Scottish Government

Number of crimes recorded by the police and percentage cleared up by council area, 2002

Table 6

Number & Percentage

Council area

Non - sexual crimes of violence

Crimes of indecency

Crimes of dishonesty

Fire - raising, vandalism, etc.

Other crimes

Total crimes

Percentage of crimes cleared up

Aberdeen City

649

320

19,609

4,238

3,721

28,537

35

Aberdeenshire

283

222

4,633

2,509

1,293

8,940

41

Angus

101

193

3,028

2,150

796

6,268

44

Argyll & Bute

202

113

1,967

908

996

4,186

53

Clackmannanshire

124

54

1,661

799

755

3,393

69

Dumfries & Galloway

221

85

5,332

2,914

1,446

9,998

50

Dundee City

321

193

11,144

3,967

1,910

17,535

35

East Ayrshire

395

108

5,294

2,082

1,586

9,465

48

East Dunbartonshire

175

50

2,633

1,024

766

4,648

42

East Lothian

154

101

2,645

1,125

843

4,868

51

East Renfrewshire

147

56

2,343

890

540

3,976

36

Edinburgh, City of

1,961

752

32,533

10,332

7,133

52,711

42

Eilean Siar

37

21

343

178

141

720

68

Falkirk

264

118

5,476

1,787

1,753

9,398

63

Fife

815

476

16,651

7,223

3,672

28,837

48

Glasgow City

4,909

1,703

43,127

16,328

17,860

83,927

46

Highland

334

202

6,022

3,164

2,601

12,323

65

Inverclyde

397

106

3,541

1,755

1,871

7,670

48

Midlothian

155

84

3,074

1,132

801

5,246

47

Moray

161

116

2,085

1,194

751

4,307

56

North Ayrshire

518

124

5,544

2,721

1,825

10,732

49

North Lanarkshire

837

326

11,693

5,431

5,047

23,334

47

Orkney Islands

11

9

152

141

66

379

64

Perth & Kinross

146

113

4,510

2,194

1,340

8,303

45

Renfrewshire

751

134

8,311

3,413

2,284

14,893

38

Scottish Borders

302

138

2,616

1,711

1,151

5,918

64

Shetland Islands

19

15

230

203

131

598

70

South Ayrshire

299

87

3,688

1,895

1,616

7,585

53

South Lanarkshire

817

205

10,651

5,304

3,429

20,406

39

Stirling

143

101

3,038

946

1,263

5,491

66

West Dunbartonshire

473

64

4,605

2,324

1,583

9,049

47

West Lothian

340

163

7,489

3,488

1,913

13,393

45

SCOTLAND

16,461

6,552

235,668

95,470

72,883

427,034

46