The Scottish Government

Number of crimes recorded by the police, rate per 10,000 population and index of rate for selected crimes by council area, 2003

Table 8

Council area

Number

Rate per 10,000 population

Index of rate per 10,000 population

Serious assault

Offensive weapons

Domestic housebreaking

Vandalism ¹

All crimes

Serious assault

Offensive weapons

Domestic housebreaking

Vandalism ¹

All crimes

Serious assault

Offensive weapons

Domestic housebreaking

Vandalism ¹

All crimes

Aberdeen City

212

310

2,439

4,241

24,032

10

15

118

205

1,163

78

86

240

112

145

Aberdeenshire

90

147

470

2,712

9,527

4

6

20

118

415

30

37

42

65

52

Angus

43

27

221

2,018

5,825

4

3

21

188

542

30

14

42

103

67

Argyll & Bute

96

79

240

1,183

4,545

11

9

26

130

498

80

49

54

71

62

Clackmannanshire

41

77

170

743

3,274

9

16

36

156

687

65

92

73

85

85

Dumfries & Galloway

135

148

485

3,167

10,747

9

10

33

215

730

69

57

67

118

91

Dundee City

92

138

952

3,671

15,790

6

10

67

257

1,104

49

55

136

141

137

East Ayrshire

151

165

751

1,639

7,905

13

14

63

137

661

96

79

128

75

82

East Dunbartonshire

76

92

351

1,121

4,461

7

9

33

105

417

54

49

67

57

52

East Lothian

51

65

216

1,086

4,308

6

7

24

119

473

42

41

48

65

59

East Renfrewshire

62

76

534

994

4,069

7

8

60

111

454

52

48

121

61

56

Edinburgh, City of

367

614

2,560

10,121

51,280

8

14

57

226

1,144

62

78

116

124

142

Eilean Siar

16

12

15

225

764

6

5

6

86

293

46

26

12

47

36

Falkirk

145

167

709

2,402

10,240

10

11

49

165

702

75

65

99

90

87

Fife

283

181

2,606

8,383

31,586

8

5

74

238

897

61

29

151

130

111

Glasgow City

2,420

3,240

4,088

13,343

77,210

42

56

71

231

1,338

317

321

144

127

166

Highland

164

242

412

3,258

12,558

8

12

20

156

601

59

66

40

85

75

Inverclyde

206

285

552

1,802

7,596

25

34

66

217

915

188

196

135

119

114

Midlothian

69

78

371

1,422

5,690

9

10

47

178

714

66

56

95

98

89

Moray

50

95

140

1,207

4,338

6

11

16

138

496

43

62

33

76

62

North Ayrshire

215

245

777

2,307

9,624

16

18

57

170

707

120

103

116

93

88

North Lanarkshire

325

536

1,101

4,947

21,062

10

17

34

154

654

76

95

70

84

81

Orkney Islands

10

4

3

182

509

5

2

2

94

264

39

12

3

52

33

Perth & Kinross

35

54

379

2,055

8,121

3

4

28

151

597

19

23

57

83

74

Renfrewshire

286

376

1,089

3,105

14,515

17

22

64

182

849

127

126

130

99

105

Scottish Borders

59

107

178

1,670

5,466

5

10

16

154

505

41

56

33

84

63

Shetland Islands

8

3

13

246

657

4

1

6

112

300

28

8

12

62

37

South Ayrshire

137

94

468

1,626

6,823

12

8

42

146

611

93

48

85

80

76

South Lanarkshire

375

640

1,116

4,911

18,628

12

21

37

162

615

94

121

75

89

76

Stirling

84

117

386

1,106

5,875

10

14

45

128

680

74

77

91

70

85

West Dunbartonshire

222

286

572

2,283

8,666

24

31

62

247

939

182

177

126

135

117

West Lothian

158

155

464

3,138

11,288

10

10

29

195

701

74

55

59

107

87

SCOTLAND

6,683

8,855

24,828

92,314

406,979

13

18

49

183

805

100

100

100

100

100