Recorded Crime in Scotland,1998: Cr/1999/3 :17

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

Number of crimes recorded by the police by council area, 1998	Table 6
Number & Percentage

Council area	Non - sexual crimes of violence	Crimes of indecency	Crimes of dishonesty	Fire - raising, vandalism, etc	Other crimes	Total crimes	*Percentage of crimes cleared up*

Aberdeen City	718	598	22,187	4,538	2,661	30,702	35
Aberdeenshire	361	217	5,631	2,937	1,240	10,386	41
Angus	347	193	3,505	1,834	792	6,671	45
Argyll & Bute	213	84	2,328	793	693	4,111	49
Clackmannanshire	92	32	1,586	497	437	2,644	61
Dumfries & Galloway	326	133	5,162	1,729	1,356	8,706	59
Dundee City	714	245	11,997	3,464	1,615	18,035	35
East Ayrshire	480	101	5,770	1,712	936	8,999	41
East Dunbartonshire	308	66	4,328	1,230	490	6,422	30
East Lothian	170	90	2,276	1,183	303	4,022	33
East Renfrewshire	195	50	3,768	732	410	5,155	29
Edinburgh, City of	1,825	788	30,995	8,380	2,988	44,976	33
Eilean Siar ¹	22	16	288	207	150	683	65
Falkirk	363	116	5,930	1,851	1,145	9,405	55
Fife	656	305	14,512	5,164	2,995	23,632	50
Glasgow City	6,837	2,372	60,247	14,686	12,818	96,960	41
Highland	437	218	5,984	2,194	1,598	10,431	63
Inverclyde	514	107	5,525	1,213	1,022	8,381	42
Midlothian	184	97	2,488	1,242	466	4,477	41
Moray	161	79	2,579	1,451	453	4,723	48
North Ayrshire	644	130	5,699	1,526	1,275	9,274	49
North Lanarkshire	1,187	262	16,425	4,212	2,886	24,972	37
Orkney Islands	17	6	199	179	83	484	72
Perth & Kinross	352	125	4,938	1,722	1,197	8,334	44
Renfrewshire	1,028	181	11,443	2,932	2,011	17,595	37
Scottish Borders	230	73	2,914	1,220	496	4,933	49
Shetland Islands	24	19	303	208	100	654	71
South Ayrshire	344	106	5,198	1,320	1,136	8,104	54
South Lanarkshire	1,248	161	14,135	3,680	2,154	21,378	36
Stirling	165	77	3,416	740	619	5,017	56
West Dunbartonshire	524	142	5,839	1,656	1,072	9,233	43
West Lothian	399	222	7,823	2,722	886	12,052	32

SCOTLAND	21,085	7,411	275,418	79,154	48,483	431,551	41

1. Formerly known as Western Isles.