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 6: Number of crimes recorded by the police and percentage cleared up by council area, 2005/06

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

515

525

14,631

5,656

3,275

24,602

35

Aberdeenshire

264

242

4,985

4,310

1,544

11,345

35

Angus

97

97

2,566

1,904

1,237

5,901

60

Argyll & Bute

219

92

1,679

1,643

1,171

4,804

47

Clackmannanshire

125

81

1,547

1,280

854

3,887

72

Dumfries & Galloway

179

136

3,870

3,483

2,064

9,732

60

Dundee City

374

296

8,057

3,735

3,131

15,593

56

East Ayrshire

265

103

3,249

2,794

1,805

8,216

46

East Dunbartonshire

151

26

1,843

1,871

731

4,622

36

East Lothian

92

89

2,031

1,997

618

4,827

37

East Renfrewshire

143

30

1,862

1,753

588

4,376

28

Edinburgh, City of

1,342

654

29,036

12,051

6,765

49,848

37

Eilean Siar

31

31

393

342

333

1,130

82

Falkirk

222

197

4,132

2,979

2,043

9,573

66

Fife

619

479

14,725

10,522

3,974

30,319

47

Glasgow City

4,007

1,293

31,173

19,431

19,966

75,870

45

Highland

423

258

5,092

3,923

3,158

12,854

61

Inverclyde

288

38

2,689

2,566

1,625

7,206

39

Midlothian

151

134

3,073

3,029

889

7,276

41

Moray

110

199

2,234

2,116

996

5,655

43

North Ayrshire

400

198

4,460

3,627

2,347

11,032

48

North Lanarkshire

879

288

9,441

9,080

5,621

25,309

44

Orkney Islands

13

9

218

263

75

578

74

Perth & Kinross

105

130

3,420

2,480

1,823

7,958

59

Renfrewshire

616

115

6,367

3,916

2,282

13,296

37

Scottish Borders

134

105

1,995

2,087

1,312

5,633

62

Shetland Islands

14

41

297

326

173

851

69

South Ayrshire

235

93

3,078

2,438

1,412

7,256

47

South Lanarkshire

779

177

7,738

6,808

4,683

20,185

44

Stirling

142

126

2,689

1,664

1,342

5,963

71

West Dunbartonshire

457

88

3,401

3,046

2,109

9,101

45

West Lothian

335

188

5,827

4,769

1,868

12,987

38

SCOTLAND

13,726

6,558

187,798

127,889

81,814

417,785

46

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