Recorded Crime in Scotland, 2002

Crimes and offences recorded and cleared up by the police, Scotland, 1998 - 2002	Table A1
Number and Percentage

	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002
Police strength at 31 December	14,854	14,684	14,948	15,093	15,287

Number of crimes recorded	431,551	435,703	423,172	421,093	427,034
*Crimes recorded per 1,000 population ¹*	85	86	84	82	84
*Crimes recorded per police officer*	29	30	28	28	28

Number of crimes cleared up	178,107	188,912	187,767	188,966	196,132
*Crimes cleared up as % of those recorded*	41	43	44	45	46
*Crimes cleared up per police officer*	12	13	13	13	13

Number of offences recorded	515,796	504,450	499,592	524,623	508,855
*Offences recorded per 1,000 population ¹*	102	99	99	103	100
*Offences recorded per police officer*	35	34	33	35	33

Number of offences cleared up	497,042	483,590	479,165	502,670	485,644
*Offences cleared up per police officer*	33	33	32	33	32

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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