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Possession, cocaine

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

172 Reported to police 31 per 100,000 people
23 Led to a charge 13 in 100 reports
28 People charged
17 Found not to have happened Recorded from 2017 on.

Incidents reported each year, 1998 to 2025

0 50 100 150 2001998 — No one charged: 91999 — Someone charged: 51999 — Solved another way: 21999 — No one charged: 22000 — Someone charged: 42000 — No one charged: 62001 — Someone charged: 32001 — No one charged: 32002 — Someone charged: 12002 — Solved another way: 12002 — No one charged: 22003 — Someone charged: 32003 — Solved another way: 22003 — No one charged: 62004 — Someone charged: 22004 — Solved another way: 22004 — No one charged: 102005 — Someone charged: 112005 — Solved another way: 52005 — No one charged: 172006 — Someone charged: 112006 — Solved another way: 22006 — No one charged: 172007 — Someone charged: 162007 — Solved another way: 22007 — No one charged: 272008 — Someone charged: 182008 — No one charged: 422009 — Someone charged: 232009 — Solved another way: 12009 — No one charged: 492010 — Someone charged: 172010 — No one charged: 212011 — Someone charged: 172011 — Solved another way: 62011 — No one charged: 562012 — Someone charged: 302012 — Solved another way: 62012 — No one charged: 432013 — Someone charged: 192013 — Solved another way: 42013 — No one charged: 382014 — Someone charged: 212014 — Solved another way: 52014 — No one charged: 522015 — Someone charged: 172015 — Solved another way: 42015 — No one charged: 582016 — Someone charged: 272016 — Solved another way: 92016 — No one charged: 402017 — Someone charged: 182017 — Solved another way: 32017 — No one charged: 432018 — Someone charged: 182018 — Solved another way: 22018 — No one charged: 552019 — Someone charged: 202019 — Solved another way: 82019 — No one charged: 762020 — Someone charged: 192020 — Solved another way: 72020 — No one charged: 872021 — Someone charged: 92021 — Solved another way: 62021 — No one charged: 732022 — Someone charged: 172022 — Solved another way: 42022 — No one charged: 842023 — Someone charged: 222023 — Solved another way: 132023 — No one charged: 1102024 — Someone charged: 252024 — Solved another way: 102024 — No one charged: 1592025 — Someone charged: 232025 — Solved another way: 72025 — No one charged: 14219982002200620102014201820222025
Someone charged 23 Solved another way 7 No one charged 142

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.

9 in 1998, 172 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 172 2328 13 31 17
2024 194 2526 13 35 21
2023 145 2224 15 27 6
2022 105 1721 16 20 13
2021 88 912 10 17 11
2020 113 1922 17 21 9
2019 104 2020 19 20 12
2018 75 1821 24 14 11
2017 64 1822 28 12 13
2016 76 2733 36 14 —
2015 79 1719 22 15 —
2014 78 2129 27 15 —
2013 61 1922 31 12 —
2012 79 3036 38 15 —
2011 79 1718 22 15 —
2010 38 1721 45 7 —
2009 73 2328 32 14 —
2008 60 1822 30 12 —
2007 45 1620 36 9 —
2006 30 1112 37 6 —
2005 33 1116 33 6 —
2004 14 24 14 3 —
2003 11 33 27 2 —
2002 4 11 25 1 —
2001 6 32 50 1 —
2000 10 43 40 2 —
1999 9 56 56 2 —
1998 9 00 0 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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