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Murder, first degree

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

9 Reported to police 2 per 100,000 people
6 Led to a charge 67 in 100 reports
7 People charged
0 Found not to have happened Recorded from 2017 on.

Incidents reported each year, 1998 to 2025

0 3 5 8 101998 — Someone charged: 21999 — Someone charged: 12000 — Someone charged: 12000 — Solved another way: 12000 — No one charged: 12003 — Someone charged: 22003 — Solved another way: 12003 — No one charged: 12004 — Someone charged: 12005 — Someone charged: 62005 — Solved another way: 22006 — Solved another way: 42008 — Someone charged: 32008 — Solved another way: 12009 — Solved another way: 12010 — Someone charged: 22010 — No one charged: 12011 — Someone charged: 12011 — Solved another way: 12012 — Solved another way: 12012 — No one charged: 12013 — Someone charged: 22013 — Solved another way: 22014 — No one charged: 12015 — Someone charged: 12015 — Solved another way: 12016 — Someone charged: 42016 — No one charged: 12017 — Someone charged: 12017 — Solved another way: 12018 — Someone charged: 12019 — Someone charged: 12021 — Someone charged: 12022 — Solved another way: 12023 — Someone charged: 12023 — No one charged: 32024 — Someone charged: 22025 — Someone charged: 62025 — No one charged: 319982002200620102014201820222025
Someone charged 6 Solved another way 0 No one charged 3

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.

2 in 1998, 9 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 9 67 67 2 0
2024 2 24 100 0 0
2023 4 11 25 1 0
2022 1 00 0 0 0
2021 1 11 100 0 0
2020 0 00 0 0
2019 1 11 100 0 0
2018 1 11 100 0 0
2017 2 11 50 0 0
2016 5 47 80 1
2015 2 11 50 0
2014 1 00 0 0
2013 4 23 50 1
2012 2 00 0 0
2011 2 11 50 0
2010 3 22 67 1
2009 1 00 0 0
2008 4 33 75 1
2007 0 00 0
2006 4 00 0 1
2005 8 67 75 2
2004 1 11 100 0
2003 4 23 50 1
2002 0 00 0
2001 0 00 0
2000 3 11 33 1
1999 1 11 100 0
1998 2 23 100 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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