The Scottish Government

Crimes recorded by the police, Scotland, 1993 - 2002

Table 1

Number & Percentage

Crime group

1993

1994

1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

% change 01 - 02

Total crimes

517,247

500,110

475,697

451,956

420,642

431,551

435,703

423,172

421,093

427,034

1

Non-sexual crimes of violence

14,252

14,492

14,654

14,715

13,175

14,341

15,539

15,196

15,080

16,461

9

Serious assault etc ¹

6,527

6,705

6,920

6,988

6,053

6,616

7,200

6,963

7,296

7,631

5

Robbery

5,582

5,297

5,330

5,254

4,484

4,951

5,075

4,420

4,228

4,938

17

Other

2,143

2,490

2,404

2,473

2,638

2,774

3,264

3,813

3,556

3,892

9

Crimes of indecency

6,047

5,998

5,547

5,676

7,147

7,411

5,982

5,754

5,987

6,552

9

Rape & Attempted Rape ²

543

569

598

599

739

802

758

705

753

913

21

Indecent Assault ²

1,083

1,034

1,040

1,130

1,240

1,352

1,175

1,117

1,154

1,337

16

Lewd and indecent behaviour

2,721

2,655

2,381

2,465

3,014

2,952

2,383

2,346

2,365

2,718

15

Other

1,700

1,740

1,528

1,482

2,154

2,305

1,666

1,586

1,715

1,584

-8

Crimes of dishonesty

374,937

350,346

321,201

295,441

267,207

275,418

276,189

260,936

239,892

235,668

-2

Housebreaking

97,829

88,394

74,235

64,470

55,471

56,636

53,826

48,712

44,868

43,808

-2

Theft by opening a lockfast place (OLP)

10,866

9,024

8,192

8,055

9,725

12,226

11,691

11,305

8,470

7,874

-7

Theft from a motor vehicle by (OLP)

73,929

65,838

58,347

52,417

41,406

39,617

38,533

33,734

31,279

32,126

3

Theft of a motor vehicle

42,816

41,962

37,514

34,161

28,646

28,433

29,818

26,238

23,208

22,495

-3

Shoplifting

26,746

26,573

27,952

26,927

26,322

29,590

32,008

32,343

31,575

29,541

-6

Other theft

93,327

88,900

87,716

82,576

79,612

80,051

81,109

78,060

74,722

75,003

*

Fraud

19,125

17,670

17,093

16,081

15,734

18,634

18,608

21,188

17,410

16,627

-4

Other

10,299

11,985

10,152

10,754

10,291

10,231

10,596

9,356

8,360

8,194

-2

Fire-raising, vandalism etc

84,194

88,543

86,546

89,025

81,000

79,154

79,568

83,192

94,924

95,470

1

Fire-raising

4,118

3,589

3,299

3,306

2,786

2,509

2,325

2,364

2,774

3,624

31

Vandalism etc

80,076

84,954

83,247

85,719

78,214

76,645

77,243

80,828

92,150

91,846

*

Other crimes

37,817

40,731

47,749

47,099

52,113

55,227

58,425

58,094

65,210

72,883

12

Crimes against public justice

14,515

16,004

16,359

16,148

16,641

16,919

18,528

18,430

20,250

22,671

12

Handling an offensive weapon

5,152

5,282

6,465

6,822

5,989

6,744

7,901

8,153

8,671

9,691

12

Drugs

17,986

19,281

24,773

23,992

29,386

31,460

31,870

31,431

36,175

40,379

12

Other

164

164

152

137

97

104

126

80

114

142

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