CRIMES STATISTICS, 1996 to 1999
	1999			1998			1997			1996
	Cases	Cases	Cases	Cases	Cases	Cases	Cases	Cases	Cases	Cases	Cases	Cases
	Reported	Accepted	Detected	Reported	Accepted	Detected	Reported	Accepted	Detected	Reported	Accepted	Detected
OFFENCES
Against Lawful Authority
Perjury	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Escape and Rescue	29	29	6	43	43	41	83	82	24	59	58	8
Other	760	753	307	666	666	338	720	669	328	760	740	107
Against Public Morality
Rape & Indecent Assault	122	120	31	103	98	30	153	135	30	105	97	13
Unnatural Offences	4	4	-	2	2	2	16	15	1	11	11	-
Other	353	336	138	390	389	199	347	336	107	135	123	20
Against Person
Murder & Manslaughter	14	14	12	14	14	6	12	12	2	9	9	-
Attempted Murder & Suicide	6	6	1	1	1	1	8	8	-	2	0	-
Grievous Harm, Wounding etc.	1,304	1,255	492	1,327	1,303	592	1,481	1,368	387	1,425	1,355	135
Assaults	1,960	1,882	598	2,140	2,060	760	2,249	2,031	528	2,247	2,075	131
Other	1,401	1,373	426	1,226	1,185	422	921	876	225	1,165	1,080	61
Against Property
Theft & Other Stealings	2,628	2,555	397	2,796	2,755	380	3,325	3,098	281	3,102	2,956	131
Robbery & Extortion	288	287	41	265	263	22	255	254	11	207	204	2
Burglary, house, store breaking	2,145	2,128	288	2,424	2,412	162	2,251	2,189	165	2,100	2,046	80
False Pretence, Fraud, etc.	131	123	20	61	59	31	98	92	8	121	117	9
Receiving Stolen Property	21	21	15	13	12	8	31	30	9	11	11	3
Arson	42	40	4	57	57	5	63	62	6	67	67	-
Predial Larceny	187	181	58	251	235	62	248	223	80	301	290	34
Other	1,108	1,084	286	1,185	1,134	361	1,336	1,282	225	1,259	1,174	172
Against Penal Code
Forgery & Coinage	10	10	1	21	21	7	10	10	1	12	11	-
Other	29	29	-	4	4	1	13	13	5	3	3	2
Other Offences
Aaginst Traffiic Ordinance	124	124	70	164	164	72	134	134	57	...	...	...
Aaginst Township Ordinance	-	-	-	5	5	5	1	1	-	...	...	...
Aaginst Liquor Ordinance	1	1	1	4	4	4	6	6	1	...	...	...
Aaginst Fireman Ordinance	95	94	77	118	118	108	118	113	35	118	117	17
Aaginst Dangerous Drugs	518	517	411	526	526	465	443	440	236	454	452	164
Aaginst Gambling	2	2	2	-	-	-	7	7	-	3	3	-
Against Public Order	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	16	16	1
Other	21	21	8	70	70	57	156	153	55	576	554	22
TOTAL	13,303	12,989	3,690	13,876	13,600	4,141	14,485	13,639	2,807	14,268	13,569	1,112
SOURCE: Royal Saint Lucia Police Force