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Crime Barometer

16. February 11

The Estonian Crime Barometer presents the main figures of crime in a simple and understandable form. The barometer shows the crime trend: the increase or decrease of the number of crimes in comparison with the same period of the previous year. The comparison data are given for the total number of registered crimes and for several of the most common types of crimes.

January (1 month)

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	2010	2011	Change N	Change%
Total crime	3 387	3 258	-129	-4 %
Physical abuse	312	390	78	25 %
Larceny	1 581	1 483	-98	-6 %
Robbery	53	38	-15	-28 %
Fraud	289	131	-158	-55 %
Traffic offences	212	251	39	18 %

Explanations:

Total crime – total number of criminal offences that are registered as crimes by police and other investigative authorities.
Physical abuse – (Penal Code §121)

Larceny – Penal Code §199
Robbery – Penal Code §200
Fraud – total number of fraud (Penal Code §209), benefit fraud (Penal Code §210), investment fraud (Penal Code §211), insurance fraud (Penal Code §212), computer-related fraud (Penal Code §213).
Traffic offences – driving while intoxicated (Penal Code §424) comprises more than 90% of all traffic offences.

Estonian Penal Code in English is available here.

See also Swedish Crime Barometer here.