Statistical Bulletin Crime and Justice Series: Recorded Crime in Scotland, 2007/08

Table 8: Number of crimes recorded by the police, rate per 10,000 population and index of rate for selected crimes by council area, 2007/08

Council area	Number					Rate per 10,000 population					Index of rate per 10,000 population
Council area	Serious assault ¹	Offensive weapons	Domestic housebreaking ²	Vandalism ³	All crimes	Serious assault ^`	Offensive weapons	Domestic housebreaking ²	Vandalism ³	All crimes	Serious assault ¹	Offensive weapons	Domestic housebreaking ²	Vandalism ³	All crimes
Aberdeen City	231	366	1,498	4,631	21,903	11	17	72	221	1,047	95	100	211	104	140
Aberdeenshire	76	137	343	2,874	8,493	3	6	14	120	355	27	33	42	56	47
Angus	63	71	164	1,823	5,547	6	6	15	166	505	49	37	44	78	67
Argyll & Bute	70	130	142	1,635	5,051	8	14	16	179	553	66	81	46	84	74
Clackmannanshire	51	126	155	1,399	4,572	10	25	31	280	916	88	145	91	131	122
Dumfries & Galloway	95	133	210	2,774	8,389	6	9	14	187	566	55	51	42	88	75
Dundee City	103	179	897	3,252	14,467	7	13	63	229	1,018	62	72	186	107	136
East Ayrshire	202	214	474	2,623	8,665	17	18	40	219	725	145	102	117	103	97
East Dunbartonshire	61	112	281	1,442	4,196	6	11	27	138	400	50	61	79	64	53
East Lothian	56	85	127	1,565	4,377	6	9	13	166	463	51	52	40	78	62
East Renfrewshire	56	73	258	1,282	3,643	6	8	29	144	408	54	47	85	67	54
Edinburgh, City of	369	723	3,008	11,687	45,092	8	15	64	250	963	68	88	189	117	129
Eilean Siar	29	13	6	288	970	11	5	2	110	369	95	28	7	51	49
Falkirk	94	162	418	2,772	9,673	6	11	28	184	642	53	62	82	86	86
Fife	240	314	1,284	7,938	25,362	7	9	36	220	704	57	50	105	103	94
Glasgow City	1,825	2,650	2,680	15,392	69,521	31	46	46	264	1,195	269	261	136	124	159
Highland	180	345	288	4,268	13,987	8	16	13	196	643	71	91	39	92	86
Inverclyde	166	224	279	2,050	6,506	20	28	34	253	802	176	158	101	118	107
Midlothian	44	96	209	2,117	5,338	6	12	26	266	671	47	69	77	125	90
Moray	40	83	136	1,756	5,292	5	10	16	202	609	39	55	46	95	81
North Ayrshire	234	337	381	3,355	9,742	17	25	28	247	718	148	142	83	116	96
North Lanarkshire	448	677	1,075	8,684	26,442	14	21	33	267	814	118	119	98	125	109
Orkney Islands	2	9	5	164	418	1	5	3	83	210	9	26	7	39	28
Perth & Kinross	52	70	256	1,729	6,890	4	5	18	122	485	31	28	53	57	65
Renfrewshire	292	318	637	3,371	12,637	17	19	38	199	745	148	107	111	93	99
Scottish Borders	51	91	115	1,425	4,460	5	8	10	128	400	39	47	30	60	53
Shetland Islands	10	10	12	247	756	5	5	5	113	344	39	26	16	53	46
South Ayrshire	119	145	310	2,268	7,204	11	13	28	203	645	91	74	82	95	86
South Lanarkshire	390	514	874	6,689	19,980	13	17	28	216	646	108	95	83	101	86
Stirling	51	97	250	1,540	5,580	6	11	28	175	633	50	63	83	82	84
West Dunbartonshire	178	294	348	2,786	8,869	20	32	38	306	974	168	185	113	143	130
West Lothian	122	191	345	4,029	11,487	7	11	21	240	685	62	65	61	112	91
SCOTLAND	6,000	8,989	17,465	109,855	385,509	12	17	34	214	749	100	100	100	100	100

1 Includes serious assaults only
2 Includes dwellings and non-dwellings only
3 Includes vandalism, malicious damage and malicious mischief only

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