The Scottish Government

Persons with a charge proved by main crime/offence, 1993-2002

Table 4(a)

Main Crime or Offence

1993

1994

1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002 ¹

% change
2001-2002

All offences
proved, 2002 ^1,2

All crimes and offences

162,806

159,178

156,707

153,087

150,508

139,880

127,558

118,147

120,289

124,950

4

180,866

All crimes

52,302

51,913

50,897

50,517

48,454

46,404

43,562

39,950

41,853

42,046

0

62,210

Non-sexual crimes of violence

2,022

1,867

1,786

2,008

2,028

1,942

2,079

1,958

2,011

2,189

9

2,473

Homicide

114

94

111

133

108

88

106

95

99

86

-13

87

Serious assault and attempted murder

856

831

809

944

1,037

1,004

1,085

1,052

1,109

1,276

15

1,354

Robbery

785

737

664

720

665

627

683

623

623

609

-2

779

Other

267

205

202

211

218

223

205

188

180

218

21

255

Crimes of indecency

1,509

1,427

1,306

979

1,200

1,327

910

657

617

559

-9

911

Rape and attempted rape

72

54

56

55

52

62

51

42

66

37

-44

60

Indecent assault

79

82

79

69

84

85

82

66

52

57

10

91

Lewd and indecent behaviour

309

333

291

300

334

324

316

252

288

290

1

537

Other

1,049

958

880

555

730

856

461

297

211

175

-17

223

Crimes of dishonesty

31,034

30,021

28,197

26,965

25,666

24,728

23,293

20,866

21,446

21,806

2

32,609

Housebreaking

5,219

5,064

4,470

3,838

3,275

2,978

3,021

2,686

2,711

2,736

1

4,032

Theft by opening a lockfast place

2,817

2,844

2,458

2,327

2,092

1,802

1,658

1,497

1,501

1,472

-2

2,836

Theft of a motor vehicle

2,399

2,492

2,411

2,357

2,146

1,853

1,642

1,444

1,339

1,338

0

2,532

Shoplifting

7,437

6,633

6,510

7,080

7,194

7,611

7,649

7,419

8,123

8,931

10

10,762

Other theft

7,129

6,427

6,318

6,052

5,960

5,701

5,260

4,498

4,321

3,965

-8

5,936

Fraud

2,188

2,511

2,307

2,011

2,010

1,973

1,635

1,458

1,490

1,450

-3

3,703

Other

3,845

4,050

3,723

3,300

2,989

2,810

2,428

1,864

1,961

1,914

-2

2,808

Fire-raising, vandalism, etc

4,896

4,781

4,878

5,176

4,951

4,645

4,115

3,949

4,017

4,129

3

5,412

Fire-raising

146

172

142

144

119

122

108

103

120

135

13

191

Vandalism, etc

4,750

4,609

4,736

5,032

4,832

4,523

4,007

3,846

3,897

3,994

2

5,221

Other crimes

12,841

13,817

14,730

15,389

14,609

13,762

13,165

12,520

13,762

13,363

-3

20,805

Crimes against public justice

6,592

6,913

7,316

6,935

5,346

4,738

4,622

4,845

5,317

4,998

-6

9,816

Handling an offensive weapon

1,552

1,491

1,782

2,240

2,194

2,062

2,080

2,238

2,695

2,589

-4

3,078

Drugs

4,675

5,386

5,599

6,183

7,027

6,929

6,438

5,424

5,731

5,763

1

7,898

Other

22

27

33

31

42

33

25

13

19

13

-32

13

All offences

110,504

107,265

105,810

102,570

102,054

93,476

83,996

78,197

78,436

82,904

6

118,654

Miscellaneous offences

48,762

44,011

45,810

46,816

45,502

41,582

34,502

33,440

34,404

35,996

5

44,370

Common assault

11,765

11,404

11,956

12,330

12,455

11,952

10,886

10,241

10,845

11,294

4

15,403

Breach of the peace

17,456

16,775

17,989

19,411

19,416

18,109

14,398

13,226

13,775

14,124

3

22,074

Drunkenness

1,735

1,429

1,313

1,103

928

725

478

434

371

384

4

558

Breach of social work orders

2,197

2,385

2,783

3,176

3,554

4,180

4,564

4,690

4,446

4,974

12

**

Other

15,609

12,018

11,769

10,796

9,149

6,616

4,176

4,849

4,967

5,220

5

6,335

Motor vehicle offences

61,742

63,254

60,000

55,754

56,552

51,894

49,494

44,757

44,032

46,908

7

74,284

Dangerous and careless driving

5,426

4,839

4,962

4,847

4,732

3,908

3,369

2,816

3,217

3,420

6

5,009

Drunk driving

7,632

7,426

7,595

8,065

8,519

7,287

6,899

6,691

6,792

8,856

30

9,979

Speeding

15,558

16,693

15,125

12,672

12,213

12,536

14,262

11,315

9,977

9,636

-3

9,949

Unlawful use of vehicle

20,804

21,680

20,288

19,726

20,339

18,772

16,638

16,922

17,804

18,905

6

38,408

Vehicle defect offences

3,007

3,262

3,340

3,209

3,323

2,659

2,004

1,576

1,252

1,398

12

3,344

Other

9,315

9,354

8,690

7,235

7,426

6,732

6,322

5,437

4,990

4,693

-6

7,595