1.3
Number of police custody measures and rate of use according to type
of offence
Source: Etat 4001, Ministry of the Interior, ONDRP after 2009 / CSDP 2015-2016 Report,
series B. Aubusson.
Field: Crimes and offences reported to the State Prosecutor’s Office by the police and
gendarmerie (apart from traffic offences), Mainland France.
1994
Type of offence
Persons
implicated
in offences
Custody
measures
Homicide
2,075
Robberies
Drug trafficking
2008
%
Custody
measures
%
2,134
117.3%
2,115
2,100
99.3%
20,058
18,290
91.2%
16,381
12,647
77.2%
86.7%
23,160
15,570
67.2%
14,253
10,476
73.5%
10,670
49.5%
42,348
29,574
69.8%
31,639
21,531
68.1%
901
976
108.3%
759
768
101.2%
717
475
66.2%
Burglaries
55,272
34,611
62.6%
36,692
27,485
74.9%
42,549
26,610
62.5%
Auto larceny
35,033
22,879
65.3%
20,714
16,188
78.2%
15,618
9,674
61.9%
Fire, explosives
2,906
1,699
58.5%
7,881
6,249
79.3%
5,310
3112
58.6%
Vehicle theft
40,076
24,721
61.7%
20,764
15,654
75.4%
12,924
7,395
57.2%
Sexual assaults
10,943
8,132
74.3%
14,969
12,242
81.8%
20,281
10,610
52.3%
Other behaviours
5,186
2,637
50.8%
12,095
8,660
71.6%
8,341
3,833
46.0%
Foreigners
48,514
37,389
77.1%
119,761
82,084
68.5%
17,008
7,262
42.7%
False documents
9,368
4,249
45.4%
8,260
4,777
57.8%
10,589
4,459
42.1%
Other thefts
89,278
40,032
44.8%
113,808
61,689
54.2%
118,047
43,909
37.2%
Assault and battery
50,209
14,766
29.4%
150,264
73,141
48.7%
152,710
56,124
36.8%
Shoplifting
55,654
11,082
19.9%
58,674
20,661
35.2%
55,016
17,527
31.9%
Weapons
12,117
5,928
48.9%
23,455
10,103
43.1%
24,282
6871
28.3%
Drug use
55,505
32,824
59.1%
149,753
68,711
45.9%
176,507
43,770
24.8%
Destruction, damage
45,591
12,453
27.3%
74,115
29,319
39.6%
44,690
10,778
24.1%
28,094
5,920
21.1%
65,066
20,511
31.5%
84,483
18,686
22.1%
54,866
17,115
31.2%
63,123
21,916
34.7%
63,566
9,237
14.5%
40,353
6,636
16.4%
33,334
9,700
29.1%
36,338
5,504
15.1%
15,524
3,028
19.5%
6,190
926
15.0%
7,350
1,343
18.3%
Family, child
27,893
1,707
6.1%
43,121
4,176
9.7%
66,157
4,256
6.4%
Unpaid cheques
4,803
431
9.0%
3,135
457
14.6%
2518
60
2.4%
Total
775,701
334,785
43.2%
1,172,393
577,816
49.3%
1,088,849
352,897
32.4%
Total without unpaid
cheques
770,898
334,354
43.4%
1,169,258
577,359
49.4%
1,086,331
352,837
32.5%
Other trespass
to persons
Fraud,
breach of trust
Frauds, economic
crime
Other general
policies
Custody
measures
2,401
115.7%
1,819
18,618
14,044
75.4%
13,314
11,543
21,535
2015
Persons
implicated
in offences
Insulting and
violence against
government officials
Procuring
(prostitution)
%
Persons
implicated
in offences
131
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