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 7: Crimes / offences cleared up9 by the police, as a percentage of those recorded, Scotland, 2005-06 to 2014-152

Percentage

Crime / Offence group 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15
Total crimes 45.7 47.5 47.9 48.9 49.3 48.6 49.4 51.3 51.5 50.4
Non-sexual crimes of violence 59.1 60.1 61.5 63.9 67.0 71.6 75.5 78.6 81.9 84.1
Homicide etc.3 (incl. causing death by driving) 99.2 100.0 99.3 100.0 105.7 99.2 96.7 104.4 101.9 107.6
Attempted murder & serious assault4 60.2 60.0 60.7 61.6 65.7 69.9 73.9 77.8 81.5 83.3
Robbery 36.9 39.5 40.3 46.2 46.4 54.8 61.6 65.9 71.8 77.2
Other violence 80.8 82.5 83.6 84.5 85.2 86.6 90.0 90.8 89.2 90.6
Sexual crimes5 74.9 73.5 71.5 68.1 65.6 66.4 67.5 68.0 75.6 76.5
Rape & attempted rape 71.8 67.1 69.9 61.4 56.8 54.9 56.9 61.8 73.0 74.2
Sexual assault 74.4 71.3 68.0 64.8 61.5 63.8 62.3 61.8 70.6 76.6
Crimes associated with prostitution 99.0 98.1 98.2 99.3 96.5 97.0 95.9 95.9 96.7 97.3
Other sexual crimes 65.0 70.4 68.1 62.9 67.3 68.6 72.2 72.7 79.4 75.5
Crimes of dishonesty 36.6 37.6 37.7 38.9 38.3 37.0 37.2 38.1 37.4 35.8
Housebreaking6 26.1 26.3 25.7 24.2 24.9 24.5 24.5 24.8 23.2 25.0
Theft by opening a lockfast place (OLP) 37.1 37.4 32.3 37.7 30.7 22.6 21.7 19.5 16.8 15.2
Theft from a motor vehicle by OLP 15.3 16.8 15.2 16.6 17.3 17.2 17.2 20.1 16.2 15.1
Theft of a motor vehicle 36.8 41.2 43.7 43.4 43.9 43.3 45.2 47.6 43.1 39.3
Shoplifting 76.6 77.9 77.5 77.8 78.7 78.5 78.7 79.7 78.8 74.6
Other theft 20.6 21.4 20.9 21.4 21.0 20.0 20.6 21.0 20.5 18.6
Fraud 76.1 75.1 74.3 74.6 57.3 57.2 55.3 52.2 55.8 50.6
Other dishonesty 78.8 78.3 81.9 78.6 73.4 74.3 73.9 72.1 71.1 66.6
Fire-raising, vandalism etc. 22.7 25.0 24.6 25.0 25.6 25.0 25.4 27.0 25.1 22.8
Fire-raising 26.3 26.3 25.4 24.4 23.6 21.9 23.9 25.9 27.2 25.1
Vandalism etc. 22.6 25.0 24.6 25.0 25.7 25.2 25.5 27.0 25.0 22.7
Other crimes 97.8 98.9 98.4 98.1 98.1 98.3 98.4 97.9 98.4 96.5
Crimes against public justice 97.7 97.9 98.0 97.5 97.3 97.6 97.6 97.6 98.0 97.5
Handling offensive weapons 96.8 97.2 95.9 95.7 96.5 96.2 97.3 97.0 97.8 96.6
Drugs 98.2 100.2 99.4 99.1 99.0 99.4 99.2 98.2 98.8 95.9
Other 85.2 84.7 89.3 89.5 89.9 88.6 89.5 94.0 94.7 90.5
Miscellaneous offences10 82.6 83.0 82.0 83.9 85.5 87.5 86.3
Common assault4 69.9 70.7 70.8 69.7 69.7 69.9 71.4 72.6 75.9 76.2
Breach of the peace etc.8 88.1 88.4 87.9 86.7 85.8 84.3 86.8 87.8 89.2 87.8
Drunkenness and other disorderly conduct 99.9 99.9 99.9 99.8 99.9 99.9 99.8
Urinating etc. 99.6 99.5 99.7 99.7 99.8 99.7 99.7 99.8 100.0 99.8
Other 75.3 73.6 70.6 75.5 76.0 78.9 76.9

Please see Notes for Tables at end of Chapter 5.

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