Recorded Crime in Scotland, 2005/06

Statistics on crimes and offences recorded and cleared up by the eight Scottish police forces in 2005/06


Table 4b: Crimes and offences recorded by police force area per 10,000 population, 2005/06

Rate per 10,000 population

Crime / Offence group

Central

Dumfries & Galloway

Fife

Grampian

Lothian & Borders

Northern

Strathclyde

Tayside

SCOTLAND

Total crimes

682

656

850

791

893

547

867

756

820

Non-sexual crimes of violence

17

12

17

17

23

17

38

15

27

Serious assault etc 1

10

8

9

7

8

10

21

8

14

Robbery

3

2

5

5

8

1

10

3

7

Other

4

1

3

5

7

6

7

3

6

Crimes of indecency

14

9

13

18

13

12

12

13

13

Rape & Attempted Rape

2

2

3

2

3

2

2

3

2

Indecent Assault

3

1

3

3

3

2

3

3

3

Lewd and indecent behaviour

7

6

6

8

6

5

4

6

5

Other

1

1

1

5

1

2

3

2

2

Crimes of dishonesty

294

261

413

415

465

213

349

360

369

Housebreaking

46

30

69

74

74

17

64

48

61

Theft by opening a lockfast place ( OLP)

22

14

27

22

16

11

13

15

16

Theft from a motor vehicle by OLP

16

12

32

32

50

3

34

24

32

Theft of a motor vehicle

18

13

24

26

36

11

31

21

28

Shoplifting

47

51

55

61

57

36

53

78

55

Other theft

96

115

162

163

194

96

126

136

142

Fraud

38

14

24

21

25

26

18

24

22

Other

11

11

17

17

13

12

10

14

12

Fire-raising, vandalism etc

208

235

295

230

265

172

267

208

251

Fire-raising

7

8

11

11

10

5

10

8

10

Vandalism etc

201

226

284

219

255

167

257

201

241

Other crimes

149

139

111

111

127

133

201

159

161

Crimes against public justice

64

61

47

37

44

42

62

65

54

Handling an offensive weapon

13

9

8

11

13

12

29

9

19

Drugs

71

64

56

63

69

79

110

85

87

Other

0

5

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

Total offences

1,143

2,027

1,056

1,055

1,180

1,069

1,098

1,520

1,166

Miscellaneous offences

348

332

361

405

277

362

546

383

431

Minor Assault 1

127

124

151

152

140

116

150

117

142

Breach of the peace

156

156

140

192

103

182

211

176

176

Drunkenness

4

6

11

5

2

28

21

16

14

Other

60

46

59

55

31

37

165

75

99

Motor vehicle offences

795

1,695

696

650

903

707

553

1,137

735

Dangerous and careless driving

17

37

21

65

10

30

23

27

25

Drunk driving

20

20

21

23

19

32

22

26

22

Speeding

274

1,253

328

323

485

348

166

574

329

Unlawful use of vehicle

140

155

138

110

105

89

150

178

136

Vehicle defect offences

131

39

44

23

58

89

27

78

47

Other

213

192

144

106

225

119

164

254

175

Total crimes and offences

1,825

2,683

1,906

1,846

2,073

1,617

1,966

2,276

1,986

1. See Annex Note 8.5.

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