The Scottish Government

Crimes and offences recorded by police force area, 2002

Table 4A

Number

Crime / Offence group

Central

Dumfries & Galloway

Fife

Grampian

Lothian & Borders

Northern

Strathclyde

Tayside

SCOTLAND

Total crimes

18,282

9,998

28,837

41,784

82,136

14,020

199,871

32,106

427,034

Non-sexual crimes of violence

531

221

815

1,093

2,912

401

9,920

568

16,461

Serious assault etc ¹

330

135

349

382

924

262

4,947

302

7,631

Robbery

94

67

215

292

799

28

3,295

148

4,938

Other

107

19

251

419

1,189

111

1,678

118

3,892

Crimes of indecency

273

85

476

658

1,238

247

3,076

499

6,552

Rape & Attempted Rape ²

53

23

86

83

204

35

341

88

913

Indecent Assault ²

68

6

100

172

333

44

528

86

1,337

Lewd and indecent behaviour

135

48

248

268

551

132

1,047

289

2,718

Other

17

8

42

135

150

36

1,160

36

1,584

Crimes of dishonesty

10,175

5,332

16,651

26,327

48,357

6,747

103,397

18,682

235,668

Housebreaking

1,891

1,070

3,067

5,409

6,384

792

21,480

3,715

43,808

Theft by opening a lockfast place (OLP)

673

117

632

1,264

1,852

370

2,483

483

7,874

Theft from a motor vehicle by (OLP)

693

423

2,295

3,095

6,026

188

17,067

2,339

32,126

Theft of a motor vehicle

757

399

1,459

1,778

4,210

464

11,778

1,650

22,495

Shoplifting

1,468

706

1,813

2,873

5,011

812

14,346

2,512

29,541

Other theft

3,006

1,767

5,597

8,901

17,483

2,634

28,857

6,758

75,003

Fraud

1,160

491

1,240

2,013

5,082

1,081

4,838

722

16,627

Other

527

359

548

994

2,309

406

2,548

503

8,194

Fire-raising, vandalism etc

3,532

2,914

7,223

7,941

17,788

3,686

44,075

8,311

95,470

Fire-raising

145

77

230

429

690

172

1,590

291

3,624

Vandalism etc

3,387

2,837

6,993

7,512

17,098

3,514

42,485

8,020

91,846

Other crimes

3,771

1,446

3,672

5,765

11,841

2,939

39,403

4,046

72,883

Crimes against public justice

1,438

510

1,422

2,085

4,143

987

10,960

1,126

22,671

Handling an offensive weapon

413

155

287

526

1,095

294

6,630

291

9,691

Drugs

1,917

775

1,944

3,152

6,590

1,656

21,730

2,615

40,379

Other

3

6

19

2

13

2

83

14

142

Total offences

29,664

15,575

38,667

48,782

72,823

27,356

234,383

41,605

508,855

Miscellaneous offences

8,361

3,588

9,283

15,411

19,895

8,687

90,042

12,272

167,539

Petty assault ¹

3,012

1,379

3,518

5,692

10,448

2,420

24,182

4,075

54,726

Breach of the peace

4,078

1,639

4,361

8,078

7,723

4,441

37,897

5,952

74,169

Drunkenness

125

51

428

181

428

808

4,497

565

7,083

Other

1,146

519

976

1,460

1,296

1,018

23,466

1,680

31,561

Motor vehicle offences

21,303

11,987

29,384

33,371

52,928

18,669

144,341

29,333

341,316

Dangerous and careless driving

445

392

1,806

2,473

952

769

4,964

899

12,700

Drunk driving

705

250

840

1,271

1,801

890

5,049

976

11,782

Speeding

5,970

6,752

9,628

11,124

17,736

7,177

40,060

13,358

111,805

Unlawful use of vehicle

5,909

2,569

7,881

9,071

10,412

3,659

43,392

8,167

91,060

Vehicle defect offences

4,845

643

4,565

3,074

6,726

3,157

21,476

1,772

46,258

Other

3,429

1,381

4,664

6,358

15,301

3,017

29,400

4,161

67,711

Total crimes and offences

47,946

25,573

67,504

90,566

154,959

41,376

434,254

73,711

935,889