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RECORDED CRIME IN SCOTLAND, 2003
1. Introduction
1.1 This bulletin presents statistics on crimes and offences recorded and cleared up by the eight Scottish police forces in 2003 and 2003/04. It forms part of The Scottish Executive series of statistical bulletins on the criminal justice system. Statistics of crimes and offences recorded by the police provide a measure of the volume of crime with which the police are faced.
1.2 At the request of users and data providers, consulted through the SCOTSTAT Crime and Justice Committee, statistical bulletins in the criminal justice series will change to present information on a financial year basis from 2004/05. As a transitional arrangement, this recorded crime bulletin includes data for financial years up to 2003/04 in addition to the calendar year figures for years to 2003.
Chart 1 Crimes and offences recorded by the police 1930 - 2003
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