Norway Yearbook - 1996

Health and social conditions
1 26 Offences reported to the police, by quarter of the year and type
Type of offence 1993 1994
1995
Total 1 quarter 2 quarter 3 quarter 4 quarter
All types of offence 346027 351539 400467 90587 97656 111752 100472
All types of crime 244 370 249 501 285 728 64221 70011 80526 70970
Crimes against the Penal Code
Crime against the independence and
security of the nation 6 20 14 4 2 6 2
Crimeagainsttheconstitutionandtheheadofstate 8 3 14 2 5 4 3
Crime as to use of civil rights 5 3 - - - -
Crime committed when in public service 425 539 569 170 160 127 112
Crime against public authorities 946 989 892 227 227 214 224
Assaulting public servant 666 711 651 162 171 149 169
Crime against public order and peace 3914 4084 4460 1 013 1 081 1160 1 206
Housebreaking and burglary 3590 3721 4143 945 995 1 085 1118
Crime involving public danger 8399 8773 12725 3 188 2995 2965 3577
Crimeof narcotics 7194 7361 11094 2750 2658 2569 3117
Serious crime of narcotics 446 644 815 186 158 227 244
Perjuryand false evidence 343 364 608 155 136 162 155
False accusation 523 509 536 141 112 128 155
Counterfeiting 63 74 95 16 11 48 20
Forgery 2309 2375 3115 789 734 784 808
Sexual crime 2262 2181 2354 571 584 579 620
Rape 395 366 364 82 88 96 98
Immoral intercourse with children under 14 . 434 392 264 74 61 58 71
Incest 124 74 110 28 28 24 30
Crime concerning family relations 177 145 178 40 46 41 51
Crime against the personal liberty 4 178 4528 5374 1 347 1 256 1 400 1 371
Crime of violence against the person 11 472 11 859 12282 2993 3088 3049 3 152
Inflicting grievous bodily harm 48 40 43 19 11 7 6
Attempted murder 60 57 53 18 13 12 10
Murder 39 34 43 18 9 12 4
Manslaughter 10 11 14 2 5 2 5
Slander and libel 967 1 032 967 256 224 243 244
Embezzlement 1 865 1 939 2 159 476 545 517 621
Larceny 168831 170723 182773 38391 45961 54981 43440
Simpleandminorlarceny 68397 70858 76397 14162 19505 24898 17832
Aggravated larceny 79 146 79049 83857 19302 20662 23548 20345
Theft of motor vehicle 21 288 20816 22 519 4927 5794 6535 5263
Blackmail and robbery 1138 1 077 1 086 299 222 256 309
Robbery 797 783 771 199 157 191 224
Aggravated robbery 232 218 176 54 41 37 44
Fraud and breach of trust 8533 8 961 12238 3625 2341 3242 3030
Crime in connection with debts 2 188 1 834 2 026 588 456 477 505
Damage to property 15603 16 188 23401 5442 6100 5808 6051
Usery and gaming offence 10 25 20 7 4 2 7
Crime in connection with maritime affairs. . 87 78 103 15 27 36 25
Receiving stolen goods, subsequent
assistance to the offender 2829 2746 3757 989 726 996 1 046
Crimes against other acts than the Penal Code
Crime in connection with narcotics against the
Act relating to medicinal goods etc. 6432 6759 11 420 2600 2 380 2822 3618
Crime against Act relating to value added tax 81 632 713 261 182 143 127
Crime against Military Penal Code 93 151 178 41 43 50 44
Crime against the Assessment Act 468 661 1 332 470 284 223 355
Other crime outside the Penal Code 215 249 339 105 79 63 92
Misdemeanours
Alltypesofmisdemeanour 101657 102038 114739 26366 27645 31226 29502
MisdemeanouragainstthePenal Code 26360 30241 34530 8613 7995 9091 8831
Pettylarceny 11123 13017 14751 3783 3288 3612 4068
Misdemeanour against public order and
peace 4920 5915 6183 1588 1561 1504 1530
Insulting telephone calls 2959 3620 4298 1165 943 1 060 1130
Misdemeanour against the Road Traffic Act 52 167 49656 56974 12894 13952 15791 14337
Driving under influence of alcohol 8351 8355 9051 1 994 2224 2601 2232
Misdemeanour against the Act of vagrancy, begging
and drunkenness 4635 5051 5182 1141 1 364 1297 1380
Misdemeanour against the police regulations 2724 2714 2490 375 738 714 663
Other misdemeanour outside the Penal Code 15771 14376 15 563 3343 3 596 4333 4291
Source: NOS Crime Statistics. More information: Division for Social Welfare Statistics.
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