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

Offence	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019 2)
1) Offences and infractions total 1)	817,307	823,449	861,921	873,415	760,900
2) Offences against the Criminal Code	472,646	466,858	438,373	443,525	447,389
A. Offences against property	235,945	230,174	210,773	206,961	213,220
Burglaries total	34,178	33,251	29,754	28,254	29,671
Breaking into a residence	5,969	5,300	4,770	4,922	4,552
- into a free-time residence	1,684	1,227	1,512	1,200	1,184
- into another residence	4,285	4,073	3,258	3,722	3,368
Breaking into business premises	4,081	3,329	3,034	2,927	2,957
Breaking into a motor vehicle	9,484	8,654	7,650	6,972	7,359
Other burglaries	14,644	15,968	14,300	13,433	14,803
Unauthorised uses and thefts of a motor vehicle, thefts of use of a motor vehicle, total	7,435	6,700	6,103	5,795	5,745
Robberies total	1,546	1,673	1,640	1,701	1,823
Damages to property total	37,705	35,170	33,466	30,448	30,113
Embezzlements total	2,832	2,924	3,149	3,385	3,477
Frauds total	25,526	25,065	23,380	24,483	28,016
- aggravated fraud	1,441	1,422	1,429	1,692	2,000
B. Crimes against life and health	36,005	36,094	35,744	36,074	35,818
Manslaughter, murder or killing	96	78	73	85	75
Attempted manslaughter, murder or killing	299	311	348	355	322
Assaults total	33,661	33,769	33,535	33,639	33,509
- aggravated assault	1,563	1,592	1,581	1,609	1,593
C. Sexual crimes	2,955	3,327	3,269	3,779	4,356
Sexual abuse of a child	1,225	1,242	1,168	1,373	1,796
Rape	1,043	1,160	1,245	1,393	1,455
D. Crimes against public authority and public peace	12,743	13,399	12,355	12,482	12,660
(Violent) resisting of an official in the performance of his duties	1,717	1,883	1,723	1,895	1,963
Impeding an official	1,809	1,852	1,525	1,542	1,466
L. Traffic offences	129,684	121,235	110,292	116,411	109,668
Drunken driving total	17,620	17,308	17,685	19,006	18,640
Narcotics offences total	23,410	25,082	27,777	29,140	31,319
- aggravated narcotics offence	1,071	1,179	1,282	1,251	1,471

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.
2) Preliminary data

Source: Statistics on offences and coercive measures 2019, 4. quarter

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Updated 17.1.2020