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 1: Crimes recorded by the police, Scotland, 1996/97 - 2005/06

Number & Percentage

Crime group

1996/97

1997/98

1998/99

1999/2000

2000/01

2001/02

2002/03

2003/04

2004/05

2005/06

% change 04/05 - 05/06

Total crimes

440,687

421,002

434,096

435,481

418,494

426,249

418,281

414,214

438,121

417,785

-5

Non-sexual crimes of violence

14,233

13,394

14,693

15,831

14,812

15,653

16,074

15,187

14,728

13,726

-7

Serious assault etc 1

6,631

6,195

6,716

7,326

6,892

7,546

7,593

7,514

7,768

7,151

-8

Robbery

5,118

4,551

5,027

4,931

4,293

4,592

4,636

4,161

3,736

3,553

-5

Other 2

2,484

2,648

2,950

3,574

3,627

3,515

3,845

3,512

3,224

3,022

-6

Crimes of indecency

5,941

7,414

7,071

5,882

5,727

5,994

6,623

6,786

7,324

6,558

-10

Rape & Attempted Rape

633

764

797

755

690

788

924

1,037

1,109

1,161

5

Indecent Assault

1,122

1,271

1,348

1,139

1,034

1,249

1,354

1,436

1,497

1,508

1

Lewd and indecent behaviour

2,493

3,016

2,871

2,319

2,356

2,404

2,770

2,593

2,786

2,651

-5

Other

1,693

2,363

2,055

1,669

1,647

1,553

1,575

1,720

1,932

1,238

-36

Crimes of dishonesty

285,785

266,886

276,974

275,557

253,295

242,878

224,785

211,004

210,365

187,798

-11

Housebreaking

61,636

55,636

55,784

52,863

47,729

45,515

40,586

36,432

34,959

31,319

-10

Theft by opening a lockfast place ( OLP)

8,388

10,512

12,109

11,553

10,606

8,200

7,766

7,405

7,849

8,263

5

Theft from a motor vehicle by OLP

48,923

39,828

39,476

38,003

32,001

32,659

30,361

26,839

20,403

16,453

-19

Theft of a motor vehicle

32,504

27,857

29,290

28,881

25,555

23,146

20,881

17,604

15,633

14,041

-10

Shoplifting

26,174

26,984

30,766

32,144

32,264

31,570

28,299

27,948

28,534

28,247

-1

Other theft

81,726

79,971

80,107

81,222

76,649

75,951

73,214

72,488

77,586

72,128

-7

Fraud

15,779

16,181

18,368

20,620

20,043

17,395

15,828

15,277

18,307

11,074

-40

Other

10,655

9,917

11,074

10,271

8,448

8,442

7,850

7,011

7,094

6,273

-12

Fire-raising, vandalism etc

86,025

81,036

77,624

81,197

85,781

94,944

97,598

103,732

128,566

127,889

-1

Fire-raising

3,221

2,712

2,470

2,269

2,403

2,910

3,767

4,163

4,698

4,856

3

Vandalism etc

82,804

78,324

75,154

78,928

83,378

92,034

93,831

99,569

123,868

123,033

-1

Other crimes

48,703

52,272

57,734

57,014

58,879

66,780

73,201

77,505

77,138

81,814

6

Crimes against public justice

16,320

16,559

17,701

18,439

18,637

20,881

22,744

25,755

25,615

27,668

8

Handling an offensive weapon

6,513

6,191

7,102

8,084

8,070

9,039

9,362

9,278

9,545

9,628

1

Drugs

25,754

29,435

32,819

30,374

32,081

36,750

40,938

42,275

41,823

44,247

6

Other

116

87

112

117

91

110

157

197

155

271

75

1. See Annex Note 8.5.
2. Figure for 2004/05 revised to take account of amended figures from Grampian

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