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Crimes reported to the police
Number of crimes reported
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
Criminal law offences
525,733
484,428
480,656
474,532
467,412
458,790
Criminal law offences (excl. traf c offences)
369,030
342,914
344,296
340,970
338,680
335,941
Property crimes
259,307
236,815
239,356
239,566
235,246
228,296
Assaults
40,266
38,319
35,593
32,995
33,947
33,844
Narcotics offences
19,006
17,665
19,507
19,651
21,221
22,136
Aggravated narcotics offences
880
809
1,044
864
889
917
Driving while intoxicated
21,333
19,015
17,882
17,499
17,556
17,218
Traf c offences
156,703
141,514
136,360
133,562
128,732
120,510
Traf c violations
399,741
339,489
351,310
320,417
319,606
334,080
Apartment burglaries
4,854
4,806
3,960
4,527
4300
2,413
Business burglaries
4,539
4,002
3,845
4,045
4081
3,196
Car burglaries
13,865
10,737
9,604
9,261
9490
7,653
Unauthorised use of motor vehicles
9,465
6,818
6,123
5,957
5892
5,261
All crimes
950,746
846,324
853,227
813,792
805,794
809,368
Financial crimes
1,515
1,608
1,804
1,817
1842
2,087
Organised crimes
530
742
646
710
627
696
Clearance rate, %
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
All crimes
78.9%
78.4%
77.9%
76.3%
76.6%
76.6 %
Criminal law offences
63.8%
64.1%
62.6%
61.2%
61.4%
60.3 %
Criminal law offences (excl. traf c offences)
49.7%
50.4%
49.0%
47.5%
48.1%
47.6 %
Property crimes
38.2%
37.8%
37.4%
36.1%
36.7%
36.7 %
Assaults
74.2%
76.9%
76.4%
75.3%
69.5%
66.7 %
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