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Type of principal offence	No.	No.	No.	No.	No.	No.	No.	No.	No.	No.	No.	No.	No.	Total
Homicide and related offences:
Manslaughter and driving causing death	1	1	3	-	4	1	7	5	10	-	-	-	2	34
Total	1	1	3	-	4	1	7	5	10	-	-	-	2	34
Acts intended to cause injury:
Assault	1,005	5	211	-	909	1,340	2,379	1,372	3,581	-	6	92	561	11,461
Other acts intended to cause injury	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	3
Total	1,005	5	211	-	909	1,341	2,379	1,372	3,583	-	6	92	561	11,464
Sexual assault and related offences:
Sexual assault	33	-	17	-	36	56	52	12	30	-	-	2	5	243
Non-assaultive sexual offences	-	-	-	-	-	4	3	4	5	-	-	-	1	17
Total	33	-	17	-	36	60	55	16	35	-	-	2	6	260
Sexual offences against children *	19	-	11	-	22	33	25	7	9	-	-	-	3	129
Dangerous and negligent acts endangering persons:
Dangerous or negligent operation of vehicle	150	13	34	-	138	109	141	136	3,301	12	-	4	469	4,507
Other dangerous or negligent acts endangering persons	3	-	-	-	-	2	6	3	15	-	-	-	-	29
Total	153	13	34	-	138	111	147	139	3,316	12	-	4	469	4,536
Abduction and related offences:
Abduction and kidnapping	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	1
Total	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	1
Robbery, extortion and related offences:
Robbery	36	-	5	-	11	14	4	2	2	-	-	-	-	74
Blackmail and extortion	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Total	37	-	5	-	11	14	4	2	2	-	-	-	-	75
Unlawful entry with intent/burglary, break and enter	699	20	87	-	314	215	190	33	71	-	3	6	8	1,646
Theft and related offences:
Motor vehicle theft and related offences	384	11	58	-	189	104	152	46	191	-	1	7	15	1,158
Theft (except motor vehicle)	774	23	104	-	412	554	520	572	3,720	-	27	45	428	7,179
Receiving or handling proceeds of crime	419	7	71	-	210	217	291	127	1,332	-	10	21	57	2,762
Illegal use of property (except motor vehicles)	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	4
Total	1,580	41	233	-	811	875	963	745	5,244	-	38	73	500	11,103
Deception and related offences:
Fraud, forgery or false financial instruments	258	22	63	-	447	148	462	135	657	-	21	12	75	2,300
Counterfeiting currency and related offences	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	3	-	-	-	-	4
Dishonest conversion	14	2	18	-	91	65	123	68	177	-	3	1	21	583
Bribery	1	-	-	-	1	1	5	-	9	-	-	-	-	17
Other deception offences	1	-	-	-	4	4	15	3	78	-	-	-	8	113
Total	274	24	81	-	543	218	606	206	924	-	24	13	104	3,017
Illicit drug offences:
Import or export illicit drugs	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	1	7	-	-	-	3	16
Deal or traffic in illicit drugs	130	4	62	-	118	69	75	9	61	-	-	1	3	532
Manufacture or cultivate illicit drugs	29	2	17	-	102	88	192	81	639	-	-	3	54	1,207
Possess and/or use illicit drugs	150	2	25	-	79	230	264	397	4,133	-	1	39	463	5,783
Other illicit drug offences	1	-	2	-	4	4	6	13	136	-	-	2	23	191
Total	310	8	106	-	303	391	542	501	4,976	-	1	45	546	7,729
Weapons and explosives offences:
Prohibited weapons/explosives offences	11	-	4	-	3	7	24	28	217	-	-	3	61	358
Regulated weapons/explosives offences	33	-	5	-	19	18	43	38	260	-	-	10	59	485
Total	44	-	9	-	22	25	67	66	477	-	-	13	120	843
Property damage and environmental pollution:
Property damage	125	1	22	-	141	223	377	326	1,982	-	79	15	214	3,505
Environmental pollution	4	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	50	-	-	-	7	65
Total	129	1	22	-	142	224	378	327	2,032	-	79	15	221	3,570
Public order offences:
Disorderly conduct	153	-	29	-	81	89	188	237	4,604	-	5	36	632	6,054
Regulated public order offences	15	1	2	-	7	32	25	38	524	-	-	5	55	704
Total	168	1	31	-	88	121	213	275	5,128	-	5	41	687	6,758
Road traffic and motor vehicle regulatory offences:
Driving licence offences	443	29	212	-	662	187	546	163	5,156	25	-	21	197	7,641
Road vehicle registration and roadworthiness offences	1	-	-	-	1	1	5	10	1,537	1	-	1	199	1,756
Regulatory driving offences	277	34	134	-	600	487	768	2,394	18,337	22	-	9	1,094	24,156
Total	721	63	346	-	1,263	675	1,319	2,567	25,030	48	-	31	1,490	33,553
Offences against justice procedures, government security and government operations:
Breach of justice order	734	6	149	-	432	429	626	174	1,269	-	1	115	195	4,130
Other offences against justice procedures	273	9	50	-	151	166	215	92	1,033	1	7	33	80	2,110
Offences against government security	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	2
Offences against government operations	13	-	9	-	57	2	50	5	868	-	1	1	38	1,044
Total	1,021	15	208	-	640	597	891	272	3,170	1	9	149	313	7,286
Miscellaneous offences:
Harassment and related offences	51	1	5	-	38	44	78	28	119	-	-	4	11	379
Public health and safety offences	9	-	2	-	9	9	7	10	404	-	8	3	49	510
Commercial/industry/financial regulations	-	-	-	-	1	-	5	13	41	-	-	-	11	71
Other miscellaneous offences	3	-	-	-	2	-	12	5	225	-	1	1	33	282
Total	63	1	7	-	50	53	102	56	789	-	9	8	104	1,242
Grand total	6,238	193	1,400	-	5,274	4,921	7,863	6,582	54,788	61	174	492	5,131	93,117

 
* Sexual offences against children is not a category within ASOC. These offences are also counted in the appropriate ASOC categories - sexual assault and non-assaultive sexual offences.
 
Note: Excluded from this table are 450 cases which received no action taken on a breach of court orders, 5,465 cases which received a Section 80AA warrant and 5 cases committed to a juvenile institution.