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 8: Number of crimes recorded by the police, rate per 10,000 population and index of rate for selected crimes by council area, 2005/06

Council area

Number

Rate per 10,000 population

Index of rate per 10,000 population

Serious assault

Offensive weapons

Domestic housebreaking

Vandalism 1

All crimes

Serious assault

Offensive weapons

Domestic housebreaking

Vandalism 1

All crimes

Serious assault

Offensive weapons

Domestic housebreaking

Vandalism 1

All crimes

Aberdeen City

173

309

2,071

5,315

24,602

9

15

102

263

1,216

69

81

246

111

148

Aberdeenshire

120

169

494

4,066

11,345

5

7

21

173

482

41

38

50

73

59

Angus

45

74

232

1,784

5,901

4

7

21

163

541

33

36

51

69

66

Argyll & Bute

88

103

191

1,536

4,804

10

11

21

169

529

78

60

50

72

64

Clackmannanshire

47

89

199

1,167

3,887

10

18

41

240

799

78

97

98

102

97

Dumfries & Galloway

106

137

261

3,202

9,732

7

9

18

216

656

58

49

42

91

80

Dundee City

147

186

881

3,491

15,593

10

13

62

246

1,097

83

69

149

104

134

East Ayrshire

156

240

507

2,601

8,216

13

20

42

218

688

105

106

102

92

84

East Dunbartonshire

98

129

316

1,788

4,622

9

12

30

169

436

75

64

72

71

53

East Lothian

31

66

184

1,896

4,827

3

7

20

207

526

27

38

48

87

64

East Renfrewshire

55

76

358

1,670

4,376

6

8

40

186

488

49

45

96

79

60

Edinburgh, City of

330

748

3,431

11,555

49,848

7

16

75

252

1,089

58

86

180

107

133

Eilean Siar

15

19

14

333

1,130

6

7

5

126

429

46

38

13

53

52

Falkirk

96

164

413

2,785

9,573

6

11

28

187

642

52

58

66

79

78

Fife

260

273

1,721

9,778

30,319

7

8

48

274

850

59

40

116

116

104

Glasgow City

1,954

3,112

3,259

18,171

75,870

34

54

56

314

1,311

272

285

135

133

160

Highland

228

282

246

3,775

12,854

11

13

12

177

602

86

70

28

75

73

Inverclyde

157

247

398

2,347

7,206

19

30

48

286

877

154

159

116

121

107

Midlothian

61

106

395

2,870

7,276

8

13

50

362

919

62

71

120

153

112

Moray

47

110

173

2,022

5,655

5

12

20

229

642

43

66

47

97

78

North Ayrshire

228

345

701

3,424

11,032

17

25

52

252

812

135

134

124

107

99

North Lanarkshire

458

669

1,102

8,618

25,309

14

21

34

266

783

114

109

82

113

95

Orkney Islands

10

10

2

259

578

5

5

1

132

295

41

27

2

56

36

Perth & Kinross

55

75

229

2,311

7,958

4

5

17

167

575

32

29

40

71

70

Renfrewshire

300

401

740

3,673

13,296

18

24

44

216

782

142

125

104

91

95

Scottish Borders

57

103

140

1,991

5,633

5

9

13

181

513

42

50

31

77

63

Shetland Islands

8

19

20

308

851

4

9

9

140

387

29

46

22

59

47

South Ayrshire

141

145

311

2,335

7,256

13

13

28

209

649

102

69

67

88

79

South Lanarkshire

443

586

1,067

6,443

20,185

14

19

35

210

659

117

101

84

89

80

Stirling

53

125

264

1,563

5,963

6

14

30

180

686

49

76

73

76

84

West Dunbartonshire

215

324

439

2,789

9,101

24

35

48

305

996

190

188

115

129

121

West Lothian

138

187

473

4,474

12,987

8

11

29

273

793

68

60

69

116

97

SCOTLAND

6,320

9,628

21,232

120,340

417,785

12

19

42

236

820

100

100

100

100

100

1. Includes vandalism, malicious damage and malicious mischief only.

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