§ Mr. Kaufmanasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish, for 1978 and 1986, for each police force area in Scotland (a) the overall crime clear-up rates and (b) clear-up rates for (i) violence against the person, (ii) burglary, (iii) theft, (iv) fraud/forgery and (v) criminal damage.
§ Mr. LangThe table sets out the requested figures on crime recorded as a percentage of those cleared up, using the best available approximations in the Scottish crime classification to the categories listed in the question.
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Clear up rates by Police Force Area, Scotland 1979 Crime Central Dumfries and Galloway Fife Grampian Lothian and Borders Northern Strathclyde Tayside Total Crimes 37.6 40.4 43.4 37.4 29.3 60.7 25.6 35.0 Violence against the Person 85.3 90.9 88.1 86.6 70.8 98.7 65.9 85.5 Burglary 30.2 26.9 33.0 25.6 17.6 41.8 18.2 22.5 Theft 38.0 38.6 39.7 33.9 25.6 56.5 23.2 31.5 Fraud and Forgery 75.5 90.1 90.0 70.2 79.4 95.6 75.8 79.1 Criminal Damage 24.3 25.2 34.2 27.8 20.4 52.5 15.5 23.5
Clear up rates by Police Force Area, Scotland 1986 Crime Central Dumfries and Galloway Fife Grampian Lothian and Borders Northern Strathclyde Tayside Total Crimes 47.6 54.3 41.5 31.3 38.2 62.4 28.4 41.0 Violence against the Person 94.2 91.6 91.8 82.1 80.4 99.0 74.3 88.4 Burglary 33.0 46.0 29.0 15.8 17.9 38.4 15.8 24.0 Theft 43.9 47.8 35.0 26.5 28.7 51.7 23.8 36.9 Fraud and Forgery 87.7 89.3 81.1 72.4 78.4 94.2 66.1 87.6 Criminal Damage 34.9 38.5 28.4 21.4 24.4 53.3 17.7 23.3 Notes
The categories listed above have been derived from the categories of the Scottish crime classification as follows:
"Violence against the person": all non-sexual crimes of violence (Group 1 of the standard classification) apart from robbery, those crimes of indecency (Group 2) which contain a violent element, and certain crimes involving malicious and reckless conduct.
"Burglary": housebreaking.
"Theft": opening lockfast places and clandestine removal in addition to theft per se.
"Fraud and Forgery": fraud, forgery and uttering, bankruptcy and currency offences.
"Criminal Damage": fire-raising, vandalism and other crimes of malicious and reckless conduct not involving violence against the person.