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Scottish Office

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Mr. Kirkwood: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many recorded (a) burglaries, (b) incidents of assault, (c) incidents of car theft and (d) other incidents of violent crime there were for each police authority in Scotland in (i) 1985, (ii) 1992 and (iii) 1996. [21277] Lord James Douglas-Hamilton: The tables provide the information for 1985, 1992 and 1995, the latest year for which information is available: Number of crimes recorded in 1985 by police authority _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Police authority Housebreaking{1} Serious assault Petty assault Other violent Theft of motor etc.{2} crime{3} vehicle Borders 771 93 362 79 172 Central 4,048 209 1,773 378 869 Dumfries and Galloway 1,203 58 613 110 238 Fife 4,874 172 1,852 400 1,343 Grampian 5,530 403 3,482 630 1,243 Highland 1,595 72 1,085 163 521 Lothian 14,858 1,316 3,475 1,572 5,082 Orkney 30 9 53 6 16 Shetland 52 7 56 19 20 Strathclyde 61,506 3,193 17,367 6,515 19,171 Tayside 6,184 481 1,952 584 1,215 Western Isles 47 8 88 10 48 Scotland 100,698 6,021 32,158 10,466 29,938 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} Includes non-domestic and domestic premises. {2} Includes murder, attempted murder, culpable homicide and serious assault. {3} Includes handling offensive weapons, robbery, other non sexual crimes of violence and sexual assault. Number of crimes recorded in 1992 by police authority _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Police authority Housebreaking{1} Serious assault Petty assault Other violent Theft of motor etc.{2} crime{3} vehicle Borders 938 72 436 93 190 Central 3,579 354 2,159 651 1,152 Dumfries and Galloway 1,986 146 971 254 355 Fife 9,108 157 2,426 609 1,650 Grampian 7,050 401 4,473 777 1,841 Highland 1,342 119 1,440 285 357 Lothian 15,840 973 5,634 2,364 5,841 Orkney 49 5 72 7 21 Shetland 23 9 95 11 13 Strathclyde 64,494 5,011 21,754 10,973 33,664 Tayside 8,695 453 2,892 1,138 2,318 Western Isles 56 9 117 33 31 Scotland 113,160 7,709 42,469 17,195 47,433 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} Includes non-domestic and domestic premises. {2} Includes murder, attempted murder, culpable homicide and serious assault. {3} Includes handling offensive weapons, robbery, other non sexual crimes of violence and sexual assault. Number of crimes recorded in 1995 by police authority _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Police authority Housebreaking{1} Serious assault Petty assault Other violent Theft of motor etc.{2} crime{3} vehicle Borders 783 93 528 90 199 Central 2,523 277 2,544 548 921 Dumfries and Galloway 1,385 104 1,201 264 293 Fife 4,635 133 3,077 600 1,344 Grampian 7,217 316 5,459 891 1,628 Highland 1,176 83 1,679 349 492 Lothian 10,081 879 6,642 2,297 4,893 Orkney 28 4 87 13 20 Shetland 87 7 103 21 25 Strathclyde 39,180 4,664 22,061 9,650 25,613 Tayside 7,055 356 3,094 1,074 2,045 Western Isles 85 4 129 40 41 Scotland 74,235 6,920 46,604 15,837 37,514 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} Includes non-domestic and domestic premises. {2} Includes murder, attempted murder, culpable homicide and serious assault. {3} Includes handling offensive weapons, robbery, other non sexual crimes of violence and sexual assault.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

21277; 292 c740-2W

Session

1996-97

Subjects

Crime Crimes of violence Burglary Motor vehicles Scotland Statistics Theft

Contains statistics

Yes