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RECORDED CRIME IN SCOTLAND, 2000

Number of crimes recorded by the police, rate per 10,000 population 1 and index of rate for selected crimes by council area, 2000

Table 8


Number

Rate per 10,000 population

Index of rate per 10,000 population

Council area

Offensive weapons

Domestic house-
breaking

Vandalism2

Petty assault

Breach of the peace

Offensive weapons

Domestic house-
breaking

Vandalism2

Petty assault

Breach of the peace

Offensive weapons

Domestic house-
breaking

Vandalism2

Petty assault

Breach of the peace

Aberdeen City

205

4,028

4,310

3,096

3,405

10

189

202

146

160

60

296

131

137

117

Aberdeenshire

168

791

3,080

1,803

2,445

7

35

136

79

108

47

55

88

74

79

Angus

109

385

1,852

902

1,162

10

35

168

82

106

62

55

109

77

77

Argyll & Bute

90

278

782

634

1,449

10

31

87

71

161

63

48

56

66

118

Clackmannanshire

34

348

719

397

538

7

72

148

82

111

44

112

96

76

81

Dumfries & Galloway

152

722

1,755

1,209

1,529

10

49

119

82

104

65

77

77

77

76

Dundee City

332

1,272

3,213

2,073

2,918

23

88

219

144

202

142

138

142

135

148

East Ayrshire

146

1,196

1,468

1,024

1,571

12

99

121

85

130

76

154

78

79

95

East Dunbartonshire

74

619

1,177

541

748

7

56

107

49

68

42

88

70

46

50

East Lothian

78

196

884

981

489

9

22

99

108

54

55

34

64

101

40

East Renfrewshire

71

535

595

314

571

8

60

68

35

64

51

94

44

33

47

Edinburgh, City of

570

2,605

9,503

7,677

3,585

13

58

211

170

79

80

91

137

159

58

Eileanan Siar 3

9

27

176

129

269

3

10

63

47

98

20

15

41

44

72

Falkirk

113

712

1,612

1,441

1,901

8

49

112

100

132

49

77

72

94

97

Fife

418

2,637

5,893

3,322

3,669

12

76

169

95

105

75

118

109

89

77

Glasgow City

2,731

6,119

13,186

9,784

16,390

44

100

213

160

268

277

157

138

150

196

Highland

209

402

3,043

1,707

3,439

10

19

146

82

165

63

30

95

77

121

Inverclyde

224

522

1,089

786

1,352

26

61

128

92

159

165

96

83

86

116

Midlothian

63

295

1,162

910

581

8

36

144

111

71

49

57

93

104

52

Moray

65

308

1,125

859

1,655

8

36

131

101

194

48

56

85

94

142

North Ayrshire

201

912

1,679

1,134

1,774

14

65

120

81

127

90

102

78

76

93

North Lanarkshire

387

1,683

4,728

2,857

4,705

12

51

145

87

143

74

80

94

82

105

Orkney Islands

5

5

131

70

97

3

3

67

36

49

16

4

43

33

36

Perth & Kinross

142

415

1,689

933

1,256

11

31

127

70

94

67

49

82

66

69

Renfrewshire

309

1,532

3,075

1,766

2,247

17

86

173

99

127

109

135

112

93

93

Scottish Borders

94

219

1,222

1,051

854

9

21

115

100

80

56

32

74

94

59

Shetland Islands

9

24

166

89

112

4

11

72

39

49

25

17

47

36

36

South Ayrshire

133

517

1,251

974

1,482

12

45

109

85

130

73

71

71

80

95

South Lanarkshire

610

1,536

4,025

2,400

4,232

20

50

131

78

138

125

78

85

73

101

Stirling

72

481

694

674

927

9

57

83

80

109

54

89

54

75

80

West Dunbartonshire

191

724

1,487

917

1,530

20

76

157

97

161

126

120

101

90

118

West Lothian

139

639

2,288

2,297

1,104

9

41

149

149

72

57

64

97

139

53

SCOTLAND

8,153

32,684

79,059

54,751

69,986

16

64

154

107

137

100

100

100

100

100

1. The mid-year population estimate for 1999 was used since, at the time of publication, the 2000 estimate was not available.
2. Includes vandalism, malicious damage and malicious mischief only.

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