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RECORDED CRIME IN SCOTLAND, 2002

Number of crimes recorded by the police, rate per 10,000 population 1 and index of rate for selected crimes by council area, 2002

Table 8

Council area

Number

Rate per 10,000 population

Index of rate per 10,000 population

Serious assault

Offensive weapons

Domestic housebreaking

Vandalism 2

All crimes

Serious assault

Offensive weapons

Domestic housebreaking

Vandalism 2

All crimes

Serious assault

Offensive weapons

Domestic housebreaking

Vandalism 2

All crimes

Aberdeen City

165

301

3,383

3,982

28,537

8

14

160

188

1,347

59

74

274

106

160

Aberdeenshire

91

136

488

2,355

8,940

4

6

22

104

394

30

31

37

59

47

Angus

51

55

323

2,020

6,268

5

5

30

186

578

36

27

51

105

69

Argyll & Bute

93

94

275

868

4,186

10

10

30

95

458

77

54

52

54

54

Clackmannanshire

55

100

296

737

3,393

11

21

62

153

706

87

109

106

86

84

Dumfries & Galloway

122

155

734

2,766

9,998

8

10

50

187

677

63

55

85

106

80

Dundee City

109

160

1,773

3,754

17,535

7

11

122

258

1,205

57

57

209

146

143

East Ayrshire

206

244

834

1,941

9,465

17

20

69

161

787

130

106

119

91

93

East Dunbartonshire

81

103

509

962

4,648

7

10

47

89

429

57

50

81

50

51

East Lothian

73

92

276

1,066

4,868

8

10

31

118

540

61

53

52

67

64

East Renfrewshire

57

97

456

861

3,976

6

11

51

96

445

48

57

87

54

53

Edinburgh, City of

424

635

2,525

9,883

52,711

9

14

56

220

1,174

72

74

96

124

139

Eilean Siar

18

5

10

167

720

7

2

4

63

272

52

10

6

36

32

Falkirk

138

184

737

1,622

9,398

9

13

51

112

647

72

66

87

63

77

Fife

284

287

2,419

6,850

28,837

8

8

69

196

824

62

43

119

110

98

Glasgow City

2,188

3,376

5,228

15,180

83,927

38

58

90

262

1,450

286

305

155

148

172

Highland

181

272

383

2,986

12,323

9

13

18

143

590

66

68

31

81

70

Inverclyde

191

372

659

1,595

7,670

23

44

68

190

911

172

231

116

107

108

Midlothian

63

69

401

1,070

5,246

8

9

50

132

648

59

45

85

75

77

Moray

55

89

176

1,124

4,307

6

10

20

129

495

48

53

35

73

59

North Ayrshire

216

282

939

2,538

10,732

16

21

69

187

790

120

108

119

105

94

North Lanarkshire

372

538

1,359

5,171

23,334

12

17

42

161

727

88

88

73

91

86

Orkney Islands

8

3

4

138

379

4

2

2

72

197

32

8

4

40

23

Perth & Kinross

59

76

393

2,103

8,303

4

6

29

156

615

33

29

50

88

73

Renfrewshire

295

435

1,199

3,123

14,893

17

25

69

181

862

129

132

119

102

102

Scottish Borders

95

115

176

1,623

5,918

9

11

16

152

553

67

56

28

86

66

Shetland Islands

18

14

7

196

598

8

6

3

89

272

62

33

5

50

32

South Ayrshire

160

152

414

1,824

7,585

14

14

37

163

676

108

71

63

92

80

South Lanarkshire

385

689

1,436

4,998

20,406

13

23

47

165

675

96

119

81

93

80

Stirling

67

129

344

858

5,491

8

15

40

100

637

59

78

68

56

76

West Dunbartonshire

228

248

767

2,142

9,049

24

27

82

230

970

185

139

141

129

115

West Lothian

137

184

700

3,305

13,393

9

12

44

208

842

65

60

75

117

100

SCOTLAND

6,685

9,691

29,623

89,808

427,034

13

19

58

177

843

100

100

100

100

100

1. The mid-year population estimate for 2001 was used since, at the time of publication, the 2002 estimate was not available.
2. Includes vandalism, malicious damage and malicious mischief only.

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