Persons proceeded against by main crime or offence, 1988-1998

Table 2(a)

Main Crime or Offence

1988

1989

1990

1991

1992

1993

1994

1995

1996

1997

1998

% change
1997-1998

All crimes and offences

198,573

193,904

198,617

200,892

199,075

184,468

178,667

177,168

175,457

172,556

159,232

-8

All crimes

65,272

62,953

64,052

65,364

66,431

65,391

64,275

63,548

64,031

60,375

57,005

-6

Non-sexual crimes of violence

4,290

4,198

4,392

4,356

5,141

5,327

4,910

4,969

5,741

5,633

5,290

-6

Homicide

116

119

100

106

148

150

122

157

159

119

105

-12

Serious assault

1,412

1,432

1,512

1,425

1,546

1,592

1,508

1,298

1,421

1,485

1,452

-2

Handling offensive weapons

1,444

1,430

1,427

1,504

2,028

2,208

2,001

2,357

2,946

2,882

2,664

-8

Robbery

906

786

846

885

949

1,006

990

855

929

848

758

-11

Other

412

431

507

436

470

371

289

302

286

299

311

4

Crimes of indecency

1,366

1,371

1,825

1,660

1,563

1,683

1,587

1,452

1,154

1,379

1,496

8

Sexual assault

220

225

233

200

203

229

195

182

194

212

207

-2

Lewd and indecent behavior

451

438

440

429

363

370

399

350

376

399

400

0

Other

695

708

1,152

1,031

997

1,084

993

920

584

768

889

16

Crimes of dishonesty

43,054

40,808

40,329

40,765

40,950

38,601

37,026

35,301

33,695

31,931

30,330

-5

Housebreaking

8,266

7,673

7,408

7,258

7,105

6,370

6,126

5,452

4,639

4,054

3,706

-9

Theft by opening lockfast places

3,832

3,847

3,586

3,906

3,698

3,640

3,565

3,111

2,906

2,665

2,302

-14

Theft of motor vehicle

3,363

3,082

3,226

3,476

3,688

3,480

3,494

3,449

3,497

3,259

2,849

-13

Shoplifting

6,526

6,646

7,098

7,921

8,469

8,262

7,260

7,185

7,840

7,959

8,357

5

Other theft

12,975

11,574

10,765

9,944

9,485

8,565

7,532

7,485

7,170

7,113

6,761

-5

Fraud

3,514

3,531

3,753

3,438

3,326

3,519

4,191

4,073

3,566

3,202

2,915

-9

Other

4,578

4,455

4,493

4,822

5,179

4,765

4,858

4,546

4,077

3,679

3,440

-6

Fire-raising, vandalism, etc

7,393

6,937

6,757

6,593

6,651

6,029

5,644

5,808

6,198

5,917

5,475

-7

Fire-raising

235

229

214

192

213

188

203

177

173

149

150

1

Vandalism, etc

7,158

6,708

6,543

6,401

6,438

5,841

5,441

5,631

6,025

5,768

5,325

-8

Other crimes

9,169

9,639

10,749

11,990

12,126

13,751

15,108

16,018

17,243

15,515

14,414

-7

Crimes against public justice

6,485

6,854

7,272

7,537

7,377

8,407

8,892

9,424

9,748

7,248

6,224

-14

Drugs

2,638

2,756

3,436

4,413

4,713

5,313

6,185

6,556

7,454

8,219

8,153

-1

Other

46

29

41

40

36

31

31

38

41

48

37

-23

All offences

133,301

130,951

134,565

135,528

132,644

119,077

114,392

113,620

111,426

112,181

102,227

-9

Miscellaneous offences

67,674

63,559

60,781

58,962

60,589

54,497

48,383

50,780

52,714

51,837

47,622

-8

Simple assault

16,146

16,858

15,990

15,116

14,715

14,452

13,962

14,809

15,577

15,875

15,165

-4

Breach of the peace

27,397

24,830

23,483

21,955

21,148

20,353

19,102

20,613

22,377

22,336

20,732

-7

Drunkenness

3,465

3,028

2,930

2,376

2,253

1,803

1,483

1,364

1,160

983

783

-20

Other

20,666

18,843

18,378

19,515

22,473

17,889

13,836

13,994

13,600

12,643

10,942

-13

Motor vehicle offences

65,627

67,392

73,784

76,566

72,055

64,580

66,009

62,840

58,712

60,344

54,605

-10

Dangerous and careless driving

7,363

8,603

8,862

7,840

7,177

5,883

5,162

5,273

5,193

5,150

4,199

-18

Drunk driving

10,680

8,875

8,997

8,679

8,314

7,812

7,601

7,798

8,313

8,900

7,527

-15

Speeding

11,216

13,959

18,202

21,807

19,519

15,405

16,787

15,159

12,645

11,805

12,059

2

Unlawful use of vehicle

22,820

20,002

20,881

21,742

22,033

21,951

22,947

21,528

21,124

22,213

20,062

-10

Vehicle defect offences

5,197

5,071

5,035

4,489

4,111

3,308

3,560

3,683

3,548

3,775

2,960

-22

Other

8,351

10,882

11,807

12,009

10,901

10,221

9,952

9,399

7,889

8,501

7,798

-8