Statistics of Security Forces' Activity
Yearly totals for 1971–1977.
Quarterly totals for the four quarters of 1978.
Statistics for Security Forces Activity comprise the following:
| STATISTICS ON SECUIITY—PART I | |||||||||||
Yearly Figures
| 1978 Quarterly Figures
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1971
| 1972
| 1973
| 1974
| 1975
| 1976
| 1977
| January-March
| April-June
| July-September
| October-December
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| Shooting incidents | 1,756 | 10,628 | 5,018 | 3,206 | 1,803 | 1,908 | 1,081 | 235 | 183 | 173 | 164 |
| Explosions | 1,022 | 1,382 | 978 | 685 | 399 | 766 | 366 | 127 | 71 | 62 | 195 |
| Bombs neutralised | 493 | 471 | 542 | 428 | 236 | 426 | 169 | 56 | 29 | 28 | 65 |
| Weight of explosives (in lbs.)* | |||||||||||
| In explosions | 10,972 | 47,472 | 47,472 | 46,435 | 13,753 | 17,596 | 2,839 | 641 | 2,271·5 | 279 | 2,151·5 |
| Neutralised | 3,001 | 19,978 | 32,450 | 27,094 | 11,159 | 16,252 | 2,188 | 1,268·5 | 1,262·5 | 1,670·5 | 1,659 |
| Armed robberies | 437 | 1,931 | 1,215 | 1,231 | 1,201 | 813‡ | 591 | 149 | 126 | 72 | 92 |
| Amount stolen (£) | 303,787 | 790,687 | 612,015 | 572,951 | 572,105 | 545,497 | 446,988 | 57,014 | 59,219 | 86,161 | 28,856 |
| Malicious fires† | — | — | 587 | 636 | 248 | 453 | 432 | 62 | 63 | 83 | 61 |
| Deaths: | |||||||||||
| Civilians† (Sectarian, interfactional, intra-factional assassinations shown in brackets) | 115 | 322 (122) | 171 (87) | 166 (95) | 216 (144) | 245 (121) | 69 (42) | 20 (3) | 12 (5) | 11 (4) | 7 (2) |
| Army/UDR | 48 | 129 | 66 | 35 | 20 | 29 | 29 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| RUC/RUC "R" | 11 | 17 | 13 | 15 | 11 | 23 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 3 | — |
| Injuries: | |||||||||||
| Civilians | 1,838 | 3,813 | 1,812 | 1,680 | 2,044 | 2,162 | 1,027 | 147 | 91 | 127 | 183 |
| Army/UDR | 390 | 578 | 548 | 483 | 167 | 264 | 188 | 41 | 40 | 31 | 23 |
| RUC/RUC "R" | 315 | 485 | 291 | 235 | 263 | 303 | 183 | 60 | 32 | 23 | 187 |
* Estimated weight only. | |||||||||||
† Consolidated figures not available for earlier years. | |||||||||||
| ‡ These totals have been revised. | |||||||||||
| STATISTICS ON SECURITY—PART II | |||||||||||||
Yearly Figures
| 1978 Quarterly Figures
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1971
| 1972
| 1973
| 1974
| 1975
| 1976
| 1977
| January-March
| April-June
| July-September
| October-December
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| Houses searched† | … | … | 17,262 | 36,617 | 74,556 | 74,914 | 30,002 | 34,919 | 20,724 | 5,987 | 4,399 | 3,600 | 1,476 |
| Finds: | |||||||||||||
| Firearms | … | … | 717 | 1,264 | 1,595 | 1,260 | 825 | 837 | 590 | 113 | 120 | 74 | 93 |
| Ammunition (rounds) | … | … | 157,944 | 183,410 | 187,399 | 147,202 | 73,604 | 70,306 | 52,091 | 12,610 | 13,044 | 8,586 | 9,272 |
| Explosives (lbs.) | … | … | 2,748 | 41,488 | 38,418 | 26,120 | 11,565 | 21,714 | 3,809 | 205·5 | 410 | 266·5 | 1,226 |
| ICOS made | … | … | — | 75 | 512 | 312 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| PERSONS CHARGED WITH SERIOUS SECURITY-TYPE OFFENCES* | ||||||||||||
31 July-31 December
| January-March
| April-June
| July-September
| October-December
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1972
| 1973
| 1974
| 1975
| 1976
| 1977
| 1978
| 1978
| 1978
| 1978
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| Murder | & | & | 13 | 71 | 75 | 138 | 120 | 131 | 14 | 29 | 5 | 12 |
| Attempted Murder | & | & | 16 | 85 | 75 | 88 | 121 | 135 | 30 | 24 | 11 | 14 |
| Firearms Offences | & | & | 242 | 631 | 544 | 460 | 353 | 301 | 67 | 44 | 57 | 57 |
| Explosives Offences | & | 86 | 236 | 161 | 100 | 215 | 146 | 40 | 9 | 14 | 16 | |
| Theft Act | & | & | 111 | 186 | 232 | 314 | 188 | 203 | 45 | 40 | 43 | 23 |
| Other | & | & | 63 | 205 | 275 | 97 | 279 | 392 | 65 | 68 | 59 | 57 |
| 531 | 1,414 | 1,362 | 1,197 | 1,276 | 1,308 | 261 | 214 | 189 | 179 | |||
