Per cent of persons with charge proved receiving custodial sentences by main crime or offence, 1988-1998

Table 10

Main crime or offence

1988

1989

1990

1991

1992

1993

1994

1995

1996

1997

1998

All crimes and offences

8

8

7

8

8

9

10

10

11

11

11

All crimes

19

19

18

18

19

21

21

21

22

22

22

Non-sexual crimes of violence

35

31

32

32

36

39

39

40

41

38

38

Homicide

76

75

74

69

86

85

83

86

88

86

88

Serious assault

39

35

37

37

42

42

43

49

52

48

47

Handling offensive weapons

15

16

12

13

19

23

25

25

27

25

24

Robbery

65

60

65

61

66

68

63

65

64

65

70

Other

9

11

8

13

11

12

16

20

26

19

18

Crimes of indecency

19

18

13

12

13

14

16

18

23

21

19

Sexual assault

59

55

54

51

51

61

54

58

58

50

52

Lewd and indecent behaviour

22

21

23

20

27

25

37

38

40

42

44

Other

8

7

4

5

3

3

3

5

6

7

4

Crimes of dishonesty

20

20

20

21

21

23

24

24

24

25

26

Housebreaking

37

37

35

35

37

41

43

44

44

45

47

Theft by opening lockfast places

21

24

21

24

23

25

29

31

31

33

33

Theft of motor vehicle

19

21

21

22

26

28

30

30

32

30

29

Shoplifting

19

18

17

18

17

20

23

21

20

21

22

Other theft

14

14

15

15

16

18

20

20

20

22

24

Fraud

10

8

7

7

6

7

5

5

7

9

10

Other

17

18

17

19

19

20

21

22

22

23

23

Fire-raising, vandalism, etc

7

7

6

6

7

7

7

7

7

7

7

Fire-raising

28

26

24

22

27

28

28

29

38

35

29

Vandalism, etc

6

6

5

6

6

7

7

7

7

6

7

Other crimes

17

17

15

14

14

15

15

16

18

15

15

Crimes against public justice

19

19

18

17

17

19

19

19

19

15

16

Drugs

13

12

10

10

9

10

10

13

17

15

14

Other

58

43

13

30

48

32

22

39

26

14

33

All offences

3

3

3

3

3

4

4

5

5

5

6

Miscellaneous offences

5

5

5

6

6

7

8

9

9

9

11

Simple assault

10

10

8

9

10

11

12

11

13

12

12

Breach of the peace

4

4

4

5

5

6

7

6

7

7

7

Drunkenness

*

1

1

*

1

*

1

1

1

2

2

Other

2

3

4

5

5

6

8

11

11

11

16

Motor vehicle offences

1

1

1

1

1

2

2

2

2

2

2

Dangerous and careless driving

1

1

1

1

1

2

3

3

3

3

3

Drunk driving

2

2

1

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

Speeding

-

-

-

-

*

-

-

-

-

-

-

Unlawful use of vehicle

3

2

3

3

3

3

4

4

5

5

5

Vehicle defect offences

-

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

-

*

Other

-

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*