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Total forcible confinement or kidnapping

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

66 Reported to police 12 per 100,000 people
43 Led to a charge 65 in 100 reports
41 People charged
11 Found not to have happened Recorded from 2017 on.

Incidents reported each year, 1998 to 2025

0 18 35 53 701998 — Someone charged: 81998 — No one charged: 21999 — Someone charged: 81999 — No one charged: 12000 — Someone charged: 92000 — No one charged: 22001 — Someone charged: 152001 — No one charged: 52002 — Someone charged: 172002 — Solved another way: 22003 — Someone charged: 162003 — Solved another way: 22003 — No one charged: 82004 — Someone charged: 242004 — No one charged: 42005 — Someone charged: 252005 — Solved another way: 12005 — No one charged: 52006 — Someone charged: 402006 — Solved another way: 32006 — No one charged: 42007 — Someone charged: 302007 — Solved another way: 42007 — No one charged: 22008 — Someone charged: 422008 — No one charged: 12009 — Someone charged: 492009 — Solved another way: 22009 — No one charged: 42010 — Someone charged: 522010 — Solved another way: 22010 — No one charged: 32011 — Someone charged: 322011 — No one charged: 22012 — Someone charged: 372012 — No one charged: 12013 — Someone charged: 402013 — Solved another way: 12013 — No one charged: 42014 — Someone charged: 362014 — Solved another way: 12014 — No one charged: 42015 — Someone charged: 282015 — Solved another way: 22015 — No one charged: 12016 — Someone charged: 362016 — No one charged: 32017 — Someone charged: 462017 — No one charged: 52018 — Someone charged: 452018 — No one charged: 52019 — Someone charged: 482019 — No one charged: 122020 — Someone charged: 462020 — No one charged: 52021 — Someone charged: 342021 — Solved another way: 22021 — No one charged: 82022 — Someone charged: 342022 — Solved another way: 12022 — No one charged: 112023 — Someone charged: 412023 — Solved another way: 12023 — No one charged: 72024 — Someone charged: 352024 — No one charged: 192025 — Someone charged: 432025 — No one charged: 2319982002200620102014201820222025
Someone charged 43 Solved another way 0 No one charged 23

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.

10 in 1998, 66 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 66 4341 65 12 11
2024 54 3535 65 10 17
2023 49 4142 84 9 7
2022 46 3431 74 9 12
2021 44 3435 77 8 19
2020 51 4647 90 10 18
2019 60 4845 80 11 14
2018 50 4540 90 9 13
2017 51 4646 90 10 11
2016 39 3633 92 7 —
2015 31 2827 90 6 —
2014 41 3634 88 8 —
2013 45 4035 89 9 —
2012 38 3735 97 7 —
2011 34 3229 94 6 —
2010 57 5253 91 11 —
2009 55 4947 89 11 —
2008 43 4237 98 8 —
2007 36 3030 83 7 —
2006 47 4037 85 9 —
2005 31 2527 81 6 —
2004 28 2418 86 5 —
2003 26 1617 62 5 —
2002 18 1720 94 3 —
2001 20 1515 75 4 —
2000 11 911 82 2 —
1999 9 87 89 2 —
1998 10 88 80 2 —

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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