The Scottish Government

Crimes and offences recorded by police force area per 10,000 population, 2003/04 ^p

Table B4B

Rate per 10,000 population

Crime / Offence group

Central

Dumfries & Galloway

Fife

Grampian

Lothian & Borders

Northern

Strathclyde

Tayside

SCOTLAND

Total crimes

705

713

925

743

910

526

849

779

819

Non-sexual crimes of violence

18

14

18

18

29

16

42

15

30

Serious assault etc ¹

12

10

9

7

9

8

23

7

15

Robbery

2

3

5

5

9

2

12

4

8

Other

3

2

4

6

11

7

8

4

7

Crimes of indecency

10

9

14

14

15

12

14

13

13

Rape & Attempted Rape ²

2

2

3

2

2

2

2

2

2

Indecent Assault ²

2

2

4

3

3

3

3

3

3

Lewd and indecent behaviour

4

5

7

5

7

5

4

7

5

Other

1

1

1

4

2

2

5

1

3

Crimes of dishonesty

360

320

513

430

535

225

396

380

417

Housebreaking

64

48

97

81

71

28

77

57

72

Theft by opening a lockfast place (OLP)

20

16

19

22

16

13

11

14

15

Theft from a motor vehicle by (OLP)

25

23

77

49

75

6

56

33

53

Theft of a motor vehicle

24

17

36

27

45

18

39

27

35

Shoplifting

51

45

57

51

55

32

59

62

55

Other theft

116

128

174

158

204

95

121

146

143

Fraud

44

31

36

26

52

24

21

24

30

Other

16

11

17

17

19

9

11

16

14

Fire-raising, vandalism etc

173

236

262

179

213

150

207

209

205

Fire-raising

7

10

9

10

7

6

8

9

8

Vandalism etc

166

226

253

169

206

144

199

201

197

Other crimes

145

134

117

101

118

123

190

162

153

Crimes against public justice

55

54

56

37

40

42

54

75

51

Handling an offensive weapon

14

11

7

11

12

9

29

7

18

Drugs

75

68

55

53

65

71

107

80

84

Other

*

1

-

*

*

*

*

1

*

Total offences

1,242

1,638

1,038

1,102

1,115

931

1,232

1,512

1,202

Miscellaneous offences

316

339

294

286

218

337

449

368

358

Petty assault ¹

118

136

113

107

111

98

116

116

113

Breach of the peace

149

168

136

142

85

177

181

171

154

Drunkenness

5

4

15

4

4

29

22

16

15

Other

44

30

30

33

18

34

130

64

76

Motor vehicle offences

927

1,300

744

817

897

594

782

1,145

844

Dangerous and careless driving

15

31

23

46

11

35

22

28

24

Drunk driving

22

18

23

25

19

35

22

27

23

Speeding

442

911

280

474

485

222

303

589

394

Unlawful use of vehicle

183

177

228

140

129

116

196

268

180

Vehicle defect offences

140

45

82

51

67

91

79

63

76

Other

125

118

108

80

186

96

160

169

147

Total crimes and offences

1,948

2,351

1,964

1,845

2,025

1,457

2,081

2,291

2,021