SCOTTISH EXECUTIVE

Recorded Crime in Scotland, 1999

Crimes and offences recorded by police force area per 10,000 population, 1999	Table 4B
Rate per 10,000 population

Crime / Offence group	Central	Dumfries & Galloway	Fife	Grampian	Lothian & Borders	Northern	Strathclyde	Tayside	SCOTLAND
Total crimes	639	577	764	915	941	464	910	826	851
Non-sexual crimes of violence	24	19	24	30	37	22	66	33	46
Serious assault etc ¹	10	5	6	9	11	6	20	9	14
Handling an offensive weapon	8	10	9	8	8	10	23	14	15
Robbery	3	3	4	7	8	1	15	4	10
Other	3	1	4	5	9	4	7	6	6
Crimes of indecency	4	10	10	12	12	7	13	13	12
Sexual assault	2	5	3	4	5	3	3	5	4
Lewd and indecent behaviour	2	4	6	4	6	3	4	7	5
Other	1	1	2	4	1	1	5	1	3
Crimes of dishonesty	407	340	494	620	616	240	571	500	539
Housebreaking	88	83	107	117	90	29	121	104	105
Theft by opening a lockfast place (OLP)	15	7	16	31	28	12	25	13	23
Theft from a motor vehicle by (OLP)	45	20	78	77	70	13	92	70	75
Theft of a motor vehicle	42	17	40	38	59	21	77	46	58
Shoplifting	61	49	55	61	64	29	68	65	63
Other theft	116	122	157	203	211	96	143	161	158
Fraud	23	32	32	72	44	27	31	24	36
Other	17	9	9	20	50	11	14	17	21
Fire-raising, vandalism etc	124	128	165	176	185	117	143	186	155
Fire-raising	3	2	3	5	6	3	4	7	5
Vandalism etc	121	125	162	171	179	113	139	179	151
Other crimes	79	81	70	78	91	79	118	94	99
Crimes against public justice	32	33	26	28	33	24	42	43	36
Drugs	47	48	43	50	58	55	75	51	62
Other	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Total offences	977	1,436	904	946	882	890	1,046	894	985
Miscellaneous offences	237	243	224	296	215	291	349	289	295
Petty assault ¹	87	99	91	108	132	79	104	101	105
Breach of the peace	116	121	107	160	73	153	165	145	139
Drunkenness	8	5	9	5	2	33	23	15	15
Other	26	18	17	23	8	26	57	29	36
Motor vehicle offences	740	1,193	681	650	667	598	697	605	690
Dangerous and careless driving	16	28	51	54	11	28	26	22	27
Drunk driving	21	18	17	22	20	29	21	22	21
Speeding	307	747	188	213	230	247	214	314	245
Unlawful use of vehicle	134	179	150	140	132	112	167	157	152
Vehicle defect offences	156	63	142	63	104	98	119	14	103
Other	106	159	134	158	170	84	150	76	142
Total crimes and offences	1,616	2,013	1,668	1,862	1,823	1,353	1,956	1,721	1,836

1. See Annex Note 11.5.

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