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Recorded Crime in Scotland, 1999

Number of crimes recorded by the police, rate per 10,000 population ¹ and index of rate for selected crimes by council area, 1999

Table 8

Council area	Number					Rate per 10,000 population					Index of rate per 10,000 population
	Offensive weapons	Domestic housebreaking	Vandalism²	Petty assault	Breach of the peace	Offensive weapons	Domestic housebreaking	Vandalism²	Petty assault	Breach of the peace	Offensive weapons	Domestic housebreaking	Vandalism²	Petty assault	Breach of the peace
	Offensive weapons	Domestic housebreaking	Vandalism²	Petty assault	Breach of the peace	Offensive weapons	Domestic housebreaking	Vandalism²	Petty assault	Breach of the peace	Offensive weapons	Domestic housebreaking	Vandalism²	Petty assault	Breach of the peace
Aberdeen City	222	3,434	4,507	3,117	4,090	10	161	212	146	192	68	228	143	139	138
Aberdeenshire	145	725	2,958	1,728	2,666	6	32	131	76	118	42	45	89	72	85
Angus	94	503	1,833	939	1,254	9	46	167	85	114	55	65	113	81	82
Argyll & Bute	85	340	789	685	1,218	9	38	88	76	135	61	53	59	72	98
Clackmannanshire	51	336	563	378	492	11	69	116	78	101	68	98	79	74	73
Dumfries & Galloway	142	719	1,797	1,456	1,778	10	49	122	99	121	62	69	83	94	87
Dundee City	321	1,759	3,275	2,081	3,027	22	120	223	142	206	142	169	151	135	149
East Ayrshire	156	1,154	1,440	1,198	1,857	13	95	119	99	153	83	134	80	94	110
East Dunbartonshire	81	553	1,145	504	716	7	50	104	46	65	48	71	71	44	47
East Lothian	53	274	1,143	921	537	6	31	128	103	60	38	43	86	98	43
East Renfrewshire	83	712	561	359	531	9	81	64	41	60	61	114	43	39	44
Edinburgh, City of	443	3,027	9,226	7,000	3,450	10	67	205	155	77	64	95	139	147	55
Eileanan Siar ³	10	20	124	147	359	4	7	44	53	128	23	10	30	50	93
Falkirk	125	689	1,851	1,383	1,952	9	48	128	96	135	56	68	87	91	98
Fife	329	2,870	5,590	3,167	3,716	9	82	160	91	107	61	116	109	86	77
Glasgow City	2,696	6,654	11,546	9,718	15,602	44	107	186	157	252	282	152	126	149	181
Highland	252	369	2,721	1,808	3,589	12	18	131	87	172	78	25	88	82	124
Inverclyde	157	930	888	731	1,414	18	109	104	86	166	119	154	70	81	119
Midlothian	64	400	1,223	970	575	8	49	151	120	71	51	70	102	114	51
Moray	69	301	1,261	847	1,644	8	35	147	99	191	52	49	99	94	138
North Ayrshire	176	1,071	1,332	1,177	2,022	13	77	95	84	145	82	108	65	80	104
North Lanarkshire	433	1,852	3,888	2,918	4,643	13	57	119	89	142	86	80	81	85	102
Orkney Islands	9	7	101	114	132	5	4	52	58	68	30	5	35	55	49
Perth & Kinross	140	553	1,790	908	1,364	11	42	135	68	103	68	59	91	65	74
Renfrewshire	368	1,702	2,719	1,761	2,246	21	96	153	99	126	134	135	104	94	91
Scottish Borders	83	257	1,281	921	774	8	24	121	87	73	51	34	82	82	52
Shetland Islands	6	17	138	120	178	3	7	60	52	78	17	10	41	50	56
South Ayrshire	155	417	1,003	1,006	1,611	14	36	88	88	141	88	51	59	83	101
South Lanarkshire	599	2,085	3,644	2,520	4,266	20	68	119	82	139	126	96	80	78	100
Stirling	57	556	820	639	765	7	67	99	77	92	44	94	67	73	66
West Dunbartonshire	195	993	1,615	964	1,513	21	105	170	102	159	133	148	115	96	115
West Lothian	102	986	2,803	1,804	1,047	7	64	183	118	68	43	91	124	112	49
SCOTLAND	7,901	36,265	75,575	53,989	71,028	15	71	148	105	139	100	100	100	100	100
SCOTLAND	7,901	36,265	75,575	53,989	71,028	15	71	148	105	139	100	100	100	100	100

1. The mid-year population estimate for 1998 was used since, at the time of publication, the 1999 estimate was not available.
2. Includes vandalism, malicious damage and malicious mischief only.
3. Formerly known as Western Isles.