§ Mr. Teddy Taylorasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many murders were made known to the police and how many persons convicted of murder, culpable homicide and violence, respectively, in the most recent annual period for which figures are available; and what
Murders made known to the police Persons against whom charge proved Murder Culpable homicide Crimes of violence* 1959 … … 14 6 14 647 1960 … … 16 5 21 773 1961 … … 14 4 13 788 1962 … … 27 9 16 897 1963 … … 16 2 16 900 1964 … … 27 8 15 1,061 1965 … … 32 15 19 1,179 1966 … … 30 22 29 1,274 1967 … … 41 26 27 1,483 1968 … … 41 25 21 1,502 1969 … … 31 22 36 1,336 1970 … … 29 25 42 1,317 1971 … … 45 40 14 1,408 1972 … … 47 33 31 1,432 1973 … … 43 33 37 1,356 1974 … … 38 35 34 1,289 1975 … … 47 37 26 1,284 1976 … … 63 41 42 1,256 1977 … … 67 50 32 1,049 1978 … … 48 39 30 1,388 1979 … … 47† 32† 29† 1,193† * Murder, attempted murder, culpable homicide, serious assault, threats, rape, assault with intent to ravish, indecent assault. † Provisional.