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

18 Reported to police 3 per 100,000 people
7 Led to a charge 39 in 100 reports
6 People charged
3 Found not to have happened Recorded from 2017 on.

Incidents reported each year, 2008 to 2025

0 8 15 23 302008 — Someone charged: 12008 — Solved another way: 12008 — No one charged: 22009 — Someone charged: 92009 — Solved another way: 12009 — No one charged: 72010 — Someone charged: 62010 — Solved another way: 62010 — No one charged: 42011 — Someone charged: 72011 — Solved another way: 32011 — No one charged: 52012 — Someone charged: 32012 — No one charged: 102013 — Someone charged: 62013 — Solved another way: 22013 — No one charged: 52014 — Someone charged: 32014 — Solved another way: 22014 — No one charged: 62015 — Someone charged: 52015 — No one charged: 102016 — Someone charged: 82016 — No one charged: 52017 — Someone charged: 112017 — No one charged: 62018 — Someone charged: 42018 — No one charged: 72019 — Someone charged: 12019 — Solved another way: 12019 — No one charged: 32020 — Someone charged: 42020 — Solved another way: 22020 — No one charged: 72021 — Someone charged: 62021 — Solved another way: 32021 — No one charged: 212022 — Someone charged: 92022 — No one charged: 12023 — Someone charged: 22023 — No one charged: 82024 — Someone charged: 92024 — Solved another way: 12024 — No one charged: 102025 — Someone charged: 72025 — Solved another way: 62025 — No one charged: 52008201020122014201620182020202220242025
Someone charged 7 Solved another way 6 No one charged 5

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.

4 in 2008, 18 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 18 76 39 3 3
2024 20 98 45 4 0
2023 10 23 20 2 2
2022 10 98 90 2 6
2021 30 66 20 6 0
2020 13 43 31 2 4
2019 5 11 20 1 1
2018 11 42 36 2 1
2017 17 117 65 3 0
2016 13 85 62 2 —
2015 15 55 33 3 —
2014 11 32 27 2 —
2013 13 65 46 2 —
2012 13 32 23 2 —
2011 15 74 47 3 —
2010 16 64 38 3 —
2009 17 94 53 3 —
2008 4 11 25 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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