The Scottish Government

Main Crime or Offence

1994

1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002 ¹

2003 ¹

% change 2002-2003

All offences proved, 2003 ^1,2

All crimes and offences

159,178

156,707

153,087

150,508

139,877

127,560

118,152

120,325

125,029

130,606

4

185,082

All crimes

51,913

50,897

50,517

48,454

46,401

43,564

39,953

41,889

42,137

42,290

0

60,044

Non-sexual crimes of violence

1,867

1,786

2,008

2,027

1,940

2,080

1,958

2,035

2,237

2,387

7

2,372

Homicide

94

111

133

108

88

107

95

101

94

83

-12

82

Serious assault and attempted murder

831

809

944

1,037

1,002

1,086

1,050

1,121

1,298

1,410

9

1,302

Robbery

737

664

720

664

627

682

625

632

625

631

1

693

Other

205

202

211

218

223

205

188

181

220

263

20

295

Crimes of indecency

1,427

1,306

979

1,201

1,328

910

658

622

565

598

6

863

Rape and attempted rape

54

56

55

53

62

51

43

69

42

62

48

79

Indecent assault

82

79

69

84

86

82

66

52

56

82

46

103

Lewd and indecent behaviour

333

291

300

334

324

316

252

289

291

264

-9

462

Other

958

880

555

730

856

461

297

212

176

190

8

219

Crimes of dishonesty

30,021

28,197

26,965

25,666

24,728

23,293

20,866

21,446

21,804

19,773

-9

29,207

Housebreaking

5,064

4,470

3,838

3,275

2,977

3,021

2,686

2,711

2,735

2,532

-7

3,694

Theft by opening a lockfast place

2,844

2,458

2,327

2,092

1,802

1,658

1,497

1,501

1,472

1,289

-12

2,496

Theft of a motor vehicle

2,492

2,411

2,357

2,146

1,853

1,642

1,449

1,376

1,426

1,295

-9

2,532

Shoplifting

6,633

6,510

7,080

7,194

7,611

7,649

7,419

8,123

8,931

7,993

-11

9,351

Other theft

6,427

6,318

6,052

5,960

5,701

5,260

4,493

4,284

3,876

3,487

-10

4,960

Fraud

2,511

2,307

2,011

2,010

1,974

1,635

1,458

1,490

1,451

1,422

-2

3,591

Other

4,050

3,723

3,300

2,989

2,810

2,428

1,864

1,961

1,913

1,755

-8

2,583

Fire-raising, vandalism, etc

4,781

4,878

5,176

4,951

4,645

4,115

3,949

4,017

4,130

4,505

9

5,769

Fire-raising

172

142

144

119

122

108

103

120

135

166

23

216

Vandalism, etc

4,609

4,736

5,032

4,832

4,523

4,007

3,846

3,897

3,995

4,339

9

5,553

Other crimes

13,817

14,730

15,389

14,609

13,760

13,166

12,522

13,769

13,401

15,027

12

21,833

Crimes against public justice

6,913

7,316

6,935

5,346

4,738

4,622

4,845

5,317

4,998

5,095

2

9,349

Handling an offensive weapon

1,491

1,782

2,240

2,194

2,062

2,080

2,238

2,695

2,589

2,799

8

3,235

Drugs

5,386

5,599

6,183

7,027

6,927

6,439

5,426

5,736

5,801

7,105

22

9,208

Other

27

33

31

42

33

25

13

21

13

28

115

41

All offences

107,265

105,810

102,570

102,054

93,476

83,996

78,199

78,436

82,892

88,316

7

125,038

Miscellaneous offences

44,011

45,810

46,816

45,502

41,582

34,502

33,442

34,404

36,001

38,391

7

47,401

Common assault

11,404

11,956

12,330

12,455

11,952

10,886

10,242

10,845

11,297

12,032

7

15,829

Breach of the peace

16,775

17,989

19,411

19,416

18,109

14,398

13,226

13,775

14,124

14,733

4

22,477

Drunkenness

1,429

1,313

1,103

928

725

478

434

371

384

411

7

548

Breach of social work orders

2,385

2,783

3,176

3,554

4,180

4,564

4,691

4,446

4,974

3,985

-20

**

Other

12,018

11,769

10,796

9,149

6,616

4,176

4,849

4,967

5,222

7,230

38

8,533

Motor vehicle offences

63,254

60,000

55,754

56,552

51,894

49,494

44,757

44,032

46,891

49,925

6

77,637

Dangerous and careless driving

4,839

4,962

4,847

4,732

3,908

3,369

2,816

3,217

3,419

4,027

18

5,510

Drunk driving

7,426

7,595

8,065

8,519

7,287

6,899

6,691

6,792

8,854

8,280

-6

9,312

Speeding

16,693

15,125

12,672

12,213

12,536

14,262

11,315

9,977

9,636

12,034

25

12,421

Unlawful use of vehicle

21,680

20,288

19,726

20,339

18,772

16,638

16,922

17,804

18,892

19,457

3

39,387

Vehicle defect offences

3,262

3,340

3,209

3,323

2,659

2,004

1,576

1,252

1,398

1,770

27

3,696

Other

9,354

8,690

7,235

7,426

6,732

6,322

5,437

4,990

4,692

4,357

-7

7,311