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Appendix table 1. Development of certain types of offences in 2016 to 2020 (preliminary data)

Offence	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020 2)
1) Offences and infractions total 1)	823,449	861,921	873,415	818,528	680,184
2) Offences against the Criminal Code	466,858	438,373	443,525	452,771	537,713
A. Offences against property	230,174	210,773	206,961	216,007	252,522
Burglaries total	33,251	29,754	28,254	29,887	34,252
Breaking into a residence	5,300	4,770	4,922	4,534	4,720
- into a free-time residence	1,227	1,512	1,200	1,192	1,345
- into another residence	4,073	3,258	3,722	3,342	3,375
Breaking into business premises	3,329	3,034	2,927	2,965	3,038
Breaking into a motor vehicle	8,654	7,650	6,972	7,449	8,547
Other burglaries	15,968	14,300	13,433	14,939	17,947
Unauthorised uses and thefts of a motor vehicle, thefts of use of a motor vehicle, total	6,700	6,103	5,795	5,732	6,244
Robberies total	1,673	1,640	1,701	1,809	2,009
Damages to property total	35,170	33,466	30,448	30,519	32,753
Embezzlements total	2,924	3,149	3,385	3,514	3,235
Frauds total	25,065	23,380	24,483	28,653	33,266
- aggravated fraud	1,422	1,429	1,692	2,054	2,005
B. Crimes against life and health	36,094	35,744	36,074	36,227	35,320
Manslaughter, murder or killing	78	73	85	72	91
Attempted manslaughter, murder or killing	311	348	355	329	398
Assaults total	33,769	33,535	33,639	33,849	32,706
- aggravated assault	1,592	1,581	1,609	1,584	1,757
C. Sexual crimes	3,327	3,269	3,779	4,305	4,333
Sexual abuse of a child	1,242	1,168	1,373	1,709	1,746
Rape	1,160	1,245	1,393	1,477	1,438
D. Crimes against public authority and public peace	13,399	12,355	12,482	12,715	12,946
(Violent) resisting of an official in the performance of his duties	1,883	1,723	1,895	1,966	2,051
Impeding an official	1,852	1,525	1,542	1,472	1,351
L. Traffic offences	121,235	110,292	116,411	110,660	131,459
Drunken driving total	17,308	17,685	19,006	18,498	20,339
Narcotics offences total	25,082	27,777	29,140	32,307	36,946
- aggravated narcotics offence	1,179	1,282	1,251	1,548	1,394

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 2020, 4. quarter

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Updated 19.1.2021