Recorded Crime in Scotland,1998: Cr/1999/3 :19

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

Number , rate per 10,000 population ¹ and index of selected crimes recorded by the police, by council area, 1998

Table 8

	Number					Rate per 10,000 population					Index of rate per 10,000 population
Council Area	Offe- nsive wea- pons	Domestic house- breaking	Vand- alism	Petty assault	Breach of the peace	Offe- nsive wea- pons	Domestic house- breaking	Vand- alism	Petty assault	Breach of the peace	Offe- nsive wea- pons	Domestic house- breaking	Vand- alism	Petty assault	Breach of the peace
Aberdeen City	180	3,490	4,253	3,072	4,011	8	162	197	142	186	63	218	135	143	133
Aberdeenshire	131	691	2,797	1,595	2,414	6	31	124	70	107	44	41	85	71	76
Angus	126	390	1,769	1,028	1,501	11	35	160	93	136	87	48	110	94	97
Argyll & Bute	58	342	745	573	1,176	6	38	82	63	130	49	51	56	64	93
Clackmannanshire	24	361	475	386	516	5	74	97	79	106	37	100	67	79	76
Dumfries & Galloway	169	703	1,641	1,391	1,874	11	48	111	94	127	87	64	76	95	91
Dundee City	344	1,645	3,263	1,555	2,575	23	110	219	104	173	175	149	150	105	124
East Ayrshire	161	1,173	1,584	1,083	1,686	13	96	130	89	138	100	130	89	89	99
East Dunbartonshire	110	908	1,171	620	773	10	82	106	56	70	75	110	72	56	50
East Lothian	40	255	1,132	780	582	4	29	127	88	65	34	39	87	88	47
East Renfrewshire	56	736	665	347	537	6	83	75	39	61	48	112	51	39	43
Edinburgh, City of	355	2,760	8,022	6,348	3,598	8	61	178	141	80	60	83	122	142	57
Eilean Siar ²	16	27	203	140	301	6	10	72	50	107	43	13	49	50	76
Falkirk	114	773	1,731	1,238	1,807	8	54	121	86	126	60	73	83	87	90
Fife	268	2,298	5,071	3,200	3,999	8	66	146	92	115	58	89	100	92	82
Glasgow City	2,223	8,218	13,582	8,823	15,538	36	134	222	144	254	276	181	152	145	182
Highland	169	423	2,068	1,969	3,674	8	20	99	94	176	62	27	68	95	126
Inverclyde	143	1,158	1,172	794	1,395	17	134	135	92	161	126	180	93	92	115
Midlothian	50	354	1,204	852	562	6	44	149	106	70	47	59	102	106	50
Moray	58	309	1,382	867	1,831	7	36	161	101	213	51	48	110	101	152
North Ayrshire	238	981	1,399	1,068	2,114	17	70	100	76	151	129	95	69	77	108
North Lanarkshire	358	2,047	3,976	2,649	4,613	11	63	122	81	141	83	84	83	82	101
Orkney Islands	10	18	174	105	150	5	9	88	53	76	38	12	60	53	54
Perth & Kinross	173	622	1,659	963	1,487	13	47	125	72	112	99	63	85	73	80
Renfrewshire	303	2,075	2,654	1,632	2,190	17	116	149	92	123	129	157	102	92	88
Scottish Borders	78	292	1,172	860	754	7	27	110	81	71	56	37	76	81	51
Shetland Islands	17	14	203	131	161	7	6	88	57	70	56	8	60	57	50
South Ayrshire	95	528	1,257	1,082	1,866	8	46	109	94	162	63	62	75	95	116
South Lanarkshire	406	1,819	3,504	2,409	4,241	13	59	114	78	138	100	80	78	79	99
Stirling	61	452	689	643	865	7	54	82	77	103	55	73	56	77	74
West Dunbartonshire	131	1,061	1,566	927	1,559	14	111	164	97	163	104	149	112	97	116
West Lothian	79	1,110	2,578	1,828	1,318	5	73	169	120	87	39	98	116	121	62

SCOTLAND	6,744	38,033	74,761	50,958	71,668	13	74	146	99	140	100	100	100	100	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.