Highlights
1. Crime, justice and security statistics comprises statistics compiled from the Mauritius Police Force, the Judiciary, the Mauritius Prison Services & the Probation and Aftercare Service.
2. Care should be taken in interpreting these figures. When comparing figures it should be realised that police and judiciary figures are based on offences but prison and probation figures are based on offenders, and that many offenders are sentenced for more than one offence. Also, offences reported at the police can sometimes be reclassified as they proceed from police investigation through prosecution to final court sentence.
Police
3. In 2008, a total number of 248,532 cases (242,657 in the Island of Mauritius and 5,875 in the Island of Rodrigues) were notified at the police. This represents a decrease of 4% over the 258,955 cases (254,159 in the Island of Mauritius and 4,796 in the Island of Rodrigues) reported in 2007.
4. The total number of offences reported at the police was 178,103 in 2008, down by 8.1% from 193,711 in 2007. Out of the 178,103 reported offences in 2008, 69.4% were contraventions (mainly road traffic contraventions), 24.6% misdemeanours, 3.6% crimes punishable by penal servitude and 2.4% drug related offences.
5. From 2007 to 2008, contraventions fell by 11.4%, drug related offences by 5.5%, crimes by 4.2% while misdemeanours increased by 2.1%. The offence rate per 1,000 mid- year population decreased from 153.7 in 2007 to 140.4 in 2008.
6. Increases were noted in the number of offences related to fraud and dishonesty (8.2%), sexual offences (7.6%) and assaults & related offences (3.9%). On the other hand, declines were noted in the number of homicides (7.8%) and drug related cases (5.5%).
Judiciary
7. The total number of criminal cases lodged decreased by 10.2% from 117,172
in 2007 to 105,206 in 2008. Criminal cases disposed of declined by 16.6% from
122,105 to 101,821.
8. The total number of convicted offences dropped by 14.7% from 116,390 in 2007 to 99,298 in 2008.
Prison
9.
The daily average number of detainees in prison decreased by 4.8% from 2,271
in 2007 to 2,161 in 2008.
10. Some 70% of prison detainees in 2007 and 2008 consisted of convicts; the
remaining detainees comprised mainly the remand and trial prison population.
11. The admission rate of convicts to prison per 100,000 mid-year population increased from 281.0 in 2007 to 318.3 in 2008.
Probation
12.
In 2008, the number of offenders sentenced with probation orders under supervision
in the community was 365, a decline of 21.8% from the 2007 figure of 467.
13. The total number of offenders subjected to community service work increased
by 30.5% from 226 in 2007 to 295 in 2008.
August 2009
More: Crime, Justice and Security Statistics, 2008
Introduction
Table 1 - Cases reported by type, Island of Mauritius, Island of Rodrigues & Republic of Mauritius, 2007 & 2008
Table 2 - Offences reported by type, Republic of Mauritius, 2007 & 2008
Table 3 - Offence rate by type, 2007 & 2008
Table 4 - Reported offences according to United Nations classification of offences, Republic of Mauritius, 2007 & 2008
Table 5 - Drug related offences reported at the police, Republic of Mauritius, 2007 & 2008
Table 6 - Juvenile offences reported at the police, Republic of Mauritius, 2007 & 2008
Table 7 - Juvenile offenders involved by type of offence according to United Nations classification of offences, Republic of Mauritius, 2007 & 2008
Table 8 - Juvenile delinquency rate (excluding contraventions), Island of Mauritius, Island of Rodrigues & Republic of Mauritius, 2007 & 2008
Table 9 - Road traffic contraventions, Republic of Mauritius, 2007 & 2008
Table 10 - Reported offences by status, Republic of Mauritius, 2007 & 2008
Table 11 - Fingerprinted offenders by number of convictions for the year, Republic of Mauritius, 2007 & 2008
Table 12 - Number of convictions for fingerprinted offenders, Island of Mauritius, Island of Rodrigues & Republic of Mauritius, 2007 & 2008
Table 13 - Number of convictions for fingerprinted offenders by age-group and sex of offender, Republic of Mauritius, 2007 & 2008
Table 14 - Criminal cases in court, Republic of Mauritius, 2007 & 2008
Table 15 - Convicted offences according to United Nations Classification of offences, Republic of Mauritius, 2007 & 2008
Table 16 - Convicted offences by sex of offender and outcome of judgement, Republic of Mauritius, 2007 & 2008
Table 17 - Daily average number of detainees by type of detainee, Republic of Mauritius, 2007 & 2008
Table 18 - Prison admission rate for convicts by age-group, Republic of Mauritius, 2007 & 2008
Table 19 - Male adult convicts admitted to prison by number of previous imprisonment, Island of Mauritius, 2007 & 2008
Table 20 - Convicts admitted to prison by length of sentence, Republic of Mauritius, 2007 & 2008
Table 21 - Fine defaulters admitted to prison by amount of fine due, Republic of Mauritius, 2007 & 2008
Table 22 - Imprisonment rate for selected countries, 2008
Table 23 - Offenders sentenced with Probation Orders, Republic of Mauritius, 2007 & 2008
Table 24 - Offenders subjected to Community Service Work, Republic of Mauritius, 2007 & 2008
Table 25 - Juvenile admission to RYC by type of detainees, Republic of Mauritius, 2007 & 2008
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