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RECORDED CRIME IN SCOTLAND, 2002

Crimes and offences recorded per 10,000 population 1, percentage change in total number recorded and percentage cleared up by police force area, 2002

Table 5

Number & Percentage

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

Total offences

29,664

15,575

38,667

48,782

72,823

27,356

234,383

41,605

508,855

Total crimes and offences

47,946

25,573

67,504

90,566

154,959

41,376

434,254

73,711

935,889

Crimes and offences per 10,000 population 1

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

Crimes of indecency

10

6

14

13

14

9

14

13

13

Crimes of dishonesty

364

361

476

501

546

244

468

481

465

Fire-raising, vandalism etc

126

197

207

151

201

133

199

214

189

Other crimes

135

98

105

110

134

106

178

104

144

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

Motor vehicle offences

762

811

840

635

597

675

653

754

674

Total crimes and offences

1,715

1,730

1,930

1,722

1,749

1,496

1,965

1,896

1,848

Percentage change in total number recorded, 2001 - 02

Total crimes

7.5

29.9

4.4

-3.9

5.9

2.1

-2.0

7.1

1.4

Non-sexual crimes of violence

-1.3

30.0

24.0

-1.1

23.2

-2.2

7.0

0.4

9.2

Crimes of indecency

-1.8

-31.5

10.4

31.3

36.6

5.1

-2.3

37.1

9.4

Crimes of dishonesty

7.6

33.1

3.1

-6.2

1.2

4.4

-6.3

5.7

-1.8

Fire-raising, vandalism etc

7.6

32.1

0.0

-11.5

9.2

-3.0

-2.5

4.6

0.6

Other crimes

9.3

21.4

15.7

19.4

15.7

4.1

9.2

18.0

11.8

Total offences

-0.9

-4.9

0.3

7.1

-9.8

12.6

-5.4

0.7

-3.0

Miscellaneous offences

1.3

26.4

6.5

0.1

-2.4

4.7

2.3

15.1

3.1

Motor vehicle offences

-1.7

-11.5

-1.5

10.7

-12.3

16.7

-9.7

-4.3

-5.7

Total crimes and offences

2.2

6.2

2.0

1.7

-2.1

8.8

-3.9

3.4

-1.0

Percentage cleared up

Total crimes

65

50

48

39

45

65

45

39

46

Non-sexual crimes of violence

91

80

71

59

61

93

51

82

58

Crimes of indecency

93

88

83

56

73

89

81

94

79

Crimes of dishonesty

55

46

44

30

40

58

34

32

37

Fire-raising, vandalism etc

49

31

26

23

19

46

19

20

22

Other crimes

99

100

99

95

100

100

99

100

99

Miscellaneous offences

96

92

90

81

79

98

90

97

89

1. The mid-year population estimate for 2001 was used since, at the time of publication, the 2002 estimate was not available.

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