Question reference: S3W-04244
- Asked by: Jackson Carlaw, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: 12 September 2007
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Current status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 20 September 2007
Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many crimes and offences have been committed in each year since 1992 and, of these, what proportion led to a custodial sentence (a) nationally and (b) broken down by local authority area.
Answer
The number of crimesand offences recorded by the police are shown in the following tables. The statisticsdealing with recorded crime and court proceedings are not directly comparable asa person may be proceeded against for more than one crime involving more than onevictim and there is the possibility that the crime recorded by the police may bealtered in the course of judicial proceedings. Also a crime may be recorded by thepolice in one year and court proceedings concluded in a subsequent year. Thus theavailable statistics on court proceedings and recorded crime cannot be combinedin any meaningful way, for instance to show what proportion of recorded crimes leadto a custodial sentence.
Crimes and OffencesRecorded by the Police by Local Authority, 1992 to 1994 and 1995-96 to 2006-07
| 19921 | 19931 | 19941 | 19951 |
All Scotland | 998,786 | 958,959 | 964,027 | 927,566 |
Aberdeen City | 45,969 | 42,628 | 47,380 | 47,441 |
Aberdeenshire | 27,869 | 27,479 | 29,965 | 29,855 |
Angus | 19,234 | 17,830 | 18,830 | 17,871 |
Argyll and Bute | 12,684 | 12,068 | 11,387 | 12,066 |
Clackmannanshire | 7,276 | 7,287 | 7,282 | 6,661 |
Dumfries and Galloway | 27,643 | 25,061 | 26,018 | 24,697 |
Dundee City | 37,292 | 36,999 | 36,485 | 33,818 |
East Ayrshire | 24,334 | 21,918 | 20,537 | 20,425 |
East Dunbartonshire | 13,289 | 12,559 | 12,279 | 11,483 |
East Lothian | 10,700 | 10,142 | 11,086 | 11,671 |
East Renfrewshire | 12,131 | 11,762 | 11,751 | 12,256 |
City of Edinburgh | 96,892 | 94,344 | 91,036 | 87,925 |
Eilean Siar (W.Isles) | 2,347 | 2,360 | 2,615 | 2,750 |
Falkirk | 25,616 | 24,043 | 23,447 | 22,240 |
Fife | 59,666 | 65,053 | 73,378 | 65,855 |
City of Glasgow | 197,857 | 186,282 | 182,803 | 174,414 |
Highland | 30,184 | 29,815 | 29,372 | 32,908 |
Inverclyde | 17,602 | 16,310 | 16,649 | 14,797 |
Midlothian | 13,158 | 12,592 | 11,386 | 11,693 |
Moray | 13,111 | 13,720 | 15,098 | 14,378 |
North Ayrshire | 25,488 | 24,080 | 21,711 | 20,840 |
North Lanarkshire | 58,560 | 56,463 | 53,341 | 49,758 |
Orkney Islands | 1,415 | 1,179 | 1,281 | 1,081 |
Perth and Kinross | 23,915 | 22,090 | 22,684 | 22,340 |
Renfrewshire | 37,393 | 33,700 | 32,077 | 30,658 |
Scottish Borders | 15,094 | 14,413 | 16,821 | 14,800 |
Shetland Islands | 1,617 | 1,902 | 1,899 | 1,863 |
