| The Scottish Abstract of Statistics No 26,1998 |
| Table 12A2 Total number of crimes recorded per 10,000 population1,2 by police force, 1992-1997 |
1992 |
1993 |
1994 |
1995 |
1996 |
1997 |
|
| Scotland | 1,105 |
1,010 |
974 |
926 |
881 |
821 |
| Central | 811 |
762 |
694 |
645 |
603 |
568 |
| Dumfries & Galloway | 696 |
688 |
706 |
591 |
562 |
567 |
| Fife | 960 |
916 |
874 |
741 |
716 |
657 |
| Grampian | 805 |
764 |
869 |
879 |
862 |
839 |
| Lothian & Borders | 1,054 |
989 |
922 |
885 |
860 |
814 |
| Northern | 481 |
469 |
482 |
550 |
473 |
439 |
| Strathclyde | 1,336 |
1,181 |
1,117 |
1,065 |
996 |
928 |
| Tayside | 1,198 |
1,154 |
1,138 |
1,031 |
1,052 |
888 |
Source: SOHD, CCJ Statistics Unit Branch 2 |
| 1 Mid year population used. 2 A legislative change which came into force on 1 April 1996 resulted in a revision to the historical data. The offence of "offending while on bail" is now regarded as an aggravating factor at sentencing rather than an offence in its own right. |