HC Deb 09 December 1991 vol 200 cc344-5W
Mr. Maxton

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will provide an updated version of the tables on the change in crime rates in Strathclyde since 1979 published in his answer of 30 October,Official Report, column 475–78.

Lord James Douglas-Hamilton

The information requested is given in the following table.

Number of crimes and offences recorded by the police and percentage change: 1979–90
Strathclyde regional police authority
Percentage change
1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1979–90
Total crimes and offences 351,269 374,904 384,143 393,682 407,659 417,077 403,637 412,971 435,444 431," 465,187 487,575 39
Total crimes 195,485 198,826 223,685 240,349 243,160 259,502 250,062 246,610 257,722 259,666 275,134 293,655 50
Group 1
Non-sexual crimes of violence 7,008 6,715 7,535 7,446 7,895 8,472 9,062 8,852 10,630 10,237 10,519 10,918 56
Group 2
Crimes of indecency 2,619 3,027 2,916 2,925 3,099 3,233 3,013 2,648 2,627 2,425 2,601 3,026 16
Group 3
Crimes of dishonesty 151,073 152,937 175,998 188,435 187,349 197,784 187,950 185,150 195,625 197,105 207,053 219,434 45
Group 4
Fireraising, vandalism, etc. 31,261 31,787 32,158 34,757 37,307 41,685 40,958 40,832 38,845 37,773 40,012 42,571 36
Group 5
Other crimes 3,524 4,360 5,078 6,786 7,510 8,328 9,079 9,128 9,995 12,126 14,949 17,706 402
Total offences 155,784 176,078 160,458 153,333 164,499 157,575 153,575 166,361 177,722 172,197 190,053 193,920 24
Group 6
Miscellaneous offences 68,908 69,069 66,592 64,798 63,880 63,662 65,013 66,414 69,297 64,460 65,453 64,024 -7
Group 7
Motor vehicle offences 86,876 107,009 93,866 88,535 100,619 93,913 88,562 99,947 108,425 107,737 124,600 129,896 50

Notes:

Data for 1979 have been regrouped on the basis of the current Scottish Office Home and Health Department classification of crimes and offences which was revised in 1980.

Prior to 1980, the return included crimes and offences reported to the Procurator Fiscal by agencies other than the police in which a prosecution was taken. Since 1980, these cases have been excluded. In 1982, there were about 6,400 such cases in the whole of Scotland, of a total of 762,483 crimes and offences.

Most of the increase in crimes in Group 5 is in recorded cases of re-offending while on bail which may in part be explained by changes in recording practice.

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