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Type of principal offence	No.	No.	No.	No.	No.	No.	No.	No.	No.	No.	No.	No.	No.	No.	Total
Homicide and related offences:
Manslaughter and driving causing death	2	-	-	-	1	5	1	8	7	-	-	2	-	-	26
Total	2	-	-	-	1	5	1	8	7	-	-	2	-	-	26
Acts intended to cause injury:
Assault	878	3	179	163	146	770	1,354	2,238	3,292	57	1,421	656	-	3	11,160
Other acts intended to cause injury	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	5	3	-	-	-	-	-	9
Total	878	3	179	163	146	770	1,355	2,243	3,295	57	1,421	656	-	3	11,169
Sexual assault and related offences:
Sexual assault	36	-	9	12	10	28	36	41	28	-	14	1	-	-	215
Non-assaultive sexual offences	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	4	-	2	1	-	-	8
Total	36	-	9	12	10	28	36	42	32	-	16	2	-	-	223
Sexual offences against children*	25	-	6	10	7	11	25	21	6	-	7	-	-	-	118
Dangerous and negligent acts endangering persons:
Dangerous or negligent operation of a vehicle	142	9	36	16	14	195	108	207	2,976	7	203	407	7	-	4,327
Other dangerous or negligent acts endangering persons	-	-	1	-	-	2	2	4	12	-	4	1	-	-	26
Total	142	9	37	16	14	197	110	211	2,988	7	207	408	7	-	4,353
Robbery, extortion and related offences:
Robbery	17	1	2	5	2	14	12	8	2	-	1	-	-	2	66
Blackmail and extortion	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	4
Total	17	1	2	5	2	16	12	8	2	-	3	-	-	2	70
Unlawful entry with intent/burglary, break and enter	678	10	71	62	48	284	188	154	73	10	45	10	-	-	1,633
Theft and related offences:
Motor vehicle theft and related offences	348	17	45	22	21	101	104	147	142	10	35	31	-	3	1,026
Theft (except motor vehicles)	856	24	87	92	90	352	639	535	3,405	75	558	513	-	15	7,241
Receiving or handling proceeds of crime	438	6	42	44	40	176	232	323	1,363	37	132	103	-	6	2,942
Illegal use of property (except motor vehicles)	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Total	1,642	47	174	158	152	629	975	1,005	4,910	122	725	647	-	24	11,210
Deception and related offences:
Fraud, forgery or false financial instruments	211	27	63	33	23	464	146	404	525	15	122	56	-	16	2,105
Counterfeiting currency and related offences	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	3	-	-	1	-	-	7
Dishonest conversion	19	6	13	6	10	108	50	118	151	1	75	29	-	7	593
Bribery	1	-	-	-	-	1	-	7	7	-	1	1	-	-	18
Other deception offences	7	-	1	2	-	1	8	16	341	6	10	16	-	-	408
Total	238	33	77	41	33	574	205	547	1,027	22	208	103	-	23	3,131
Illicit drug offences:
Import or export illicit drugs	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	13	-	-	-	-	-	18
Deal or traffic in illicit drugs	130	7	37	24	20	109	67	73	78	1	16	1	-	1	564
Manufacture or cultivate illicit drugs	11	-	6	8	15	67	75	129	425	1	46	42	-	-	825
Possess and/or use illicit drugs	105	2	11	12	18	71	256	211	3,994	77	339	453	-	-	5,549
Other illicit drug offences	3	-	-	-	-	-	6	8	95	1	6	23	-	-	142
Total	250	9	54	44	53	247	404	425	4,605	80	407	519	-	1	7,098
Weapons and explosives offences:
Prohibited weapons/explosives offences	6	-	1	-	1	4	8	23	181	-	42	77	-	-	343
Regulated weapons/explosives offences	40	-	9	5	6	21	29	44	230	3	36	71	-	-	494
Total	46	-	10	5	7	25	37	67	411	3	78	148	-	-	837
Property damage and environmental pollution:
Property damage	132	4	17	24	18	120	256	359	1,951	39	311	330	-	29	3,590
Environmental pollution	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	136	-	3	23	-	1	164
Total	132	4	17	24	18	120	257	359	2,087	39	314	353	-	30	3,754
Public order offences:
Disorderly conduct	179	7	12	12	9	70	107	164	5,506	54	254	754	-	2	7,130
Regulated public order offences	12	1	1	2	4	4	26	25	327	7	18	45	-	-	472
Total	191	8	13	14	13	74	133	189	5,833	61	272	799	-	2	7,602
Road traffic and motor vehicle regulatory offences:
Driving licence offences	742	65	290	91	169	1,221	332	960	7,188	18	370	419	15	-	11,880
Road vehicle registration and roadworthiness offences	1	-	-	-	-	5	2	8	1,399	3	8	187	-	-	1,613
Regulatory driving offences	189	17	99	41	45	564	618	910	16,094	7	3,511	1,203	6	-	23,304
Total	932	82	389	132	214	1,790	952	1,878	24,681	28	3,889	1,809	21	-	36,797
Offences against justice procedures, government security and government operations:
Breach of Justice order	534	19	106	84	112	356	395	586	1,173	118	221	219	-	1	3,924
Other offences against justice procedures	181	8	22	13	23	123	138	192	1,035	15	111	106	-	2	1,969
Offences against government security	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1
Offences against government operations	11	4	2	-	2	72	2	57	1,666	-	5	59	-	3	1,883
Total	726	31	130	97	137	551	535	835	3,875	133	337	384	-	6	7,777
Miscellaneous offences:
Harassment and related offences	77	-	6	16	8	53	75	126	218	5	34	17	-	-	635
Public health and safety offences	8	-	-	2	1	2	5	13	437	4	28	92	-	4	596
Commercial/industry/financial regulations	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	63	-	12	16	-	-	97
Other miscellaneous offences	4	-	3	2	-	1	-	6	158	-	2	22	-	-	198
Total	90	-	9	20	9	56	80	150	876	9	76	147	-	4	1,526
Grand total	6,000	237	1,171	793	857	5,366	5,280	8,121	54,702	571	7,998	5,987	28	95	97,206

 
* 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 382 cases which received no action taken on a breach of court orders, 9,135 cases which received a Section 80AA warrant and 3 cases committed to a juvenile institution.