SAS Chapter 12: page 12

The Scottish Abstract of Statistics No 26,1998

Table 12A10 Persons proceeded against¹, 1986, 1992-1996

Main crime or offence				1986	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996
Total crimes and offences				204,933	199,075	184,468	178,667	177,168	175,457
	Total crimes			70,138	66,431	65,391	64,275	63,548	64,034
		Non-sexual crimes of violence		4,161	5,141	5,327	4,910	4,969	5,741
			Homicide	114	148	150	122	157	159
			Serious assault	1,631	1,546	1,592	1,508	1,298	1,421
			Handling of offensive weapons	1,197	2,028	2,208	2,001	2,357	2,946
			Robbery	883	949	1,006	990	855	929
			Other	336	470	371	289	302	286
		Crimes of indecency		1,479	1,563	1,683	1,587	1,452	1,154
			Sexual assault	234	203	229	195	182	194
			Lewd and libidinous practices	426	363	370	399	350	376
			Other	819	997	1,084	993	920	584
		Crimes of dishonesty		47,287	40,950	38,601	37,026	35,301	33,695
			Housebreaking	9,543	7,105	6,370	6,126	5,452	4,639
			Theft by opening lockfast places	3,844	3,698	3,640	3,565	3,111	2,905
			Theft of a motor vehicle	3,957	3,688	3,480	3,494	3,449	3,497
			Shoplifting	6,784	8,469	8,262	7,260	7,185	7,840
			Other theft	14,644	9,485	8,565	7,532	7,485	7,171
			Fraud	3,945	3,326	3,519	4,191	4,073	3,566
			Other	4,570	5,179	4,765	4,858	4,546	4,077
		Fire-raising/vandalism etc		7,304	6,651	6,029	5,644	5,808	6,198
			Fire-raising	253	213	188	203	177	173
			Vandalism etc	7,051	6,438	5,841	5,441	5,631	6,025
		Other crimes		9,907	12,126	13,751	15,108	16,018	17,246
			Crimes against public justice	6,739	7,377	8,407	8,892	9,424	9,751
			Drugs	3,065	4,713	5,313	6,185	6,556	7,454
			Others	103	36	31	31	38	41

	Total offences			134,795	132,644	119,077	114,392	113,620	111,423
		Miscellaneous offences		67,301	60,589	54,497	48,383	50,780	52,711
			Simple assault	13,660	14,715	14,452	13,962	14,809	15,577
			Breach of the peace	31,338	21,148	20,353	19,102	20,613	22,377
			Drunkenness	3,815	2,253	1,803	1,483	1,364	1,160
			Other	18,488	22,473	17,889	13,836	13,994	13,597
		Motor vehicle offences		67,494	72,055	64,580	66,009	62,840	58,712
			Dangerous and careless driving	7,040	7,177	5,883	5,162	5,273	5,193
			Drunk driving	12,019	8,314	7,812	7,601	7,798	8,313
			Speeding	6,976	19,517	15,405	16,786	15,159	12,645
			Unlawful use of vehicle	27,596	22,033	21,951	22,947	21,528	21,124
			Vehicle defect offences	5,355	4,111	3,308	3,560	3,683	3,548
			Other	8,508	10,903	10,221	9,953	9,399	7,889

Source: SOHD, CCJ Statistics Unit Branch 1

1 Figures for years prior to 1996 incorporate minor revisions to previously published figures.