Recorded Crime in Scotland, 2005/06

Table 4a: Crimes and offences recorded by police force area, 2005/06

									Number
Crime / Offence group	Central	Dumfries & Galloway	Fife	Grampian	Lothian & Borders	Northern	Strathclyde	Tayside	SCOTLAND
Total crimes	19,423	9,732	30,319	41,602	80,571	15,413	191,273	29,452	417,785
Non-sexual crimes of violence	489	179	619	889	2,054	481	8,439	576	13,726
Serious assault etc ¹	274	125	324	388	706	282	4,735	317	7,151
Robbery	89	37	183	240	678	40	2,152	134	3,553
Other	126	17	112	261	670	159	1,552	125	3,022
Crimes of indecency	404	136	479	966	1,170	339	2,541	523	6,558
Rape & Attempted Rape	70	32	101	126	261	56	409	106	1,161
Indecent Assault	99	13	120	174	275	69	630	128	1,508
Lewd and indecent behaviour	212	83	220	396	499	151	873	217	2,651
Other	23	8	38	270	135	63	629	72	1,238
Crimes of dishonesty	8,368	3,870	14,725	21,850	41,962	6,000	76,980	14,043	187,798
Housebreaking	1,308	447	2,470	3,870	6,677	480	14,194	1,873	31,319
Theft by opening a lockfast place ( OLP)	638	208	980	1,157	1,421	323	2,953	583	8,263
Theft from a motor vehicle by OLP	445	184	1,139	1,670	4,520	93	7,464	938	16,453
Theft of a motor vehicle	511	186	874	1,390	3,204	314	6,736	826	14,041
Shoplifting	1,350	759	1,978	3,204	5,150	1,006	11,770	3,030	28,247
Other theft	2,738	1,706	5,795	8,568	17,546	2,715	27,768	5,292	72,128
Fraud	1,077	212	866	1,120	2,241	744	3,873	941	11,074
Other	301	168	623	871	1,203	325	2,222	560	6,273
Fire-raising, vandalism etc	5,923	3,483	10,522	12,082	23,933	4,854	58,973	8,119	127,889
Fire-raising	200	126	399	570	895	154	2,215	297	4,856
Vandalism etc	5,723	3,357	10,123	11,512	23,038	4,700	56,758	7,822	123,033
Other crimes	4,239	2,064	3,974	5,815	11,452	3,739	44,340	6,191	81,814
Crimes against public justice	1,816	899	1,693	1,928	3,993	1,179	13,640	2,520	27,668
Handling an offensive weapon	378	137	273	588	1,210	330	6,377	335	9,628
Drugs	2,033	949	1,992	3,288	6,204	2,229	24,229	3,323	44,247
Other	12	79	16	11	45	1	94	13	271
Total offences	32,546	30,068	37,687	55,469	106,438	30,110	242,260	59,238	593,816
Miscellaneous offences	9,905	4,923	12,862	21,285	24,997	10,196	120,401	14,922	219,491
Minor Assault ¹	3,620	1,833	5,377	7,982	12,675	3,256	32,997	4,541	72,281
Breach of the peace	4,437	2,318	4,999	10,114	9,324	5,122	46,451	6,850	89,615
Drunkenness	127	90	388	275	163	787	4,549	605	6,984
Other	1,721	682	2,098	2,914	2,835	1,031	36,404	2,926	50,611
Motor vehicle offences	22,641	25,145	24,825	34,184	81,441	19,914	121,859	44,316	374,325
Dangerous and careless driving	472	550	742	3,417	889	849	4,973	1,064	12,956
Drunk driving	580	293	744	1,225	1,753	897	4,743	1,022	11,257
Speeding	7,813	18,584	11,713	16,973	43,763	9,796	36,703	22,379	167,724
Unlawful use of vehicle	3,975	2,293	4,906	5,800	9,448	2,507	33,183	6,936	69,048
Vehicle defect offences	3,724	583	1,566	1,207	5,266	2,507	6,048	3,031	23,932
Other	6,077	2,842	5,154	5,562	20,322	3,358	36,209	9,884	89,408
Total crimes and offences	51,969	39,800	68,006	97,071	187,009	45,523	433,533	88,690	1,011,601

1. See Annex Note 8.5.

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