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Table 3 Prevalence of crime in persons with schizophrenia and the general population

From: Crimes by people with schizophrenia in Korea: comparison with the general population

Types of Crime

People with schizophrenia

General population

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

Overall

72.7

67.1

72.6

76.4

90.3

343.1

345.0

337.8

348.2

361.9

Feloniesa

5.2

6.3

6.7

6.4

6.7

4.6

4.9

4.8

4.9

5.1

Murdera

0.5

0.4

0.7

0.5

0.5

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.1

Attempted murdera

0.7

0.8

0.3

0.6

0.6

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.1

Robberya

0.5

0.4

0.5

0.4

0.7

0.6

0.5

0.4

0.4

0.3

Rape

2.4

3.0

3.4

2.8

3.2

3.5

4.0

4.0

4.1

4.4

Arson

1.2

1.6

1.8

2.1

1.7

0.3

0.2

0.3

0.3

0.2

Violence

27.7

28.5

28.2

29.7

34.8

76.1

69.7

66.9

69.0

70.0

Theft

11.7

11.3

13.8

13.0

16.2

20.3

19.8

18.3

19.6

20.1

Intellectual crimes

4.5

3.2

3.2

3.8

3.8

49.1

53.2

50.1

51.3

49.8

Public order crimes

1.3

1.2

1.3

1.8

2.0

9.8

9.2

7.9

7.9

8.7

Drug-related crimesa

1.8

1.5

2.7

3.5

5.3

0.9

1.0

1.0

1.3

1.6

Other crimes

20.4

15.1

16.8

18.1

21.5

162.2

166.4

167.4

170.5

182.3

  1. a refers to the crimes whose rates in people with schizophrenia were higher than in the general population