SCOTTISH EXECUTIVE

Criminal Proceedings in Scottish Courts, 1998

Persons proceeded against by main crime or offence, 1988-1998

Table 2(a)

Main Crime or Offence	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	% change 1997-1998

All crimes and offences	198,573	193,904	198,617	200,892	199,075	184,468	178,667	177,168	175,457	172,556	159,232	-8

All crimes	65,272	62,953	64,052	65,364	66,431	65,391	64,275	63,548	64,031	60,375	57,005	-6

Non-sexual crimes of violence	4,290	4,198	4,392	4,356	5,141	5,327	4,910	4,969	5,741	5,633	5,290	-6
Homicide	116	119	100	106	148	150	122	157	159	119	105	-12
Serious assault	1,412	1,432	1,512	1,425	1,546	1,592	1,508	1,298	1,421	1,485	1,452	-2
Handling offensive weapons	1,444	1,430	1,427	1,504	2,028	2,208	2,001	2,357	2,946	2,882	2,664	-8
Robbery	906	786	846	885	949	1,006	990	855	929	848	758	-11
Other	412	431	507	436	470	371	289	302	286	299	311	4

Crimes of indecency	1,366	1,371	1,825	1,660	1,563	1,683	1,587	1,452	1,154	1,379	1,496	8
Sexual assault	220	225	233	200	203	229	195	182	194	212	207	-2
Lewd and indecent behavior	451	438	440	429	363	370	399	350	376	399	400	0
Other	695	708	1,152	1,031	997	1,084	993	920	584	768	889	16

Crimes of dishonesty	43,054	40,808	40,329	40,765	40,950	38,601	37,026	35,301	33,695	31,931	30,330	-5
Housebreaking	8,266	7,673	7,408	7,258	7,105	6,370	6,126	5,452	4,639	4,054	3,706	-9
Theft by opening lockfast places	3,832	3,847	3,586	3,906	3,698	3,640	3,565	3,111	2,906	2,665	2,302	-14
Theft of motor vehicle	3,363	3,082	3,226	3,476	3,688	3,480	3,494	3,449	3,497	3,259	2,849	-13
Shoplifting	6,526	6,646	7,098	7,921	8,469	8,262	7,260	7,185	7,840	7,959	8,357	5
Other theft	12,975	11,574	10,765	9,944	9,485	8,565	7,532	7,485	7,170	7,113	6,761	-5
Fraud	3,514	3,531	3,753	3,438	3,326	3,519	4,191	4,073	3,566	3,202	2,915	-9
Other	4,578	4,455	4,493	4,822	5,179	4,765	4,858	4,546	4,077	3,679	3,440	-6

Fire-raising, vandalism, etc	7,393	6,937	6,757	6,593	6,651	6,029	5,644	5,808	6,198	5,917	5,475	-7
Fire-raising	235	229	214	192	213	188	203	177	173	149	150	1
Vandalism, etc	7,158	6,708	6,543	6,401	6,438	5,841	5,441	5,631	6,025	5,768	5,325	-8

Other crimes	9,169	9,639	10,749	11,990	12,126	13,751	15,108	16,018	17,243	15,515	14,414	-7
Crimes against public justice	6,485	6,854	7,272	7,537	7,377	8,407	8,892	9,424	9,748	7,248	6,224	-14
Drugs	2,638	2,756	3,436	4,413	4,713	5,313	6,185	6,556	7,454	8,219	8,153	-1
Other	46	29	41	40	36	31	31	38	41	48	37	-23

All offences	133,301	130,951	134,565	135,528	132,644	119,077	114,392	113,620	111,426	112,181	102,227	-9

Miscellaneous offences	67,674	63,559	60,781	58,962	60,589	54,497	48,383	50,780	52,714	51,837	47,622	-8
Simple assault	16,146	16,858	15,990	15,116	14,715	14,452	13,962	14,809	15,577	15,875	15,165	-4
Breach of the peace	27,397	24,830	23,483	21,955	21,148	20,353	19,102	20,613	22,377	22,336	20,732	-7
Drunkenness	3,465	3,028	2,930	2,376	2,253	1,803	1,483	1,364	1,160	983	783	-20
Other	20,666	18,843	18,378	19,515	22,473	17,889	13,836	13,994	13,600	12,643	10,942	-13

Motor vehicle offences	65,627	67,392	73,784	76,566	72,055	64,580	66,009	62,840	58,712	60,344	54,605	*-10*
Dangerous and careless driving	7,363	8,603	8,862	7,840	7,177	5,883	5,162	5,273	5,193	5,150	4,199	-18
Drunk driving	10,680	8,875	8,997	8,679	8,314	7,812	7,601	7,798	8,313	8,900	7,527	-15
Speeding	11,216	13,959	18,202	21,807	19,519	15,405	16,787	15,159	12,645	11,805	12,059	2
Unlawful use of vehicle	22,820	20,002	20,881	21,742	22,033	21,951	22,947	21,528	21,124	22,213	20,062	-10
Vehicle defect offences	5,197	5,071	5,035	4,489	4,111	3,308	3,560	3,683	3,548	3,775	2,960	-22
Other	8,351	10,882	11,807	12,009	10,901	10,221	9,952	9,399	7,889	8,501	7,798	-8

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