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Theft $5,000 or under

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

2,463 Reported to police 448 per 100,000 people
219 Led to a charge 9 in 100 reports
226 People charged
405 Found not to have happened Recorded from 2017 on.

Incidents reported each year, 1998 to 2025

0 1,500 3,000 4,500 6,0001998 — Someone charged: 4911998 — Solved another way: 5141998 — No one charged: 2,9861999 — Someone charged: 4131999 — Solved another way: 4551999 — No one charged: 3,5912000 — Someone charged: 4052000 — Solved another way: 2232000 — No one charged: 4,0122001 — Someone charged: 5332001 — Solved another way: 3112001 — No one charged: 3,2382002 — Someone charged: 5742002 — Solved another way: 3222002 — No one charged: 3,8472003 — Someone charged: 7122003 — Solved another way: 3992003 — No one charged: 4,4082004 — Someone charged: 8952004 — Solved another way: 3292004 — No one charged: 3,1102005 — Someone charged: 8002005 — Solved another way: 3522005 — No one charged: 3,1912006 — Someone charged: 3022006 — Solved another way: 3322006 — No one charged: 2,4982007 — Someone charged: 2902007 — Solved another way: 3792007 — No one charged: 2,4042008 — Someone charged: 2322008 — Solved another way: 3112008 — No one charged: 2,3752009 — Someone charged: 2552009 — Solved another way: 3182009 — No one charged: 2,4882010 — Someone charged: 2422010 — Solved another way: 2762010 — No one charged: 2,6542011 — Someone charged: 2442011 — Solved another way: 2412011 — No one charged: 2,4782012 — Someone charged: 2312012 — Solved another way: 2272012 — No one charged: 2,4402013 — Someone charged: 2742013 — Solved another way: 2652013 — No one charged: 2,3402014 — Someone charged: 2602014 — Solved another way: 1902014 — No one charged: 2,3942015 — Someone charged: 2032015 — Solved another way: 1992015 — No one charged: 2,4612016 — Someone charged: 2012016 — Solved another way: 2082016 — No one charged: 2,2622017 — Someone charged: 1422017 — Solved another way: 1772017 — No one charged: 2,1392018 — Someone charged: 1722018 — Solved another way: 1652018 — No one charged: 1,9842019 — Someone charged: 1862019 — Solved another way: 1162019 — No one charged: 2,2282020 — Someone charged: 882020 — Solved another way: 752020 — No one charged: 1,7042021 — Someone charged: 1102021 — Solved another way: 522021 — No one charged: 1,8502022 — Someone charged: 1432022 — Solved another way: 802022 — No one charged: 2,2142023 — Someone charged: 1292023 — Solved another way: 962023 — No one charged: 2,4282024 — Someone charged: 1872024 — Solved another way: 622024 — No one charged: 2,4702025 — Someone charged: 2192025 — Solved another way: 852025 — No one charged: 2,15919982002200620102014201820222025
Someone charged 219 Solved another way 85 No one charged 2,159

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.

3,991 in 1998, 2,463 in 2025. The highest year on record is 2003. 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 2,463 219226 9 448 405
2024 2,719 187181 7 497 390
2023 2,653 129128 5 492 430
2022 2,437 143141 6 459 425
2021 2,012 110110 5 382 489
2020 1,867 8891 5 354 499
2019 2,530 186184 7 479 482
2018 2,321 172173 7 439 526
2017 2,458 142151 6 464 485
2016 2,671 201191 8 504 —
2015 2,863 203218 7 542 —
2014 2,844 260260 9 538 —
2013 2,879 274290 10 546 —
2012 2,898 231235 8 551 —
2011 2,963 244266 8 564 —
2010 3,172 242262 8 608 —
2009 3,061 255265 8 592 —
2008 2,918 232243 8 570 —
2007 3,073 290297 9 604 —
2006 3,132 302313 10 613 —
2005 4,343 800807 18 844 —
2004 4,334 895947 21 838 —
2003 5,519 712780 13 1,064 —
2002 4,743 574654 12 913 —
2001 4,082 533578 13 782 —
2000 4,640 405419 9 879 —
1999 4,459 413457 9 836 —
1998 3,991 491503 12 739 —

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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