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Child Sexual Abuse and Exploitation Material (Possessing or Accessing)

One offence, every year it appears in the survey. Within sexual offences, all ages, Newfoundland and Labrador.

44 Reported to police 8 per 100,000 people
1 Led to a charge 2 in 100 reports
1 People charged
3 Found not to have happened Recorded from 2017 on.

Incidents reported each year, 1998 to 2025

0 21 43 64 851998 — No one charged: 11999 — No one charged: 32000 — Someone charged: 12000 — No one charged: 82001 — Someone charged: 12001 — No one charged: 42002 — Solved another way: 12002 — No one charged: 92003 — Someone charged: 12003 — No one charged: 122004 — Someone charged: 12004 — No one charged: 122005 — Someone charged: 22005 — Solved another way: 22005 — No one charged: 172006 — Someone charged: 72006 — No one charged: 222007 — Someone charged: 32007 — No one charged: 162008 — Someone charged: 22008 — Solved another way: 12008 — No one charged: 122009 — Someone charged: 62009 — No one charged: 132010 — Someone charged: 72010 — Solved another way: 12010 — No one charged: 172011 — Someone charged: 52011 — Solved another way: 22011 — No one charged: 172012 — Someone charged: 32012 — Solved another way: 62012 — No one charged: 302013 — Someone charged: 102013 — Solved another way: 32013 — No one charged: 682014 — Someone charged: 102014 — Solved another way: 92014 — No one charged: 512015 — Someone charged: 72015 — Solved another way: 122015 — No one charged: 532016 — Someone charged: 62016 — Solved another way: 52016 — No one charged: 492017 — Someone charged: 52017 — Solved another way: 52017 — No one charged: 412018 — Someone charged: 42018 — No one charged: 182019 — Someone charged: 22019 — Solved another way: 32019 — No one charged: 272020 — Solved another way: 12020 — No one charged: 382021 — Someone charged: 22021 — Solved another way: 32021 — No one charged: 312022 — Solved another way: 22022 — No one charged: 322023 — Solved another way: 22023 — No one charged: 352024 — Someone charged: 12024 — Solved another way: 32024 — No one charged: 262025 — Someone charged: 12025 — Solved another way: 12025 — No one charged: 4219982002200620102014201820222025
Someone charged 1 Solved another way 1 No one charged 42

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 in 1998, 44 in 2025. The highest year on record is 2013. 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 44 11 2 8 3
2024 30 11 3 5 5
2023 37 00 0 7 2
2022 34 00 0 6 3
2021 36 22 6 7 4
2020 39 00 0 7 3
2019 32 22 6 6 6
2018 22 44 18 4 0
2017 51 55 10 10 10
2016 60 66 10 11 —
2015 72 78 10 14 —
2014 70 109 14 13 —
2013 81 1013 12 15 —
2012 39 33 8 7 —
2011 24 56 21 5 —
2010 25 77 28 5 —
2009 19 66 32 4 —
2008 15 22 13 3 —
2007 19 33 16 4 —
2006 29 72 24 6 —
2005 21 22 10 4 —
2004 13 11 8 3 —
2003 13 11 8 3 —
2002 10 00 0 2 —
2001 5 11 20 1 —
2000 9 11 11 2 —
1999 3 00 0 1 —
1998 1 00 0 0 —

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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