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RECORDED CRIME IN SCOTLAND, 2000

Crimes and offences recorded per 10,000 population 1, percentage change in total number recorded and percentage cleared up by police force area, 2000

Table 5

Number & Percentage

 

Central

Dumfries & Galloway

Fife

Grampian

Lothian & Borders

Northern

Strathclyde

Tayside

SCOTLAND

Total crimes

16,284

7,812

26,796

47,034

81,232

13,253

201,149

29,612

423,172

Total offences

24,254

19,507

39,893

46,325

79,360

23,261

232,539

34,453

499,592

Total crimes and offences

40,538

27,319

66,689

93,359

160,592

36,514

433,688

64,065

922,764

Crimes and offences per 10,000 population 1

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

Crimes of indecency

6

9

9

10

11

7

13

11

11

Crimes of dishonesty

361

319

488

609

592

249

528

463

510

Fire-raising, vandalism etc

117

127

175

172

177

131

161

182

163

Other crimes

80

56

65

69

96

65

122

76

98

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

Motor vehicle offences

623

1,123

912

604

664

570

663

602

675

Total crimes and offences

1,460

1,861

1,910

1,777

1,815

1,311

1,912

1,650

1,803

Percentage change in total number recorded, 1999-00

Total crimes

-7.6

-8.1

0.6

-2.2

-1.9

2.6

-2.8

-8.1

-2.9

Non-sexual crimes of violence

-5.5

8.9

23.1

17.7

15.5

10.9

-6.6

-10.2

-0.4

Crimes of indecency

40.3

-6.9

-8.6

-16.6

-11.2

8.2

1.8

-17.2

-3.8

Crimes of dishonesty

-10.8

-6.4

-1.1

-1.7

-3.4

3.6

-7.6

-7.7

-5.5

Fire-raising, vandalism etc

-4.9

-1.0

5.8

-2.3

-3.8

12.1

12.6

-2.4

4.6

Other crimes

1.0

-30.6

-6.6

-11.0

6.6

-17.4

3.5

-19.3

-1.2

Total offences

-10.0

-7.8

26.4

-6.8

2.2

-6.2

-2.2

-1.2

-1.0

Miscellaneous offences

6.3

-15.4

3.2

-6.2

8.7

-8.9

3.7

-1.8

1.8

Motor vehicle offences

-15.2

-6.2

34.1

-7.1

0.1

-4.9

-5.2

-0.9

-2.2

Total crimes and offences

-9.0

-7.9

14.6

-4.5

0.1

-3.2

-2.5

-4.5

-1.8

Percentage cleared up

Total crimes

57

52

44

34

47

56

44

42

44

Non-sexual crimes of violence

92

91

81

63

73

95

70

90

73

Crimes of indecency

90

93

81

69

65

86

78

94

77

Crimes of dishonesty

49

46

40

28

43

50

34

35

37

Fire-raising, vandalism etc

43

37

28

21

22

35

21

22

24

Other crimes

100

100

100

98

100

100

100

103

100

Miscellaneous offences

96

92

90

78

83

97

90

96

89

1. The mid-year population estimate for 1999 was used since, at the time of publication, the 2000 estimate was not available.

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