APPENDIX 44
(Chapter 18: Public Order)
Crime Statistics
Police Cases
Type of offence
APPENDICES
1992
Number of cases reported
1993
1994
1992
Number of persons arrested 1993
1994
Violent Crime
Rape
116
103
100
86
97
84
Indecent assault
1 099
1 030
I 066
611
607
677
Murder and manslaughter
108
86
96
138
96
91
Attempted murder
17
6
2
8
6
3
Wounding
1 170
1216
1517
1 008
1 051
1 129
Serious assault
4 600
4 857
4 832
3 157
3 620
3 757
Assault on police
1 018
888
854
707
585
578
Kidnapping and child stealing
12
10
6
29
24
14
Cruelty to child
82
80
109
82
75
104
Criminal intimidation
519
653
880
400
551
604
Robbery with firearms
46
22
14
17
24
12
Robbery with pistol like object
372
269
173
64
96
64
Other robberies -
7976
6 746
6 082
2 342
2370
2 152
Aggravated burglary
1
4
1
2
Blackmail
Arson
883
859
837
938
888
923
548
629
660
94
129
121
Total
18 567
17 454
17 232
9 682
10 219
10 315
Non-Violent Crime
Burglary
13 595
13 711
13 505
1 626
1 758
1 673
Snatching
1 685
1 528
1 633
272
280
335
Pickpocketing
675
687
863
281
383
435
Shop theft
6 362
6497
7 213
6008
6 220
6911
Theft from vehicle
3.497
3 555
·3.804
854
1041
1 028
Taking conveyance without authority
7 046
4 698
4 635
454
444
386
Other thefts
11 810
11 872
12 988
4 535
4 791
5 579
Handling stolen goods
235
231
211
312
290
285
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Deception, fraud and forgery
2.080
2 483
3 201
1 266
1 373
1955
Sexual offences other than rape and
indecent assault
948
917
1 256
851
787
1 158
Manufacturing and trafficking of
dangerous drugs
1 803
3.506
4 618
2 192
4 155
Serious immigration offences
4 452
4 038
4 021
4 473
4018
5 224
4013
Criminal damage
4 298
4 303
5 154
1 507
1 616
Unlawful society offences
1 466
1 308
1 512
755
705
1 867
857
Possession of arms, ammunition and
offensive weapon
876
903
870
1 030
1005
942
Other crimes
4 661
4 873
5 088
5 682
5 957
6 821
Total
65 489
65 110
70 572
32 098
34 823
39 469
Grand Total
84 056
82 564
87 804
41 780
45 042
49 784
Overall crime rate (number of crime
per 100 000 population)
1 446.4
Overall detection rate
45.2%
1 394.9
48.7%
1 448.6
50.3%
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