* These figures are not availalbe in consolidated form for earlier years. | ||||||||||||
† Includes occupied and unoccupied houses searched. | ||||||||||||
| PERSONS CONVICTED AND SENTENCES IMPOSED AT BELFAST CITY COMMISSION |
| JULY TO DECEMBER 1978 |
Notes on the Tables
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| 1. The offence classifications are based on those used by the Crown and Peace Office in its annual return. |
| 2. The tables relate to persons convicted at the Belfast City Commission. This covers all scheduled offences tried on indictment. |
| 3. Some jury trials are included in cases where the Attorney General certified out of the scheduled mode of trial, i.e. non-terrorist serious offences. |
| 4. Where a person has been convicted of more than one offence only the most serious or that which received the longest sentence is recorded in the statistics. |
| JULY TO DECEMBER 1978 | ||||||||||
Offence
| Number convicted
| Non-custodial sentence
| Borstal or Training Centre
| Less than 5 years
| 5 years and less than 7 years
| 7 years and less than 10 years
| 10 years and less than 15 years
| 15 years and less than 20 yean
| 20 years and over
| Life
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| Murder | 22 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 22 |
| Attempted Murder | 10 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 2 | 2 | — |
| Conspiracy to Murder | 2 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Manslaughter | 5 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | — | — | 1 |
| Wounding with intent to do grievous bodily harm | 3 | 2 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Causing explosion | 17 | 4 | — | 6 | 1 | — | 3 | 2 | 1 | — |
| Placing explosives | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Possessing explosives with intent | 13 | — | 2 | — | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | — | — |
| Causing grievous bodily harm | 2 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — |
| Assault occasioning grievous bodily harm | 4 | 1 | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Possessing Firearms with intent | 17 | 1 | — | 5 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | — | — |
| Possessing a firearm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Carrying a firearm with intent | 4 | 2 | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Intimidation | 4 | 1 | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Aggravated Burglary | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Robbery | 74 | 18 | 19 | 9 | 7 | 3 | — | — | — | |
| Hi-jacking | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Arson | 40 | 19 | 1 | 16 | — | 3 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Malicious Damage | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Other explosive offences | 17 | 5 | — | 4 | 2 | 1 | 5 | — | — | — |
| Petrol bomb offences | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Common Law riot | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Escape offences | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Assisting offenders | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Other major firearms offences | 2 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Withholding information | 7 | 4 | — | 2 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Possessing prohibited articles | 8 | 5 | — | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Minor firearms offences | 27 | 13 | 2 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Membership of illegal organisations | 38 | 27 | 1 | 9 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Unlawful collection of information | 2 | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Illegal training | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Kidnapping and false imprisonment | 11 | 7 | — | 1 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Total | 344 | 120 | 29 | 90 | 30 | 19 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 23 |