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