Offence category	Annual percentage change 2002 to 2003	Average annual percentage change 1999 to 2003
Murder*	Stable	Down by 7.3%
Assault	Stable	Up by 4.8%
Sexual assault	Stable	Up by 4.8%
Indecent assault, act of indecency and other sexual offences	Stable	Stable
Robbery without a weapon	Down by 4.6%	Stable
Robbery with a firearm	Stable	Stable
Robbery with a weapon not a firearm	Down by 19.3%	Down by 10.8%
Break and enter - dwelling	Down by 11.4%	Down by 5.5%
Break and enter - non-dwelling	Down by 12.8%	Down by 5.8%
Motor vehicle theft	Down by 17.3%	Down by 7.9%
Steal from motor vehicle	Down by 14.7%	Down by 4.3%
Steal from retail store	Stable	Stable
Steal from dwelling	Stable	Stable
Steal from person	Down by 6.8%	Not calculated
Fraud	Down by 15.2%	Up by 2.5%
Malicious damage to property	Stable	Stable

This table shows the results of statistical tests for a significant upward or downward monthly trend in the number of criminal incidents * recorded over 2 years and 5 years respectively, for selected offence categories. Where the trend is significant, the annual percentage change in the number of incidents is shown.

"N.A." indicates that the number of incidents recorded was too small for a reliable trend test to be performed.

* For murder, the trend test is applied to the monthly number of recorded victims.

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