Main crime/offence of remand and sentenced ⁽¹⁾ prisoners in custody on 30 June 1998

Table 9

Number

Number

Percentage

Percentage

Main crime/offence

Remand

Sentenced

Remand

Sentenced

Male

Female

TOTAL

Male

Female

TOTAL

Male

Female

TOTAL

Male

Female

TOTAL

Total crimes & offences

922

56

978

4,979

146

5,125

100%

100%

100%

100%

100%

100%

Total crimes : sub total

779

48

827

4,292

128

4,420

84%

86%

85%

86%

88%

86%

Non-sexual crimes of violence : sub total

264

13

277

2,064

40

2,104

29%

23%

28%

41%

27%

41%

Homicide

45

3

48

656

10

666

5%

5%

5%

13%

7%

13%

Serious assault and attempted murder

82

3

85

643

22

665

9%

5%

9%

13%

15%

13%

Handling offensive weapons

49

3

52

63

4

67

5%

5%

5%

1%

3%

1%

Robbery

76

4

80

668

4

672

8%

7%

8%

13%

3%

13%

Other

12

-

12

34

-

34

1%

-

1%

1%

-

1%

Crimes of indecency : sub total

29

-

29

375

4

379

3%

-

3%

8%

3%

7%

Sexual assault

15

-

15

170

-

170

2%

-

2%

3%

-

3%

Lewd and indecent behaviour

7

-

7

120

2

122

1%

-

1%

2%

1%

2%

Other

7

-

7

85

2

87

1%

-

1%

2%

1%

2%

Crimes of dishonesty : sub total

349

28

377

983

41

1,024

38%

50%

39%

20%

28%

20%

Housebreaking

116

1

117

348

2

350

13%

2%

12%

7%

1%

7%

Theft by opening lockfast places

34

-

34

51

-

51

4%

-

3%

1%

-

1%

Theft of a motor vehicle

54

-

54

97

-

97

6%

-

6%

2%

-

2%

Other theft

98

24

122

333

30

363

11%

43%

12%

7%

21%

7%

Fraud

22

3

25

66

1

67

2%

5%

3%

1%

1%

1%

Other

25

-

25

88

8

96

3%

-

3%

2%

5%

2%

Fire-raising,vandalism etc : sub total

31

1

32

83

3

86

3%

2%

3%

2%

2%

2%

Fire-raising

3

-

3

22

1

23

*

-

*

*

1%

*

Vandalism etc

28

1

29

61

2

63

3%

2%

3%

1%

1%

1%

Other crimes : sub total

106

6

112

787

40

827

11%

11%

11%

16%

27%

16%

Crimes against public justice

47

2

49

62

2

64

5%

4%

5%

1%

1%

1%

Drugs

56

4

60

716

38

754

6%

7%

6%

14%

26%

15%

Other

3

-

3

9

-

9

*

-

*

*

-

*

Total offences : sub total

141

8

149

651

18

669

15%

14%

15%

13%

12%

13%

Miscellaneous offences : sub total

115

8

123

409

14

423

12%

14%

13%

8%

10%

8%

Petty assault

58

6

64

225

10

235

6%

11%

7%

5%

7%

5%

Breach of the peace

54

-

54

118

3

121

6%

-

6%

2%

2%

2%

Drunkenness

1

-

1

-

-

-

*

-

*

-

-

-

Other

2

2

4

66

1

67

*

4%

*

1%

1%

1%

Motor vehicle offences : sub total

26

-

26

242

4

246

3%

-

3%

5%

3%

5%

Dangerous and careless driving

7

-

7

37

3

40

1%

-

1%

1%

2%

1%

Drunk driving

3

-

3

32

-

32

*

-

*

1%

-

1%

Speeding

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Unlawful use of vehicle

16

-

16

165

-

165

2%

-

2%

3%

-

3%

Vehicle defect offences

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Other

-

-

-

8

1

9

-

-

-

*

1%

*

Unknown Charge

2

-

2

5

-

5

*

-

*

*

-

*

Other Jurisdiction Charge

-

-

-

31

-

31

-

-

-

1%

-

1%