Law - Crime Figures

The latest recorded crime figures show a 60% increase in soliciting to 1,648.

The recorded crime statistics also show arson up 14% to 60,400 and shoplifting was up 5% to 306,000.

Murders were up 4% to 886, attempted murders up 21% to 858, common assault was up 11% to 226,000 and racially-aggravated common assault was up 10% to nearly 5,200.

Robbery was up 28% to more than 121,000 incidents - that included a 31% rise in robbery of personal property.

The total number of sexual offences was up 11% to more than 41,000.

Reports of rapes of women were up 14% to more than 9,000 and those of men were up 11% to 735. Indecent assaults against women rose by 7% to nearly 22,000.

Drug offences also up 7% to more than 121,000.

In all, burglary was up 5% to more than 878,000 - house burglary rose 7% to nearly 427,000 and aggravated house burglary shot up 14% to nearly 3,500.

Theft and handling of stolen goods was up 6% to 2.26 million incidents.

Criminal damage to vehicles was up 11% to nearly 420,000 offences, theft from vehicles was up 4% to 655,000 but theft of vehicles was down 4% to 316,000.

Aggravated vehicle taking was up 10% to 11,800 and dangerous driving was up 17% to nearly 6,200.

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