Publication - Statistics

Recorded Crime in Scotland, 2005/06

Published: 5 September 2006
ISBN: 02641178

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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