Sentence examples for drop in offences from inspiring English sources

These enterprises have bucked a downward trend in overall crime: though there has been a big drop in offences such as burglary and car theft, the activities associated with professional gangsters are booming.

A common claim is that the drop in offence was due to dilution of talent caused by 1990s expansion, a position former player Brett Hull endorsed.

Saysell pointed to a sharp drop in graffiti offences on the rail network, from 5,451 in 2007 to 1,546 in 2013.

Bleijie defended the government's youth justice reforms, saying they had led to the first drop in juvenile offences in five years.

Bittar relied on statistics released by the BHA on Thursday, which show an overall drop in whip offences over the past three months compared to same period last year, to justify his claim that the rules are working.

Scotland's first urban road to feature average speed cameras has seen a huge drop in speeding offences.

It saw an 18% drop in knife crime offences, down to 212 from 257 in 2010.

The shadow home secretary, Yvette Cooper, urged the government to draw up an urgent action plan to tackle the problem after there was a 65% increase in reported child abuse images but a 9% drop in prosecutions for child sex offences.

"The significant drop in the number of knife offences during the Crown Office festive campaign is very positive and underlines the continuing commitment of prosecutors, police, government and partners working with young people to tackle knife crime," he said.

The Coalition Government's relief is even greater because the continuing drop in almost every category of offence runs counter to the previous conventional wisdom that crime rises in times of austerity.

9 In AZ violent crime rate dropped from 544.5 offences in 2002 to 372.2 in 2010, 32 33 and NV had reductions in index crimes.