prevent. 63.8% of the offences reported were detected, compared with last year's 49%.
Larceny from Dwelling
99. The number of cases recorded was 727, a decrease of 165 compared with last year, and only slightly higher than the lowest post- war recorded total of 719 in the 1948/49 period. Property to the value of $268,118 was stolen and property worth $34,707 was recovered.
Larceny from Vehicles
100. A reduction in this type of offence was also recorded, the total for the period being 552 as compared with 703 last year. Preventive action by repeated warnings through the press, and by means of printed forms placed by police officers in parked vehicles found unlocked, calling attention to the dangers of theft of articles left insecured has doubtless contributed to the reduction of this form of crime. The detection rate improved from 30% last year to 38%.
Simple Larceny
101. A large proportion of the Colony's crime is shown under this heading, which includes all thefts not otherwise specified. Many are offences involving items of small value, committed by persons in poor circumstances. The total of such cases for the year was 6,919 compared with 7,585 in 1957/58 and with 10,261 in the 1956/57 period. The value of property stolen totalled $705,306, of which $197,644 worth was recovered.
Fraud
102. Offences included under this head are larcenies by bailee, by servant and by trick; obtaining credit or property by fraud or by false pretences; fraudulent conversion and embezzlement. Many of the cases investigated were complicated and involved business frauds necessitating prolonged inquiry by the Commercial Crime Branch. There was a reduction in the number of offences disclosed, the total for the year being 1,203 as against the previous year's 1,439. Stolen property was valued at $987,193; that recovered at $156,443.
Forgery
103. There were 123 reports of offences involving forgery, compared with last year's total of sixty six. Prosecutions were undertaken in 118 cases, while a further five were still the subject of inquiry at the end of the period. Many cases were connected with the forgery of travel
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