SCOTTISH EXECUTIVE

Recorded Crime in Scotland, 1999

Number of crimes recorded by the police per 10,000 population ¹ and crime index, by council area, 1999	Table 7
Number and Index

Council area	Non - sexual crimes of violence	Crimes of indecency	Crimes of dishonesty	Fire - raising, vandalism, etc.	Other crimes	Total crimes	Index (Scotland =100)
Aberdeen City	44	19	1,125	225	117	1,530	180
Aberdeenshire	19	7	255	138	50	469	55
Angus	25	13	321	173	67	598	70
Argyll & Bute	26	9	265	93	74	468	55
Clackmannanshire	22	4	327	121	81	556	65
Dumfries & Galloway	19	10	340	128	81	577	68
Dundee City	50	18	773	238	125	1,203	141
East Ayrshire	47	7	449	128	99	729	86
East Dunbartonshire	21	4	325	108	40	497	58
East Lothian	24	6	294	132	41	498	58
East Renfrewshire	30	3	379	67	54	533	63
Edinburgh, City of	47	14	827	213	106	1,208	142
Eileanan Siar ²	8	3	81	45	47	183	21
Falkirk	25	5	404	137	80	651	76
Fife	24	10	494	165	70	764	90
Glasgow City	122	30	879	198	202	1,431	168
Highland	26	7	290	138	89	551	65
Inverclyde	64	12	597	113	118	903	106
Midlothian	27	12	369	157	70	635	75
Moray	23	8	326	154	55	567	67
North Ayrshire	43	8	434	103	83	671	79
North Lanarkshire	39	6	454	125	98	722	85
Orkney Islands	10	5	81	54	42	191	22
Perth & Kinross	23	7	348	139	83	600	71
Renfrewshire	60	9	579	173	102	923	108
Scottish Borders	24	6	271	125	92	518	61
Shetland Islands	5	9	113	65	55	247	29
South Ayrshire	38	9	381	91	92	610	72
South Lanarkshire	51	5	443	123	77	700	82
Stirling	22	4	459	103	78	667	78
West Dunbartonshire	67	8	662	178	97	1,011	119
West Lothian	28	13	554	191	84	869	102
SCOTLAND	46	12	539	155	99	851	*100*

1. The mid-year population estimate for 1998 was used since, at the time of publication, the 1999 estimate was not available.
2. Formerly known as Western Isles.

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