Recorded Crime in Scotland, 2014-15

Official Statistics Bulletin presents statistics on crimes and offences recorded and cleared up by the police in Scotland. It forms part of the Scottish Government series of statistical bulletins on the criminal justice system. Statistics on crimes and offences recorded by the police provide a measure of the volume of criminal activity with which the police are faced.


Table 10: Percentage of crimes and offences cleared up9, by local authority area, 2014-15

Percentage

Local authority area Non-sexual crimes of violence Sexual crimes Crimes of dishonesty Fire-raising, vandalism, etc. Other crimes Total crimes Miscellaneous offences
Aberdeen City 86.2 76.3 39.1 26.8 96.0 51.0 83.4
Aberdeenshire 92.8 68.0 31.2 26.5 93.5 44.7 76.7
Angus 91.1 72.7 42.9 28.1 92.4 53.7 86.5
Argyll & Bute 112.7 77.1 37.2 28.9 96.7 59.1 91.6
Clackmannanshire 91.0 67.2 43.8 27.5 91.5 52.9 80.6
Dumfries & Galloway 95.0 80.9 45.3 41.7 95.8 64.2 89.7
Dundee City 86.8 72.0 41.1 21.9 93.0 50.7 85.5
East Ayrshire 89.0 83.3 42.8 19.7 98.0 55.8 86.4
East Dunbartonshire 85.2 63.4 28.5 18.3 95.1 42.7 84.9
East Lothian 85.7 67.0 34.9 20.7 96.2 44.7 79.8
East Renfrewshire 87.2 79.2 28.1 13.6 95.1 40.9 81.8
Edinburgh, City of 74.0 67.5 25.4 14.9 90.6 35.4 69.0
Eilean Siar 100.0 81.4 51.1 38.3 101.0 63.5 90.9
Falkirk 97.8 79.6 40.6 31.3 97.3 54.4 84.6
Fife 98.5 91.3 54.0 34.9 99.6 63.4 91.5
Glasgow City 76.1 73.1 34.0 19.7 97.1 52.3 89.8
Highland 99.4 94.0 46.4 35.6 104.5 63.1 89.8
Inverclyde 66.4 73.0 36.8 14.2 96.0 54.6 90.0
Midlothian 79.8 62.0 29.1 19.1 95.4 40.9 75.9
Moray 85.2 86.3 38.1 29.5 98.3 51.8 79.9
North Ayrshire 83.0 84.1 36.4 14.7 98.9 47.8 83.4
North Lanarkshire 88.5 77.3 39.8 22.7 97.9 53.8 90.9
Orkney Islands 87.5 70.5 41.7 44.8 92.4 60.5 97.2
Perth & Kinross 87.8 77.4 38.4 36.1 91.8 54.6 87.5
Renfrewshire 79.2 78.5 32.9 18.9 95.4 53.9 89.4
Scottish Borders 85.9 86.8 38.5 23.6 98.1 50.9 85.6
Shetland Islands 100.0 96.7 74.6 60.6 111.2 82.1 92.3
South Ayrshire 95.6 87.3 40.1 18.7 96.9 51.9 86.4
South Lanarkshire 84.2 75.1 33.8 22.2 97.7 51.3 91.0
Stirling 92.1 64.6 38.0 26.6 94.4 48.9 83.0
West Dunbartonshire 91.6 77.0 43.7 19.1 98.4 59.2 86.4
West Lothian 81.2 68.6 29.4 16.7 98.2 41.1 73.7
SCOTLAND 84.1 76.5 35.8 22.8 96.5 50.4 86.3

Please see Notes for Tables at end of Chapter 5.

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