Persons proceeded against by main crime/offence, 1989-1999

Table 2(a)

Main Crime or Offence

1989

1990

1991

1992

1993

1994

1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

% change 1998-1999

All crimes and offences

193,903

198,617

200,892

199,075

184,468

178,667

177,168

175,457

172,556

159,232

146,841

-8

All crimes

62,952

64,052

65,364

66,431

65,391

64,275

63,548

64,031

60,375

57,005

53,778

-6

Non-sexual crimes of violence

4,197

4,392

4,356

5,141

5,327

4,910

4,969

5,741

5,633

5,290

5,547

5

Homicide

118

100

106

148

150

122

157

159

119

104

110

6

Serious assault

1,432

1,512

1,425

1,546

1,592

1,508

1,298

1,421

1,485

1,453

1,595

10

Handling offensive weapons

1,430

1,427

1,504

2,028

2,208

2,001

2,357

2,946

2,882

2,664

2,741

3

Robbery

786

846

885

949

1,006

990

855

929

848

758

824

9

Other

431

507

436

470

371

289

302

286

299

311

277

-11

Crimes of indecency

1,371

1,825

1,660

1,563

1,683

1,587

1,452

1,154

1,379

1,496

1,083

-28

Sexual assault

225

233

200

203

229

195

182

194

212

207

184

-11

Lewd and indecent behavior

438

440

429

363

370

399

350

376

399

400

408

2

Other

708

1,152

1,031

997

1,084

993

920

584

768

889

491

-45

Crimes of dishonesty

40,808

40,329

40,765

40,950

38,601

37,026

35,301

33,695

31,931

30,330

28,315

-7

Housebreaking

7,673

7,408

7,258

7,105

6,370

6,126

5,452

4,639

4,054

3,706

3,659

-1

Theft by opening lockfast places

3,847

3,586

3,906

3,698

3,640

3,565

3,111

2,906

2,665

2,302

2,107

-8

Theft of motor vehicle

3,082

3,226

3,476

3,688

3,480

3,494

3,449

3,497

3,259

2,849

2,531

-11

Shoplifting

6,646

7,098

7,921

8,469

8,262

7,260

7,185

7,840

7,959

8,357

8,424

1

Other theft

11,574

10,765

9,944

9,485

8,565

7,532

7,485

7,170

7,113

6,761

6,198

-8

Fraud

3,531

3,753

3,438

3,326

3,519

4,191

4,073

3,566

3,202

2,915

2,415

-17

Other

4,455

4,493

4,822

5,179

4,765

4,858

4,546

4,077

3,679

3,440

2,981

-13

Fire-raising, vandalism, etc

6,937

6,757

6,593

6,651

6,029

5,644

5,808

6,198

5,917

5,475

4,893

-11

Fire-raising

229

214

192

213

188

203

177

173

149

150

137

-9

Vandalism, etc

6,708

6,543

6,401

6,438

5,841

5,441

5,631

6,025

5,768

5,325

4,756

-11

Other crimes

9,639

10,749

11,990

12,126

13,751

15,108

16,018

17,243

15,515

14,414

13,940

-3

Crimes against public justice

6,854

7,272

7,537

7,377

8,407

8,892

9,424

9,748

7,248

6,224

6,218

0

Drugs

2,756

3,436

4,413

4,713

5,313

6,185

6,556

7,454

8,219

8,153

7,689

-6

Other

29

41

40

36

31

31

38

41

48

37

33

-11

All offences

130,951

134,565

135,528

132,644

119,077

114,392

113,620

111,426

112,181

102,227

93,063

-9

Miscellaneous offences

63,559

60,781

58,962

60,589

54,497

48,383

50,780

52,714

51,837

47,622

39,751

-17

Simple assault

16,858

15,990

15,116

14,715

14,452

13,962

14,809

15,577

15,875

15,165

13,752

-9

Breach of the peace

24,830

23,483

21,955

21,148

20,353

19,102

20,613

22,377

22,336

20,732

16,589

-20

Drunkenness

3,028

2,930

2,376

2,253

1,803

1,483

1,364

1,160

983

783

523

-33

Other

18,843

18,378

19,515

22,473

17,889

13,836

13,994

13,600

12,643

10,942

8,887

-19

Motor vehicle offences

67,392

73,784

76,566

72,055

64,580

66,009

62,840

58,712

60,344

54,605

53,312

-2

Dangerous and careless driving

8,603

8,862

7,840

7,177

5,883

5,162

5,273

5,193

5,150

4,199

3,742

-11

Drunk driving

8,875

8,997

8,679

8,314

7,812

7,601

7,798

8,313

8,900

7,527

7,236

-4

Speeding

13,959

18,202

21,807

19,519

15,405

16,787

15,159

12,645

11,805

12,555

14,321

14

Unlawful use of vehicle

20,002

20,881

21,742

22,033

21,951

22,947

21,528

21,124

22,213

20,062

18,597

-7

Vehicle defect offences

5,071

5,035

4,489

4,111

3,308

3,560

3,683

3,548

3,775

2,960

2,363

-20

Other

10,882

11,807

12,009

10,901

10,221

9,952

9,399

7,889

8,501

7,302

7,053

-3