Persons¹ with charge proved by age, sex and main crime or offence, 1998

Table 6(a)

MALES

(Number)

(Per cent)

Main crime or offence

Under 21

21-30

Over 30

Total²

Under 21

21-30

Over 30

Total²

All crimes and offences

29,445

46,121

44,047

120,482

100

100

100

100

All crimes

13,908

16,072

9,411

39,401

47

35

21

33

Non-sexual crimes of violence

1,400

1,394

915

3,710

5

3

2

3

Homicide

21

33

24

78

*

*

*

*

Serious assault

307

372

300

979

1

1

1

1

Handling offensive weapons

792

735

440

1,968

3

2

1

2

Robbery

260

216

86

562

1

*

*

*

Other

20

38

65

123

*

*

*

*

Crimes of indecency

91

132

356

579

*

*

1

*

Sexual assault

27

30

89

146

*

*

*

*

Lewd and indecent behaviour

27

65

224

316

*

*

1

*

Other

37

37

43

117

*

*

*

*

Crimes of dishonesty

7,863

8,191

4,569

20,630

27

18

10

17

Housebreaking

1,317

1,210

381

2,908

4

3

1

2

Theft by opening lockfast places

1,051

604

122

1,777

4

1

*

1

Theft of motor vehicle

1,273

430

97

1,800

4

1

*

1

Shoplifting

1,579

2,352

1,523

5,454

5

5

3

5

Other theft

1,675

1,961

1,029

4,666

6

4

2

4

Fraud

213

683

831

1,729

1

1

2

1

Other

755

951

586

2,296

3

2

1

2

Fire-raising, vandalism, etc

1,757

1,482

989

4,228

6

3

2

4

Fire-raising

51

30

19

100

*

*

*

*

Vandalism, etc

1,706

1,452

970

4,128

6

3

2

3

Other crimes

2,797

4,873

2,582

10,254

9

11

6

9

Crimes against public justice

1,341

1,689

1,111

4,143

5

4

3

3

Drugs

1,453

3,171

1,455

6,079

5

7

3

5

Other

3

13

16

32

*

*

*

*

All offences

15,537

30,049

34,636

81,081

53

65

79

67

Miscellaneous offences

9,600

12,637

13,169

35,461

33

27

30

29

Simple assault

2,631

3,743

3,937

10,311

9

8

9

9

Breach of the peace

4,099

5,914

6,158

16,171

14

13

14

13

Drunkenness

54

101

506

661

*

*

1

1

Other

2,816

2,879

2,568

8,318

10

6

6

7

Motor vehicle offences

5,937

17,412

21,467

45,620

20

38

49

38

Dangerous and careless driving

749

1,138

1,504

3,412

3

2

3

3

Drunk driving

667

2,040

3,844

6,573

2

4

9

5

Speeding

767

3,866

5,923

10,602

3

8

13

9

Unlawful use of vehicle

2,722

7,140

6,148

16,469

9

15

14

14

Vehicle defect offences

324

835

1,049

2,263

1

2

2

2

Other

708

2,393

2,999

6,301

2

5

7

5