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Using firearm in commission of offence

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

17 Reported to police 3 per 100,000 people
7 Led to a charge 41 in 100 reports
8 People charged
0 Found not to have happened Recorded from 2017 on.

Incidents reported each year, 1998 to 2025

0 6 13 19 251998 — No one charged: 21999 — Someone charged: 31999 — No one charged: 12000 — Someone charged: 12000 — No one charged: 42002 — No one charged: 52003 — Someone charged: 22003 — No one charged: 22004 — No one charged: 22006 — No one charged: 22007 — Someone charged: 12007 — No one charged: 12009 — Solved another way: 12009 — No one charged: 32010 — Someone charged: 52010 — No one charged: 42011 — Someone charged: 32011 — Solved another way: 42011 — No one charged: 62012 — Someone charged: 62012 — Solved another way: 32012 — No one charged: 92013 — Someone charged: 32013 — No one charged: 52014 — Someone charged: 12014 — No one charged: 32015 — Someone charged: 42015 — No one charged: 42016 — Someone charged: 42016 — No one charged: 122017 — Someone charged: 82017 — Solved another way: 12017 — No one charged: 32018 — Someone charged: 52018 — No one charged: 82019 — Someone charged: 72019 — No one charged: 122020 — Someone charged: 122020 — No one charged: 72021 — Someone charged: 122021 — No one charged: 82022 — Someone charged: 12022 — No one charged: 92023 — Someone charged: 82023 — Solved another way: 22023 — No one charged: 42024 — Someone charged: 122024 — No one charged: 112025 — Someone charged: 72025 — Solved another way: 12025 — No one charged: 919982002200620102014201820222025
Someone charged 7 Solved another way 1 No one charged 9

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, 17 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 17 78 41 3 0
2024 23 1211 52 4 2
2023 14 87 57 3 0
2022 10 13 10 2 1
2021 20 1212 60 4 1
2020 19 1210 63 4 3
2019 19 77 37 4 0
2018 13 54 38 2 1
2017 12 84 67 2 0
2016 16 41 25 3
2015 8 45 50 2
2014 4 11 25 1
2013 8 34 38 2
2012 18 67 33 3
2011 13 31 23 2
2010 9 53 56 2
2009 4 00 0 1
2008 0 00 0
2007 2 11 50 0
2006 2 00 0 0
2005 0 00 0
2004 2 00 0 0
2003 4 21 50 1
2002 5 00 0 1
2001 0 00 0
2000 5 10 20 1
1999 4 32 75 1
1998 2 00 0 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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