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Crime Stats Simplified

Total Crimes

20052006 200720082009 201020112012 201320142015 2016 Total 
2492783 2265598 2219604 2150347 2196948 2223375 2168254 2178700 2217862 2255751 2250257 2183001 26 802 480
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CONTACT CRIMES (CRIMES AGAINST THE PERSON)

Murder

20052006 200720082009 201020112012 201320142015 2016Total 
18793 18545 19202 18487 18148 16834 15940 15609 16211 16914 17805 18673 211 161
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Sexual Offences

20052006 200720082009 201020112012 201320142015 2016Total 
69088 68045 65176 63788 70514 68332 66196 64419 66197 62267 53617 51895 769 534
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Attempted murder

20052006 200720082009 201020112012 201320142015 2016Total 
24516 20553 20142 18795 18298 17410 15493 14894 16344 16949 17537 18127 219 058
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Assault with the intent to inflict grievous bodily harm

20052006 200720082009 201020112012 201320142015 2016Total 
249369 226942 218030 210104 203777 205293 198602 192206 185427 182065 182556 182933 2 437 304
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Common assault

20052006 200720082009 201020112012 201320142015 2016Total 
267857 227553 210057 198049 192838 197284 185891 181485 172447 165990 161486 164958 2 325 895
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Common robbery

20052006 200720082009 201020112012 201320142015 2016Total 
90825 74723 71156 64985 59232 57537 54883 52999 53439 53424 54927 54110 742 240
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Robbery with aggravating circumstances

20052006 200720082009 201020112012 201320142015 2016Total 
126789 119726 126558 118312 121392 113755 101463 101123 105779 118327 129045 132527 1 414 796
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CONTACT-RELATED CRIMES

Arson

20052006 200720082009 201020112012 201320142015 2016Total 
8184 7622 7858 7396 6846 6701 6533 6472 6046 5837 5127 4903 79 525
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Malicious damage to property

20052006 200720082009 201020112012 201320142015 2016Total 
150785 144265 143336 136968 134261 132134 125327 122116 120890 118904 120662 119901 1 569 549
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PROPERTY-RELATED CRIMES

Burglary at non-residential premises

20052006 200720082009 201020112012 201320142015 2016Total 
56048 54367 58438 62995 70009 71773 69082 70044 73599 73684 74358 75008 809 405
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Burglary at residential premises

20052006 200720082009 201020112012 201320142015 2016Total 
276164 262535 249665 237853 246616 256577 247630 245113 261742 259424 253716 250606 3 047 641
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Theft of motor vehicle and motorcycle

20052006 200720082009 201020112012 201320142015 2016Total 
83857 85964 86298 80226 75968 71776 64504 59120 58312 56616 55090 53809 831 540
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Theft out of or from motor vehicle

20052006 200720082009 201020112012 201320142015 2016Total 
148512 139090 124029 111661 109548 120862 123091 130453 139572 143305 145358 139386 1 574 867
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Stock-theft

20052006 200720082009 201020112012 201320142015 2016Total 
32675 28742 28828 28778 30043 32380 30144 31009 29889 28026 24965 24715 350 194
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CRIME DETECTED AS A RESULT OF POLICE ACTION

Illegal possession of firearms and ammunition

20052006 200720082009 201020112012 201320142015 2016Total 
15497 13453 14354 13476 14045 14542 14472 14484 14837 15333 15116 14772 174 381
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Drug-related crime

20052006 200720082009 201020112012 201320142015 2016Total 
84001 95690 104689 109134 117172 134840 150673 175823 206609 258472 266902 259165 1 963 170
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Driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs

20052006 200720082009 201020112012 201320142015 2016Total 
29927 33116 38261 48405 56165 62939 66697 69232 71029 69490 68561 76159 689 981
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Sexual offences as result of police action

20052006 200720082009 201020112012 201320142015 2016Total 
6340 5830 12 170
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OTHER SERIOUS CRIMES

All theft not mentioned elsewhere

20052006 200720082009 201020112012 201320142015 2016Total 
536281 432629 415163 395296 394124 367442 368095 377073 362424 366336 360541 340372 4 715 776
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Commercial crime

20052006 200720082009 201020112012 201320142015 2016Total 
53931 54214 61690 65286 77474 84842 88388 88068 91500 79009 67830 69917 882 149
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Shoplifting

20052006 200720082009 201020112012 201320142015 2016Total 
66525 64491 65489 66992 80773 88634 78383 71844 71101 70136 71327 68786 864 481
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SUBCATEGORIES OF AGGRAVATED ROBBERY

Carjacking

20052006 200720082009 201020112012 201320142015 2016Total 
12434 12825 13599 14201 14915 13902 10627 9540 9988 11129 12773 14602 150 535
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Truck hijacking

20052006 200720082009 201020112012 201320142015 2016Total 
930 829 892 1245 1437 1412 999 886 943 989 1279 1184 13 025
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Robbery at residential premises

20052006 200720082009 201020112012 201320142015 2016Total 
9391 10173 12761 14481 18438 18786 16889 16813 17938 19191 20281 20820 195 962
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Robbery at non-residential premises

20052006 200720082009 201020112012 201320142015 2016Total 
3320 4387 6689 9862 13920 14534 14667 15977 16354 18476 19170 19698 157 054
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Bank robbery

20052006 200720082009 201020112012 201320142015 2016Total 
6 6
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Robbery of cash in transit

20052006 200720082009 201020112012 201320142015 2016Total 
139 139
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OTHER CRIMES CATEGORIES (*Not reported in 2016)

Culpable homicide

20052006 200720082009 201020112012 201320142015 2016Total 
11995 12415 12871 13184 12571 12272 11974 11833 11388 11257 11185 132 945
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Public violence

20052006 200720082009 201020112012 201320142015 2016Total 
974 1044 1023 895 1500 1323 1226 1216 1782 1704 1993 14 680
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Crimen injuria

20052006 200720082009 201020112012 201320142015 2016Total 
55929 44512 36747 33064 30355 32356 33308 31903 29003 25763 24060 377 000
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Neglect and ill-treatment of children

20052006 200720082009 201020112012 201320142015 2016Total 
5568 4828 4258 4106 4034 4014 3473 3011 2745 2617 2398 41 052
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Kidnapping

20052006 200720082009 201020112012 201320142015 2016Total 
2618 2320 2345 2323 2535 2889 3604 3935 4327 4117 4252 35 265
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