HC Deb 27 March 1991 vol 188 cc438-9W
Mr. Maxton

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the number of(a) total crimes and (b) violent crimes in each police force area in Scotland in 1979 and 1990 or the most recently available date and the percentage increase, in each authority area.

Lord James Douglas-Hamilton

The information requested is set out in the table.

Number of crimes1, crimes and offences2 and violent crimes3 recorded in police force areas in 1979 and 1989 and the percentage change.
Police Force Area 1979 1989 Percent age change 1979–89
Central
Crimes 13,844 21,066 52
Crimes and offences 28,398 44,493 57
Violent crimes 1,271 3,006 137
Dumfries and Galloway
Crimes 4,835 6,733 39
Crimes and offences 17,934 18,514 3
Violent crimes 404 1,037 157
Fife
Crimes 14,257 27,690 94
Crimes and offences 31,779 53,411 68
Violent crimes 1,580 3,164 100
Grampian
Crimes 22,821 34,034 49
Crimes and offences 50,604 76,538 51
Violent crimes 3,088 5,348 73
Lothian and Borders
Crimes 62,502 78,301 25
Crimes and offences 116,828 141,039 21
Violent crimes 4,757 8,489 78
Northern
Crimes 8,711 11,841 36
Crimes and offences 27,104 32,591 20
Violent crimes 1,231 1,896 54
Strathclyde
Crimes 195,485 275,134 41
Crimes and offences 351,269 465,187 32
Violent crimes 16,625 31,018 87
Tayside
Crimes 24,225 38,586 59
Crimes and offences 50,039 70,258 40
Violent crimes 1,767 3,574 102

Notes:

1 Comprises groups 1–5 of the Scottish Office Home and Health Department (SOHHD) classification of crimes and offences.

2 Comprises groups 1–7 of the SOHHD classification of crimes and offences.

3 Comprises group 1 (non-sexual crimes of violence), the sexual assault category from group 2 (crimes of indecency) and the petty assault category from group 6 (miscellaneous offences) of the SOHHD classification of crimes and offences.

Details of the SOHHD classification are given in the SOHHD statistical bulletin "Recorded crime in Scotland, 1989", a copy of which is in the Library.

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