Appendix K.
REPORT OF THE CAPTAIN SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE FOR THE YEAR 1922,
SUMMARY OF Crime for 1922.
The total of all cases reported to the Police during the year 1922 was 13,939 as against 12,242 in 1921 being an increase of 1,697 or 13.86%. The average for the last five years is 11,416.8.
In the division of these cases into serious and minor offences there appears an increase as compared with 1921 of 130 cases or 3.15 per cent, in the former and an increase of 1,567 cases or 19.32 per cent, in the latter.
The increase and decrease as compared with 1921 in serious offences are shown as follows:--
Increase.
Murder 10 Robbery 127 Burglary and larceny from Dwelling 152 Kidnapping 2 Piracy 5 Unlawful Possession 42 Other Felonies 17 Total 355Decrease.
Offences against Ordinance for Protection of Women and Children 35 Larcenies 190 Total 225Nett Increase.................... 130
Table I shows the number and character of the serious and minor offences reported to the Police during 1921 and 1922 and number of persons convicted and discharged in connection with these offences.
MURDER.
Thirty-five murders were reported to the Police during the year as against 25 in 1921.
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