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SOME 1965-66 STATISTICS

Previous Years

Ratio of Regular Police to Population:*

--Establishment

-Strength

.7.

...

1962-63 1963-64 1964-65 1965-66

1:410 1:419 1:392 1:368 1:446 1:434 1:407 1:375

Annual Cost of Force for each Head of Population $19.51 $20.70 $24.21 $27.98

Serious Crime Cases

**(Including Serious Narcotics Offences)

-Persons Convicted

...

-Convictions for each 1,000 population

Narcotics Offences

-Persons Convicted

--Convictions for each 1,000 population

Juvenile Crime

Prosecutions of Persons 16 years of age and

...

14,346 13,978 16,769

6,810 6,285

19,790

7,847

8,913

2

2

2

2

...

16,081 19,914 19,187

17,913

11,803

14,000

13,206

12,264

3

4

4

3

younger

...

+++

...

Traffic

Number of registered vehicles

***

Number of vehicles to every mile of road

...

Number of registered private cars

Number of licensed drivers

1,340

1,080

1,826

1,762

65,572

75,384

86,025

91,079

125

136

158

161

41,570 46,592 51,648

133,051 148,706 163,926 182,290

54,900

Number of Fatal Traffic Accidents

277

260

284

260

Number of fatal accidents for each 1,000

vehicles

3

3

3

3

Number of traffic accidents involving serious

injuries

+

2,300

2,295

2,609 2,633

* The Population figure used is 3,823,200 as at 31st December, 1955.

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

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