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Figure 10: Communications data items by offence, 201936
100%
86,879
90%
41,532
80%
78,255
70%
Other
45,585
Violence against the person – homicide
3,686
Violence against the person
Theft offences (includes burglary)
60%
81,155
Terrorism offences
Sexual offences
50%
40%
19,755
5,814
35,885
20,493
11,915
63,349
30%
Robbery offences
Public order offences
Possession of weapons offences
Miscellaneous crimes against society
Harassment
Fraud and deception offences
Drugs offences
Criminal damage & arson
20%
192,053
10%
0%
3,606
36 “Other” might include applications related to corporate and business numbers, or for network service
information where it is not possible at the time of application to identify a relevant user, for example
seeking data from a cell site, or a public internet service. These categories are allocated by the requesting
organisation and not by IPCO.