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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	1	1	1	-	5	18	-	10	10	-	5	5	-	-	56
Total	1	1	1	-	5	18	-	10	10	-	5	5	-	-	56
Acts intended to cause injury:
Assault	1,028	8	183	460	241	720	1,464	2,343	3,502	57	1,508	682	-	1	12,197
Other acts intended to cause injury	1	-	1	-	-	2	1	2	2	2	1	-	-	-	12
Total	1,029	8	184	460	241	722	1,465	2,345	3,504	59	1,509	682	-	1	12,209
Sexual assault and related offences:
Sexual assault	56	-	14	13	20	21	31	32	16	-	11	4	-	-	218
Non-assaultive sexual offences	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	10
Total	56	-	14	13	20	22	32	32	24	-	11	4	-	-	228
Sexual offences against children*	33	-	7	6	10	13	13	15	-	-	3	2	-	-	102
Dangerous and negligent acts endangering persons:
Dangerous or negligent operation of a vehicle	170	5	48	33	29	173	126	226	3,035	4	202	521	5	1	4,578
Other dangerous or negligent acts endangering persons	1	-	-	1	2	-	3	10	13	-	2	2	-	-	34
Total	171	5	48	34	31	173	129	236	3,048	4	204	523	5	1	4,612
Abduction and related offences:
Abduction and kidnapping	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	3	1	-	-	-	-	-	5
Total	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	3	1	-	-	-	-	-	5
Robbery, extortion and related offences:
Robbery	37	1	5	14	1	7	4	8	1	1	1	1	-	-	81
Blackmail and extortion	1	-	-	-	-	1	-	2	-	-	1	-	-	-	5
Total	38	1	5	14	1	8	4	10	1	1	2	1	-	-	86
Unlawful entry with intent/burglary, break and enter	812	14	74	173	81	215	195	149	42	10	43	8	-	4	1,820
Theft and related offences:
Motor vehicle theft and related offences	518	16	51	67	38	120	117	152	154	5	35	27	-	2	1,302
Theft (except motor vehicles)	855	12	76	202	133	296	617	564	3,397	64	677	584	-	10	7,487
Receiving or handling proceeds of crime	398	14	53	53	55	150	267	353	1,304	29	153	110	-	3	2,942
Illegal use of property (except motor vehicles)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1
Total	1,771	42	180	322	226	566	1,001	1,069	4,855	98	865	722	-	15	11,732
Deception and related offences:
Fraud, forgery or false financial instruments	191	13	75	60	58	422	156	412	537	21	134	88	-	11	2,178
Counterfeiting currency and related offences	4	-	-	-	-	1	-	2	6	-	-	-	-	-	13
Dishonest conversion	22	2	12	13	8	71	63	110	159	3	99	37	-	8	607
Bribery	1	-	-	-	-	1	-	2	3	-	1	1	-	-	9
Other deception offences	2	-	1	-	-	3	8	16	446	2	12	19	-	-	509
Total	220	15	88	73	66	498	227	542	1,151	26	246	145	-	19	3,316
Illicit drug offences:
Import or export illicit drugs	3	-	-	-	1	-	-	2	5	-	2	1	-	-	14
Deal or traffic in illicit drugs	207	8	35	62	48	96	67	77	66	2	7	1	-	-	676
Manufacture or cultivate illicit drugs	10	2	10	20	18	61	63	115	369	1	59	61	-	-	789
Possess and/or use illicit drugs	107	1	14	22	24	46	220	223	3,757	78	305	440	-	-	5,237
Other illicit drug offences	10	-	-	3	-	3	9	10	80	-	15	25	-	-	155
Total	337	11	59	107	91	206	359	427	4,277	81	388	528	-	-	6,871
Weapons and explosives offences:
Prohibited weapons/explosives offences	13	-	2	3	2	10	11	31	156	-	24	37	-	-	289
Regulated weapons/explosives offences	27	2	8	11	12	33	27	62	333	3	77	117	-	-	712
Total	40	2	10	14	14	43	38	93	489	3	101	154	-	-	1,001
Property damage and environmental pollution:
Property damage	176	2	27	36	33	127	321	406	2,035	28	414	368	-	31	4,004
Environmental pollution	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	213	-	2	56	-	-	271
Total	176	2	27	36	33	127	321	406	2,248	28	416	424	-	31	4,275
Public order offences:
Disorderly conduct	243	4	33	43	40	83	138	221	4,852	61	282	931	-	2	6,933
Regulated public order offences	15	-	2	5	8	7	26	22	502	-	40	135	-	-	762
Total	258	4	35	48	48	90	164	243	5,354	61	322	1,066	-	2	7,695
Road traffic and motor vehicle regulatory offences:
Driving licence offences	868	78	385	246	380	1,146	325	1,090	7,442	23	531	595	7	-	13,116
Road vehicle registration and roadworthiness offences	3	-	-	1	-	1	3	7	1,743	2	19	325	1	-	2,105
Regulatory driving offences	188	23	106	135	80	563	649	949	15,336	9	4,172	1,471	2	1	23,684
Total	1,059	101	491	382	460	1,710	977	2,046	24,521	34	4,722	2,391	10	1	38,905
Offences against justice procedures, government security and government operations:
Breach of Justice order	608	12	96	162	159	250	430	642	1,286	127	260	281	-	7	4,320
Other offences against justice procedures	99	6	17	24	25	69	152	205	1,227	26	136	228	-	-	2,214
Offences against government security	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	2
Offences against government operations	3	-	1	-	1	6	1	26	1,859	-	7	113	1	-	2,018
Total	710	18	114	186	185	325	583	873	4,374	153	403	622	1	7	8,554
Miscellaneous offences:
Harassment and related offences	89	2	13	32	27	31	100	144	201	4	39	17	-	-	699
Public health and safety offences	6	-	-	3	-	3	10	15	558	1	23	141	-	-	760
Commercial/industry/financial regulations	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	93	-	7	15	-	-	118
Other miscellaneous offences	6	-	1	-	1	4	-	6	197	-	9	33	-	-	257
Total	101	2	14	35	28	38	110	168	1,049	5	78	206	-	-	1,834
Grand total	6,779	226	1,344	1,897	1,531	4,761	5,605	8,652	54,948	563	9,315	7,481	16	81	103,199

 
* 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 69 cases which received no action taken on a breach of court orders, 12,123 cases which received a Section 80AA warrant and 1 case committed to a juvenile institution.