HC Deb 02 April 1979 vol 965 c477W
Mr. Younger

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if, pursuant to his answer of 7 June 1978, Official Report, column 162, he will publish the latest figures for the numbers of reported (a) indictable crimes, (b) murders, (c) rapes, (d) crimes of violence and (e) housebreakings for 1977–78.

Mr. Harry Ewing

The provisional figures are set out in the table below:

1978
Total crimes 277,214
Murder 50
Rape 166
Crimes of Violence—against the person 4,911
Housebreaking 108,067