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Homicide in Scotland 1998: CrJ/1999/7

 

Table 3

Cases currently(1) recorded as homicide, by police force, 1989-1998

Police force (and district(2))

Year Recorded

1989

1990

1991

1992

1993

1994

1995

1996

1997

1998

All Homicide Cases

92

80

85

131

114

108

132

116

90

98

 
Central

2

1

1

6

6

5

6

8

8

4

 
Dumfries and Galloway

1

4

1

2

2

-

1

1

1

2

 
Fife

2

1

5

5

4

5

3

3

3

3

 
Grampian

2

7

3

6

7

3

6

9

4

3

Aberdeen City

2

6

2

1

3

2

4

8

2

2

Rest of Grampian

-

1

1

5

4

1

2

1

2

1

 
Lothian and Borders

15

15

14

10

14

12

21

9

11

14

City of Edinburgh

8

9

9

8

10

9

16

5

8

9

Rest of Lothian and Borders

7

6

5

2

4

3

5

4

3

5

 
Northern

4

4

2

5

3

5

3

6

-

3

 
Strathclyde

59

44

55

87

67

69

85

70

59

64

Glasgow City

34

34

33

34

34

35

49

24

27

32

Rest of Strathclyde

25

10

22

53

33

34

36

46

32

32

 
Tayside

7

4

4

10

11

9

7

10

4

5

Dundee City

4

2

2

7

7

6

3

4

2

3

Rest of Tayside

3

2

2

3

4

3

4

6

2

2

1. Currently (as at 12 November 1999) recorded as homicide.
2. Figures for Dundee City and Glasgow City refer to slightly different areas before 1996 and from 1996, due to local government reorganisation in 1996.

 

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