The crime, which was committed by men and women, is illustrated in the bar chart. The eight different types of offenses were committed by people in 2008.
Overall, the number of females who were arrested in 2008 exceeds the number of men in general. The most increasing level of crimes was violence against the person. However, males are not far behind, because, for the same reason, men became almost on par with women. Therefore, the lowest number was for women and men in robbery. Also, the other highest level of violence was committed by women in theft and handling stolen goods.
The highest percentage of felonies in violence against the person was among women and reached 33%, while men had the lowest number and achieved 31%. Also, one of the greatest degrees of criminal activity was in theft and handling stolen goods. The rate for women was 31%, and the male rate was smaller than the female rate by 10%. Other offenses also occurred at a high level; men had 15% and women had around 13%.
A medium level among crimes for both girls and boys included burglary, criminal damage, and drug offenses. Burglary was 3% among females and 7% among males. Criminal damage increased to 10% among women, but men were less by 3% and had 7%. Drug offenses among boys were high and reached about 8%, while girls were lower and reached 6%. Robbery was the lowest among all kinds of offenses. Women reached about 1% and men around 3%. Fraud and forgery were the lowest, reaching 2% among men and 4% among females.