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Table 6 Notifiable offences recorded by the police by offence (continued)
England and Wales Number of offences and percentages
Offence April 1997
April 1998
Underlying trend (2)
Clearups 1998/99
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March 1998 March 1999
Number Percentage Number Clearup
Old rules (1) New rules (1) change rate
92A Trafficking in controlled drugs 23,336 21,306 21,788 -2,030 -8.7 21,514 98.7
92B Possession of controlled drugs N / A N / A 112,576 N / A N / A 108,391 96.3
92C Other drug offences N / A N / A 1,581 N / A N / A 1,546 97.8
Total drug offences 23,336 21,306 135,945 -2,030 -8.7 131,451 96.7
33 Going equipped for stealing, etc 6,006 5,852 5,866 -154 -2.6 5,550 94.6
35 Blackmail 927 1,036 1,039 109 11.8 589 56.7
36 Kidnapping 1,652 2,046 2,049 394 23.8 1,406 68.6
62 High treason and other offences against
Treason Acts 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0
63 Treason felony 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0
64 Riot 6 3 2 -3 -50.0 3 150.0
65 Violent disorder 2,113 2,460 2,500 347 16.4 2,235 89.4
66 Other offence against the state or public order 16,736 17,334 18,638 598 3.6 16,394 88.0
67 Perjury 348 314 329 -34 -9.8 271 82.4
68 Libel 3 3 3 0 0.0 7 233.3
75 Betting, gaming, lotteries N / A N / A 48 N / A N / A 46 95.8
76 Aiding suicide 12 8 8 -4 -33.3 7 87.5
78 Immigration offences N / A N / A 505 N / A N / A 492 97.4
79 Perverting the course of justice 7,108 9,216 9,265 2,108 29.7 8,329 89.9
80 Absconding from lawful custody 1,372 1,294 1,301 -78 -5.7 1,261 96.9
81 Firearms Act offences N / A N / A 3,325 N / A N / A 3,087 92.8
82 Customs and Revenue offences N / A N / A 119 N / A N / A 98 82.4
83 Bail offences N / A N / A 66 N / A N / A 63 95.5
84 Trade Descriptions etc. N / A N / A 263 N / A N / A 256 97.3
85 Health and Safety offences N / A N / A 7 N / A N / A 4 57.1
86 Obscene publications, etc. N / A N / A 603 N / A N / A 541 89.7
87 Protection from eviction N / A N / A 68 N / A N / A 17 25.0
89 Adulteration of food N / A N / A 69 N / A N / A 54 78.3
90 Knives Act 1997 offences N / A N / A 99 N / A N / A 93 93.9
91 Public health offences N / A N / A 9 N / A N / A 4 44.4
94 Planning laws N / A N / A 2 N / A N / A 0 0.0
99 Other offences 1,362 2,408 2,537 1,046 76.8 1,871 73.7
139 Indecent exposure N / A N / A 10,327 N / A N / A 2,664 25.8
802 Dangerous driving N / A N / A 4,589 N / A N / A 4,130 90.0
Total other offences 37,645 41,974 63,636 4,329 11.5 49,472 77.7
Total notifiable offences 4,545,337 4,481,817 5,109,104 -63,520 -1.4 1,492,265 29.2
(1) 'Old rules' denotes the number of crimes that would have been recorded using the coverage and rules in use until 31 March 1998.
'New rules' denotes crimes recorded using the expanded offence coverage and revised counting rules which came into effect on 1 April 1998.
(2) Underlying trend is calculated using the old rule counting figures.
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