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2025, Circuit Court, Criminal

Incoming Offence Category Breakdown

2025, Circuit Court, Criminal

  2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Assault 1,441 1,460 1,609 1,881 1,625 1,428 1,609 1,719 1,741
Child Abuse 0 0 0 48 52 72 69 56 63
Domestic Violence 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 23
Drugs 1,955 1,801 2,400 3,261 3,310 3,151 3,368 3,653 3,533
Firearms 689 726 779 979 930 847 851 931 1,024
Larceny/Fraud/Robbery 4,972 5,826 6,312 6,277 7,281 6,726 4,626 6,502 5,432
Manslaughter 4 6 3 9 2 2 1 0 3
Other 3,277 3,515 3,790 3,358 2,960 3,537 4,308 4,442 4,725
Road Traffic 196 185 184 794 376 372 336 336 355
Sexual 1,440 1,503 1,410 1,668 2,140 1,799 1,707 2,288 2,148
  13,974 15,022 16,487 18,275 18,676 17,934 16,875 19,944 19,047

Resolved Offence Category Breakdown

2025, Circuit Court, Criminal

  2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Assault 2,417 1,536 1,783 1,469 1,849 2,528 2,552 2,762 2,910
Child Abuse 29 118 36 49 54 117 70 35 127
Domestic Violence 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 81 81
Drugs 3,070 2,129 2,997 2,774 3,579 4,247 4,339 4,697 5,353
Firearms 1,210 829 876 785 962 1,080 1,120 1,173 1,241
Larceny/Fraud/Robbery 8,635 5,761 6,146 5,954 5,091 7,169 6,122 6,096 7,328
Manslaughter 4 3 7 1 10 5 2 0 2
Other 3,984 3,229 2,986 3,139 3,268 4,001 4,932 5,865 5,625
Road Traffic 1,458 833 1,126 894 1,071 1,135 1,248 1,316 1,418
Sexual 1,393 1,609 1,766 1,158 1,907 1,769 3,048 2,411 2,714
  22,200 16,047 17,723 16,223 17,791 22,051 23,433 24,436 26,799

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