Persons called to court by main crime/offence and outcome of court proceedings, 1999

Table 4

Main crime or offence

Number

Per cent

PNGA^1,2 or deserted

Acquitted not guilty

Acquitted not proven

Charge proved

Total

PNGA^1,2 or deserted

Acquitted not guilty

Acquitted not proven

Charge proved

Total

Not proven as % of all acquitted

All crimes and offences

14,251

3,724

1,064

127,435

146,474

10

3

1

87

100

22

All crimes

7,405

1,786

525

43,901

53,617

14

3

1

82

100

23

Non-sexual crimes of violence

664

518

189

4,165

5,536

12

9

3

75

100

27

Homicide

1

15

5

89

110

1

14

5

81

100

25

Serious assault

156

203

91

1,141

1,591

10

13

6

72

100

31

Handling offensive weapons

369

222

64

2,080

2,735

13

8

2

76

100

22

Robbery

93

51

21

658

823

11

6

3

80

100

29

Other

45

27

8

197

277

16

10

3

71

100

23

Crimes of indecency

58

80

39

901

1,078

5

7

4

84

100

33

Sexual assault

12

31

15

126

184

7

17

8

68

100

33

Lewd and indecent behaviour

32

38

20

314

404

8

9

5

78

100

34

Other

14

11

4

461

490

3

2

1

94

100

27

Crimes of dishonesty

3,736

641

181

23,675

28,233

13

2

1

84

100

22

Housebreaking

504

103

23

3,018

3,648

14

3

1

83

100

18

Theft by opening lockfast places

374

56

14

1,661

2,105

18

3

1

79

100

20

Theft of motor vehicle

777

73

32

1,642

2,524

31

3

1

65

100

30

Shoplifting

647

87

18

7,649

8,401

8

1

*

91

100

17

Other theft

756

130

30

5,260

6,176

12

2

*

85

100

19

Fraud

343

62

14

1,988

2,407

14

3

1

83

100

18

Other

335

130

50

2,457

2,972

11

4

2

83

100

28

Fire-raising, vandalism, etc

503

216

33

4,113

4,865

10

4

1

85

100

13

Fire-raising

10

11

7

106

134

7

8

5

79

100

39

Vandalism, etc

493

205

26

4,007

4,731

10

4

1

85

100

11

Other crimes

2,444

331

83

11,047

13,905

18

2

1

79

100

20

Crimes against public justice

1,412

132

39

4,622

6,205

23

2

1

74

100

23

Drugs

1,026

197

44

6,400

7,667

13

3

1

83

100

18

Other

6

2

-

25

33

18

6

-

76

100

-

All offences

6,846

1,938

539

83,534

92,857

7

2

1

90

100

22

Miscellaneous offences

3,593

1,592

412

34,040

39,637

9

4

1

86

100

21

Simple assault

1,631

1,018

241

10,812

13,702

12

7

2

79

100

19

Breach of the peace

1,516

483

148

14,396

16,543

9

3

1

87

100

23

Drunkenness

38

4

1

478

521

7

1

*

92

100

20

Other

408

87

22

8,354

8,871

5

1

*

94

100

20

Motor vehicle offences

3,253

346

127

49,494

53,220

6

1

*

93

100

27

Dangerous and careless driving

228

108

30

3,369

3,735

6

3

1

90

100

22

Drunk driving

211

89

33

6,899

7,232

3

1

*

95

100

27

Speeding

121

8

2

14,179

14,310

1

*

*

99

100

20

Unlawful use of vehicle

1,785

82

48

16,638

18,553

10

*

*

90

100

37

Vehicle defect offences

341

9

1

2,004

2,355

14

*

*

85

100

10

Other

567

50

13

6,405

7,035

8

1

*

91

100

21