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Reported & Cleared Crime
| CRIME TYPE | REPORTED | PERCENT | PERCENT | CLEARED | |
| 1995 | 1996 | VARIATION | 1995 | 1996 | |
| VIOLENCE: | |||||
| Homicide | 125 | 119 | -4.80 | 81.6 | 83.1 |
| Kidnapping & | |||||
| Abduction | 270 | 259 | -4.07 | 77.4 | 76.4 |
| Robbery | 1,887 | 1,962 | 3.97 | 42.3 | 39.8 |
| Grievous Assaults | 2,130 | 2,305 | 8.22 | 82.9 | 82.8 |
| Serious Assaults | 17,707 | 16,912 | -4.49 | 83.8 | 82.6 |
| Minor Assaults | 16,154 | 16,294 | 0.87 | 81.0 | 81.3 |
| Intimidation & | |||||
| Threats | 7,753 | 7,553 | -2.58 | 82.7 | 83.0 |
| Group Assemblies | 63 | 80 | 26.98 | 95.2 | 93.7 |
| TOTAL | 46,089 | 45,484 | -1.31 | 80.9 | 80.3 |
| SEXUAL OFFENCES: | |||||
| Sexual Attacks | 2,955 | 3,113 | 5.35 | 68.4 | 68.8 |
| Sexual Affronts | 888 | 887 | -0.11 | 47.2 | 50.9 |
| Abnormal sexual | |||||
| relations | 32 | 28 | -12.50 | 68.7 | 57.1 |
| Immoral behaviour | 518 | 530 | 2.32 | 72.4 | 74.7 |
| Indecent videos | 7 | 11 | 57.14 | 100.0 | 45.4 |
| TOTAL | 4,400 | 4,569 | 3.84 | 64.7 | 65.9 |
| DRUGS & ANTISOCIAL: | |||||
| Drugs (not cannabis) | 1,657 | 1,423 | -14.12 | 94.5 | 91.0 |
| Drugs (cannabis only) | 21,476 | 20,608 | -4.04 | 92.1 | 91.9 |
| Liquor | 4,706 | 5,103 | 8.44 | 96.0 | 96.9 |
| Gaming | 36 | 88 | 144.44 | 80.5 | 90.9 |
| Disorder | 28,720 | 29,989 | 4.42 | 88.7 | 88.5 |
| Vagrancy | 225 | 251 | 11.56 | 90.6 | 87.2 |
| Family offences | 2,503 | 2,532 | 1.16 | 80.5 | 81.0 |
| Children & Young | |||||
| Persons offences | 69 | 67 | -2.90 | 76.8 | 71.6 |
| Residential | |||||
| tenancies | 18 | 20 | 11.11 | 72.2 | 85.0 |
| TOTAL | 59,410 | 60,081 | 1.13 | 90.3 | 90.1 |
| NATIONAL REPORTED CRIME, BY CLASS & GROUP, | |||||
| FOR YEARS ENDED 30 JUNE (Continued) | |||||
| CRIME TYPE | REPORTED | PERCENT | PERCENT CLEARED | ||
| VARIATION | |||||
| 1995 | 1996 | 1995 | 1996 | ||
| DISHONESTY: | |||||
| Burglary | 85,007 | 81,545 | -4.07 | 16.4 | 16.2 |
| Vehicles take/interfere | 52,702 | 53,224 | 0.99 | 21.0 | 21.4 |
| Theft | 141,453 | 146,597 | 3.64 | 24.6 | 24.3 |
| Receiving | 3,071 | 3,735 | 21.62 | 95.5 | 96.4 |
| Fraud | 30,970 | 37,330 | 20.54 | 53.8 | 49.0 |
| TOTAL | 313,203 | 322,431 | 2.95 | 25.4 | 25.5 |
| PROPERTY DAMAGE: | |||||
| Destroy property | 43,151 | 43,731 | 1.34 | 34.0 | 33.9 |
| Endanger property | 213 | 261 | 22.54 | 64.7 | 72.7 |
| TOTAL | 43,364 | 43,992 | 1.45 | 34.1 | 34.1 |
| PROPERTY ABUSES: | |||||
| Trespass | 16,945 | 17,656 | 4.20 | 78.5 | 76.3 |
| Littering | 799 | 683 | -14.52 | 76.9 | 77.8 |
| Animals | 711 | 617 | -13.22 | 61.7 | 56.4 |
| Postal/Fire/Rail | 6,620 | 6,666 | 0.69 | 52.7 | 55.0 |
| Firearms | 3,529 | 3,652 | 3.49 | 80.5 | 81.0 |
| TOTAL | 28,604 | 29,274 | 2.34 | 72.3 | 71.6 |
| ADMINISTRATIVE: | |||||
| Against justice | 6,460 | 7,589 | 17.48 | 85.5 | 84.8 |
| Births/deaths/ | |||||
| marriages | 14 | 15 | 7.14 | 50.0 | 93.3 |
| Immigration | 318 | 513 | 61.32 | 81.4 | 85.3 |
| Racial | 6 | 8 | 33.33 | 66.6 | 62.5 |
| Against national | |||||
| interest | 8 | 7 | -12.50 | 100.0 | 85.7 |
| By-law breaches | 1,682 | 1,846 | 9.75 | 79.4 | 80.3 |
| TOTAL | 8,488 | 9,978 | 17.55 | 84.1 | 84.0 |
| TOTAL | 503,558 | 515,809 | 2.43 | 42.9 | 42.7 |
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