§ Mr. Lawsonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland (1) what is the annual rate of crimes of violence in the city of 594W Glasgow and in each police authority area in Scotland;
(2) what is the detection rate for crimes of violence in the city of Glasgow and in each police authority area of Scotland.
§ Mr. Ross:The table below sets out the number of crimes of violence made known in each police authority area in Scotland in 1966 and the detection rate for such Crimes.
Police authority Crimes made known Percentage detection rate Aberdeen City 102 68 Dundee City 53 66 Edinburgh City 170 64 Glasgow City 1,054 75 Airdrie Burgh 21 29 Ayr Burgh 42 83 Coatbridge Burgh 26 88 Greenock Burgh 74 77 Hamilton Burgh 59 85 Inverness Burgh 53 81 Kilmarnock Burgh 23 100 Motherwell and Wishaw Burgh 13 92 Paisley Burgh 47 53 Angus 38 92 Argyll 8 100 Ayr 192 76 Berwick, Roxburgh and Selkirk 10 100 Caithness 8 100 Dumfries and Galloway 44 100 Dumbarton 115 83 Fife 62 90 Inverness County 11 100 Lanark 142 78 Lothians and Peebles 107 84 Orkney 2 100 Perth and Kinross 44 82 Renfrew and Bute 176 65 Ross and Sutherland 48 98 Scottish North Eastern Counties 83 96 Stirling and Clackmannan 94 95 Zetland 8 88 Note: This table relates to eight crimes against the person, viz. murder, attempts to murder, culpable homicide, serious assault, threats, rape, assault with intent to ravish, and indecent assault. About 70 per cent. of the crimes in this group are serious assault.