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Sexual assault, level 1

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

521 Reported to police 95 per 100,000 people
154 Led to a charge 30 in 100 reports
146 People charged
63 Found not to have happened Recorded from 2017 on.

Incidents reported each year, 1998 to 2025

0 163 325 488 6501998 — Someone charged: 2231998 — Solved another way: 821998 — No one charged: 2991999 — Someone charged: 3431999 — Solved another way: 591999 — No one charged: 1672000 — Someone charged: 3062000 — Solved another way: 452000 — No one charged: 2112001 — Someone charged: 3332001 — Solved another way: 402001 — No one charged: 2222002 — Someone charged: 2542002 — Solved another way: 472002 — No one charged: 2462003 — Someone charged: 2082003 — Solved another way: 552003 — No one charged: 2342004 — Someone charged: 1702004 — Solved another way: 342004 — No one charged: 2622005 — Someone charged: 2142005 — Solved another way: 292005 — No one charged: 1912006 — Someone charged: 1282006 — Solved another way: 442006 — No one charged: 1642007 — Someone charged: 1862007 — Solved another way: 482007 — No one charged: 1672008 — Someone charged: 1712008 — Solved another way: 582008 — No one charged: 1872009 — Someone charged: 1472009 — Solved another way: 432009 — No one charged: 1632010 — Someone charged: 1552010 — Solved another way: 362010 — No one charged: 1762011 — Someone charged: 1202011 — Solved another way: 352011 — No one charged: 1662012 — Someone charged: 1472012 — Solved another way: 282012 — No one charged: 1932013 — Someone charged: 1422013 — Solved another way: 272013 — No one charged: 1392014 — Someone charged: 1142014 — Solved another way: 492014 — No one charged: 1382015 — Someone charged: 1132015 — Solved another way: 192015 — No one charged: 2302016 — Someone charged: 932016 — Solved another way: 122016 — No one charged: 1962017 — Someone charged: 1022017 — Solved another way: 132017 — No one charged: 2102018 — Someone charged: 1182018 — Solved another way: 182018 — No one charged: 2092019 — Someone charged: 1102019 — Solved another way: 152019 — No one charged: 2602020 — Someone charged: 1192020 — Solved another way: 122020 — No one charged: 2832021 — Someone charged: 1332021 — Solved another way: 162021 — No one charged: 3672022 — Someone charged: 1662022 — Solved another way: 452022 — No one charged: 3352023 — Someone charged: 1202023 — Solved another way: 552023 — No one charged: 3372024 — Someone charged: 1182024 — Solved another way: 372024 — No one charged: 3902025 — Someone charged: 1542025 — Solved another way: 352025 — No one charged: 33219982002200620102014201820222025
Someone charged 154 Solved another way 35 No one charged 332

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.

604 in 1998, 521 in 2025. The highest year on record is 1998. 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 521 154146 30 95 63
2024 545 118115 22 100 73
2023 512 120103 23 95 57
2022 546 166153 30 103 59
2021 516 133117 26 98 67
2020 414 119108 29 79 51
2019 385 110105 29 73 65
2018 345 118107 34 65 82
2017 325 10296 31 61 47
2016 301 9386 31 57 —
2015 362 11398 31 69 —
2014 301 114104 38 57 —
2013 308 142135 46 58 —
2012 368 147126 40 70 —
2011 321 120106 37 61 —
2010 367 155136 42 70 —
2009 353 147136 42 68 —
2008 416 171150 41 81 —
2007 401 186147 46 79 —
2006 336 128112 38 66 —
2005 434 214170 49 84 —
2004 466 170145 36 90 —
2003 497 208173 42 96 —
2002 547 254178 46 105 —
2001 595 333265 56 114 —
2000 562 306248 54 106 —
1999 569 343243 60 107 —
1998 604 223187 37 112 —

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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