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SCOTTISH EXECUTIVE

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Recorded Crime in Scotland, 1999

Crimes and offences recorded per 10,000 population 1, percentage change in total number recorded and percentage cleared up by police force area, 1999

Table 5

Number & Percentage

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

Total offences

26,944

21,147

31,555

49,708

77,642

24,797

237,797

34,860

504,450

Total crimes and offences

44,571

29,647

58,202

97,786

160,410

37,717

444,745

67,075

940,153

Crimes and offences per 10,000 population 1

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

Crimes of indecency

4

10

10

12

12

7

13

13

12

Crimes of dishonesty

407

340

494

620

616

240

571

500

539

Fire-raising, vandalism etc

124

128

165

176

185

117

143

186

155

Other crimes

79

81

70

78

91

79

118

94

99

Total offences

977

1,436

904

946

882

890

1,046

894

985

Miscellaneous offences

237

243

224

296

215

291

349

289

295

Motor vehicle offences

740

1,193

681

650

667

598

697

605

690

Total crimes and offences

1,616

2,013

1,668

1,862

1,823

1,353

1,956

1,721

1,836

Percentage change in total number recorded, 1998-99

Total crimes

3.3

-2.4

12.8

4.9

17.5

5.5

-6.2

-2.5

1.0

                   

Non-sexual crimes of violence

5.2

-13.8

29.3

26.0

14.6

20.6

10.7

-8.1

11.2

Crimes of indecency

-44.9

8.3

18.7

-29.1

-17.4

-29.7

-20.4

-12.3

-19.3

Crimes of dishonesty

2.8

-3.1

18.8

7.1

16.6

-1.3

-7.8

-4.6

0.3

Fire-raising, vandalism etc

11.0

8.8

11.6

3.4

10.6

16.6

-9.1

3.3

0.5

Other crimes

-0.5

-12.0

-18.9

-6.1

55.2

13.8

-0.5

1.9

4.2

Total offences

12.1

-6.5

-33.5

-11.2

-3.4

5.6

3.7

6.9

-2.2

Miscellaneous offences

0.4

-5.3

-10.7

0.6

1.3

-5.5

-2.4

4.4

-1.7

Motor vehicle offences

16.5

-6.7

-38.7

-15.7

-4.9

12.1

7.1

8.1

-2.4

Total crimes and offences

8.5

-5.3

-18.1

-3.9

6.3

5.6

-1.1

2.2

-0.8

Percentage cleared up

Total crimes

55

57

43

37

39

59

45

40

43

Non-sexual crimes of violence

91

89

83

66

69

95

70

90

72

Crimes of indecency

83

90

88

69

66

82

80

88

78

Crimes of dishonesty

47

51

38

31

34

50

35

31

35

Fire-raising, vandalism etc

43

41

24

22

19

42

24

22

24

Other crimes

100

99

100

97

100

99

100

100

99

Miscellaneous offences

95

92

88

78

83

98

90

94

89

1. The mid-year population estimate for 1998 was used since, at the time of publication, the 1999 estimate was not available.

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