SAS Chapter 12: page 5

The Scottish Abstract of Statistics No 26,1998

Table 12A4 Rate per 10,000 population¹ and index of selected crimes recorded by the police, by council area, 1997

Council Area	Rate per 10,000 population					Index of rate per 10,000 population
Council Area	Offensive weapons	Domestic house-breaking	Vandalism	Petty assault	Breach of the peace	Offensive weapons	Domestic house-breaking	Vandalism	Petty assault	Breach of the peace
Scotland	12	72	150	98	143	100	100	100	100	100
Aberdeen City	9	150	172	132	178	80	209	115	135	125
Aberdeenshire	6	31	133	69	120	53	42	89	71	84
Angus	9	35	173	67	117	81	49	115	69	82
Argyll & Bute	8	40	96	67	138	64	56	64	69	97
Clackmannanshire	6	65	109	93	141	51	90	73	95	99
Dumfries & Galloway	13	38	107	100	123	113	53	71	103	86
Dundee City	20	139	227	99	166	169	193	151	101	117
East Ayrshire	9	87	133	81	139	81	121	89	83	97
East Dunbartonshire	7	61	107	54	63	62	85	72	55	44
East Lothian	7	30	123	87	60	61	42	82	89	42
East Renfrewshire	6	80	88	41	61	55	112	59	42	43
Edinburgh, City of	7	70	173	148	79	63	97	115	152	56
Eilean Siar²	5	7	68	63	107	45	10	46	64	75
Falkirk	8	47	130	81	140	69	66	87	82	98
Fife	8	68	145	89	115	71	95	97	91	81
Glasgow City	29	117	223	139	268	247	163	149	142	188
Highland	9	20	92	87	176	77	27	61	89	123
Inverclyde	12	153	120	90	167	107	213	80	92	117
Midlothian	7	29	153	117	74	60	41	102	120	52
Moray	5	26	204	104	197	40	36	136	107	138
North Ayrshire	11	64	117	82	154	97	89	78	83	108
North Lanarkshire	11	60	144	87	147	97	84	96	88	103
Orkney Islands	3	3	40	51	79	26	4	27	52	55
Perth & Kinross	13	58	115	58	94	110	81	77	59	66
Renfrewshire	13	109	177	100	136	110	151	118	102	95
Scottish Borders	3	25	98	86	67	29	35	65	88	47
Shetland Islands	4	29	111	48	78	33	40	74	49	55
South Ayrshire	11	48	124	91	174	91	67	83	93	122
South Lanarkshire	11	62	119	74	140	94	87	79	76	98
Stirling	6	49	89	76	125	55	68	59	78	87
West Dunbartonshire	14	118	185	96	168	122	165	123	98	118
West Lothian	7	65	178	104	80	58	90	119	107	56

Source: SOHD, CCJ Statistics Unit Branch 2

1 The mid year population for 1997 was used.
2 Formerly known as Western Isles.