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Pointing a firearm

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

33 Reported to police 6 per 100,000 people
17 Led to a charge 52 in 100 reports
15 People charged
1 Found not to have happened Recorded from 2017 on.

Incidents reported each year, 1998 to 2025

0 10 20 30 401998 — Someone charged: 11998 — Solved another way: 11998 — No one charged: 41999 — Someone charged: 81999 — Solved another way: 51999 — No one charged: 162000 — Someone charged: 152000 — Solved another way: 42000 — No one charged: 212001 — Someone charged: 112001 — Solved another way: 42001 — No one charged: 232002 — Someone charged: 32002 — Solved another way: 22002 — No one charged: 352003 — Someone charged: 112003 — Solved another way: 12003 — No one charged: 202004 — Someone charged: 42004 — Solved another way: 22004 — No one charged: 222005 — Someone charged: 72005 — Solved another way: 22005 — No one charged: 282006 — Someone charged: 12006 — Solved another way: 22006 — No one charged: 142007 — Someone charged: 12007 — Solved another way: 12007 — No one charged: 72008 — Someone charged: 12008 — No one charged: 52009 — Someone charged: 12009 — Solved another way: 22009 — No one charged: 52010 — Someone charged: 82010 — Solved another way: 22010 — No one charged: 42011 — Someone charged: 42011 — No one charged: 72012 — Someone charged: 82012 — Solved another way: 12012 — No one charged: 62013 — Someone charged: 82013 — No one charged: 72014 — Someone charged: 32014 — No one charged: 82015 — Someone charged: 52015 — No one charged: 82016 — Someone charged: 102016 — Solved another way: 12016 — No one charged: 82017 — Someone charged: 32017 — No one charged: 112018 — Someone charged: 102018 — Solved another way: 12018 — No one charged: 62019 — Someone charged: 122019 — Solved another way: 32019 — No one charged: 122020 — Someone charged: 42020 — Solved another way: 22020 — No one charged: 102021 — Someone charged: 142021 — Solved another way: 12021 — No one charged: 62022 — Someone charged: 112022 — Solved another way: 12022 — No one charged: 112023 — Someone charged: 52023 — No one charged: 112024 — Someone charged: 62024 — No one charged: 152025 — Someone charged: 172025 — Solved another way: 12025 — No one charged: 1519982002200620102014201820222025
Someone charged 17 Solved another way 1 No one charged 15

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.

6 in 1998, 33 in 2025. The highest year on record is 2000. 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 33 1715 52 6 1
2024 21 65 29 4 5
2023 16 54 31 3 5
2022 23 1115 48 4 2
2021 21 149 67 4 0
2020 16 42 25 3 1
2019 27 126 44 5 2
2018 17 108 59 3 3
2017 14 31 21 3 3
2016 19 107 53 4 —
2015 13 53 38 2 —
2014 11 32 27 2 —
2013 15 82 53 3 —
2012 15 86 53 3 —
2011 11 42 36 2 —
2010 14 84 57 3 —
2009 8 11 13 2 —
2008 6 11 17 1 —
2007 9 11 11 2 —
2006 17 11 6 3 —
2005 37 77 19 7 —
2004 28 46 14 5 —
2003 32 1112 34 6 —
2002 40 35 8 8 —
2001 38 1110 29 7 —
2000 40 157 38 8 —
1999 29 811 28 5 —
1998 6 11 17 1 —

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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