Recorded Crime in Scotland,1998: Cr/1999/3 :18

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

Number of crimes recorded by the police per 10,000 population ¹ and index, by council area, 1998	Table 7
Number and Index

Council area	Non - sexual crimes of violence	Crimes of indecency	Crimes of dishonesty	Fire - raising vandalism, etc.	Other crimes	Total crimes	Index (Scotland
=100)
Aberdeen City	33	28	1,028	210	123	1,422	*169*
Aberdeenshire	16	10	249	130	55	459	54
Angus	31	18	318	166	72	605	72
Argyll & Bute	24	9	257	88	77	454	54
Clackmannanshire	19	7	325	102	90	542	64
Dumfries & Galloway	22	9	350	117	92	591	70
Dundee City	48	16	806	233	108	1,211	*144*
East Ayrshire	39	8	474	141	77	739	88
East Dunbartonshire	28	6	390	111	44	579	69
East Lothian	19	10	256	133	34	452	54
East Renfrewshire	22	6	425	83	46	582	69
Edinburgh, City of	41	18	689	186	66	999	*119*
Eilean Siar ²	8	6	102	73	53	242	29
Falkirk	25	8	414	129	80	657	78
Fife	19	9	417	148	86	678	81
Glasgow City	112	39	985	240	210	1,585	*188*
Highland	21	10	287	105	77	500	59
Inverclyde	59	12	639	140	118	969	*115*
Midlothian	23	12	308	154	58	555	66
Moray	19	9	300	169	53	549	65
North Ayrshire	46	9	408	109	91	663	79
North Lanarkshire	36	8	503	129	88	765	91
Orkney Islands	9	3	100	90	42	244	29
Perth & Kinross	26	9	371	129	90	625	74
Renfrewshire	58	10	642	164	113	987	*117*
Scottish Borders	22	7	274	115	47	465	55
Shetland Islands	10	8	132	90	43	284	34
South Ayrshire	30	9	453	115	99	705	84
South Lanarkshire	41	5	460	120	70	696	83
Stirling	20	9	409	89	74	600	71
West Dunbartonshire	55	15	610	173	112	965	*115*
West Lothian	26	15	514	179	58	791	94

SCOTLAND	41	14	538	155	95	842	*100*

1. The mid-year population estimate for 1997 was used since, at the time of publication, the 1998 estimate was not available.

2. Formerly known as Western Isles.