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

Table 10 Offences Recorded by the Police and Percentage Cleared Up, Scotland, 1998/99 ⁽¹⁾

.	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 offences ⁽²⁾	25,508	.	24,371	.	47,634	.	55,942	.	81,056	.	24,034	.	228,453	.	33,061	.	520,059	.
Miscellaneous offences	5,991	96	3,910	93	8,506	94	15,307	80	18,770	84	8,585	98	80,631	91	11,190	95	152,890	90
Petty assault	2,302	92	1,493	88	3,122	88	5,450	75	10,938	73	2,423	96	22,237	76	3,649	96	51,614	79
Breach of the peace	2,711	98	1,938	96	3,938	96	8,209	82	6,730	100	4,328	99	37,731	95	5,707	94	71,292	94
Drunkenness	289	100	129	100	363	100	315	99	243	100	916	100	5,520	100	583	100	8,358	100
Other	689	98	350	96	1,083	99	1,333	86	859	93	918	98	15,143	99	1,251	95	21,626	97
Motor vehicle offences ⁽²⁾	19,517	.	20,461	.	39,128	.	40,635	.	62,286	.	15,449	.	147,822	.	21,871	.	367,169	.
Dangerous & careless driving	488	.	518	.	2,674	.	2,911	.	1,163	.	848	.	6,258	.	891	.	15,751	.
Drunk driving	546	.	320	.	518	.	1,185	.	1,823	.	788	.	4,592	.	809	.	10,581	.
Speeding	8,297	.	12,659	.	16,013	.	14,876	.	18,007	.	5,106	.	35,625	.	9,109	.	119,692	.
Unlawful use of vehicle	3,660	.	2,887	.	5,433	.	6,852	.	12,327	.	3,085	.	35,394	.	6,338	.	75,976	.
Vehicle defect offences	4,265	.	1,098	.	8,665	.	4,321	.	11,067	.	3,098	.	30,088	.	1,220	.	63,822	.
Other	2,261	.	2,979	.	5,825	.	10,490	.	17,899	2,524	2,524	.	35,865	.	3,504	.	81,347	.

(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' Reports.

(2) Certain motor vehicle offences are not always recorded in cases where police forces are unable to clear-up the offence (eg 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.