SCOTTISH EXECUTIVE

Recorded Crime in Scotland, 1999

Crimes recorded by the police, Scotland, 1990 - 1999	Table 1
Number & Percentage

Crime group	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	*% change*
											*98 - 99*
Total crimes	518,522	572,921	564,890	517,247	500,110	475,697	451,956	420,642	431,551	435,703	1
Non-sexual crimes of violence	18,233	21,733	23,300	19,404	19,774	21,119	21,537	19,164	21,085	23,440	11
Serious assault etc ¹	6,286	6,972	7,709	6,527	6,705	6,920	6,988	6,053	6,616	7,200	9
Handling an offensive weapon	5,135	6,171	6,536	5,152	5,282	6,465	6,822	5,989	6,744	7,901	17
Robbery	4,651	6,213	6,807	5,582	5,297	5,330	5,254	4,484	4,951	5,075	3
Other	2,161	2,377	2,248	2,143	2,490	2,404	2,473	2,638	2,774	3,264	18
Crimes of indecency	6,034	5,844	6,150	6,047	5,998	5,547	5,676	7,147	7,411	5,982	*-19*
Sexual assault	1,458	1,429	1,604	1,626	1,603	1,638	1,729	1,979	2,154	1,933	*-10*
Lewd and indecent behaviour	2,624	2,618	2,596	2,721	2,655	2,381	2,465	3,014	2,952	2,383	*-19*
Other	1,952	1,797	1,950	1,700	1,740	1,528	1,482	2,154	2,305	1,666	*-28*
Crimes of dishonesty	385,152	430,153	414,992	374,937	350,346	321,201	295,441	267,207	275,418	276,189	*
Housebreaking	101,721	116,130	113,160	97,829	88,394	74,235	64,470	55,471	56,636	53,826	-5
Theft by opening a lockfast place (OLP)	92,351	102,801	11,008	10,866	9,024	8,192	8,055	9,725	12,226	11,691	-4
Theft from a motor vehicle by (OLP)²	-	-	81,218	73,929	65,838	58,347	52,417	41,406	39,617	38,533	-3
Theft of a motor vehicle	36,103	44,280	47,433	42,816	41,962	37,514	34,161	28,646	28,433	29,818	5
Shoplifting	26,798	30,098	29,736	26,746	26,573	27,952	26,927	26,322	29,590	32,008	8
Other theft	97,825	104,583	98,794	93,327	88,900	87,716	82,576	79,612	80,051	81,109	1
Fraud	19,554	21,981	22,564	19,125	17,670	17,093	16,081	15,734	18,634	18,608	*
Other	10,800	10,280	11,079	10,299	11,985	10,152	10,754	10,291	10,231	10,596	4
Fire-raising, vandalism etc	86,457	89,726	92,237	84,194	88,543	86,546	89,025	81,000	79,154	79,568	1
Fire-raising	4,324	4,837	4,666	4,118	3,589	3,299	3,306	2,786	2,509	2,325	-7
Vandalism etc	82,133	84,889	87,571	80,076	84,954	83,247	85,719	78,214	76,645	77,243	1
Other crimes	22,646	25,465	28,211	32,665	35,449	41,284	40,277	46,124	48,483	50,524	4
Crimes against public justice	12,918	13,291	14,411	14,515	16,004	16,359	16,148	16,641	16,919	18,528	10
Drugs	9,564	11,981	13,568	17,986	19,281	24,773	23,992	29,386	31,460	31,870	1
Other	164	193	232	164	164	152	137	97	104	126	21

1. See Annex Note 11.5.
2. Separately identified from 1 January 1992.

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