The Scottish Government

Crimes and offences recorded by police force area, 2003/04 ^p

Table B4A

Number

Crime / Offence group

Central

Dumfries & Galloway

Fife

Grampian

Lothian & Borders

Northern

Strathclyde

Tayside

SCOTLAND

Total crimes

19,740

10,496

32,579

38,873

80,833

14,536

187,070

30,112

414,239

Non-sexual crimes of violence

504

210

649

959

2,577

444

9,273

581

15,197

Serious assault etc ¹

349

141

331

383

837

219

4,989

266

7,515

Robbery

65

45

190

238

803

44

2,625

151

4,161

Other

90

24

128

338

937

181

1,659

164

3,521

Crimes of indecency

268

133

504

733

1,319

325

3,007

497

6,786

Rape & Attempted Rape ²

59

29

95

100

209

59

408

78

1,037

Indecent Assault ²

69

26

133

141

300

73

585

109

1,436

Lewd and indecent behaviour

110

67

249

275

618

138

880

256

2,593

Other

30

11

27

217

192

55

1,134

54

1,720

Crimes of dishonesty

10,069

4,713

18,070

22,509

47,564

6,220

87,185

14,684

211,014

Housebreaking

1,783

709

3,398

4,219

6,280

781

17,066

2,196

36,432

Theft by opening a lockfast place (OLP)

560

230

667

1,148

1,397

372

2,486

552

7,412

Theft from a motor vehicle by (OLP)

694

345

2,721

2,583

6,681

169

12,362

1,283

26,838

Theft of a motor vehicle

680

257

1,274

1,388

3,964

484

8,500

1,057

17,604

Shoplifting

1,422

663

2,002

2,676

4,845

873

13,056

2,411

27,948

Other theft

3,248

1,884

6,120

8,273

18,102

2,614

26,609

5,638

72,488

Fraud

1,235

460

1,279

1,349

4,630

674

4,711

939

15,277

Other

447

165

609

873

1,665

253

2,395

608

7,015

Fire-raising, vandalism etc

4,852

3,471

9,221

9,360

18,906

4,155

45,679

8,087

103,731

Fire-raising

201

150

321

501

628

167

1,866

329

4,163

Vandalism etc

4,651

3,321

8,900

8,859

18,278

3,988

43,813

7,758

99,568

Other crimes

4,047

1,969

4,135

5,312

10,467

3,392

41,926

6,263

77,511

Crimes against public justice

1,541

794

1,970

1,930

3,572

1,166

11,901

2,881

25,755

Handling an offensive weapon

398

159

241

577

1,077

255

6,318

259

9,284

Drugs

2,100

1,002

1,924

2,791

5,801

1,960

23,613

3,084

42,275

Other

8

14

-

14

17

11

94

39

197

Total offences

34,785

24,116

36,551

57,692

99,063

25,733

271,345

58,465

607,750

Miscellaneous offences

8,844

4,985

10,358

14,952

19,330

9,327

98,957

14,214

180,967

Petty assault ¹

3,290

2,000

3,990

5,576

9,820

2,713

25,472

4,494

57,355

Breach of the peace

4,180

2,478

4,786

7,442

7,573

4,878

39,949

6,602

77,888

Drunkenness

138

63

520

201

375

798

4,811

628

7,534

Other

1,236

444

1,062

1,733

1,562

938

28,725

2,490

38,190

Motor vehicle offences

25,941

19,131

26,193

42,740

79,733

16,406

172,388

44,251

426,783

Dangerous and careless driving

423

452

799

2,422

993

980

4,874

1,093

12,036

Drunk driving

604

266

825

1,304

1,664

954

4,903

1,051

11,571

Speeding

12,365

13,410

9,857

24,808

43,113

6,122

66,800

22,785

199,260

Unlawful use of vehicle

5,124

2,603

8,009

7,341

11,468

3,200

43,166

10,360

91,271

Vehicle defect offences

3,932

666

2,887

2,678

5,954

2,502

17,425

2,420

38,464

Other

3,493

1,734

3,816

4,187

16,541

2,648

35,220

6,542

74,181

Total crimes and offences

54,525

34,612

69,130

96,565

179,896

40,269

458,415

88,577

1,021,989