The Scottish Government

Crimes and offences recorded by police force area, 2003

Table 4A

Number

Crime / Offence group

Central

Dumfries & Galloway

Fife

Grampian

Lothian & Borders

Northern

Strathclyde

Tayside

SCOTLAND

Total crimes

19,389

10,747

31,586

37,897

78,032

14,488

185,104

29,736

406,979

Non-sexual crimes of violence

501

217

628

1,041

2,493

442

9,318

590

15,230

Serious assault etc ¹

350

145

333

404

832

234

4,999

252

7,549

Robbery

65

49

178

252

748

39

2,691

137

4,159

Other

86

23

117

385

913

169

1,628

201

3,522

Crimes of indecency

277

135

545

717

1,253

342

2,782

506

6,557

Rape & Attempted Rape ²

59

30

85

99

195

64

366

90

988

Indecent Assault ²

78

29

154

141

281

78

551

106

1,418

Lewd and indecent behaviour

118

64

275

269

577

137

844

251

2,535

Other

22

12

31

208

200

63

1,021

59

1,616

Crimes of dishonesty

10,114

5,157

17,673

22,106

46,084

6,353

88,531

14,856

210,874

Housebreaking

1,815

759

3,416

4,181

5,795

786

17,775

2,219

36,746

Theft by opening a lockfast place (OLP)

582

166

682

1,137

1,454

363

2,511

499

7,394

Theft from a motor vehicle by (OLP)

738

448

2,430

2,411

6,545

167

13,034

1,494

27,267

Theft of a motor vehicle

672

321

1,225

1,320

3,940

481

8,780

1,104

17,843

Shoplifting

1,371

716

2,050

2,537

4,777

824

13,085

2,316

27,676

Other theft

3,207

2,056

6,026

8,208

17,714

2,682

26,331

5,719

71,943

Fraud

1,293

491

1,264

1,446

4,295

779

4,649

883

15,100

Other

436

200

580

866

1,564

271

2,366

622

6,905

Fire-raising, vandalism etc

4,699

3,437

8,895

8,680

18,203

4,088

43,820

8,214

100,036

Fire-raising

227

145

329

478

603

142

1,787

292

4,003

Vandalism etc

4,472

3,292

8,566

8,202

17,600

3,946

42,033

7,922

96,033

Other crimes

3,798

1,801

3,845

5,353

9,999

3,263

40,653

5,570

74,282

Crimes against public justice

1,484

718

1,860

2,004

3,553

1,147

11,589

2,442

24,797

Handling an offensive weapon

361

148

181

552

1,019

261

6,114

219

8,855

Drugs

1,945

919

1,804

2,785

5,404

1,842

22,868

2,898

40,465

Other

8

16

-

12

23

13

82

11

165

Total offences

36,463

20,873

34,878

58,872

86,453

26,258

268,063

54,290

586,150

Miscellaneous offences

8,695

4,771

10,145

14,986

19,086

9,235

96,086

13,653

176,657

Petty assault ¹

3,222

1,903

3,930

5,494

9,503

2,663

24,500

4,432

55,647

Breach of the peace

4,116

2,392

4,667

7,658

7,680

4,831

38,936

6,383

76,663

Drunkenness

129

61

532

199

416

808

4,850

537

7,532

Other

1,228

415

1,016

1,635

1,487

933

27,800

2,301

36,815

Motor vehicle offences

27,768

16,102

24,733

43,886

67,367

17,023

171,977

40,637

409,493

Dangerous and careless driving

438

415

941

2,445

978

971

4,963

1,143

12,294

Drunk driving

605

237

824

1,310

1,697

973

4,812

1,108

11,566

Speeding

13,669

10,786

8,920

26,134

31,988

6,620

63,576

19,255

180,948

Unlawful use of vehicle

5,379

2,447

8,016

7,437

11,420

3,347

44,977

10,314

93,337

Vehicle defect offences

4,041

606

1,963

2,508

6,074

2,581

21,056

2,367

41,196

Other

3,636

1,611

4,069

4,052

15,210

2,531

32,593

6,450

70,152

Total crimes and offences

55,852

31,620

66,464

96,769

164,485

40,746

453,167

84,026

993,129