1.3
Number of police custody measures and rate of use according to type of
offence
Source: État 4001, Ministry of the Interior, ONDRP after 2009 / CSDP 2015-2017 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
2008
2016
Type of offence
Persons
implicated
in offences
Custody
measures
%
Persons
implicated
in offences
Custody
measures
%
Persons
implicated
in offences
Custody
measures
%
Homicide
2,075
2,401
115.7%
1,819
2,134
117.3%
2,271
2,935
129.2%
Robberies
18,618
14,044
75.4%
20,058
18,290
91.2%
15,885
13,577
85.5%
Drug trafficking
13,314
11,543
86.7%
23,160
15,570
67.2%
15,000
11,942
79.6%
901
976
108.3%
759
768
101.2%
840
620
73.8%
21,535
10,670
49.5%
42,348
29,574
69.8%
31,074
22,045
70.9%
Auto larceny
35,033
22,879
65.3%
20,714
16,188
78.2%
14,599
9,794
67.1%
Burglaries
55,272
34,611
62.6%
36,692
27,485
74.9%
39,591
26,528
67.0%
Fire, explosives
2,906
1,699
58.5%
7,881
6,249
79.3%
5,332
3,278
61.5%
Vehicle theft
40,076
24,721
61.7%
20,764
15,654
75.4%
12,716
7,916
62.3%
Sexual assaults
10,943
8,132
74.3%
14,969
12,242
81.8%
20,860
12,116
58.1%
Other behaviours
5,186
2,637
50.8%
12,095
8,660
71.6%
7,619
3,596
47.2%
Foreigners
48,514
37,389
77.1%
119,761
82,084
68.5%
11,099
5,366
48.3%
False documents
9,368
4,249
45.4%
8,260
4,777
57.8%
10,961
4,156
37.9%
Other thefts
89,278
40,032
44.8%
113,808
61,689
54.2%
11,6973
46,334
39.6%
Assault and battery
50,209
14,766
29.4%
150,264
73,141
48.7%
15,1877
57,817
38.1%
Shoplifting
55,654
11,082
19.9%
58,674
20,661
35.2%
52,095
16,952
32.5%
Weapons
12,117
5,928
48.9%
23,455
10,103
43.1%
23,446
6,826
29.1%
Drug use
55,505
32,824
59.1%
149,753
68,711
45.9%
168,864
42,035
24.9%
Destruction, damage
45,591
12,453
27.3%
74,115
29,319
39.6%
44,157
12,224
27.7%
28,094
5,920
21.1%
65,066
20,511
31.5%
85,407
19,357
22.7%
54,866
17,115
31.2%
63,123
21,916
34.7%
64,711
10,116
15.6%
40,353
6,636
16.4%
33,334
9,700
29.1%
34,705
4,822
13.9%
15,524
3,028
19.5%
6,190
926
15.0%
7,808
1,855
23.8%
Family, child
27,893
1,707
6.1%
43,121
4,176
9.7%
67,383
4,714
7.0%
Unpaid cheques
4,803
431
9.0%
3,135
457
14.6%
2,285
44
1.9%
Total
775,701
334,785
43.2%
1,172,393
577,816
49.3%
1,066,216
360,423
33.8%
Total without unpaid
cheques
770,898
334,354
43.4%
1,169,258
577,359
49.4%
1,063,931
360,379
33.9%
Procuring
(prostitution)
Insulting and
violence against
government officials
Other trespass
to persons
Fraud,
breach of trust
Frauds, economic
crime
Other general
policies
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