§ Mr. Ernie Rossasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what has been the total number of cases made known to police forces in each of the past five years; what has been the detection rate; and if he will provide a similar breakdown for the following categories (a) crimes against the person, (b) crimes against property with violence and (c) crimes against property without violence.
§ Mr. RifkindIn 1980, a new classification of crimes and offences was introduced and statistics were no longer 25W collected in the categories requested. The table below gives figures for 1980 in the categories of the new classification covering broadly the same crimes and offences as those requested and for earlier years reworked to the new categories.
Crimes and offences made known to the police, Scotland All crimes and offences Non-sexual crimes of violence against the person Crimes involving indecency Crimes involving dishonesty Number Per cent. cleared up
Number Per cent. cleared up
Number Per cent. cleared up
Number Per cent. cleared up
1976 598,320 62.0 9,729 52.8 4,290 58.9 254,880 29.5 1977 641,336 57.5 10,040 50.0 4,368 57.9 290,245 27.0 1978 640,759 61.4 9,949 54.2 4,653 55.8 262,576 28.3 1979 673,955 62.0 10,025 56.9 4,673 56.4 269,193 28.8 1980 724,671 64.1 11,090 63.2 5,244 62.1 279,793 31.4