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Total mischief

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

10,135 Reported to police 1,843 per 100,000 people
264 Led to a charge 3 in 100 reports
267 People charged
460 Found not to have happened Recorded from 2017 on.

Incidents reported each year, 1998 to 2025

0 3,750 7,500 11,250 15,0001998 — Someone charged: 4021998 — Solved another way: 6501998 — No one charged: 3,6711999 — Someone charged: 3751999 — Solved another way: 5911999 — No one charged: 3,7652000 — Someone charged: 3892000 — Solved another way: 4842000 — No one charged: 4,3652001 — Someone charged: 4182001 — Solved another way: 7032001 — No one charged: 4,3452002 — Someone charged: 3612002 — Solved another way: 8752002 — No one charged: 4,6452003 — Someone charged: 3212003 — Solved another way: 1,4672003 — No one charged: 4,5802004 — Someone charged: 3262004 — Solved another way: 1,6292004 — No one charged: 4,4702005 — Someone charged: 3512005 — Solved another way: 1,6382005 — No one charged: 4,6252006 — Someone charged: 3462006 — Solved another way: 2,7772006 — No one charged: 4,9442007 — Someone charged: 3902007 — Solved another way: 3,2482007 — No one charged: 5,3032008 — Someone charged: 4262008 — Solved another way: 3,3162008 — No one charged: 5,6582009 — Someone charged: 3862009 — Solved another way: 3,0372009 — No one charged: 5,9662010 — Someone charged: 3722010 — Solved another way: 2,4822010 — No one charged: 5,8972011 — Someone charged: 3932011 — Solved another way: 2,0472011 — No one charged: 5,7282012 — Someone charged: 3852012 — Solved another way: 1,5422012 — No one charged: 6,0962013 — Someone charged: 3552013 — Solved another way: 1,3392013 — No one charged: 5,6492014 — Someone charged: 3832014 — Solved another way: 1,1982014 — No one charged: 5,3692015 — Someone charged: 2962015 — Solved another way: 1,0012015 — No one charged: 6,0312016 — Someone charged: 2182016 — Solved another way: 1,0702016 — No one charged: 6,1792017 — Someone charged: 2262017 — Solved another way: 1,1042017 — No one charged: 5,2892018 — Someone charged: 1982018 — Solved another way: 1,1802018 — No one charged: 4,9182019 — Someone charged: 1712019 — Solved another way: 1,0512019 — No one charged: 5,9322020 — Someone charged: 2612020 — Solved another way: 9842020 — No one charged: 7,6292021 — Someone charged: 1972021 — Solved another way: 8082021 — No one charged: 8,4712022 — Someone charged: 1882022 — Solved another way: 8272022 — No one charged: 8,3202023 — Someone charged: 2162023 — Solved another way: 7232023 — No one charged: 9,4042024 — Someone charged: 3352024 — Solved another way: 6492024 — No one charged: 10,6232025 — Someone charged: 2642025 — Solved another way: 4472025 — No one charged: 9,42419982002200620102014201820222025
Someone charged 264 Solved another way 447 No one charged 9,424

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.

4,723 in 1998, 10,135 in 2025. The highest year on record is 2024. 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 10,135 264267 3 1,843 460
2024 11,607 335323 3 2,122 485
2023 10,343 216198 2 1,920 563
2022 9,335 188183 2 1,757 605
2021 9,476 197196 2 1,798 793
2020 8,874 261233 3 1,684 670
2019 7,154 171172 2 1,356 591
2018 6,296 198188 3 1,192 645
2017 6,619 226204 3 1,249 613
2016 7,467 218207 3 1,410 —
2015 7,328 296296 4 1,388 —
2014 6,950 383383 6 1,316 —
2013 7,343 355351 5 1,393 —
2012 8,023 385389 5 1,524 —
2011 8,168 393418 5 1,556 —
2010 8,751 372377 4 1,677 —
2009 9,389 386401 4 1,817 —
2008 9,400 426431 5 1,838 —
2007 8,941 390388 4 1,756 —
2006 8,067 346356 4 1,580 —
2005 6,614 351375 5 1,286 —
2004 6,425 326333 5 1,242 —
2003 6,368 321337 5 1,228 —
2002 5,881 361364 6 1,132 —
2001 5,466 418440 8 1,047 —
2000 5,238 389419 7 992 —
1999 4,731 375385 8 887 —
1998 4,723 402377 9 875 —

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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