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Statistical Bulletin Crime and Justice Series: Recorded Crime in Scotland, 2007/08

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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, 2007/08

Number & Percentage

Central

Dumfries & Galloway

Fife

Grampian

Lothian & Borders

Northern

Strathclyde

Tayside

SCOTLAND

Total crimes

19,825

8,389

25,362

35,688

70,754

16,131

182,456

26,904

385,509

Total offences

40,228

24,477

38,289

59,047

89,467

28,217

241,364

50,792

571,881

Total crimes and offences

60,053

32,866

63,651

94,735

160,221

44,348

423,820

77,696

957,390

Crimes and offences per 10,000 population

Total crimes

686

566

704

667

768

565

825

683

749

Non-sexual crimes of violence

16

10

14

16

22

17

35

15

25

Crimes of indecency

17

9

16

18

11

13

12

10

13

Crimes of dishonesty

283

200

317

331

369

201

332

338

324

Fire-raising, vandalism etc

214

201

241

188

242

180

251

185

229

Other crimes

157

146

115

114

124

154

196

135

158

Total offences

1,393

1,651

1,062

1,103

971

988

1,092

1,289

1,112

Miscellaneous offences

396

351

363

358

302

398

553

354

436

Motor vehicle offences

997

1,300

699

746

669

590

539

934

676

Total crimes and offences

2,079

2,216

1,766

1,770

1,739

1,553

1,917

1,971

1,861

Percentage change in total number recorded, 2006/07 - 2007/08

Total crimes

-7

-12

-16

-10

-10

-7

-6

-8

-8

Non-sexual crimes of violence

-11

-4

-14

-12

-4

-25

-8

-8

-9

Crimes of indecency

21

6

23

-5

-15

-16

1

-16

-3

Crimes of dishonesty

-6

-19

-19

-13

-11

-5

-7

-4

-9

Fire-raising, vandalism etc

-12

-10

-18

-15

-8

-6

-7

-7

-9

Other crimes

-1

-7

-9

6

-9

-6

-2

-18

-4

Total offences

-6

-25

3

-9

-17

-6

4

-14

-6

Miscellaneous offences

2

-10

-2

-9

-5

-2

-2

-11

-3

Motor vehicle offences

-9

-29

5

-8

-22

-9

10

-15

-7

Total crimes and offences

-6

-22

-6

-9

-14

-6

-1

-12

-7

Percentage cleared up

Total crimes

60

61

55

47

44

63

44

56

48

Non-sexual crimes of violence

96

84

82

75

62

94

53

78

62

Crimes of indecency

98

81

83

67

65

81

65

79

71

Crimes of dishonesty

49

53

50

37

36

54

32

49

38

Fire-raising, vandalism etc

39

39

36

30

23

39

18

32

25

Other crimes

101

99

99

98

100

99

98

100

98

Miscellaneous offences

94

92

89

76

76

93

84

91

84

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