§ Mr. McMasterTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what has been the percentage change in the number of crimes in the K division of Strathclyde police for each year since 1980, and for each category of crime.
§ Lord James Douglas-HamiltonThe information is given in the following table:
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1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 Annual percentage change Total crimes and offences — –1 9 –4 11 ‒2 5 5 –8 8 4 Total crimes — 7 12 –2 13 –1 3 6 –7 8 10 Group 1 non-sexual crimes of violence — 24 6 13 15 2 2 38 –13 –12 19 Group 2 crimes of indecency — 3 –17 –14 27 –1 –20 15 –22 18 –3 Group 3 crimes of dishonesty — 10 13 –4 11 –3 4 8 –6 8 11 Group 4 fire-raising, vandalism etc. — –9 10 8 20 3 2 –9 –11 14 1 Group 5 other crimes — 25 17 5 16 28 2 30 21 11 38 Total offences — –11 4 –6 7 –4 8 4 –10 8 –9 Group 6 miscelleaneous offences — –1 –2 –2 5 4 7 –1 –7 –4 –11 Group 7 motor vehicle offences — –18 9 –10 9 –10 9 8 –12 19 –7 Source: Reports of the chief constable of Strathclyde.
§ Mr. McMasterTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many people have been charged over the last five years for drug-related offences in the K division of Strathclyde police; and what is the rate of such charges in K division relative to other Strathclyde police divisions.
§ Lord James Douglas-HamiltonInformation on numbers of persons charged is not held centrally.
§ Mr. McMasterTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many car thefts were reported in the K division of Strathclyde police in the last five years.
§ Lord James Douglas-HamiltonThe available information is given in the following table.
Number of thefts of motor vehicles recorded by the police K division, Strathclyde region police authority Year Number recorded 1986 1,573 1987 1,310 1988 1,470 1989 1,978 1990 2,106 Source: Reports of the chief constable of Strathclyde.