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Table 6 Notifiable offences recorded by the police by offence
England and Wales Number of offences and percentages
April 1997
April 1998 Underlying trend (2)
Clearups 1998/99
Offence to
to
March 1998 March 1999
Number Percentage Number Clearup
Old rules (1) New rules (1) change rate
1 Murder
4.1 Manslaughter Homicide 748 750 750 2 0.3 710 94.7
4.2 Infanticide
2 Attempted murder 661 676 676 15 2.3 599 88.6
3 Threat or conspiracy to murder 9,661 11,112 11,212 1,451 15.0 7,777 69.4
4.3 Child destruction 6 9 9 3 50.0 16 177.8
4.4 Causing death by dangerous driving
4.6 Causing death by careless driving when 325 348 349 23 7.1 339 97.1
under the influence of drink or drugs
37.1 Causing death by aggravated vehicle taking 18 30 30 12 66.7 20 66.7
5 Wounding or other act endangering life 12,833 13,960 14,006 1,127 8.8 10,258 73.2
6 Endangering railway passenger 7 15 15 8 114.3 11 73.3
More serious offences 24,259 26,900 27,047 2,641 10.9 19,730 72.9
7 Endangering life at sea 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0
8A Other wounding 196,739 139,692 71.0
8B Possession of Weapons 231,360 203,313 23,635 -28,047 -12.1 22,307 94.4
8C Harassment 79,534 64,929 81.6
11 Cruelty to or neglect of children N / A N / A 2,300 N / A N / A 1,962 85.3
12 Abandoning a child under the age of two years 54 41 42 -13 -24.1 32 76.2
13 Child abduction 391 490 502 99 25.3 268 53.4
14 Procuring illegal abortion 0 2 2 2 200.0 2 100.0
15 Concealment of birth 6 10 10 4 66.7 7 70.0
104 Assault on a constable N / A N / A 21,510 N / A N / A 20,847 96.9
105 Common Assault N / A N / A 151,472 N / A N / A 88,125 58.2
Less serious offences 231,811 203,856 475,746 -27,955 -12.1 338,171 71.1
Total violence against the person 256,070 230,756 502,793 -25,314 -9.9 357,901 71.2
16 Buggery 657 567 566 -90 -13.7 503 88.9
17 Indecent assault on a male 3,885 3,672 3,683 -213 -5.5 3,092 84.0
18 Gross indecency between males 483 353 354 -130 -26.9 326 92.1
19A Rape of a female 6,523 7,139 7,132 616 9.4 4,543 63.7
19B Rape of a male 375 502 504 127 33.9 340 67.5
20 Indecent assault on a female 18,979 19,463 19,524 484 2.6 12,169 62.3
21 Unlawful sexual intercourse with a girl under 13 156 153 153 -3 -1.9 126 82.4
22 Unlawful sexual intercourse with a girl under 16 1,084 1,133 1,135 49 4.5 937 82.6
23 Incest 189 139 139 -50 -26.5 113 81.3
24 Procuration 142 155 215 13 9.2 204 94.9
25 Abduction 258 242 240 -16 -6.2 87 36.3
26 Bigamy 106 126 129 20 18.9 70 54.3
27 Soliciting or importuning by a man N / A N / A 1,107 N / A N / A 1,021 92.2
74 Gross indecency with a child 1,314 1,271 1,293 -43 -3.3 1,022 79.0
Total sexual offences 34,151 34,915 36,174 764 2.2 24,553 67.9
34A Robbery of business property 62,652 66,172 10,698 3,520 5.6 3,714 34.7
34B Robbery of personal property 56,138 11,403 20.3
Total robbery 62,652 66,172 66,836 3,520 5.6 15,117 22.6
Total violent crime 352,873 331,843 605,803 -21,030 -6.0 397,571 65.6
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