Recorded Crime in Scotland,1998: Cr/1999/3 :13

Recorded Crime in Scotland,1998: Cr/1999/3

Crimes and offences cleared up by the police as a percentage of those recorded, Scotland, 1989 - 1998	Table 3
Percentage

Crime / Offence group	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998

Total crimes	31	30	29	29	31	34	35	37	39	41

Non-sexual crimes of violence	68	68	65	62	63	64	65	67	68	69
Serious assault etc ¹	67	65	63	57	57	57	54	57	60	60
Handling an offensive weapon	99	99	100	100	99	99	99	99	99	99
Robbery	29	28	27	24	27	29	29	29	28	33
Other	89	89	87	84	83	83	82	84	84	82

Crimes of indecency	69	72	71	71	72	75	74	76	75	78
Sexual assault	62	67	66	63	63	68	66	69	65	71
Lewd and indecent behaviour	55	57	55	56	62	65	67	68	66	68
Other	98	97	98	98	97	97	96	98	96	96

Crimes of dishonesty	27	26	24	24	25	28	28	30	31	33
Housebreaking	17	16	15	14	16	17	17	18	18	21
Theft by opening a lockfast place (OLP)	13	12	12	19	19	21	22	24	21	24
Theft from a motor vehicle by (OLP) ²	-	-	-	11	11	14	12	14	13	15
Theft of a motor vehicle	26	24	21	19	21	24	24	25	26	28
Shoplifting	80	80	78	78	77	80	79	78	77	80
Other theft	20	18	17	16	17	18	18	19	19	21
Fraud	72	70	71	73	75	82	81	79	75	76
Other	85	81	86	85	86	84	87	82	88	84

Fire-raising, vandalism etc	21	20	19	19	19	20	21	21	22	23
Fire-raising	21	18	17	17	19	19	19	20	19	21
Vandalism etc	21	20	19	19	19	20	21	21	22	24

Other crimes	99	99	99	99	100	100	100	99	100	99
Crimes against public justice	99	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Drugs	100	99	99	99	100	100	100	99	100	100
Other	88	82	77	83	79	84	80	82	80	86


Miscellaneous offences	88	88	86	85	85	86	88	89	90	90
Petty assault ¹	75	74	72	71	73	73	74	75	77	79
Breach of the peace	95	94	93	92	90	92	93	94	94	94
Drunkenness	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Other	90	90	89	88	89	92	95	97	98	98

1. See Annex Note 11.5

2. Separately identified from 1 January 1992