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Appendix table 1. Number of certain types of offences in January to March 2015 to 2019 (preliminary data)

Offence	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019
1) Offences and infractions total 1)	195,367	185,861	218,487	196,568	129,291
2) Offences against the Criminal Code	105,593	104,968	98,234	96,495	93,839
A. Offences against property	50,364	50,222	46,184	42,764	40,970
Burglaries total	7,025	6,481	6,283	5,795	5,197
Breaking into a residence	1,180	1,110	1,034	897	805
- into a free-time residence	280	203	303	195	138
- into another residence	900	907	731	702	667
Breaking into business premises	882	726	771	638	536
Breaking into a motor vehicle	2,068	1,731	1,650	1,486	1,294
Other burglaries	2,895	2,914	2,828	2,774	2,562
Unauthorised uses and thefts of a motor vehicle, thefts of use of a motor vehicle, total	1,333	1,097	1,034	1,012	959
Robberies total	378	374	347	381	355
Damages to property total	8,144	7,294	7,174	6,243	5,364
Embezzlements total	681	710	803	756	825
Frauds total	6,699	6,834	6,139	6,271	6,911
- aggravated fraud	464	417	336	504	440
B. Crimes against life and health	7,970	8,433	8,422	7,858	7,944
Manslaughter, murder or killing	19	17	18	15	23
Attempted manslaughter, murder or killing	68	62	75	73	65
Assaults total	7,514	7,981	8,005	7,399	7,441
- aggravated assault	363	367	348	352	376
C. Sexual crimes	734	820	797	887	1,060
Sexual abuse of a child	331	328	283	324	417
Rape	243	248	312	297	379
D. Crimes against public authority and public peace	3,026	3,579	2,754	2,998	2,892
(Violent) resisting of an official in the performance of his duties	414	394	370	457	425
Impeding an official	429	429	336	363	320
L. Traffic offences	30,063	27,095	24,431	25,425	24,279
Drunken driving total	3,753	3,635	3,708	4,090	4,276
Narcotics offences total	5,777	6,062	6,250	7,386	7,198
- aggravated narcotics offence	309	333	313	350	407

1) Fines from automatic traffic control are updated into the police PATJA system with a delay of around 80 days, which has an effect on the number of traffic infractions in particular.

Source: Statistics on offences and coercive measures 2019, 1. quarter

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Updated 17.04.2019