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	Table  003 (Soc., Pri., Crime)
	Serious Crimes Reported by Area
	Pri003e
Area	Homicides		Burglaries Over Rs. 5,000*		Thefts Over Rs. 10,000*		Robberies		Highway Robberies		Vehicle Thefts		Bank Holdups		Total
	1998	1999	1998	1999	1998	1999	1998	1999	1998	1999	1998	1999	1998	1999	1998	1999
Anuradhapura	67	50	102	121	51	76	28	48	18	8	29	14	0	0	295	317
Ampara	-	67	-	48	-	29	-	3	-	2	-	19	-	0	-	195
Badulla	6	22	8	58	4	10	4	20	0	5	0	4	0	1	22	120
Bandarawela	19	13	38	44	24	13	15	17	9	0	6	4	0	0	111	91
Batticaloa	-	119	-	53	-	29	-	37	-	0	-	16	-	0	-	254
Chilaw	65	57	108	139	62	108	36	88	15	14	41	42	0	0	327	448
Colombo	60	60	203	186	218	153	63	107	46	50	103	91	0	3	10	650
Elpitiya	76	46	85	79	36	39	47	12	8	14	17	51	0	0	269	241
Galle	57	47	109	112	34	43	31	60	18	3	27	9	0	2	276	276
Gampaha	73	57	281	254	137	93	85	43	61	57	65	57	3	0	705	561
Gampola	9	13	39	52	15	20	11	11	9	3	2	5	0		85	104
Jaffna	-	88	-	77	-	9	-	20	-	1	-	0	-	0	-	195
Kalutara	57	64	161	80	60	56	67	70	18	8	20	34	0		383	312
Kelaniya	53	34	453	349	234	138	132	146	89	33	64	86	1	1	996	787
Kandy	29	49	127	183	133	98	50	45	0	7	42	30	0	2	381	414
Kegalle	80	83	72	97	30	35	22	41	8	16	26	19	0	0	238	291
Kurunegala	50	50	98	114	44	49	28	55	15	7	29	32	1	0	265	307
Kuliyapitiya	33	47	42	67	32	63	25	41	18	5	39	22	2	3	191	248
Kantale	-	24	-	21	-	8	-	4	-	0	-	5	-	0	-	62
Matale	34	27	59	65	47	43	22	25	2	8	13	13	0	2	177	183
Matara	79	64	106	117	46	34	53	84	18	10	14	20	0	5	316	334
Mount Lavinia	59	44	212	291	117	62	124	153	53	36	74	81	0	3	639	670
Monaragala	43	27	26	18	14	22	24	22	4	3	6	1	0	0	117	93
Negambo	26	84	159	119	68	57	37	30	9	0	48	26	0	0	347	316
Nugegoda	55	61	915	359	185	129	139	79	115	52	117	147	1	2	1,127	829
Nuwara Eliya	27	12	96	69	36	35	14	3	17	7	5	2	0	0	195	128
Nikaweratiya	25	21	32	38	41	33	2	18	7	1	11	9	0	0	108	120
Panadura	35	33	104	145	19	28	28	37	11	6	22	28	0	0	119	277
Polonnaruwa	51	31	87	87	26	37	25	34	7	2	14	10	0	1	110	202
Rathnapura	99	95	157	120	56	78	82	91	37	6	37	30	0	2	468	422
Tangalle	118	73	52	62	30	40	72	91	25	18	20	25	1	6	318	315
Trincomalee	-	29	-	20	-	12	-	12	-	0	-	5	-	1	-	79
Vavuniya	-	125	-	22	-	22	-	26	-	2	-	5	-	0	-	202
Total	1,385	1,716	3,531	3,666	1,799	1,701	1,266	1,600	607	384	881	942	9	34	9,478	10,043
© ２００８， KRI (Kusaka Research Institute)
Source:
Sri Lanka "State of Human Rights"- Law and Society Trust-, (2000).
Key:
＊; Refer to the Table 4 (Price) Exchange Rates
Revised:  2008(y)/11(m)/20(d)
Chief Editor:
Dr. Milton Rajaratne (B.Com., M.Sc., Ph.D.)
The Head, Department of Management Studies
University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka