Statistical Bulletin CrJ/2005/10: RECORDED CRIME IN SCOTLAND, 2004/05

Table 4a: Crimes and offences recorded by police force area, 2004/05

Number

Crime / Offence group	Central	Dumfries & Galloway	Fife	Grampian	Lothian & Borders	Northern	Strathclyde	Tayside	SCOTLAND
Total crimes	19,816	10,679	34,862	40,956	84,116	15,660	200,159	31,845	438,093
Non-sexual crimes of violence	488	188	654	868	2,292	494	9,082	634	14,700
Serious assault etc ¹	287	143	329	385	846	285	5,180	313	7,768
Robbery	69	34	218	221	637	52	2,326	179	3,736
Other	132	11	107	262	809	157	1,576	142	3,196
Crimes of indecency	247	106	516	858	1,339	345	3,446	467	7,324
Rape & Attempted Rape ²	56	22	102	86	289	65	416	73	1,109
Indecent Assault ²	72	17	143	167	305	62	626	105	1,497
Lewd and indecent behaviour	109	61	237	320	604	165	1,048	242	2,786
Other	10	6	34	285	141	53	1,356	47	1,932
Crimes of dishonesty	9,165	4,983	18,188	22,409	47,491	6,523	86,065	15,541	210,365
Housebreaking	1,646	601	3,131	3,930	6,141	715	16,489	2,306	34,959
Theft by opening a lockfast place ( OLP)	360	281	811	1,164	1,559	301	2,821	552	7,849
Theft from a motor vehicle by ( OLP)	592	192	1,901	1,790	4,757	106	9,649	1,416	20,403
Theft of a motor vehicle	605	253	1,057	1,042	3,679	321	7,835	841	15,633
Shoplifting	1,448	624	2,307	2,931	4,668	971	12,782	2,803	28,534
Other theft	3,284	1,778	6,928	9,031	17,819	2,896	29,998	5,852	77,586
Fraud	781	1,066	1,296	1,630	7,242	934	4,200	1,158	18,307
Other	449	188	757	891	1,626	279	2,291	613	7,094
Fire-raising, vandalism etc	5,784	3,596	11,598	11,428	22,474	5,102	60,080	8,504	128,566
Fire-raising	205	117	467	509	676	137	2,282	305	4,698
Vandalism etc	5,579	3,479	11,131	10,919	21,798	4,965	57,798	8,199	123,868
Other crimes	4,132	1,806	3,906	5,393	10,520	3,196	41,486	6,699	77,138
Crimes against public justice	1,771	748	1,610	1,724	3,509	1,179	12,205	2,869	25,615
Handling an offensive weapon	409	117	271	615	1,080	287	6,407	359	9,545
Drugs	1,951	935	2,024	3,037	5,914	1,722	22,790	3,450	41,823
Other	1	6	1	17	17	8	84	21	155
Total offences	30,585	30,868	37,911	60,546	121,042	26,546	266,941	58,543	632,982
Miscellaneous offences	10,437	5,444	13,802	20,469	22,376	10,610	117,596	13,568	214,302
Petty assault ¹	3,848	2,100	5,677	7,527	12,664	3,340	34,751	3,804	73,711
Breach of the peace	4,761	2,677	5,793	9,845	7,433	5,360	47,555	6,496	89,920
Drunkenness	129	91	470	325	279	733	4,644	563	7,234
Other	1,699	576	1,862	2,772	2,000	1,177	30,646	2,705	43,437
Motor vehicle offences	20,148	25,424	24,109	40,077	98,666	15,936	149,345	44,975	418,680
Dangerous and careless driving	461	491	656	3,092	938	986	5,289	1,149	13,062
Drunk driving	596	238	659	1,333	1,619	881	4,755	980	11,061
Speeding	7,128	19,184	11,320	22,083	61,486	6,150	60,312	22,457	210,120
Unlawful use of vehicle	3,926	2,374	6,356	5,855	9,402	3,088	32,923	7,170	71,094
Vehicle defect offences	3,399	679	1,106	2,482	6,077	2,479	7,840	2,960	27,022
Other	4,638	2,458	4,012	5,232	19,144	2,352	38,226	10,259	86,321
Total crimes and offences	50,401	41,547	72,773	101,502	205,158	42,206	467,100	90,388	1,071,075

1. See Annex Note 7.5.
2. See Annex Note 7.17.

Table 4b: Crimes and offences recorded by police force area per 10,000 population, 2004/05

Rate per 10,000 population

Crime / Offence group	Central	Dumfries & Galloway	Fife	Grampian	Lothian & Borders	Northern	Strathclyde	Tayside	SCOTLAND
Total crimes	703	722	983	782	938	561	907	821	863
Non-sexual crimes of violence	17	13	18	17	26	18	41	16	29
Serious assault etc ¹	10	10	9	7	9	10	23	8	15
Robbery	2	2	6	4	7	2	11	5	7
Other	5	1	3	5	9	6	7	4	6
Crimes of indecency	9	7	15	16	15	12	16	12	14
Rape & Attempted Rape ²	2	1	3	2	3	2	2	2	2
Indecent Assault ²	3	1	4	3	3	2	3	3	3
Lewd and indecent behaviour	4	4	7	6	7	6	5	6	5
Other	0	0	1	5	2	2	6	1	4
Crimes of dishonesty	325	337	513	428	529	234	390	401	414
Housebreaking	58	41	88	75	68	26	75	59	69
Theft by opening a lockfast place ( OLP)	13	19	23	22	17	11	13	14	15
Theft from a motor vehicle by ( OLP)	21	13	54	34	53	4	44	36	40
Theft of a motor vehicle	21	17	30	20	41	12	36	22	31
Shoplifting	51	42	65	56	52	35	58	72	56
Other theft	116	120	195	172	199	104	136	151	153
Fraud	28	72	37	31	81	33	19	30	36
Other	16	13	21	17	18	10	10	16	14
Fire-raising, vandalism etc	205	243	327	218	251	183	272	219	253
Fire-raising	7	8	13	10	8	5	10	8	9
Vandalism etc	198	235	314	208	243	178	262	211	244
Other crimes	146	122	110	103	117	115	188	173	152
Crimes against public justice	63	51	45	33	39	42	55	74	50
Handling an offensive weapon	14	8	8	12	12	10	29	9	19
Drugs	69	63	57	58	66	62	103	89	82
Other	*	0	-	*	*	*	*	1	*
Total offences	1,084	2,087	1,069	1,155	1,349	951	1,210	1,509	1,246
Miscellaneous offences	370	368	389	391	249	380	533	350	422
Petty assault ¹	136	142	160	144	141	120	158	98	145
Breach of the peace	169	181	163	188	83	192	216	167	177
Drunkenness	5	6	13	6	3	26	21	15	14
Other	60	39	53	53	22	42	139	70	86
Motor vehicle offences	714	1,719	680	765	1,100	571	677	1,159	824
Dangerous and careless driving	16	33	18	59	10	35	24	30	26
Drunk driving	21	16	19	25	18	32	22	25	22
Speeding	253	1,297	319	421	685	220	273	579	414
Unlawful use of vehicle	139	160	179	112	105	111	149	185	140
Vehicle defect offences	121	46	31	47	68	89	36	76	53
Other	164	166	113	100	213	84	173	264	170
Total crimes and offences	1,787	2,809	2,052	1,937	2,287	1,513	2,118	2,330	2,109

1. See Annex Note 7.5.
2. See Annex Note 7.17.

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