§ Mr. Kaufmanasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list in respect of each police force area in Scotland in 1985 the total number of (a) offences notified to the police, (b) offences of violence against the person, (c) burglaries, (d) thefts, (e) offences of fraud and forgery, and (f) offences of criminal damage.
Crimes Recorded by Police Force Area, Scotland 1985 Crime Central Dumfries and Galloway Fife Grampian Lothian and Borders Northern Strathclyde Tayside Scotland Total Total Crimes 20,101 7,165 23,704 33,384 82,936 12,209 250,062 32,409 461,970 Violence Against the Person 522 153 485 925 2,369 277 6,427 940 12,098 Burglary 4,048 1,203 4,874 5,530 15,629 1,724 61,506 6,184 100,698 Theft 8,704 3,207 10,529 15,008 40,424 5,468 109,465 13,920 206,725 Fraud and Forgery 1,445 418 1,363 2,069 7,622 1,044 14,540 2,067 30,568 Criminal Damage 4,288 1,729 4,879 7,570 11,509 2,064 40,958 6,545 79,542 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.