SCOTTISH EXECUTIVE

Number of crimes recorded by the police and percentage cleared up by council area, 1999

Table 6

Number & Percentage

Council area

Non - sexual crimes of violence

Crimes of indecency

Crimes of dishonesty

Fire - raising, vandalism, etc.

Other crimes

Total crimes

Percentage of crimes cleared up

Aberdeen City

938

408

23,981

4,791

2,486

32,604

34

Aberdeenshire

431

156

5,779

3,115

1,125

10,606

40

Angus

270

140

3,531

1,902

737

6,580

43

Argyll & Bute

236

83

2,383

835

670

4,207

53

Clackmannanshire

107

21

1,589

589

395

2,701

54

Dumfries & Galloway

281

144

5,001

1,881

1,193

8,500

57

Dundee City

727

263

11,335

3,494

1,832

17,651

38

East Ayrshire

567

84

5,445

1,548

1,195

8,839

46

East Dunbartonshire

226

45

3,563

1,180

433

5,447

33

East Lothian

219

58

2,636

1,181

365

4,459

38

East Renfrewshire

266

26

3,335

589

477

4,693

38

Edinburgh, City of

2,106

636

37,223

9,609

4,789

54,363

37

Eileanan Siar ¹

21

7

226

127

130

511

65

Falkirk

362

67

5,827

1,979

1,146

9,381

56

Fife

848

362

17,245

5,763

2,429

26,647

43

Glasgow City

7,580

1,855

54,484

12,239

12,488

88,646

46

Highland

551

145

6,044

2,870

1,858

11,468

58

Inverclyde

543

100

5,098

964

1,004

7,709

49

Midlothian

218

95

2,981

1,272

566

5,132

43

Moray

194

70

2,803

1,325

476

4,868

46

North Ayrshire

602

110

6,061

1,444

1,155

9,372

48

North Lanarkshire

1,275

188

14,846

4,080

3,192

23,581

41

Orkney Islands

20

9

158

105

82

374

67

Perth & Kinross

302

91

4,635

1,854

1,102

7,984

43

Renfrewshire

1,061

158

10,299

3,073

1,816

16,407

38

Scottish Borders

250

67

2,882

1,334

976

5,509

61

Shetland Islands

11

21

260

148

127

567

70

South Ayrshire

433

105

4,358

1,039

1,050

6,985

56

South Lanarkshire

1,555

161

13,602

3,770

2,377

21,465

42

Stirling

183

36

3,818

859

649

5,545

54

West Dunbartonshire

631

78

6,277

1,688

923

9,597

44

West Lothian

426

193

8,484

2,921

1,281

13,305

39

SCOTLAND

23,440

5,982

276,189

79,568

50,524

435,703

43