1998 1999 - Nationalarchives.gov.uk
1998 1999 - Nationalarchives.gov.uk
1998 1999 - Nationalarchives.gov.uk
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Figure 3 UNDERLYING TREND IN NOTIFIABLE OFFENCES<br />
Twelve months ending March <strong>1999</strong> compared to previous twelve months<br />
All offences<br />
Theft from vehicle<br />
Theft of vehicle<br />
Theft from shop<br />
Theft from person<br />
Theft of pedal cycle<br />
Other theft & handling<br />
Burglary in dwelling<br />
Burglary other<br />
Criminal damage<br />
Fraud and forgery<br />
Violence against the person<br />
Sexual offences<br />
Robbery<br />
Drug offences<br />
Other offences<br />
-15 -10 -5 0 5 10 15 20 25 30<br />
Percentage change<br />
3. VIOLENT CRIME (TABLES A, 1, 3, 6; FIGURES 1, 2, 3, 4)<br />
(a) A total of 605,800 violent offences were recorded by the police during <strong>1998</strong>/99,<br />
a trend reduction of 6.0 per cent on the total recorded in <strong>1998</strong>/99. This follows rises of<br />
8.9 per cent and 1.4 per cent in the previous two years.<br />
(b) The most common violent crime category was violence against the person,<br />
which accounted for 83 per cent of all recorded violent crime. Robberies comprised<br />
11 per cent of violent offences, whilst the remaining 6 per cent were sexual offences.<br />
Homicide offences (which comprise murder, manslaughter and infanticide) accounted<br />
for 0.1 per cent of all violent crime.<br />
(c) There were 502,800 offences of violence against the person recorded during<br />
<strong>1998</strong>/99. More serious offences of violence, i.e. those which are life threatening,<br />
numbered 27,000; within this category there were 750 homicides, 2 deaths more than<br />
during the previous year. 475,700 less serious offences of violence were recorded;<br />
nearly one-third of these offences were the newly notifiable offence of common<br />
assault. Over 79,500 offences of harassment were recorded. The underlying trend for<br />
all violence against the person offences shows a 9.9 per cent fall since 1997/98.<br />
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