KEY CRIME FIGURES PER 100,000 INHABITANTS ARE LISTED ACCORDING TO THE NATURE OF THE OFFENSE. OFFENSES ARE DIVIDED INTO MAJOR CRIMES AND NONINDICTABLE CRIMES. IN EACH CLASS OFFENSES AS REPORTED BY STATE AND MUNICIPAL POLICE AND BY THE ROYAL MARECHAUSSEE ARE LISTED ACCORDING TO (1) MONTH, QUARTER, AND HALF YEAR; (2) ACCORDING TO THE PERCENTAGES OF SOLVED CASES OR PAID FINES; (3) ACCORDING TO CRIMINAL INCIDENCE IN DIFFERENT DISTRICTS AND LARGE TOWNSHIPS; (4) ACCORDING TO AGE AND SEX OF THE OFFENDER, AND (5) ACCORDING TO TYPE OF OFFENSE. TABLES AND CHARTS CONTAIN INFORMATION ON CRIMES KNOWN TO THE POLICE, CASES IN WHICH OFFENDERS WERE INVESTIGATED, AND NONINDICTABLE OFFENSES PER PROVINCE AND PER GROUPS OF MUNICIPALITIES. FURTHER DATA RELATE TO CRIMES KNOWN TO THE POLICE OR THE ROYAL MARECHAUSEE ACCORDING TO THE NATURE OF THE OFFENSES, AND TO NONINDICTABLE OFFENSES OR OFFENSES FOR WHICH PROSECUTION WAS EVADED BY PAYMENT OF A FINE AS KNOWN TO STATE AND MUNICIPAL POLICE AND TO THE ROYAL MARECHAUSSEE. GRAPHS CHART CRIMES AND NONINDICTABLE OFFENSES FOR MONTHLY PERIODS, AND PRONOUNCED BANKRUPTCIES FOR JANUARY 1974 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 1978. NUMBERS OF FIRES ARE LISTED PER PROVINCE AND FOR THE 17 LARGEST MUNICIPALITIES. DATA ON FIRE LOSSES ARE LISTED ACCORDING TO THE KINDS OF FIRES. INFORMATION ON THE ASSISTANCE OF FIRE-BRIGADES IS PROVIDED PER PROVINCE AND IN THE 17 LARGEST MUNICIPALITIES, ACCORDING TO OBJECT AND ACCORDING TO NUMBER OF PERSONS INVOLVED IN RESCUES AND ACCIDENTS. --IN DUTCH. (WVK)