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SOME 1962 - 63 STATISTICS

Previous Years

1962-63

1961-62

1960-61

1959-60

Ratio of Regular Police to Population:

-Establishment

1:410

1:386 1:385 1:383

-Strength (31st March)

1:446

1:432 1:414 1:401

Annual Cost of Force for each head of

Population

$19.51

$19.05

$19.53 $18.38

Serious Crime Cases

14,346

14,468

13,530 13,599

-Persons convicted

6,810

6,732

5,887 8,472

--Convictions for each 1,000

population

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2

3

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Narcotics Offences

16,081

16,038

17,887

12,539

-Persons convicted

11,803

11,915

16,067

12,928

-Convictions for each 1,000

population

3

4

5

4

Juvenile Crime

Prosecutions of persons 16 years of age

and younger

1,340

1,604 1,221

1,229

Traffic

Number of registered vehicles...

65,572

57,256

50,863

43,266

Number of vehicles to every mile of

road

125

111

100

86

Number of registered private cars

41,570

36,759 32,829 27,965

Number of licensed drivers

133,051

123,464 124,893 111,881

Number of traffic deaths

191

206

196

177

-Number of deaths for each 1,000

vehicles

3

4

4

Number of serious traffic injuries

1,959

1,917

1,756

1,179

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