South Ayrshire | 19,972 | 19,934 | 19,612 | 20,518 |
South Lanarkshire | 64,628 | 61,585 | 59,707 | 55,098 |
Stirling | 13,550 | 13,315 | 14,257 | 13,656 |
West Dunbartonshire | 18,697 | 17,619 | 17,266 | 17,006 |
West Lothian | 23,603 | 22,427 | 24,587 | 24,744 |
| 1995-961 | 1996-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-99 | 1999-2000 | 2000-01 |
All Scotland | 927,244 | 901,103 | 917,170 | 954,561 | 934,886 | 914,562 |
Aberdeen City | 47,137 | 48,173 | 49,706 | 52,982 | 54,508 | 49,807 |
Aberdeenshire | 30,214 | 32,844 | 31,015 | 35,089 | 32,123 | 27,898 |
Angus | 17,518 | 13,742 | 15,748 | 16,332 | 19,985 | 13,713 |
Argyll and Bute | 12,115 | 11,934 | 11,577 | 11,031 | 12,159 | 13,168 |
Clackmannanshire | 6,826 | 5,926 | 6,117 | 6,319 | 6,164 | 6,675 |
Dumfries and Galloway | 25,423 | 28,100 | 28,913 | 32,842 | 28,270 | 25,673 |
Dundee City | 33,362 | 34,277 | 30,801 | 29,795 | 28,775 | 27,961 |
East Ayrshire | 20,314 | 18,164 | 19,699 | 20,756 | 20,026 | 18,999 |
East Dunbartonshire | 11,598 | 10,829 | 10,908 | 10,903 | 9,510 | 9,624 |
East Lothian | 10,840 | 9,409 | 10,324 | 10,548 | 11,390 | 9,679 |
East Renfrewshire | 12,134 | 10,449 | 8,613 | 9,413 | 9,789 | 7,827 |
City of Edinburgh | 86,516 | 84,086 | 87,281 | 87,261 | 92,972 | 91,160 |
Eilean Siar (W.Isles) | 2,721 | 3,040 | 2,303 | 1,995 | 1,946 | 1,667 |
Falkirk | 22,754 | 22,266 | 20,994 | 21,273 | 23,874 | 21,063 |
Fife | 65,143 | 64,158 | 63,754 | 70,932 | 59,713 | 65,750 |
City of Glasgow | 175,590 | 169,043 | 179,675 | 183,635 | 191,702 | 193,718 |
Highland | 33,614 | 33,072 | 29,494 | 30,927 | 31,885 | 32,609 |
Inverclyde | 15,099 | 16,353 | 16,563 | 17,725 | 16,416 | 15,448 |
Midlothian | 11,322 | 11,147 | 12,201 | 12,501 | 12,074 | 10,653 |
Moray | 14,583 | 15,844 | 15,248 | 13,690 | 11,735 | 11,334 |
North Ayrshire | 21,225 | 19,787 | 20,878 | 20,964 | 18,325 | 18,374 |
North Lanarkshire | 49,799 | 51,158 | 54,056 | 54,870 | 50,400 | 52,195 |
Orkney Islands | 1,117 | 1,167 | 1,263 | 1,569 | 1,337 | 1,215 |
Perth and Kinross | 21,664 | 20,947 | 19,980 | 19,580 | 16,844 | 21,403 |
Renfrewshire | 31,175 | 29,677 | 29,807 | 31,185 | 29,840 | 28,161 |
Scottish Borders | 13,787 | 14,125 | 15,077 | 16,284 | 18,906 | 20,007 |
Shetland Islands | 1,878 | 1,646 | 2,274 | 1,700 | 1,591 | 1,584 |
South Ayrshire | 21,415 | 19,574 | 19,110 | 20,199 | 19,146 | 16,887 |
South Lanarkshire | 54,046 | 46,482 | 50,945 | 49,151 | 46,281 | 45,594 |
Stirling | 13,480 | 13,134 | 12,503 | 15,834 | 13,800 | 13,143 |
West Dunbartonshire | 18,162 | 18,537 | 17,396 | 19,479 | 17,699 | 15,570 |
West Lothian | 24,673 | 22,013 | 22,947 | 27,797 | 25,701 | 26,003 |
| 2001-02 | 2002-03 | 2003-04 | 2004-052 | 2005-06 | 2006-07 |
