The bar chart shows the number of male and female people arrested by type of offense (crime). Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features. and make comparisons where relevant.

The bar chart illustrates the total number of people arrested, comprising both

men

and

women

, for various types of crimes in 2008.

Overall

, there were seven types of

offences

, with the highest percentage being violence against the person,

while

the lowest was robbery. In detail, violence against the person accounted for the largest percentage of

arrests

, with slightly over 30% for

men

and just under 35% for

women

. The second-highest proportion of

offences

was theft and handling

stolen

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goods, committed by 20% of

men

and around 30% of

women

. For other

offences

,

men

were more frequently arrested than

women

, with the percentages being 15% and just under 15%, respectively.

On the other hand

, criminal damage and drug

offences

each accounted for just under 10% of

arrests

, with

men

being the predominant offenders.

Similarly

, robbery, fraud, and forgery had the lowest percentages of

arrests

for both

men

and

women

, each being just under 5%. For robbery,

men

were more often arrested than

women

,

while

for fraud and forgery,

women

accounted for around 3% of the

arrests

.