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Appendix table 1. Development of certain types of offences in January to June 2017 to 2021 (preliminary data)

Offence	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021 2)
1) Offences and infractions total 1)	427,594	424,219	402,690	369,475	235,281
2) Offences against the Criminal Code	210,390	208,669	213,486	236,908	226,229
A. Offences against property	100,135	94,668	99,092	110,364	100,434
Burglaries total	13,962	12,773	13,006	16,056	14,421
Breaking into a residence	2,367	2,158	1,956	2,217	1,744
- into a free-time residence	813	535	490	740	419
- into another residence	1,554	1,623	1,466	1,477	1,325
Breaking into business premises	1,538	1,352	1,286	1,461	1,069
Breaking into a motor vehicle	3,508	3,068	3,268	3,859	3,430
Other burglaries	6,549	6,195	6,496	8,519	8,178
Unauthorised uses and thefts of a motor vehicle, thefts of use of a motor vehicle, total	2,658	2,445	2,595	2,595	2,272
Robberies total	773	804	786	878	808
Damages to property total	16,069	14,427	14,083	15,640	13,959
Embezzlements total	1,540	1,543	1,632	1,595	1,469
Frauds total	11,322	12,008	14,510	16,734	17,219
- aggravated fraud	698	894	1,019	1,027	1,017
B. Crimes against life and health	17,549	17,098	17,322	16,790	16,499
Manslaughter, murder or killing	37	34	35	44	42
Attempted manslaughter, murder or killing	166	152	125	185	181
Assaults total	16,519	16,034	16,256	15,541	15,417
- aggravated assault	775	769	746	850	805
C. Sexual crimes	1,570	1,732	2,091	1,922	2,440
Sexual abuse of a child	585	662	830	843	976
Rape	625	594	763	666	826
D. Crimes against public authority and public peace	5,721	6,158	6,064	6,229	5,745
(Violent) resisting of an official in the performance of his duties	809	897	974	977	956
Impeding an official	696	743	714	714	609
L. Traffic offences	53,699	55,778	54,545	60,882	65,818
Drunken driving total	8,387	9,133	9,205	10,132	9,009
Narcotics offences total	13,024	14,432	14,578	19,645	14,643
- aggravated narcotics offence	634	642	812	753	729

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 2021, 2. quarter

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Updated 14.7.2021