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Shoplifting $5,000 or under

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

2,591 Reported to police 471 per 100,000 people
740 Led to a charge 29 in 100 reports
659 People charged
90 Found not to have happened Recorded from 2017 on.

Incidents reported each year, 1998 to 2025

0 750 1,500 2,250 3,0001998 — Someone charged: 9111998 — Solved another way: 2691998 — No one charged: 2201999 — Someone charged: 7951999 — Solved another way: 2571999 — No one charged: 2342000 — Someone charged: 7812000 — Solved another way: 2312000 — No one charged: 2482001 — Someone charged: 6182001 — Solved another way: 1622001 — No one charged: 1382002 — Someone charged: 4402002 — Solved another way: 1262002 — No one charged: 1612003 — Someone charged: 4032003 — Solved another way: 1572003 — No one charged: 1522004 — Someone charged: 3032004 — Solved another way: 1682004 — No one charged: 1372005 — Someone charged: 1682005 — Solved another way: 832005 — No one charged: 672006 — Someone charged: 5942006 — Solved another way: 1242006 — No one charged: 2902007 — Someone charged: 6512007 — Solved another way: 1632007 — No one charged: 3702008 — Someone charged: 6642008 — Solved another way: 1982008 — No one charged: 4162009 — Someone charged: 8862009 — Solved another way: 2242009 — No one charged: 4742010 — Someone charged: 1,0662010 — Solved another way: 1702010 — No one charged: 3962011 — Someone charged: 1,0212011 — Solved another way: 1512011 — No one charged: 4232012 — Someone charged: 9912012 — Solved another way: 1662012 — No one charged: 4222013 — Someone charged: 8822013 — Solved another way: 1182013 — No one charged: 4762014 — Someone charged: 8332014 — Solved another way: 912014 — No one charged: 4862015 — Someone charged: 8522015 — Solved another way: 1222015 — No one charged: 5802016 — Someone charged: 6682016 — Solved another way: 1222016 — No one charged: 6082017 — Someone charged: 5832017 — Solved another way: 1092017 — No one charged: 5852018 — Someone charged: 6392018 — Solved another way: 842018 — No one charged: 7402019 — Someone charged: 6302019 — Solved another way: 1122019 — No one charged: 7972020 — Someone charged: 2942020 — Solved another way: 542020 — No one charged: 5432021 — Someone charged: 3072021 — Solved another way: 432021 — No one charged: 1,0702022 — Someone charged: 5052022 — Solved another way: 852022 — No one charged: 1,6322023 — Someone charged: 4852023 — Solved another way: 1042023 — No one charged: 1,6642024 — Someone charged: 6922024 — Solved another way: 682024 — No one charged: 1,8252025 — Someone charged: 7402025 — Solved another way: 912025 — No one charged: 1,76019982002200620102014201820222025
Someone charged 740 Solved another way 91 No one charged 1,760

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.

1,400 in 1998, 2,591 in 2025. The highest year on record is 2025. 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 2,591 740659 29 471 90
2024 2,585 692652 27 473 49
2023 2,253 485486 22 418 34
2022 2,222 505519 23 418 41
2021 1,420 307340 22 269 21
2020 891 294318 33 169 19
2019 1,539 630637 41 292 30
2018 1,463 639622 44 277 40
2017 1,277 583592 46 241 37
2016 1,398 668701 48 264 —
2015 1,554 852908 55 294 —
2014 1,410 833859 59 267 —
2013 1,476 882932 60 280 —
2012 1,579 9911,060 63 300 —
2011 1,595 1,0211,084 64 304 —
2010 1,632 1,0661,092 65 313 —
2009 1,584 886937 56 307 —
2008 1,278 664682 52 250 —
2007 1,184 651669 55 233 —
2006 1,008 594604 59 197 —
2005 318 168181 53 62 —
2004 608 303316 50 118 —
2003 712 403419 57 137 —
2002 727 440499 61 140 —
2001 918 618662 67 176 —
2000 1,260 781830 62 239 —
1999 1,286 795852 62 241 —
1998 1,400 911987 65 259 —

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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