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Total firearms, use of, discharge, pointing

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

80 Reported to police 15 per 100,000 people
35 Led to a charge 44 in 100 reports
38 People charged
7 Found not to have happened Recorded from 2017 on.

Incidents reported each year, 1998 to 2025

0 20 40 60 801998 — Someone charged: 21998 — Solved another way: 11998 — No one charged: 61999 — Someone charged: 111999 — Solved another way: 51999 — No one charged: 182000 — Someone charged: 182000 — Solved another way: 42000 — No one charged: 242001 — Someone charged: 122001 — Solved another way: 42001 — No one charged: 242002 — Someone charged: 42002 — Solved another way: 22002 — No one charged: 412003 — Someone charged: 132003 — Solved another way: 22003 — No one charged: 222004 — Someone charged: 42004 — Solved another way: 22004 — No one charged: 272005 — Someone charged: 82005 — Solved another way: 22005 — No one charged: 272006 — Someone charged: 12006 — Solved another way: 22006 — No one charged: 172007 — Someone charged: 22007 — Solved another way: 12007 — No one charged: 102008 — Someone charged: 12008 — Solved another way: 72008 — No one charged: 122009 — Someone charged: 12009 — Solved another way: 32009 — No one charged: 202010 — Someone charged: 152010 — Solved another way: 22010 — No one charged: 222011 — Someone charged: 82011 — Solved another way: 42011 — No one charged: 172012 — Someone charged: 152012 — Solved another way: 52012 — No one charged: 282013 — Someone charged: 122013 — No one charged: 332014 — Someone charged: 62014 — Solved another way: 22014 — No one charged: 202015 — Someone charged: 102015 — Solved another way: 52015 — No one charged: 312016 — Someone charged: 162016 — Solved another way: 12016 — No one charged: 372017 — Someone charged: 122017 — Solved another way: 12017 — No one charged: 262018 — Someone charged: 192018 — Solved another way: 12018 — No one charged: 322019 — Someone charged: 202019 — Solved another way: 32019 — No one charged: 322020 — Someone charged: 232020 — Solved another way: 22020 — No one charged: 302021 — Someone charged: 312021 — Solved another way: 22021 — No one charged: 312022 — Someone charged: 182022 — Solved another way: 12022 — No one charged: 322023 — Someone charged: 182023 — Solved another way: 32023 — No one charged: 202024 — Someone charged: 282024 — Solved another way: 12024 — No one charged: 432025 — Someone charged: 352025 — Solved another way: 22025 — No one charged: 4319982002200620102014201820222025
Someone charged 35 Solved another way 2 No one charged 43

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, 80 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 80 3538 44 15 7
2024 72 2830 39 13 11
2023 41 1818 44 8 6
2022 51 1827 35 10 7
2021 64 3129 48 12 4
2020 55 2320 42 10 7
2019 55 2014 36 10 4
2018 52 1915 37 10 10
2017 39 129 31 7 12
2016 54 1611 30 10 —
2015 46 1011 22 9 —
2014 28 68 21 5 —
2013 45 128 27 9 —
2012 48 1514 31 9 —
2011 29 86 28 6 —
2010 39 159 38 7 —
2009 24 11 4 5 —
2008 20 12 5 4 —
2007 13 26 15 3 —
2006 20 11 5 4 —
2005 37 812 22 7 —
2004 33 46 12 6 —
2003 37 1313 35 7 —
2002 47 47 9 9 —
2001 40 1210 30 8 —
2000 46 1814 39 9 —
1999 34 1113 32 6 —
1998 9 22 22 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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