§ Sir T. Mooreasked the Secretary of State for Scotland the numbers of crimes of violence to the person brought to the notice of the police in Scotland during each of the years 1949 to 1957, inclusive.
§ Mr. MaclayThe numbers of crimes of violence to the person made known to the police in Scotland during each of the years 1949 to 1957 were as follows:
1949 … … … … 1,118 1950 … … … … 1,094 1951 … … … … 1,350 1952 … … … … 1,268 1953 … … … … 1,233 1954 … … … … 1,157 1955 … … … … 1,172 1956 … … … … 1,194 1957 … … … … 1,558 Crimes of violence to the person have been taken as murder, attempts to murder, culpable homicide, assaults, rape assaults with intent to ravish, indecent assaults and robbery and assaults with intent to rob.