Crime Statistics by Type and Outcome, 1996 to 1999

	1996			1997			1998			1999
Offences	Cases Reported	Cases Accepted	Cases Detected	Cases Reported	Cases Accepted	Cases Detected	Cases Reported	Cases Accepted	Cases Detected	Cases Reported	Cases Accepted	Cases Detected
Against Lawful Authority
Perjury	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Escape and Rescue	59	58	8	83	82	24	43	43	41	29	29	6
Other	760	740	107	720	669	328	666	666	338	760	753	307

Against Public Morality
Rape & Indecent Assault	105	97	13	153	135	30	103	98	30	122	120	31
Unnatural Offences	11	11	..	16	15	1	2	2	2	4	4	..
Other	135	123	20	347	336	107	390	389	199	353	336	138

Against Person
Murder & Manslaughter	9	9	..	12	12	2	14	14	6	14	14	12
Attempted Murder & Suicide	2	0	..	8	8	..	1	1	1	6	6	1
Grievous Harm, Wounding etc.	1,425	1,355	135	1,481	1,368	387	1,327	1,303	592	1,304	1,255	492
Assaults	2,247	2,075	131	2,249	2,031	528	2,140	2,060	760	1,960	1,882	598
Other	1,165	1,080	61	921	876	225	1,226	1,185	422	1,401	1,373	426

Against Property
Theft & Other Stealings	3,102	2,956	131	3,325	3,098	281	2,796	2,755	380	2,628	2,555	397
Robbery & Extortion	207	204	2	255	254	11	265	263	22	288	287	41
Burglary, house, store breaking	2,100	2,046	80	2,251	2,189	165	2,424	2,412	162	2,145	2,128	288
False Pretence, Fraud, etc.	121	117	9	98	92	8	61	59	31	131	123	20
Receiving Stolen Property	11	11	3	31	30	9	13	12	8	21	21	15
Arson	67	67	..	63	62	6	57	57	5	42	40	4
Predial Larceny	301	290	34	248	223	80	251	235	62	187	181	58
Other	1,259	1,174	172	1,336	1,282	225	1,185	1,134	361	1,108	1,084	286

Against Penal Code
Forgery & Coinage	12	11	..	10	10	1	21	21	7	10	10	1
Other	3	3	2	13	13	5	4	4	1	29	29	..

Other Offences
Aaginst Traffiic Ordinance	...	...	...	134	134	57	164	164	72	124	124	70
Aaginst Township Ordinance	...	...	...	1	1	..	5	5	5	..	..	..
Aaginst Liquor Ordinance	...	...	...	6	6	1	4	4	4	1	1	1
Aaginst Fireman Ordinance	118	117	17	118	113	35	118	118	108	95	94	77
Aaginst Dangerous Drugs	454	452	164	443	440	236	526	526	465	518	517	411
Aaginst Gambling	3	3	..	7	7	..	..	..	..	2	2	2
Against Public Order	16	16	1	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...
Other	576	554	22	156	153	55	70	70	57	21	21	8

Total	14,268	13,569	1,112	14,485	13,639	2,807	13,876	13,600	4,141	13,303	12,989	3,690
.. Not available for a specific reference period
Crimes reported refers to all crimes reported.
Crimes accepted refers to matters that are reported, investigated and found not to be false
Crimes detected refers to matters that are investigated and person/s are arrested and charged or a warning given
Crimes cleared up refers to matter that have been settled whether by the court or between parties.
Source: Royal St. Lucia Police Force

Crime Statistics by Type and Outcome, 1996 to 1999

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