Appendix K.
REPORT OF THE CAPTAIN SUPERINTENDENT OF
POLICE FOR THE YEAR 1920.
SUMMARY OF CRIME FOR 1920.
The total of all cases reported to the Police during the year 1920 was 11,912 as against 10,542 in 1919 being an increase of 1,370 or 13 per cent. The average for the last five years is 10,346.
In the division of these cases into serious and minor offences, there appears an increase, as compared with 1919, of 449 cases or 9.90 per cent. in the former and an increase of 921 cases or 15.34 per cent. in the latter.
The increase and decrease as compared with 1919 in Serious Offences are shown as follows:-
Increase.
Burglary and Larceny from dwelling... 144
Larceny 371
Other Felonies 1
Decrease.
Murder 8
Robbery 14
Kidnapping 1
Protection of Women and Children 12
Unlawful Possession 32
67
Nett increase... 449
2. Table I shows the number and character of the Serious and Minor Offences reported to the Police during 1919 and 1920 and number of persons convicted and discharged in connection with these offences.
MURDER.
3. Twenty-three murders were reported to the Police during the year as against 31 in 1919.