Domestic Abuse Recorded By the Police in Scotland, 1 January

Domestic Abuse Recorded By the Police in Scotland, 1 January - 31 December 2003

Perpetrators of domestic abuse reported to the procurator fiscal, as a percentage of crimes and offences of domestic abuse cleared up where action taken is known, by police force area, 1 January - 31 December 2003	Table 14
	Percentage

	Central	Dumfries & Galloway	Fife	Grampian	Lothian & Borders	Northern	Strathclyde	Tayside	SCOTLAND
Total crimes and offences	97	27	100	19	66	100	60	46	53
Non-sexual crimes of violence	100	100	100	59	84	100	63	100	72
Homicide	-	-	-	100	100	-	100	-	100
Serious assault	100	100	100	83	93	100	78	100	86
Other	100	-	100	32	61	100	50	100	54
Crimes of indecency	-	33	100	33	82	100	58	92	68
Sexual assault	-	33	100	33	80	100	58	92	68
Lewd & libidinous practices	-	-	-	-	100	-	-	-	100
Other	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Crimes of dishonesty	-	-	94	22	77	-	59	54	51
Fire-raising, vandalism, etc.	100	20	98	56	81	100	72	80	75
Fire-raising	100	-	100	-	100	100	67	100	86
Vandalism, etc.	100	20	98	56	81	100	72	79	75
Other crimes	100	100	100	79	96	100	84	97	91
Crimes against public justice (1)	100	100	100	80	96	100	84	97	91
Handling of an offensive weapon ⁽²⁾	-	-	100	67	100	-	89	100	89
Drugs	-	-	-	50	100	-	100	-	96
Other	-	-	-	100	100	-	-	-	100
Miscellaneous offences	96	26	100	15	59	100	57	39	47
Petty assault	95	38	100	23	52	100	57	55	54
Breach of the peace	98	17	100	11	95	100	56	28	40
Drunkenness	-	-	-	100	-	-	100	-	67
Other	-	9	-	10	58	-	49	100	20
Motor vehicle offences	-	-	-	50	100	-	-	-	67

1. Does not include breach of a matrimonial interdict
2. Reclassified in 2002 as other than a crime of violence.

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