Scottish Government

A National Statistics Publication for Scotland
ISBN 978 0 7559 7231 9
ISSN 0264 1178
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Contents

1. Introduction
2. Main points
3. Commentary
4. Commentary: Recorded crime in Scotland
5. Commentary: Recorded crimes and offences by police force
6. Scottish Crime and Victimisation Survey
7. Appendix of tables
1 Crimes recorded by the police, Scotland, 1998/99 to 2007/08
2 Offences recorded by the police, Scotland, 1998/99 to 2007/08
3 Crimes and offences cleared up by the police, Scotland, 1998/99 to 2007/08
4a Crimes and offences recorded by police force area, 2007/08
4b Crimes and offences recorded by police force area per 10,000 population, 2007/08
5 Crimes and offences recorded per 10,000 population, percentage change in total number recorded and percentage cleared up by police force area, 2007/08
6 Number of crimes recorded by the police by council area, 2007/08
7 Number of crimes recorded by the police per 10,000 population and crime index, by council area, 2007/08
8 Number of crimes recorded by the police, rate per 10,000 population and index of rate for selected crimes, by council area, 2007/08
A1 Crimes and offences recorded and cleared up by the police, 2003/04 to 2007/08
A2 Crimes of indecency recorded by the police 1998/99 to 2007/08
A3 Theft by housebreaking 1998/99 to 2007/08
A4 Theft of and from motor vehicles recorded by the police 1998/99 to 2007/08
A5 Drugs crimes recorded by the police 1998/99 to 2007/08
A6 Racially aggravated offences by police force area, 2003/04 to 2007/08
8. Annex: Notes on statistics used in this bulletin
9. Classification of Crimes and Offences
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