CRIMES STATISTICS
January to December, 2002
	Cases Reported	Cases Accepted	Cases Detected	Cases Cleared Up %	Persons Arrested		Persons Summoned		Dealt With By Court
					M	F	M	F
OFFENCES
Against Lawful Authority
Public Order Offences	4	4	3	75.0	5	0	0	0	3
Obscene Language	81	77	72	93.5	58	8	2	3	23
Disorderly Behaviour	99	99	86	86.9	60	28	4	3	32
Insulting Behaviour	178	169	154	91.1	116	22	12	3	51
Unlawful Fight	23	22	19	86.4	28	7	1	0	5
Assault Police/Resist Arrest	219	215	192	89.3	170	22	4	2	62
Escape/Rescue	51	50	28	56.0	23	1	0	0	10
Other	204	199	157	78.9	156	18	0	3	51
Against Public Morality
Rape	38	37	18	48.7	18	0	0	0	2
Indecent Assault	64	63	32	50.8	36	0	0	0	8
Unnatural Offences	7	6	2	33.3	3	0	0	0	1
Unlawful Carnal Knowledge	57	57	36	63.2	34	0	0	0	4
Incest	2	2	1	50.0	1	0	0	0	0
Against The Person
Murder	33	32	23	71.9	28	1	0	0	0
Manslaughter	2	2	2	100.0	2	0	0	0	0
Attempted Murder	14	14	11	78.6	17	0	0	0	1
Grievous Bodily Harm/ Harm	468	462	252	54.6	226	19	8	3	81
Wounding	1,004	965	472	48.9	375	52	33	13	170
Armed/ Assault w Dangerous Weapons	1,016	962	541	56.2	492	38	22	5	185
Assaults	1,263	1,201	552	46.0	418	61	63	25	197
Threats	1,036	972	449	46.2	361	38	48	10	150
Other	184	174	73	42.0	74	5	4	1	22
Against Property
Stealing from Person	268	259	47	18.2	44	0	1	0	22
Stealing (General)	2,345	2,266	328	14.5	293	21	1	1	139
Unlawful Possession	65	62	55	88.7	58	1	0	0	10
Robbery	356	352	43	12.2	55	0	0	0	11
Housebreaking (Residential)	1,772	1,745	191	11.0	194	6	3	0	99
Housebreaking (Commercial)	294	285	34	11.9	34	6	0	0	16
False Pretence/Forgery/Fraud	181	174	61	35.1	62	2	0	0	19
Currency Offences	32	31	10	32.3	7	1	0	0	5
Receiving Stolen Property	16	16	14	87.5	12	1	1	0	5
Praedial Larceny	193	194	72	37.1	71	3	0	1	33
Arson	47	47	6	12.8	12	0	0	0	2
Malicious Damage	836	796	262	32.9	219	32	16	10	90
Other	241	228	73	32.0	75	2	9	1	31
Firearm Offences
Possession of Unlicensed Firearm	56	55	55	100.0	62	6	0	0	16
Unlawful Possession of Ammunition	44	44	43	97.7	51	4	0	0	18
Discharging Firearm with Intent	60	57	23	40.4	27	1	0	0	11
Drug Offences
Unlawful Possession of Cocaine	39	39	39	100.0	37	13	0	0	20
Unlawful Possession of Cannabis	573	569	568	99.8	633	49	2	0	216
Trafficking Cocaine	13	13	13	100.0	11	2	0	0	10
Trafficking Cannabis	5	5	5	100.0	10	1	0	0	2
Cultivating Cannabis	9	9	9	100.0	10	1	0	0	2
Possession of 'Other Drugs'	4	4	4	100.0	4	0	0	0	3
Other	1	1	1	100.0	3	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	13,497	13,035	5,131	39.4	4,685	472	234	84	1,838
SOURCE: Royal Saint Lucia Police Force