All Scotland | 958,144 | 942,403 | 1,030,090 | 1,076,685 | 1,017,673 | 1,024,857 |
Aberdeen City | 50,440 | 55,215 | 60,458 | 62,028 | 60,449 | 59,953 |
Aberdeenshire | 27,280 | 24,876 | 24,468 | 26,861 | 25,027 | 28,821 |
Angus | 18,418 | 18,032 | 19,614 | 18,694 | 20,350 | 19,379 |
Argyll and Bute | 12,573 | 12,717 | 14,157 | 13,725 | 12,722 | 13,742 |
Clackmannanshire | 7,292 | 8,184 | 8,238 | 7,976 | 8,649 | 9,957 |
Dumfries and Galloway | 24,057 | 26,736 | 34,605 | 41,547 | 39,800 | 42,316 |
Dundee City | 30,912 | 33,264 | 37,469 | 41,070 | 37,284 | 37,894 |
East Ayrshire | 18,832 | 19,184 | 22,631 | 37,668 | 18,633 | 18,531 |
East Dunbartonshire | 9,173 | 8,979 | 8,813 | 10,458 | 9,642 | 9,857 |
East Lothian | 10,414 | 10,381 | 9,147 | 8,606 | 8,655 | 9,444 |
East Renfrewshire | 8,277 | 7,769 | 8,246 | 8,476 | 9,270 | 8,535 |
City of Edinburgh | 94,703 | 91,833 | 119,824 | 134,114 | 119,482 | 114,194 |
Eilean Siar (W.Isles) | 2,086 | 1,995 | 2,201 | 2,671 | 2,862 | 2,828 |
Falkirk | 24,728 | 25,332 | 26,433 | 25,157 | 26,739 | 33,289 |
Fife | 65,309 | 67,874 | 67,854 | 72,773 | 68,006 | 67,629 |
City of Glasgow | 200,769 | 178,265 | 182,564 | 172,950 | 170,990 | 164,882 |
Highland | 35,524 | 36,136 | 34,611 | 36,226 | 38,981 | 40,964 |
Inverclyde | 15,027 | 13,863 | 14,412 | 15,063 | 13,399 | 13,002 |
Midlothian | 11,508 | 11,225 | 10,640 | 13,491 | 12,583 | 11,071 |
Moray | 12,806 | 11,686 | 11,650 | 12,641 | 11,595 | 13,802 |
North Ayrshire | 19,193 | 19,254 | 19,083 | 21,528 | 21,596 | 21,142 |
North Lanarkshire | 56,448 | 69,108 | 84,909 | 75,960 | 66,834 | 66,321 |
Orkney Islands | 1,116 | 1,364 | 1,497 | 1,382 | 1,470 | 1,537 |
Perth and Kinross | 25,586 | 24,297 | 31,484 | 30,624 | 31,056 | 31,087 |
Renfrewshire | 28,400 | 26,438 | 27,281 | 26,990 | 24,400 | 27,500 |
Scottish Borders | 21,191 | 17,982 | 25,239 | 27,202 | 25,078 | 25,574 |
Shetland Islands | 1,510 | 1,604 | 1,960 | 1,927 | 2,210 | 2,077 |
South Ayrshire | 17,128 | 17,800 | 15,258 | 17,530 | 17,159 | 18,149 |
South Lanarkshire | 47,598 | 42,671 | 45,817 | 48,899 | 50,813 | 46,185 |
Stirling | 15,102 | 17,088 | 19,875 | 17,268 | 16,581 | 20,843 |
West Dunbartonshire | 15,933 | 15,433 | 16,351 | 17,853 | 18,075 | 18,176 |
West Lothian | 28,811 | 25,818 | 23,301 | 27,327 | 27,283 | 26,175 |
Notes:
1. The local authoritybreakdown of the recorded crime figures from 1992 to 1994 and 1995-96 are basedon the data held at a district level. For those authorities which were formed from“parts” of districts, the figures were pro-rated using population figures.
2. Data from 2004-05onwards shows the impact of the implementation of the Scottish Crime Recording Standard(SCRS), which was expected to increase the numbers of minor crimes recorded by thepolice, such as minor crimes of vandalism and minor thefts.