SCOTTISH EXECUTIVE

Crimes and offences recorded by police force area, 1999

Table 4A

Number

Crime / Offence group

Central

Dumfries & Galloway

Fife

Grampian

Lothian & Borders

Northern

Strathclyde

Tayside

SCOTLAND

Total crimes

17,627

8,500

26,647

48,078

82,768

12,920

206,948

32,215

435,703

Non-sexual crimes of violence

652

281

848

1,563

3,219

603

14,975

1,299

23,440

Serious assault etc ¹

273

77

225

470

991

174

4,637

353

7,200

Handling an offensive weapon

233

142

329

436

745

277

5,184

555

7,901

Robbery

74

41

149

371

725

36

3,522

157

5,075

Other

72

21

145

286

758

116

1,632

234

3,264

Crimes of indecency

124

144

362

634

1,049

182

2,993

494

5,982

Sexual assault

44

81

90

225

446

89

773

185

1,933

Lewd and indecent behaviour

65

54

202

224

515

71

992

260

2,383

Other

15

9

70

185

88

22

1,228

49

1,666

Crimes of dishonesty

11,234

5,001

17,245

32,563

54,206

6,688

129,751

19,501

276,189

Housebreaking

2,438

1,221

3,722

6,165

7,896

822

27,489

4,073

53,826

Theft by opening a lockfast place (OLP)

414

102

566

1,643

2,440

342

5,659

525

11,691

Theft from a motor vehicle by (OLP)

1,253

298

2,718

4,069

6,202

376

20,905

2,712

38,533

Theft of a motor vehicle

1,145

249

1,380

1,970

5,220

592

17,475

1,787

29,818

Shoplifting

1,673

719

1,917

3,215

5,649

805

15,495

2,535

32,008

Other theft

3,209

1,804

5,493

10,649

18,528

2,687

32,468

6,271

81,109

Fraud

630

476

1,121

3,806

3,863

745

7,026

941

18,608

Other

472

132

328

1,046

4,408

319

3,234

657

10,596

Fire-raising, vandalism etc

3,427

1,881

5,763

9,231

16,317

3,250

32,449

7,250

79,568

Fire-raising

89

35

117

244

539

96

949

256

2,325

Vandalism etc

3,338

1,846

5,646

8,987

15,778

3,154

31,500

6,994

77,243

Other crimes

2,190

1,193

2,429

4,087

7,977

2,197

26,780

3,671

50,524

Crimes against public justice

891

489

920

1,453

2,864

662

9,561

1,688

18,528

Drugs

1,297

700

1,508

2,622

5,087

1,532

17,144

1,980

31,870

Other

2

4

1

12

26

3

75

3

126

Total offences

26,944

21,147

31,555

49,708

77,642

24,797

237,797

34,860

504,450

Miscellaneous offences

6,548

3,575

7,804

15,553

18,924

8,118

79,261

11,262

151,045

Petty assault ¹

2,400

1,456

3,167

5,692

11,616

2,189

23,541

3,928

53,989

Breach of the peace

3,209

1,778

3,716

8,400

6,383

4,258

37,639

5,645

71,028

Drunkenness

225

77

313

268

218

933

5,173

578

7,785

Other

714

264

608

1,193

707

738

12,908

1,111

18,243

Motor vehicle offences

20,396

17,572

23,751

34,155

58,718

16,679

158,536

23,598

353,405

Dangerous and careless driving

445

410

1,787

2,822

977

786

5,864

873

13,964

Drunk driving

573

261

587

1,142

1,785

818

4,797

858

10,821

Speeding

8,465

11,001

6,543

11,200

20,275

6,881

48,741

12,230

125,336

Unlawful use of vehicle

3,705

2,633

5,222

7,360

11,616

3,127

38,060

6,123

77,846

Vehicle defect offences

4,289

931

4,949

3,308

9,133

2,737

27,003

563

52,913

Other

2,919

2,336

4,663

8,323

14,932

2,330

34,071

2,951

72,525

Total crimes and offences

44,571

29,647

58,202

97,786

160,410

37,717

444,745

67,075

940,153