Justice and public safetyWhat is reported to police, what happens to cases in court, who is in custody, and who polices the province. Four Statistics Canada surveys, shown as filed.
One offence, every year it appears in the survey. Within violence against children, Newfoundland and Labrador.
20Reported to police4 per 100,000 people
5Led to a charge25 in 100 reports
4People charged
3Found not to have happenedRecorded from 2017 on.
Incidents reported each year, 2007 to 2025
Someone charged 5Solved another way 2No one charged 13
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 2007, 20 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
Year
Incidents reported
Led to a charge
People charged
Charged per 100 reports
Per 100,000 people
Unfounded
2025
20
5
4
25
4
3
2024
21
3
0
14
4
3
2023
33
2
3
6
6
6
2022
37
3
2
8
7
6
2021
51
16
3
31
10
9
2020
37
4
4
11
7
5
2019
33
6
4
18
6
7
2018
27
4
3
15
5
5
2017
35
9
6
26
7
8
2016
33
4
3
12
6
—
2015
35
14
10
40
7
—
2014
31
5
5
16
6
—
2013
35
11
8
31
7
—
2012
23
3
4
13
4
—
2011
23
2
2
9
4
—
2010
20
2
2
10
4
—
2009
10
2
1
20
2
—
2008
3
0
0
0
1
—
2007
3
0
0
0
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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