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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	-	-	5	2	10	2	8	-	-	-	3	32
	Total	1	1	-	-	5	2	10	2	8	-	-	-	3	32
Acts intended to cause injury:
	Assault	1,010	11	220	-	924	1,411	2,323	1,319	3,537	-	4	52	628	11,439
	Other acts intended to cause injury	-	-	-	-	1	3	1	-	6	-	-	-	-	11
	Total	1,010	11	220	-	925	1,414	2,324	1,319	3,543	-	4	52	628	11,450
Sexual assault and related offences:
	Sexual assault	36	-	13	-	42	46	46	12	23	-	-	-	4	222
	Non-assaultive sexual offences	-	-	-	-	1	2	2	2	8	-	-	-	-	15
	Total	36	-	13	-	43	48	48	14	31	-	-	-	4	237
	Sexual offences against children *	21	-	8	-	25	25	20	4	8	-	-	-	2	113
Dangerous and negligent acts endangering persons:
	Dangerous or negligent operation of vehicle	143	9	56	-	166	119	178	133	3,176	11	3	2	418	4,414
	Other dangerous or negligent acts endangering persons	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	5	7	-	-	1	-	15
	Total	143	9	56	-	167	120	178	138	3,183	11	3	3	418	4,429
Abduction and related offences:
	Abduction and kidnapping	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
	Total	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
Robbery, extortion and related offences:
	Robbery	28	1	10	-	1	6	6	1	1	-	2	1	-	57
	Blackmail and extortion	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	3
	Total	29	1	10	-	2	6	6	2	1	-	2	1	-	60
Unlawful entry with intent/burglary, break and enter		793	27	100	-	332	202	184	43	82	-	7	10	11	1,791
Theft and related offences:
	Motor vehicle theft and related offences	353	18	62	-	142	102	129	35	156	-	3	9	7	1,016
	Theft (except motor vehicle)	897	20	101	-	428	630	586	517	3,935	-	26	51	517	7,708
	Receiving or handling proceeds of crime	438	5	58	-	218	263	367	105	1,389	-	8	28	83	2,962
	Illegal use of property (except motor vehicles)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	1
	Total	1,688	43	221	-	788	995	1,082	657	5,481	-	37	88	607	11,687
Deception and related offences:
	Fraud, forgery or false financial instruments	246	27	77	-	453	185	418	143	702	-	23	15	113	2,402
	Counterfeiting currency and related offences	2	-	1	-	-	-	-	2	3	-	-	-	1	9
	Dishonest conversion	18	8	19	-	94	61	116	56	147	-	-	1	29	549
	Bribery	-	1	2	-	3	-	1	-	6	-	-	1	-	14
	Other deception offences	4	-	-	-	3	9	14	8	150	-	-	1	17	206
	Total	270	36	99	-	553	255	549	209	1,008	-	23	18	160	3,180
Illicit drug offences:
	Import or export illicit drugs	1	-	-	-	-	-	6	1	11	-	-	-	3	22
	Deal or traffic in illicit drugs	158	4	40	-	135	82	99	4	82	-	-	8	4	616
	Manufacture or cultivate illicit drugs	23	4	11	-	91	85	166	68	480	-	-	1	40	969
	Possess and/or use illicit drugs	151	3	22	-	72	285	266	396	4,849	-	1	54	671	6,770
	Other illicit drug offences	1	-	-	-	5	8	5	15	171	-	-	2	40	247
	Total	334	11	73	-	303	460	542	484	5,593	-	1	65	758	8,624
Weapons and explosives offences:
	Prohibited weapons/explosives offences	10	-	2	-	14	14	31	53	251	-	-	1	78	454
	Regulated weapons/explosives offences	26	1	10	-	29	19	45	39	287	-	-	2	76	534
	Total	36	1	12	-	43	33	76	92	538	-	-	3	154	988
Property damage and environmental pollution:
	Property damage	148	4	21	-	135	253	317	385	1,938	-	90	17	286	3,594
	Environmental pollution	4	1	1	-	1	2	1	2	77	-	-	-	12	101
	Total	152	5	22	-	136	255	318	387	2,015	-	90	17	298	3,695
Public order offences:
	Disorderly conduct	177	5	22	-	113	150	247	334	6,688	-	4	61	998	8,799
	Regulated public order offences	16	1	1	-	6	33	34	31	399	-	-	2	60	583
	Total	193	6	23	-	119	183	281	365	7,087	-	4	63	1,058	9,382
Road traffic and motor vehicle regulatory offences:
	Driving licence offences	707	56	329	-	1,017	312	917	332	7,213	36	-	5	282	11,206
	Road vehicle registration and roadworthiness offences	3	-	1	-	5	1	13	9	1,484	-	-	4	191	1,711
	Regulatory driving offences	224	34	124	-	629	580	891	3,114	19,829	12	-	3	1,381	26,821
	Total	934	90	454	-	1,651	893	1,821	3,455	28,526	48	-	12	1,854	39,738
Offences against justice procedures, government security and government operations:
	Breach of justice order	662	28	158	-	463	466	614	177	1,124	-	3	128	204	4,027
	Other offences against justice procedures	323	14	56	-	158	205	260	143	1,191	-	3	35	133	2,521
	Offences against government security	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
	Offences against government operations	3	1	4	-	49	3	47	8	1,536	-	-	1	66	1,718
	Total	988	43	218	-	671	674	921	328	3,851	-	6	164	403	8,267
Miscellaneous offences:
	Harassment and related offences	74	2	10	-	62	74	149	48	234	-	1	3	16	673
	Public health and safety offences	15	-	2	-	2	13	10	13	472	-	5	2	71	605
	Commercial/industry/financial regulations	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	3	66	-	-	-	15	85
	Other miscellaneous offences	1	-	-	-	3	-	11	7	227	-	-	-	22	271
	Total	90	2	12	-	67	87	171	71	999	-	6	5	124	1,634
	Grand total	6,698	286	1,533	-	5,806	5,627	8,511	7,566	61,946	59	183	501	6,480	105,196

 
* 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 1 case which received orders under the Migration Act, 510 cases which received no action taken on a breach of court orders, 8,653 cases which received a Section 80AA warrant, and 2 cases committed to a juvenile institution.