Recorded Crime in Scotland,1998: Cr/1999/3 :15

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

Crimes and offences recorded by police force area per 10,000 population, 1998	Table 4B
Rate per 10,000 population

Crime / Offence category	Central	Dumfries & Galloway	Fife	Grampian	Lothian & Borders	Northern	Strathclyde	Tayside	SCOTLAND

Total crimes	619	591	678	867	802	438	971	842	842

Non-sexual crimes of violence	22	22	19	23	32	18	60	36	41
Serious assault etc ¹	10	6	3	8	11	6	19	8	13
Handling an offensive weapon	7	11	8	7	7	8	19	16	13
Robbery	3	2	3	5	8	1	16	4	10
Other	3	3	5	3	6	4	6	7	5

Crimes of indecency	8	9	9	17	14	9	17	14	14
Sexual assault	3	3	3	5	6	3	4	5	4
Lewd & indecent behaviour	4	5	5	5	7	4	5	8	6
Other	1	0	1	7	1	1	7	1	4

Crimes of dishonesty	397	350	417	575	529	242	619	521	538
Housebreaking	85	80	93	121	83	32	138	101	111
Theft by opening a lockfast place (OLP)	16	11	12	29	31	11	27	17	24
Theft from a motor vehicle by (OLP)	44	14	72	70	69	10	99	81	77
Theft of a motor vehicle	46	15	36	29	45	15	80	44	56
Shoplifting	50	50	46	51	57	29	67	56	58
Other theft	111	131	127	198	184	97	153	166	156
Fraud	29	41	22	60	24	36	41	25	36
Other	17	9	9	19	37	12	15	33	20

Fire-raising, vandalism etc	112	117	148	169	168	100	157	179	155
Fire-raising	3	3	1	5	6	3	5	6	5
Vandalism etc	109	115	147	164	162	97	152	173	150

Other crimes	80	92	86	82	59	69	118	92	95
Crimes against public justice	31	38	24	29	20	23	41	36	33
Drugs	49	54	62	54	38	46	77	56	61
Other	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*

Total offences	872	1,535	1,362	1,060	915	839	1,009	831	1,007

Miscellaneous offences	237	256	251	292	213	307	357	275	300
Petty assault ¹	82	94	92	105	121	84	97	90	99
Breach of the peace	116	127	115	156	78	153	166	142	140
Drunkenness	11	10	10	6	3	34	25	14	17
Other	28	24	34	25	11	36	70	29	44

Motor vehicle offences	635	1,279	1,111	767	703	532	651	556	707
Dangerous & careless driving	18	35	73	55	14	32	27	25	31
Drunk driving	20	20	16	22	21	28	20	21	21
Speeding	248	773	488	277	199	163	155	214	226
Unlawful use of vehicle	131	189	148	129	140	119	155	162	147
Vehicle defect offences	146	74	232	89	126	106	133	39	124
Other	71	188	154	195	203	84	162	96	158

Total crimes & offences	1,491	2,126	2,041	1,927	1,718	1,277	1,979	1,673	1,849

1. See Annex Note 11.5