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RECORDED CRIME IN SCOTLAND, 2000

Crimes and offences cleared up by the police as a percentage of those recorded, Scotland, 1991 - 2000									Table 3
Percentage

Crime / Offence group	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000
Total crimes	29	29	31	34	35	37	39	41	43	44
Non-sexual crimes of violence	65	62	63	64	65	67	68	69	72	73
Serious assault etc ¹	63	57	57	57	54	57	60	60	64	64
Handling an offensive weapon	100	100	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99
Robbery	27	24	27	29	29	29	28	33	38	38
Other	87	84	83	83	82	84	84	82	80	77
Crimes of indecency	71	71	72	75	74	76	75	78	78	77
Sexual assault	66	63	63	68	66	69	65	71	68	68
Lewd and indecent behaviour	55	56	62	65	67	68	66	68	72	71
Other	98	98	97	97	96	98	96	96	97	97
Crimes of dishonesty	24	24	25	28	28	30	31	33	35	37
Housebreaking	15	14	16	17	17	18	18	21	23	24
Theft by opening a lockfast place (OLP)	12	19	19	21	22	24	21	24	29	30
Theft from a motor vehicle by (OLP) ²	-	11	11	14	12	14	13	15	17	18
Theft of a motor vehicle	21	19	21	24	24	25	26	28	32	30
Shoplifting	78	78	77	80	79	78	77	80	80	79
Other theft	17	16	17	18	18	19	19	21	21	21
Fraud	71	73	75	82	81	79	75	76	74	79
Other	86	85	86	84	87	82	88	84	90	93
Fire-raising, vandalism etc	19	19	19	20	21	21	22	23	24	24
Fire-raising	17	17	19	19	19	20	19	21	26	23
Vandalism etc	19	19	19	20	21	21	22	24	24	24
Other crimes	99	99	100	100	100	99	100	99	99	100
Crimes against public justice	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Drugs	99	99	100	100	100	99	100	100	99	100
Other	77	83	79	84	80	82	80	86	87	80
Miscellaneous offences	86	85	85	86	88	89	90	90	89	89
Petty assault ¹	72	71	73	73	74	75	77	79	79	78
Breach of the peace	93	92	90	92	93	94	94	94	94	94
Drunkenness	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Other	89	88	89	92	95	97	98	98	97	97

See Annex Note 11.5.
Separately identified from 1 January 1992.

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