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Recorded Crime In Scotland, 2006/07

DescriptionStatistics on crimes and offences recorded and cleared up by the eight Scottish police forces in 2006/07.
ISBNISSN 0264 1178
Official Print Publication DateSeptember 2007
Website Publication DateSeptember 04, 2007

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Table 5 Crimes and offences recorded per 10,000 population, percentage change in total number recorded and percentage cleared up by police force area, 2006/07
Number & Percentage

Central

Dumfries & Galloway

Fife

Grampian

Lothian & Borders

Northern

Strathclyde

Tayside

SCOTLAND

Total crimes

21,230

9,547

30,304

39,749

78,234

17,276

193,672

29,245

419,257

Total offences

42,859

32,769

37,325

64,634

108,224

30,130

232,350

59,115

607,406

Total crimes and offences

64,089

42,316

67,629

104,383

186,458

47,406

426,022

88,360

1,026,663

Crimes and offences per 10,000 population

Total crimes

741

645

844

750

858

610

877

747

819

Non-sexual crimes of violence

18

11

16

18

23

23

38

17

28

Crimes of indecency

14

8

13

19

14

16

12

12

13

Crimes of dishonesty

305

247

394

382

417

213

359

352

359

Fire-raising, vandalism etc

244

222

294

223

267

194

269

200

254

Other crimes

160

157

126

108

139

164

199

165

166

Total offences

1,497

2,214

1,040

1,220

1,187

1,063

1,053

1,509

1,187

Miscellaneous offences

393

390

372

398

321

410

563

402

454

Motor vehicle offences

1,104

1,823

667

821

866

654

490

1,108

733

Total crimes and offences

2,238

2,859

1,884

1,970

2,045

1,673

1,930

2,256

2,006

Percentage change in total number recorded, 2005/06 - 2006/07

Total crimes

9

-2

0

-4

-3

12

1

-1

0

Non-sexual crimes of violence

7

-11

-6

8

2

33

0

15

3

Crimes of indecency

-2

-10

-1

4

5

34

1

-8

3

Crimes of dishonesty

4

-6

-4

-7

-10

1

3

-2

-2

Fire-raising, vandalism etc

18

-5

0

-2

2

13

1

-4

1

Other crimes

8

13

14

-1

10

24

-1

5

4

Total offences

32

9

-1

17

-4

0

-4

0

1

Miscellaneous offences

14

17

4

-1

17

14

3

5

6

Motor vehicle offences

40

7

-4

27

-10

-7

-11

-2

-1

Total crimes and offences

23

6

-1

8

-3

4

-2

0

1

Percentage cleared up

Total crimes

62

63

52

42

45

65

43

58

47

Non-sexual crimes of violence

96

93

86

68

60

93

51

81

60

Crimes of indecency

98

59

95

69

60

79

68

101

74

Crimes of dishonesty

53

57

49

32

38

56

31

51

38

Fire-raising, vandalism etc

43

43

32

27

27

44

17

32

25

Other crimes

100

100

99

98

100

98

99

97

99

Miscellaneous offences

93

93

89

75

75

93

84

92

84

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