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HER MAJESTY'S CHIEF INSPECTOR OF CONSTABULARY FOR SCOTLAND REPORT FOR 1998/99

Table 8 Crimes and Offences Recorded by the Police and Percentages cleared up, Scotland, 1992 - 1994, 1995/6, 1996/7, 1997/8 & 1998/9

.	1992		1993		1994		F I N A N C I A L Y E A R	1995/96		1996/97		1997/98		1998/99
Crime/Offence Category	Recorded	% Cleared Up	Recorded	% Cleared Up	Recorded	% Cleared Up		Recorded	% Cleared Up	Recorded	% Cleared Up	Recorded	% Cleared Up	Recorded	% Cleared Up
Non-sexual crimes of violence	23,300	62	19,404	63	19,774	64		21,906	66	20,746	66	19,585	68	21,795	72
Crimes of indecency	6,150	71	6,047	72	5,998	75		5,740	75	5,941	76	7,414	75	7,077	79
Crimes of dishonesty	414,992	24	374,937	25	350,346	28		319,269	29	285,785	29	266,886	31	276,974	35
Fire-raising,vandalism, etc	92,237	19	84,194	19	88,543	20		88,839	21	86,025	21	81,036	23	77,624	24
Other crimes	28,211	99	32,665	100	35,449	100		42,385	100	42,190	99	46,081	101	50,449	100
Total Crimes	564,890	29	517,247	31	500,110	34		478,139	36	440,687	37	421,002	40	433,919	43
Miscellaneous offences	127,455	85	126,593	85	133,193	86		137,491	88	149,340	89	156,587	90	152,890	90
Motor vehicle offences ⁽¹⁾	306,441		315,119		330,724			311,614		311,076		339,581		367,169	96
Total Offences ⁽¹⁾	433,896		441,712		463,917			449,105		460,416		496,168		520,059	96
Total Crimes and Offences ⁽¹⁾	998,786		958,959		964,027			927,244		901,103		917,170		953,978	72

(1) Certain motor vehicle offences are not always recorded in cases where police forces are unable to clear-up the offence (e.g. speeding offences where the driver is untraceable). Clear-up rates for motor vehicle offences in these circumstances are artificial. Thus, clear-up rates for the motor vehicle offence category and clear-up rates for Total Offences (which include motor vehicle offences) are not included. However, the number of motor vehicle offences cleared up is still included.