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RECORDED CRIME IN SCOTLAND, 2002

Crimes and offences cleared up by the police as a percentage of those recorded, Scotland, 1993 - 2002

Table 3

Percentage

Crime / Offence group

1993

1994

1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

Total crimes

31

34

35

37

39

41

43

44

45

46

Non-sexual crimes of violence

49

51

49

52

54

55

59

60

59

58

Serious assault etc 1

57

57

54

57

60

60

64

64

62

61

Robbery

27

29

29

29

28

33

38

38

37

38

Other

83

83

82

84

84

82

80

77

78

78

Crimes of indecency

72

75

74

76

75

78

78

77

80

79

Rape & Attempted Rape 2

76

81

77

79

72

77

79

77

82

77

Indecent Assault 2

57

62

59

63

60

67

61

62

61

64

Lewd and indecent behaviour

62

65

67

68

66

68

72

71

75

76

Other

97

97

96

98

96

96

97

97

97

96

Crimes of dishonesty

25

28

28

30

31

33

35

37

37

37

Housebreaking

16

17

17

18

18

21

23

24

24

26

Theft by opening a lockfast place (OLP)

19

21

22

24

21

24

29

30

37

34

Theft from a motor vehicle by (OLP)

11

14

12

14

13

15

17

18

18

19

Theft of a motor vehicle

21

24

24

25

26

28

32

30

32

35

Shoplifting

77

80

79

78

77

80

80

79

79

79

Other theft

17

18

18

19

19

21

21

21

21

21

Fraud

75

82

81

79

75

76

74

79

80

81

Other

86

84

87

82

88

84

90

93

93

90

Fire-raising, vandalism etc

19

20

21

21

22

23

24

24

22

22

Fire-raising

19

19

19

20

19

21

26

23

28

24

Vandalism etc

19

20

21

21

22

24

24

24

22

22

Other crimes

100

100

100

99

100

99

99

100

99

99

Crimes against public justice

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

99

99

Handling an offensive weapon

99

99

99

99

99

99

99

99

99

98

Drugs

100

100

100

99

100

100

99

100

99

99

Other

79

84

80

82

80

86

87

80

75

74

Miscellaneous offences

85

86

88

89

90

90

89

89

89

89

Petty assault 1

73

73

74

75

77

79

79

78

77

76

Breach of the peace

90

92

93

94

94

94

94

94

94

95

Drunkenness

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

Other

89

92

95

97

98

98

97

97

97

97

1. See Annex Note 6.5.
2. See Annex Note 6.17.

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