The Scottish Government

Crimes and offences recorded by police force area per 10,000 population, 2002

Table 4B

Rate per 10,000 population

Crime / Offence group

Central

Dumfries & Galloway

Fife

Grampian

Lothian & Borders

Northern

Strathclyde

Tayside

SCOTLAND

Total crimes

654

677

824

795

927

507

904

826

843

Non-sexual crimes of violence

19

15

23

21

33

15

45

15

33

Serious assault etc ¹

12

9

10

7

10

9

22

8

15

Robbery

3

5

6

6

9

1

15

4

10

Other

4

1

7

8

13

4

8

3

8

Crimes of indecency

10

6

14

13

14

9

14

13

13

Rape & Attempted Rape ²

2

2

2

2

2

1

2

2

2

Indecent Assault ²

2

0

3

3

4

2

2

2

3

Lewd and indecent behaviour

5

3

7

5

6

5

5

7

5

Other

1

1

1

3

2

1

5

1

3

Crimes of dishonesty

364

361

476

501

546

244

468

481

465

Housebreaking

68

72

88

103

72

29

97

96

87

Theft by opening a lockfast place (OLP)

24

8

18

24

21

13

11

12

16

Theft from a motor vehicle by (OLP)

25

29

66

59

68

7

77

60

63

Theft of a motor vehicle

27

27

42

34

48

17

53

42

44

Shoplifting

53

48

52

55

57

29

65

65

58

Other theft

108

120

160

169

197

95

131

174

148

Fraud

41

33

35

38

57

39

22

19

33

Other

19

24

16

19

26

15

12

13

16

Fire-raising, vandalism etc

126

197

207

151

201

133

199

214

189

Fire-raising

5

5

7

8

8

6

7

7

7

Vandalism etc

121

192

200

143

193

127

192

206

181

Other crimes

135

98

105

110

134

106

178

104

144

Crimes against public justice

51

35

41

40

47

36

50

29

45

Handling an offensive weapon

15

10

8

10

12

11

30

7

19

Drugs

69

52

56

60

74

60

98

67

80

Other

*

*

1

*

*

*

*

*

*

Total offences

1,061

1,054

1,105

928

822

989

1,061

1,070

1,005

Miscellaneous offences

299

243

265

293

225

314

407

316

331

Petty assault ¹

108

93

101

108

118

88

109

105

108

Breach of the peace

146

111

125

154

87

161

171

153

146

Drunkenness

4

3

12

3

5

29

20

15

14

Other

41

35

28

28

15

37

106

43

62

Motor vehicle offences

762

811

840

635

597

675

653

754

674

Dangerous and careless driving

16

27

52

47

11

28

22

23

25

Drunk driving

25

17

24

24

20

32

23

25

23

Speeding

214

457

275

212

200

260

181

344

221

Unlawful use of vehicle

211

174

225

173

117

132

196

210

180

Vehicle defect offences

173

44

131

58

76

114

97

46

91

Other

123

93

133

121

173

109

133

107

134

Total crimes and offences

1,715

1,730

1,930

1,722

1,749

1,496

1,965

1,896

1,848