HM Chief Inspector of Constabulary Annual Report 1998

Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Constabulary Annual Report 1998

Table 10

Offences Recorded by the Police and Percentage Cleared Up, Scotland, 1997/98 (1)

	Central		Dumfries & Galloway		Fife		Grampian		Lothian & Borders		Northern		Strathclyde		Tayside		Scotland
Crime Category	Recorded	*% Cleared Up*	Recorded	*% Cleared Up*	Recorded	*% Cleared Up*	Recorded	*% Cleared Up*	Recorded	*% Up*	Recorded	*% Cleared Up*	Recorded	*% Cleared Up*	Recorded	*% Cleared Up*	Recorded	*% Cleared Up*
Total offences (3)	23,741		19,891		40,898		51,391		76,423		23,499		228,332		31,993		496,168
Miscellaneous offences (2)	6,737	96	3,899	97	8,575	93	15,417	85	18,802	84	8,656	99	84,543	90	9,958	95	156,587	90
Petty assault (2)	2,228	92	1,390	94	3,191	87	5,405	78	10,761	73	2,235	97	21,927	72	3,107	94	50,244	78
Breach of the peace	3,621	98	1,831	98	4,122	96	8,315	87	6,750	100	4,310	99	39,112	94	5,224	95	73,285	95
Drunkenness	359	100	199	100	410	100	367	109	254	100	990	100	6,513	100	548	100	9,640	100
Other	529	99	479	99	852	98	1,330	94	1,037	96	1,121	97	16,991	99	1,079	96	23,418	98
Motor vehicle offences (3)	17,004		15,992		32,323		35,974		57,621		14,843		143,789		22,035		339,581
Dangerous & careless driving	478		539		2,254		3,144		1,347		1,233		6,167		1,071		16,233
Drunk driving	589		271		618		1,172		1,796		854		4,874		944		11,118
Speeding	5,960		8,881		13,379		11,391		15,349		3,696		28,611		8,346		95,613
Unlawful use of vehicle	3,770		2,586		4,746		6,373		12,392		3,461		37,678		6,294		77,300
Vehicle defect offences	4,521		1,135		6,508		4,914		10,324		3,234		30,027		1,668		62,331
Other	1,686		2,580		4,818		8,980		16,413		2,365		36,432		3,712		76,986

(1) Figures may differ to those already published in the individual Chief Constable's Annual Report as a result of timing differences in the submission of data to The Scottish Office and the production of the Chief Constable's Reports.
(2) The Definition of serious assault was revised at the beginning of 1990. Under the revised definition there wouldhave been some 1,150 fewer non-sexual crimes of violence and a compensating increase in the number of petty assaults in the miscellaneous category.
(3) Certain motor vehicle offences are not always recorded in cases where police forces are unable to clear-up the offence (eg speeding offences where the driver is untraceable). Clear-up rates for motor vehicle offences in these circumstances are artificial. Thus, clear-up rates for the motor vehicle offence category and clear-up rates for Total Offences (which include motor vehicle offences) are not included.