HC Deb 20 March 1997 vol 292 cc740-1W
Mr. Kirkwood

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many recorded(a) burglaries, (b) incidents of assault, (c) incidents of car theft and (d) other incidents of violent crime there were for each police authority in Scotland in (i) 1985, (ii) 1992 and (iii) 1996. [21277]

Lord James Douglas-Hamilton

The tables provide the information for 1985, 1992 and 1995, the latest year for which information is available:

Number of crimes recorded in 1992, by police authority
Police authority Housebreaking1 Serious assault etc.2 Petty assault Other violent crime3 Theft of motor vehicle
Lothian 15,840 973 5,634 2,364 5,841
Orkney 49 5 72 7 21
Shetland 23 9 95 11 13
Strathclyde 64,494 5,011 21,754 10,973 33,664
Tayside 8,695 453 2,892 1,138 2,318
Western Isles 56 9 117 33 31
Scotland 113,160 7,709 42,469 17,195 47,433
1 Includes non-domestic and domestic premises.
2 Includes murder, attempted murder, culpable homicide and serious assault.
3 Includes handling offensive weapons, robbery, other non sexual crimes of violence and sexual assault.

Number of crimes recorded in 1995, by police authority
Police authority Housebreaking1 Serious assault etc.2 Petty assault Other violent crime3 Theft of motor vehicle
Borders 783 93 528 90 199
Central 2,523 277 2,544 548 921
Dumfries and Galloway 1,385 104 1,201 264 293
Fife 4,635 133 3,077 600 1,344
Grampian 7,217 316 5,459 891 1,628
Highland 1,176 83 1,679 349 492
Lothian 10,081 879 6,642 2,297 4,893
Orkney 28 4 87 13 20
Shetland 87 7 103 21 25
Strathclyde 39,180 4,664 22,061 9,650 25,613
Tayside 7,055 356 3,094 1,074 2,045
Western Isles 85 4 129 40 41
Scotland 74,235 6,920 46,604 15,837 37,514
1 Includes non-domestic and domestic premises.
2 Includes murder, attempted murder, culpable homicide and serious assault.
3 Includes handling offensive weapons, robbery, other non sexual crimes of violence and sexual assault.