Scottish Government

Crimes recorded by the police, Scotland, 1995/96 - 2003/04

Table B1

Number & Percentage

Crime group

1995/96

1996/97

1997/98

1998/99

1999/2000

2000/01

2001/02

2002/03

2003/04 ^p

% change 02/03 - 03/04

Total crimes

478,139

440,687

421,002

434,096

435,481

418,494

426,249

418,281

414,239

-1

Non-sexual crimes of violence

14,981

14,233

13,394

14,693

15,831

14,812

15,653

16,074

15,197

-5

Serious assault etc ¹

7,106

6,631

6,195

6,716

7,326

6,892

7,546

7,593

7,515

-1

Robbery

5,367

5,118

4,551

5,027

4,931

4,293

4,592

4,636

4,161

-10

Other

2,508

2,484

2,648

2,950

3,574

3,627

3,515

3,845

3,521

-8

Crimes of indecency

5,740

5,941

7,414

7,071

5,882

5,727

5,994

6,623

6,786

2

Rape & Attempted Rape ²

581

633

764

797

755

690

788

924

1,037

12

Indecent Assault ²

1,112

1,122

1,271

1,348

1,139

1,034

1,249

1,354

1,436

6

Lewd and indecent behaviour

2,560

2,493

3,016

2,871

2,319

2,356

2,404

2,770

2,593

-6

Other

1,487

1,693

2,363

2,055

1,669

1,647

1,553

1,575

1,720

9

Crimes of dishonesty

319,269

285,785

266,886

276,974

275,557

253,295

242,878

224,785

211,014

-6

Housebreaking

71,995

61,636

55,636

55,784

52,863

47,729

45,515

40,586

36,432

-10

Theft by opening a lockfast place (OLP)

8,285

8,388

10,512

12,109

11,553

10,606

8,200

7,766

7,412

-5

Theft from a motor vehicle by (OLP)

58,179

48,923

39,828

39,476

38,003

32,001

32,659

30,361

26,838

-12

Theft of a motor vehicle

37,156

32,504

27,857

29,290

28,881

25,555

23,146

20,881

17,604

-16

Shoplifting

28,580

26,174

26,984

30,766

32,144

32,264

31,570

28,299

27,948

-1

Other theft

87,351

81,726

79,971

80,107

81,222

76,649

75,951

73,214

72,488

-1

Fraud

17,069

15,779

16,181

18,368

20,620

20,043

17,395

15,828

15,277

-3

Other

10,654

10,655

9,917

11,074

10,271

8,448

8,442

7,850

7,015

-11

Fire-raising, vandalism etc

88,839

86,025

81,036

77,624

81,197

85,781

94,944

97,598

103,731

6

Fire-raising

3,400

3,221

2,712

2,470

2,269

2,403

2,910

3,767

4,163

11

Vandalism etc

85,439

82,804

78,324

75,154

78,928

83,378

92,034

93,831

99,568

6

Other crimes

49,310

48,703

52,272

57,734

57,014

58,879

66,780

73,201

77,511

6

Crimes against public justice

16,476

16,320

16,559

17,701

18,439

18,637

20,881

22,744

25,755

13

Handling an offensive weapon

6,925

6,513

6,191

7,102

8,084

8,070

9,039

9,362

9,284

-1

Drugs

25,739

25,754

29,435

32,819

30,374

32,081

36,750

40,938

42,275

3

Other

170

116

87

112

117

91

110

157

197

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