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RECORDED CRIME IN SCOTLAND, 2003

Crimes and offences recorded per 10,000 population, percentage change in total number recorded and percentage cleared up by police force area, 2003

Table 5

Number & Percentage

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

Total offences

36,463

20,873

34,878

58,872

86,453

26,258

268,063

54,290

586,150

Total crimes and offences

55,852

31,620

66,464

96,769

164,485

40,746

453,167

84,026

993,129

Crimes and offences per 10,000 population

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

Crimes of indecency

10

9

15

14

14

12

13

13

13

Crimes of dishonesty

361

350

502

422

519

230

402

384

417

Fire-raising, vandalism etc

168

233

253

166

205

148

199

212

198

Other crimes

136

122

109

102

113

118

185

144

147

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

Motor vehicle offences

992

1,094

703

838

758

616

781

1,051

810

Total crimes and offences

1,995

2,148

1,888

1,849

1,851

1,474

2,057

2,173

1,964

Percentage change in total number recorded, 2002 - 03

Total crimes

6.1

7.5

9.5

-9.3

-5.0

3.3

-7.4

-7.4

-4.7

Non-sexual crimes of violence

-5.6

-1.8

-22.9

-4.8

-14.4

10.2

-6.1

3.9

-7.5

Crimes of indecency

1.5

58.8

14.5

9.0

1.2

38.5

-9.6

1.4

0.1

Crimes of dishonesty

-0.6

-3.3

6.1

-16.0

-4.7

-5.8

-14.4

-20.5

-10.5

Fire-raising, vandalism etc

33.0

17.9

23.1

9.3

2.3

10.9

-0.6

-1.2

4.8

Other crimes

0.7

24.6

4.7

-7.1

-15.6

11.0

3.2

37.7

1.9

Total offences

22.9

34.0

-9.8

20.7

18.7

-4.0

14.4

30.5

15.2

Miscellaneous offences

4.0

33.0

9.3

-2.8

-4.1

6.3

6.7

11.3

5.4

Motor vehicle offences

30.3

34.3

-15.8

31.5

27.3

-8.8

19.1

38.5

20.0

Total crimes and offences

16.5

23.6

-1.5

6.8

6.1

-1.5

4.4

14.0

6.1

Percentage cleared up

Total crimes

65

52

46

39

41

66

47

53

47

Non-sexual crimes of violence

94

80

72

64

62

91

51

91

59

Crimes of indecency

92

58

88

63

64

92

76

106

77

Crimes of dishonesty

59

47

44

30

36

58

35

46

38

Fire-raising, vandalism etc

45

33

24

20

17

47

20

29

23

Other crimes

100

99

100

96

101

100

99

100

99

Miscellaneous offences

95

90

89

80

84

98

91

97

90

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