Crimes

Offences of sentenced prisoners

The structure of the prison population has changed considerably in the 21st century. The downward trend of the share of offenders convicted of assault has continued since 2010. In the past few years, their share stood at 17 per cent. Over a fourth of all prisoners were sentenced for theft, robbery or other offences against property. The number of offenders sentenced for narcotics offences or sexual offences has shown an upward trend and is now about 27 per cent in total. The share of offenders sentenced for drunken driving has declined from 13 to 7 per cent in the past decade.

The information and figures are taken from the Statistical Yearbook of the Criminal Sanctions Agency. The link to the online version is at the bottom of this page.

Figure: Principal offence of sentenced prisoners on 1 May 2008, 2011, 2014 and 2017

Offences of community sanctions clients

The most common principal offence among community service clients was drunken driving although its relative share dropped by ten percentage points in the 2010s. In 2017, the share of those sentenced for drunken driving was 43 per cent.

The most common principal offences of conditionally sentenced young offenders ordered to supervision have been offences against property and violent offences as well as drunken driving. Violent offences and offences against property have been trending upward.

Violent offences and offences against property account for approximately two thirds of the principal offences of the supervised parolees. The share of violent offences has been increasing, whereas the share of offences against property has been decreasing.

Figure: Principal offence of community sanction clients (%) on 1 May 2008- 2017

More statistical information: See the Statistical Yearbook