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More crime for profit, less offences of narcotics
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2002-08-08T10:00:00.000Z
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Offences and victims reported to the police, 2002, preliminary figures

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More crime for profit, less offences of narcotics

During the first six months of 2002, 228 600 crimes were reported countrywide, an increase of 7 per cent compared with the corresponding period last year. The statistics show an increase in offences of profit, violence, and traffic, and a decrease in offences of narcotics.

Offences reported to the police, by group of offence. First half of 1996-2002
  First half of 1996 First half of 1997 First half of 1998 First half of 1999 First half of 2000 First half of 2001 First half of 20021
Total  195 564  206 539  214 330  207 524  219 391  213 528  228 608
Crimes  138 753  147 338  152 137  148 637  160 222  153 788  167 697
Misdemeanours 56 811 59 201 62 193 58 887 59 169 59 740 60 911
Group of offence              
Economic offences 3 556 3 697 4 044 3 911 4 599 4 538 4 533
Other offences for profit  105 661  111 658  111 466  105 987  114 869  104 545  117 504
Offences of violence 9 898 9 816 10 690 10 289 12 296 12 635 13 419
Sexual offences 1 976 1 796 1 624 1 561 1 509 1 591 1 593
Offences of narcotics 13 993 16 337 19 848 20 584 22 220 25 086 23 977
Damage to property 10 987 13 972 15 445 15 667 13 867 12 607 11 557
Environment offences 1 235 1 127 1 224 1 180 1 155 1 402 1 276
Work environment offences  499  526  582  492  448  518  450
Traffic offences 26 647 27 920 30 357 28 599 28 830 28 862 30 891
Other offences 21 112 19 690 19 050 19 254 19 598 21 744 23 408
1  Preliminary figures for first half of 2002. The figures given for previous years are definitive, and normally one to two per cent higher than the preliminary ones.

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