Number of crimes recorded by the police and percentage cleared up by council area, 2000

Table 6

Number & Percentage

Council area

Non - sexual crimes of violence

Crimes of indecency

Crimes of dishonesty

Fire - raising, vandalism, etc.

Other crimes

Total crimes

Percentage of crimes cleared up

Aberdeen City

1,011

314

22,875

4,539

2,094

30,833

30

Aberdeenshire

565

132

6,225

3,249

1,070

11,241

39

Angus

236

108

3,099

1,934

540

5,917

45

Argyll & Bute

275

55

2,195

815

757

4,097

54

Clackmannanshire

109

26

1,683

765

419

3,002

53

Dumfries & Galloway

306

134

4,681

1,863

828

7,812

52

Dundee City

663

204

10,740

3,407

1,532

16,546

39

East Ayrshire

519

123

5,806

1,569

1,165

9,182

46

East Dunbartonshire

259

46

3,473

1,216

470

5,464

34

East Lothian

273

83

2,649

925

530

4,460

52

East Renfrewshire

226

48

2,799

628

589

4,290

38

Edinburgh, City of

2,443

579

36,347

9,892

4,947

54,208

43

Eileanan Siar ¹

48

21

210

181

90

550

65

Falkirk

330

81

5,253

1,736

1,077

8,477

57

Fife

1,044

331

17,058

6,095

2,268

26,796

44

Glasgow City

7,142

1,875

50,464

14,032

13,304

86,817

46

Highland

581

143

6,258

3,153

1,575

11,710

54

Inverclyde

569

84

3,745

1,210

1,223

6,831

52

Midlothian

285

90

2,978

1,204

652

5,209

54

Moray

264

83

2,914

1,227

472

4,960

47

North Ayrshire

628

91

5,671

1,795

1,244

9,429

47

North Lanarkshire

1,106

268

14,715

4,885

2,802

23,776

39

Orkney Islands

8

13

190

135

50

396

74

Perth & Kinross

268

97

4,154

1,738

892

7,149

47

Renfrewshire

943

141

9,459

3,370

1,685

15,598

37

Scottish Borders

262

54

2,744

1,267

1,016

5,343

67

Shetland Islands

32

20

273

173

99

597

64

South Ayrshire

384

69

4,516

1,297

800

7,066

51

South Lanarkshire

1,280

171

11,698

4,141

2,496

19,786

41

Stirling

177

67

3,089

757

715

4,805

59

West Dunbartonshire

657

77

5,319

1,581

1,179

8,813

49

West Lothian

456

126

7,656

2,413

1,361

12,012

48

SCOTLAND

23,349

5,754

260,936

83,192

49,941

423,172