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Table 001 (Soc., Pri., Crime)

Grave Crimes (Number of Cases Reported)

Pri001e

Type of Crime

1968/69

1969/70

1970/71

1971/72

1975

1976

1977

1978

1979

1980

1981

1982

1983

1984

1985

1986

1987

1988

1989

1990

1991

1992

1993

1994

1995

1996

1997

Total

　

34,855

43,422

41,492

48,173

61,917

56,895

59,456

62,934

53,212

52,163

53,964

50,561

59,443

53,053

51,489

52,715

54,066

56,003

59,057

48,264

48,356

46,963

43,940

52,344

53,032

51,809

57,364

Abductions

　

299

3

268

283

410

226

187

279

300

312

267

308

250

290

309

356

555

352

604

800

545

706

619

1,241

826

989

751

Arsons

　

944

1,023

1,165

1,164

1,580

1,987

6,732

3,289

2,687

2,761

3,494

3,250

10,322

3,354

5,270

4,655

6,131

7,261

6,798

5,968

5,621

4,713

3,404

6,345

4,544

4,166

4,894

Burglaries

　

7,482

8,549

8,773

12,053

13,636

12,489

12,777

13,716

11,540

11,685

12,521

11,617

10,521

10,216

9,480

10,326

10,508

9,881

8,437

9,895

9,508

9,577

9,097

10,211

10,675

10,613

12,314

Cattle Stealing (excluding theft of goats etc.)

775

823

953

1,344

2,813

2,255

1,652

1,913

1,194

1,104

1,091

1,185

1,060

1,167

1,192

1,499

1,308

1,021

553

715

1,035

923

793

847

916

1,073

1,120

Exposure of Children and Concealment of birth

63

36

47

109

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Grievous hurts

3,165

2,953

3,043

2,798

2,644

2,638

1,582

2,607

2,394

2,196

1,831

2,183

1,980

2,011

1,730

1,831

1,649

1,592

1,110

1,282

1,669

1,890

1,779

2,035

1,972

1,993

1,972

Homicides

　

806

845

1,194

928

941

990

878

1,088

911

893

1,033

1,089

1,426

1,449

1,693

1,617

1,997

4,173

8,127

1,985

1,561

1,423

1,286

1,336

1,614

1,775

1,851

Attempted homicides

410

424

493

384

358

332

404

438

404

334

325

412

436

434

376

452

556

897

1,122

368

313

321

366

442

444

582

563

Hurts by knife

6,177

6,574

6,947

7,849

7,425

8,090

6,497

9,445

8,615

7,513

7,812

8,480

8,674

9,305

8,895

9,179

9,012

8,411

5,847

5,616

6,522

6,473

6,353

7,385

7,864

6,477

6,350

Rapes

　

189

166

140

200

228

224

224

383

275

229

262

267

241

277

294

274

277

291

373

369

374

371

336

518

542

716

909

Unnatural offences

46

26

23

29

29

25

17

29

35

33

44

38

22

80

19

28

30

21

30

32

52

53

64

70

93

89

124

Riots

　

200

382

598

218

210

458

2,386

354

170

103

321

154

1,586

108

129

112

261

160

197

49

34

42

122

97

131

101

143

Robberies

　

2,684

9,939

5,631

3,389

5,061

5,282

8,388

6,897

5,375

4,949

4,449

4,419

5,032

5,062

6,292

5,254

5,380

6,680

12,285

5,702

3,934

3,638

3,189

3,618

3,698

4,064

4,393

Theft of Property & receiving stolen Property (over Rs.20^*) excluding Bicycles

9,523

9,932

10,097

14,347

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Theft of Property & receiving stolen Bicycles

2,076

1,729

2,088

3,035

3,304

3,137

2,129

2,530

2,021

1,886

2,542

2,196

2,260

2,167

1,990

2,093

2,043

1,942

1,862

1,629

1,992

1,850

1,843

1,708

1,843

1,869

2,038

Extortion

　

16

18

32

43

86

130

133

183

149

109

85

86

106

94

53

65

46

59

109

57

82

44

35

52

107

78

57

Cheating /Misappropriation (over Rs.1,000*)

-

-

-

-

1,228

777

611

1,101

1,025

1,218

1,541

1,467

3,273

5,250

4,209

3,516

3,200

2,934

2,271

2,803

3,392

3,493

3,238

4,281

3,920

3,432

4,317

Theft of Property (over Rs.100^*)

-

-

-

-

21,337

16,544

14,251

17,862

15,575

16,284

15,719

13,030

11,841

11,005

8,897

11,014

10,486

9,675

8,767

10,482

11,149

10,937

10,811

11,597

13,361

13,192

14,806

Theft of Agricultural Property (over Rs.100^*)

-

-

-

-

441

1,226

360

630

497

505

536

306

371

684

591

349

380

514

233

351

428

418

502

404

363

493

625

Counterfeiting Currency

-

-

-

-

20

74

35

131

19

17

40

34

12

81

54

74

24

50

157

101

96

60

79

72

80

56

46

Offences against the State

-

-

-

-

11

-

10

18

-

1

10

1

-

2

8

5

182

33

29

21

8

10

3

43

8

11

4

Offences under the Offensive Weapons Act

-

-

-

-

3

11

25

29

25

31

40

35

30

16

7

15

37

54

143

20

38

18

20

41

29

39

75

Exchange control offences

-

-

-

-

152

-

178

12

1

-

1

4

-

1

1

1

4

2

3

19

3

3

1

1

2

1

12

© ２００４， KRI (Kusaka Research Institute)

Source:

Administration

Key:

＊; Refer to the Table 4 (Price) Exchange Rates

Revised: 2004(y)/06(m)/12(d)

Chief Editor:

Dr. Milton Rajaratne (B.Com., M.Sc., Ph.D.)

The former Head, Department of Management Studies

University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka