Police-1964-1965 — Page 82

SOME 1964-65 STATISTICS

Ratio of Regular Police to Population:

-Establishment.

-Strength (31st March)

Annual Cost of Force for each Head of Population

Serious Crime Cases

*(Including Serious Narcotics Offences)

Previous Years

1961-62 1962-63 1963-64 1964-65

1:386 1:410 1:419 1:392 1:432 1:446 1:434 1:407

$19-05 $19.51 $20.70 $24.21

•

14,468 14,346 13,978 16,769

6,732 6,810

2

2

6,285 2

7,847 2

•

16,038 16,081 19,914 19,187

•

11,915

11,803

14,000

13,206

-Convictions for each 1,000 population

4

3

4

-Persons Convicted

В

-Convictions for each 1,000 population

Narcotics Offences

-Persons Convicted

Juvenile Crime

Prosecutions of Persons 16 years of age and

younger

1,604

1,340

1,080

1,826

Traffic

Number of registered vehicles

•

57,256

65,572

75,384

86,025

Number of vehicles to every mile of road

111

125

136

158

Number of registered private cars

•

36,759 41,570

46,592

51,648

Number of licensed drivers

123,464 133,051 148,706 163,926

Number of fatal traffic accidents

206

277

260

284

-Number of fatal accidents for each 1,000

vehicles

4

3

3

3

•

Number of traffic accidents involving serious

injuries

1,917

2,300

2,295

2,609

* Prior to 1963-64 Serious Narcotics Offences were shown under Narcotics Offences.

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