The Scottish Government

Crimes recorded by the police, Scotland, 1994 - 2003

Table 1

Number & Percentage

Crime group

1994

1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

% change 02 - 03

Total crimes

500,110

475,697

451,956

420,642

431,551

435,703

423,172

421,093

427,034

406,979

-5

Non-sexual crimes of violence

14,492

14,654

14,715

13,175

14,341

15,539

15,196

15,080

16,461

15,230

-7

Serious assault etc ¹

6,705

6,920

6,988

6,053

6,616

7,200

6,963

7,296

7,631

7,549

-1

Robbery

5,297

5,330

5,254

4,484

4,951

5,075

4,420

4,228

4,938

4,159

-16

Other

2,490

2,404

2,473

2,638

2,774

3,264

3,813

3,556

3,892

3,522

-10

Crimes of indecency

5,998

5,547

5,676

7,147

7,411

5,982

5,754

5,987

6,552

6,557

*

Rape & Attempted Rape ²

569

598

599

739

802

758

705

753

913

988

8

Indecent Assault ²

1,034

1,040

1,130

1,240

1,352

1,175

1,117

1,154

1,337

1,418

6

Lewd and indecent behaviour

2,655

2,381

2,465

3,014

2,952

2,383

2,346

2,365

2,718

2,535

-7

Other

1,740

1,528

1,482

2,154

2,305

1,666

1,586

1,715

1,584

1,616

2

Crimes of dishonesty

350,346

321,201

295,441

267,207

275,418

276,189

260,936

239,892

235,668

210,874

-11

Housebreaking

88,394

74,235

64,470

55,471

56,636

53,826

48,712

44,868

43,808

36,746

-16

Theft by opening a lockfast place (OLP)

9,024

8,192

8,055

9,725

12,226

11,691

11,305

8,470

7,874

7,394

-6

Theft from a motor vehicle by (OLP)

65,838

58,347

52,417

41,406

39,617

38,533

33,734

31,279

32,126

27,267

-15

Theft of a motor vehicle

41,962

37,514

34,161

28,646

28,433

29,818

26,238

23,208

22,495

17,843

-21

Shoplifting

26,573

27,952

26,927

26,322

29,590

32,008

32,343

31,575

29,541

27,676

-6

Other theft

88,900

87,716

82,576

79,612

80,051

81,109

78,060

74,722

75,003

71,943

-4

Fraud

17,670

17,093

16,081

15,734

18,634

18,608

21,188

17,410

16,627

15,100

-9

Other

11,985

10,152

10,754

10,291

10,231

10,596

9,356

8,360

8,194

6,905

-16

Fire-raising, vandalism etc

88,543

86,546

89,025

81,000

79,154

79,568

83,192

94,924

95,470

100,036

5

Fire-raising

3,589

3,299

3,306

2,786

2,509

2,325

2,364

2,774

3,624

4,003

10

Vandalism etc

84,954

83,247

85,719

78,214

76,645

77,243

80,828

92,150

91,846

96,033

5

Other crimes

40,731

47,749

47,099

52,113

55,227

58,425

58,094

65,210

72,883

74,282

2

Crimes against public justice

16,004

16,359

16,148

16,641

16,919

18,528

18,430

20,250

22,671

24,797

9

Handling an offensive weapon

5,282

6,465

6,822

5,989

6,744

7,901

8,153

8,671

9,691

8,855

-9

Drugs

19,281

24,773

23,992

29,386

31,460

31,870

31,431

36,175

40,379

40,465

*

Other

164

152

137

97

104

126

80

114

142

165

16