Crimes and offences recorded by police force area per 10,000 population, 2000

Table 4B

Rate per 10,000 population

Crime / Offence group

Central

Dumfries & Galloway

Fife

Grampian

Lothia n & Borders

Northern

Strathclyde

Tayside

SCOTLAND

Total crimes

587

532

767

895

918

476

887

763

827

Non-sexual crimes of violence

22

21

30

35

42

24

62

30

46

Serious assault etc ¹

9

5

9

9

10

10

19

7

14

Handling an offensive weapon

8

10

12

8

11

8

23

15

16

Robbery

3

3

5

5

8

1

13

3

9

Other

3

2

4

13

13

5

6

4

7

Crimes of indecency

6

9

9

10

11

7

13

11

11

Sexual assault

2

3

3

4

5

2

3

5

4

Lewd and indecent behaviour

3

6

5

4

5

4

4

5

5

Other

0

0

1

2

1

1

6

1

3

Crimes of dishonesty

361

319

488

609

592

249

528

463

510

Housebreaking

78

77

97

135

72

31

108

85

95

Theft by opening a lockfast place (OLP)

15

11

20

32

20

16

25

12

22

Theft from a motor vehicle by (OLP)

32

22

75

69

62

9

79

66

66

Theft of a motor vehicle

30

15

43

35

56

19

63

53

51

Shoplifting

60

44

51

61

64

25

72

63

63

Other theft

111

121

141

195

200

100

141

143

152

Fraud

23

21

51

65

74

36

29

24

41

Other

13

9

11

17

44

13

12

18

18

Fire-raising, vandalism etc

117

127

175

172

177

131

161

182

163

Fire-raising

4

4

4

5

6

3

4

6

5

Vandalism etc

114

123

171

166

172

128

157

176

158

Other crimes

80

56

65

69

96

65

122

76

98

Crimes against public justice

33

26

29

25

37

26

42

34

36

Drugs

46

31

36

44

59

39

80

42

61

Other

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

Total offences

874

1,329

1,142

882

897

835

1,025

887

976

Miscellaneous offences

251

206

231

278

232

265

362

285

300

Petty assault ¹

90

82

95

110

146

72

102

101

107

Breach of the peace

121

104

105

143

75

141

168

137

137

Drunkenness

6

7

10

4

3

31

23

17

15

Other

33

12

20

21

8

22

70

29

42

Motor vehicle offences

623

1,123

912

604

664

570

663

602

675

Dangerous and careless driving

14

27

50

44

12

22

22

19

24

Drunk driving

21

18

19

20

20

28

21

23

21

Speeding

219

679

201

213

237

213

194

298

228

Unlawful use of vehicle

137

190

238

141

154

114

175

166

166

Vehicle defect offences

126

62

234

42

73

85

105

25

94

Other

106

148

171

145

168

107

146

70

142

Total crimes and offences

1,460

1,861

1,910

1,777

1,815

1,311

1,912

1,650

1,803