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Statistical Bulletin CrJ/1991/1 Criminal Proceedings in Scottish Courts, 1997

Persons proceeded against by main crime or offence 1987-1997

Table 2(a)

Main Crime or Offence	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	% change 1996-1997

All crimes and offences	199,954	198,573	193,904	198,617	200,892	199,075	184,468	178,667	177,168	175,457	172,556	-2

All crimes	68,953	65,272	62,953	64,052	65,362	66,431	65,391	64,275	63,548	64,034	59,584	-7

Non-sexual crimes of violence	4,394	4,290	4,198	4,392	4,356	5,141	5,327	4,910	4,969	5,741	5,633	-2
Homicide	123	116	119	100	106	148	150	122	157	159	119	-25
Serious assault	1,569	1,412	1,432	1,512	1,425	1,546	1,592	1,508	1,298	1,421	1,485	5
Handling offensive weapons	1,340	1,444	1,430	1,427	1,504	2,028	2,208	2,001	2,357	2,946	2,882	-2
Robbery	981	906	786	846	885	949	1,006	990	855	929	848	-9
Other	381	412	431	507	436	470	371	289	302	286	299	5

Crimes of indecency	1,464	1,366	1,371	1,825	1,660	1,563	1,683	1,587	1,452	1,154	1,379	19
Sexual assault	227	220	225	233	200	203	229	195	182	194	212	9
Lewd and indecent behaviour	484	451	438	440	429	363	370	399	350	376	399	6
Other	753	695	708	1,152	1,031	997	1,084	993	920	584	768	32

Crimes of dishonesty	45,633	43,054	40,808	40,329	40,758	40,950	38,601	37,026	35,301	33,695	31,137	-8
Housebreaking	9,076	8,266	7,673	7,408	7,258	7,105	6,370	6,126	5,452	4,639	4,054	-13
Theft by opening lockfast places	3,867	3,832	3,847	3,586	3,907	3,698	3,640	3,565	3,111	2,905	2,665	-8
Theft of motor vehicle	3,381	3,363	3,082	3,226	3,477	3,688	3,480	3,494	3,449	3,497	3,259	-7
Shoplifting	7,169	6,526	6,646	7,098	7,921	8,469	8,262	7,260	7,185	7,840	7,959	2
Other theft	13,644	12,975	11,574	10,765	9,935	9,485	8,565	7,532	7,485	7,171	7,113	-1
Fraud	3,881	3,514	3,531	3,754	3,438	3,326	3,519	4,191	4,073	3,566	2,338	-34
Other	4,615	4,578	4,455	4,492	4,822	5,179	4,765	4,858	4,546	4,077	3,749	-8

Fire-raising, vandalism, etc	7,421	7,393	6,937	6,757	6,593	6,651	6,029	5,644	5,808	6,198	5,917	-5
Fire-raising	279	235	229	214	192	213	188	203	177	173	149	-14
Vandalism, etc	7,142	7,158	6,708	6,543	6,401	6,438	5,841	5,441	5,631	6,025	5,768	-4

Other crimes	10,041	9,169	9,639	10,749	11,995	12,126	13,751	15,108	16,018	17,246	15,518	*-10*
Crimes against public justice	7,120	6,485	6,854	7,272	7,542	7,377	8,407	8,892	9,424	9,751	7,251	-26
Drugs	2,842	2,638	2,756	3,436	4,413	4,713	5,313	6,185	6,556	7,454	8,219	10
Other	79	46	29	41	40	36	31	31	38	41	48	17

All offences	131,001	133,301	130,951	134,565	135,530	132,644	119,077	114,392	113,620	111,423	112,972	1

Miscellaneous offences	64,440	67,674	63,559	60,781	58,964	60,589	54,497	48,383	50,780	52,711	52,692	*
Simple assault	14,353	16,146	16,858	15,990	15,115	14,715	14,452	13,962	14,809	15,577	15,875	2
Breach of the peace	30,826	27,397	24,830	23,485	21,955	21,148	20,353	19,102	20,613	22,377	22,336	*
Drunkenness	3,776	3,465	3,028	2,930	2,376	2,253	1,803	1,483	1,364	1,160	983	-15
Other	15,485	20,666	18,843	18,376	19,518	22,473	17,889	13,836	13,994	13,597	13,498	-1

Motor vehicle offences	66,561	65,627	67,392	73,784	76,566	72,055	64,580	66,009	62,840	58,712	60,280	3
Dangerous and careless driving	6,701	7,363	8,603	8,862	7,840	7,177	5,883	5,162	5,273	5,193	5,150	-1
Drunk driving	11,438	10,680	8,875	8,997	8,679	8,314	7,812	7,601	7,798	8,313	8,900	7
Speeding	9,803	11,216	13,958	18,198	21,804	19,517	15,405	16,786	15,159	12,645	11,804	-7
Unlawful use of vehicle	26,639	22,820	20,002	20,881	21,742	22,033	21,951	22,947	21,528	21,124	22,213	5
Vehicle defect offences	4,740	5,197	5,071	5,035	4,489	4,111	3,308	3,560	3,683	3,548	3,775	6
Other	7,240	8,351	10,883	11,811	12,012	10,903	10,221	9,953	9,399	7,889	8,438	7