Norway murder/homicide rate per 100K population for 2021 was 0.54, a 6.85% decline from 2020.

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<li>Norway murder/homicide rate per 100K population for 2020 was <strong>0.58</strong>, a <strong>10.06% increase</strong> from 2019.</li>
<li>Norway murder/homicide rate per 100K population for 2019 was <strong>0.52</strong>, a <strong>11.25% increase</strong> from 2018.</li>
<li>Norway murder/homicide rate per 100K population for 2018 was <strong>0.47</strong>, a <strong>11.3% decline</strong> from 2017.</li>
</ul>Intentional homicides are estimates of unlawful homicides purposely inflicted as a result of domestic disputes, interpersonal violence, violent conflicts over land resources, intergang violence over turf or control, and predatory violence and killing by armed groups. Intentional homicide does not include all intentional killing; the difference is usually in the organization of the killing. Individuals or small groups usually commit homicide, whereas killing in armed conflict is usually committed by fairly cohesive groups of up to several hundred members and is thus usually excluded.

The number of homicides per 100,000 inhabitants in Norway has been relatively stable since 2010, with the exception of 2011. It was at its lowest in 2014, when 0.46 homicides per 100,000 inhabitants were registered, and at its highest in 2011 following the terrorist attack in Oslo and Utøya. In 2021, the homicide rate stood at 0.55. That year, 32 homicide victims were reported in Norway.

In the period between 2011 and 2024, the number of homicide victims in Norway peaked in 2011, when 110 people were murdered in the country. This includes the fatalities of the terrorist attack on July 22 that year. In the years thereafter, the number of homicide victims was usually between 20 and 30, but reached 37 in 2024. Moreover, the balance between male and female victims was pretty even through the period considered.

In 2024, 10 people were killed in homicide cases involving firearms. 37 people were killed in homicides in Norway that year, the second-highest during the period under consideration. The number of homicide cases in total and the number of cases involving firearms have remained relatively stable since 2014.

The number of reported cases of rape in Norway was usually between 2,300 and 2,700 between 2016 and 2023. In 2023, nearly 2,400 cases of rape were reported in the country. That year, over 400 cases of sexual abuse involved children under the age of 16 years.

The number of reported robberies and thefts decreased in Norway over the past years. In 2023, nearly 120,000 cases of robberies, burglaries and thefts were reported to the Norwegian authorities. By comparison, more than 170,000 reports were filed in 2013.