Group 04 Dangerous or Negligent Acts

Recorded Dangerous or negligent acts offences increased by 1.4% to 7,279 in the year ending Q1 2016.  As in previous periods, most recorded offences in this group are of Driving/In charge of a vehicle while over legal alcohol limit, which increased by 158 incidents to 6,629 (+2.4%).

Group 10 Controlled Drug Offences

An annualised total of 15,581 Controlled drug offences was recorded, almost no change from the previous 12 months (+0.1%). The largest change in the subcategories was in Cultivation or manufacture of drugs, which fell by 84 offences (-25.7%).