SCOTTISH EXECUTIVE

Recorded Crime in Scotland, 1999

Crimes and offences cleared up by the police as a percentage of those recorded, Scotland, 1990 - 1999	Table 3
Percentage

Crime / Offence group	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999

Total crimes	30	29	29	31	34	35	37	39	41	43
Non-sexual crimes of violence	68	65	62	63	64	65	67	68	69	72
Serious assault etc ¹	65	63	57	57	57	54	57	60	60	64
Handling an offensive weapon	99	100	100	99	99	99	99	99	99	99
Robbery	28	27	24	27	29	29	29	28	33	38
Other	89	87	84	83	83	82	84	84	82	80
Crimes of indecency	72	71	71	72	75	74	76	75	78	78
Sexual assault	67	66	63	63	68	66	69	65	71	68
Lewd and indecent behaviour	57	55	56	62	65	67	68	66	68	72
Other	97	98	98	97	97	96	98	96	96	97
Crimes of dishonesty	26	24	24	25	28	28	30	31	33	35
Housebreaking	16	15	14	16	17	17	18	18	21	23
Theft by opening a lockfast place (OLP)	12	12	19	19	21	22	24	21	24	29
Theft from a motor vehicle by (OLP) ²	-	-	11	11	14	12	14	13	15	17
Theft of a motor vehicle	24	21	19	21	24	24	25	26	28	32
Shoplifting	80	78	78	77	80	79	78	77	80	80
Other theft	18	17	16	17	18	18	19	19	21	21
Fraud	70	71	73	75	82	81	79	75	76	74
Other	81	86	85	86	84	87	82	88	84	90
Fire-raising, vandalism etc	20	19	19	19	20	21	21	22	23	24
Fire-raising	18	17	17	19	19	19	20	19	21	26
Vandalism etc	20	19	19	19	20	21	21	22	24	24
Other crimes	99	99	99	100	100	100	99	100	99	99
Crimes against public justice	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Drugs	99	99	99	100	100	100	99	100	100	99
Other	82	77	83	79	84	80	82	80	86	87
Miscellaneous offences	88	86	85	85	86	88	89	90	90	89
Petty assault ¹	74	72	71	73	73	74	75	77	79	79
Breach of the peace	94	93	92	90	92	93	94	94	94	94
Drunkenness	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Other	90	89	88	89	92	95	97	98	98	97

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