The Scottish Government

Crimes and offences recorded by police force area per 10,000 population, 2003

Table 4B

Rate per 10,000 population

Crime / Offence group

Central

Dumfries & Galloway

Fife

Grampian

Lothian & Borders

Northern

Strathclyde

Tayside

SCOTLAND

Total crimes

693

730

897

724

878

524

840

769

805

Non-sexual crimes of violence

18

15

18

20

28

16

42

15

30

Serious assault etc ¹

13

10

9

8

9

8

23

7

15

Robbery

2

3

5

5

8

1

12

4

8

Other

3

2

3

7

10

6

7

5

7

Crimes of indecency

10

9

15

14

14

12

13

13

13

Rape & Attempted Rape ²

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

Indecent Assault ²

3

2

4

3

3

3

3

3

3

Lewd and indecent behaviour

4

4

8

5

6

5

4

6

5

Other

1

1

1

4

2

2

5

2

3

Crimes of dishonesty

361

350

502

422

519

230

402

384

417

Housebreaking

65

52

97

80

65

28

81

57

73

Theft by opening a lockfast place (OLP)

21

11

19

22

16

13

11

13

15

Theft from a motor vehicle by (OLP)

26

30

69

46

74

6

59

39

54

Theft of a motor vehicle

24

22

35

25

44

17

40

29

35

Shoplifting

49

49

58

48

54

30

59

60

55

Other theft

115

140

171

157

199

97

120

148

142

Fraud

46

33

36

28

48

28

21

23

30

Other

16

14

16

17

18

10

11

16

14

Fire-raising, vandalism etc

168

233

253

166

205

148

199

212

198

Fire-raising

8

10

9

9

7

5

8

8

8

Vandalism etc

160

224

243

157

198

143

191

205

190

Other crimes

136

122

109

102

113

118

185

144

147

Crimes against public justice

53

49

53

38

40

42

53

63

49

Handling an offensive weapon

13

10

5

11

11

9

28

6

18

Drugs

69

62

51

53

61

67

104

75

80

Other

*

1

-

*

*

*

*

*

*

Total offences

1,302

1,418

991

1,125

973

950

1,217

1,404

1,159

Miscellaneous offences

311

324

288

286

215

334

436

353

349

Petty assault ¹

115

129

112

105

107

96

111

115

110

Breach of the peace

147

162

133

146

86

175

177

165

152

Drunkenness

5

4

15

4

5

29

22

14

15

Other

44

28

29

31

17

34

126

60

73

Motor vehicle offences

992

1,094

703

838

758

616

781

1,051

810

Dangerous and careless driving

16

28

27

47

11

35

23

30

24

Drunk driving

22

16

23

25

19

35

22

29

23

Speeding

488

733

253

499

360

240

289

498

358

Unlawful use of vehicle

192

166

228

142

129

121

204

267

185

Vehicle defect offences

144

41

56

48

68

93

96

61

81

Other

130

109

116

77

171

92

148

167

139

Total crimes and offences

1,995

2,148

1,888

1,849

1,851

1,474

2,057

2,173

1,964