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Breaking and entering

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

1,717 Reported to police 312 per 100,000 people
271 Led to a charge 16 in 100 reports
292 People charged
240 Found not to have happened Recorded from 2017 on.

Incidents reported each year, 1998 to 2025

0 1,125 2,250 3,375 4,5001998 — Someone charged: 8631998 — Solved another way: 2541998 — No one charged: 3,3621999 — Someone charged: 6921999 — Solved another way: 2141999 — No one charged: 2,8972000 — Someone charged: 6152000 — Solved another way: 1462000 — No one charged: 2,7612001 — Someone charged: 6152001 — Solved another way: 1302001 — No one charged: 2,4612002 — Someone charged: 5472002 — Solved another way: 1552002 — No one charged: 2,7722003 — Someone charged: 6572003 — Solved another way: 1812003 — No one charged: 3,0212004 — Someone charged: 6632004 — Solved another way: 1922004 — No one charged: 3,6212005 — Someone charged: 5482005 — Solved another way: 1662005 — No one charged: 3,5372006 — Someone charged: 4852006 — Solved another way: 1972006 — No one charged: 3,0732007 — Someone charged: 4572007 — Solved another way: 1832007 — No one charged: 3,0072008 — Someone charged: 3712008 — Solved another way: 1742008 — No one charged: 2,2672009 — Someone charged: 3232009 — Solved another way: 1482009 — No one charged: 2,4202010 — Someone charged: 3362010 — Solved another way: 1262010 — No one charged: 2,9502011 — Someone charged: 3712011 — Solved another way: 1332011 — No one charged: 2,6292012 — Someone charged: 3332012 — Solved another way: 1062012 — No one charged: 2,3532013 — Someone charged: 3742013 — Solved another way: 1072013 — No one charged: 2,2092014 — Someone charged: 3092014 — Solved another way: 1042014 — No one charged: 2,0922015 — Someone charged: 2942015 — Solved another way: 972015 — No one charged: 2,1372016 — Someone charged: 3492016 — Solved another way: 772016 — No one charged: 2,2562017 — Someone charged: 2822017 — Solved another way: 1102017 — No one charged: 1,7352018 — Someone charged: 2352018 — Solved another way: 932018 — No one charged: 1,6582019 — Someone charged: 2332019 — Solved another way: 572019 — No one charged: 1,7022020 — Someone charged: 2162020 — Solved another way: 602020 — No one charged: 1,2392021 — Someone charged: 2002021 — Solved another way: 422021 — No one charged: 1,2562022 — Someone charged: 2642022 — Solved another way: 552022 — No one charged: 1,6272023 — Someone charged: 2682023 — Solved another way: 442023 — No one charged: 1,6152024 — Someone charged: 3012024 — Solved another way: 342024 — No one charged: 1,5992025 — Someone charged: 2712025 — Solved another way: 492025 — No one charged: 1,39719982002200620102014201820222025
Someone charged 271 Solved another way 49 No one charged 1,397

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.

4,479 in 1998, 1,717 in 2025. The highest year on record is 1998. 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 1,717 271292 16 312 240
2024 1,934 301294 16 354 298
2023 1,927 268281 14 358 288
2022 1,946 264280 14 366 225
2021 1,498 200227 13 284 247
2020 1,515 216237 14 288 238
2019 1,992 233241 12 378 287
2018 1,986 235262 12 376 294
2017 2,127 282307 13 402 347
2016 2,682 349413 13 506 —
2015 2,528 294325 12 479 —
2014 2,505 309366 12 474 —
2013 2,690 374438 14 510 —
2012 2,792 333385 12 530 —
2011 3,133 371394 12 597 —
2010 3,412 336375 10 654 —
2009 2,891 323479 11 559 —
2008 2,812 371489 13 550 —
2007 3,647 457497 13 716 —
2006 3,755 485588 13 735 —
2005 4,251 548764 13 826 —
2004 4,476 663889 15 865 —
2003 3,859 657916 17 744 —
2002 3,474 547783 16 669 —
2001 3,206 615920 19 614 —
2000 3,522 615838 17 667 —
1999 3,803 692881 18 713 —
1998 4,479 8631,208 19 830 —

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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