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

Table 9 Crimes Recorded by the Police and Percentage Cleared Up, Scotland, 1998/99 ⁽¹⁾

Crime Category	Central		Dumfries & Galloway		Fife		Grampian		Lothian & Borders		Northern		Strathclyde		Tayside		Scotland
Crime Category	Recorded	% Cleared Up	Recorded	% Cleared Up	Recorded	% Cleared Up	Recorded	% Cleared Up	Recorded	% Cleared Up	Recorded	% Cleared Up	Recorded	% Cleared Up	Recorded	% Cleared Up	Recorded	% Cleared Up
Total crimes	17,331	57	8,475	59	23,298	51	45,813	38	73,341	37	12,157	62	220,858	43	32,646	39	433,919	43
Non-sexual crimes of violence	627	93	310	93	671	87	1,318	71	2,884	68	535	94	14,056	68	1,364	91	21,765	72
Serious assault etc	260	92	81	90	124	89	432	74	953	69	161	90	4,335	55	340	89	6,686	63
Handling offensive weapons	205	100	166	99	265	97	399	91	630	100	228	100	4,586	99	623	100	7,102	99
Robbery	74	76	27	70	122	52	290	33	683	36	27	56	3,647	36	157	52	5,027	38
Other	88	99	36	92	160	96	197	81	618	69	119	96	1,488	86	244	98	2,950	84
Crimes of indecency	220	89	146	92	303	83	816	80	1,271	71	249	93	3,508	78	564	88	7,077	79
Sexual assault	89	93	62	90	92	86	235	71	535	68	88	90	845	64	199	87	2,145	72
Lewd & indecent behaviour	104	82	81	94	177	77	234	63	620	70	121	95	1,220	63	314	86	2,871	71
Other	27	100	3	100	34	100	347	97	116	95	40	95	1,443	98	51	98	2,061	98
Crimes of dishonesty	11,116	49	4,787	50	14,429	46	30,650	31	48,059	32	6,596	55	141,116	34	20,221	29	276,974	35
Housebreaking	2388	32	1,112	42	3,132	38	6,490	20	7,316	19	844	40	30,386	21	4,116	17	55,784	23
Theft by opening lockfast places	1593	30	343	38	2,882	40	5,091	15	8,482	16	615	35	28,926	17	3,653	11	51,585	18
Theft of a motor vehicle	1209	39	247	51	1,210	52	1,653	38	4,321	26	430	64	18,590	26	1,630	23	29,290	29
Shoplifting	1539	91	713	80	1,697	82	2,669	78	5,269	75	754	93	15,861	81	2,264	78	30,766	81
Other theft	3090	38	1,826	36	4,427	31	10,401	19	16,594	16	2,738	36	34,555	21	6,476	18	80,107	22
Fraud	847	91	396	78	762	79	3,325	58	2,016	83	874	88	9,211	83	937	67	18,368	78
Other	450	94	150	85	319	89	1,021	82	4,061	82	341	95	3,587	95	1,145	77	11,074	87
Fire-raising, vandalism etc	3,133	42	1,783	42	4,933	32	8,674	24	14,889	19	2,895	48	34,353	22	6,964	20	77,624	24
Fireraising	103	50	44	50	39	46	257	23	567	18	71	56	1,144	20	245	25	2,470	24
Vandalism etc	3030	42	1,739	42	4,894	32	8,417	24	14,322	19	2,824	47	33,209	22	6,719	20	75,154	24
Other crimes	2,205	100	1,449	99	2,962	100	4,355	97	6,238	100	1,882	99	27,825	100	3,533	100	50,449	100
Crimes against public justice	852	100	571	99	865	100	1,468	97	2,174	100	647	100	9,684	100	1,393	100	17,654	100
Drugs	1346	100	873	99	2,095	100	2,880	96	4,046	100	1,229	99	18,083	100	2,131	100	32,683	100
Other	7	100	5	100	2	100	7	86	18	78	6	83	58	81	9	100	112	85

(1) Figures may differ to those already published in the individual Chief Constable's Annual Reports as a result of timing differences in the submission of data to The Scottish Office and the production of the Chief Constables' Annual Reports.