The Scottish Government

Main crime or offence

1994

1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

All crimes and offences

10

10

11

11

11

13

13

14

14

13

All crimes

22

22

23

22

22

25

25

26

26

25

Non-sexual crimes of violence

54

55

57

52

54

55

56

58

53

54

Homicide

83

86

88

85

86

84

85

86

90

96

Serious assault and attempted murder

51

51

53

48

48

49

51

53

50

53

Robbery

63

65

64

64

70

71

71

75

68

67

Other

17

21

27

20

20

18

18

13

20

18

Crimes of indecency

16

18

23

22

19

28

30

35

32

37

Rape and attempted rape

83

86

84

87

87

88

88

86

90

90

Indecent assault

35

38

38

27

27

45

42

35

29

44

Lewd and indecent behaviour

37

38

40

43

45

44

40

37

37

41

Other

3

5

6

7

4

7

10

15

12

10

Crimes of dishonesty

25

25

25

25

26

29

29

31

30

30

Housebreaking

43

44

44

45

47

51

53

51

51

49

Theft by opening a lockfast place

29

31

31

33

33

36

37

41

40

38

Theft of a motor vehicle

30

30

32

30

29

31

29

28

26

26

Shoplifting

23

21

20

21

22

26

26

29

28

29

Other theft

20

20

20

22

24

26

24

28

27

26

Fraud

8

8

11

9

12

13

10

12

11

10

Other

21

22

22

24

23

25

25

26

27

30

Fire-raising, vandalism, etc

7

7

7

7

7

7

7

8

8

9

Fire-raising

28

29

38

35

29

22

32

29

41

25

Vandalism, etc

7

7

7

6

7

7

7

7

7

8

Other crimes

16

17

19

17

16

17

18

19

19

18

Crimes against public justice

19

19

19

15

16

17

18

19

20

20

Handling an offensive weapon

25

25

27

25

24

25

27

24

26

24

Drugs

10

13

17

15

15

15

15

17

15

14

Other

22

39

26

14

33

48

62

38

23

21

All offences

4

5

5

6

6

6

7

7

7

7

Miscellaneous offences

8

8

9

9

11

12

13

13

13

12

Common assault

12

11

13

12

12

12

13

13

13

12

Breach of the peace

7

6

7

7

7

8

8

8

9

8

Drunkenness

1

1

1

2

2

3

1

1

1

1

Breach of social work orders

44

49

42

37

39

38

38

38

34

38

Other

*

*

1

1

1

1

1

2

3

2

Motor vehicle offences

2

2

2

2

2

2

3

3

3

3

Dangerous and careless driving

3

3

3

3

3

4

4

5

5

4

Drunk driving

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

3

3

Speeding

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Unlawful use of vehicle

4

4

5

5

5

6

6

6

6

6

Vehicle defect offences

-

-

-

-

*

-

-

0

-

-

Other

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*