The phrase ‘offences against the person’ is not a standard definition for Scottish crimes.We have interpreted this as the total of crimes of violence, crimes of indecency,offensive weapon offences, minor assaults and breach of the peace.Recorded Crimes of (a)Offences Against the Person Since 1997-98 by Police Force Area 1997-98 1998-99 1999-2000 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 Central 6,660 6,286 6,660 6,697 7,962 8,438 8,640 9,753 9,328 Dumfries and Galloway 3,738 3,887 3,435 3,074 3,065 3,527 4,974 5,188 4,603 Fife 8,330 8,034 8,265 8,237 9,089 9,706 10,164 12,911 11,747 Grampian 15,814 15,793 16,593 15,451 16,587 15,599 15,279 19,741 20,539 Lothian and Borders 21,516 21,817 22,941 23,384 23,346 22,911 22,366 24,808 26,433 Northern 7,191 7,535 6,912 7,097 7,609 7,971 8,615 9,826 9,528 Strathclyde 76,984 77,532 79,807 78,687 80,040 81,957 84,019 101,241 96,805 Tayside 10,295 11,284 11,084 10,236 11,114 11,596 12,432 11,760 12,825 All Scotland 150,528 152,168 155,697 152,863 158,812 161,705 166,489 195,228 191,808 Recorded Crimes of (b)Sexual Offences Since 1997-98 by Police Force Area 1997-98 1998-99 1999-2000 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 Central 225 220 110 187 299 301 268 247 404 Dumfries and Galloway 116 146 126 146 101 83 133 106 136 Fife 383 303 372 316 461 554 504 516 479 Grampian 911 816 604 500 574 653 733 858 966 Lothian and Borders 1,171 1,265 974 891 988 1,272 1,319 1,339 1,170 Northern 180 249 178 214 245 267 325 345 339 Strathclyde 3,915 3,508 3,057 3,040 2,976 2,981 3,007 3,446 2,541 Tayside 513 564 461 433 350 512 497 467 523 All Scotland 7,414 7,071 5,882 5,727 5,994 6,623 6,786 7,324 6,558 Recorded Crimes of (c)Robbery Since 1997-98 by Police Force Area 1997-98 1998-99 1999-2000 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 Central 57 74 88 73 83 86 65 69 89 Dumfries and Galloway 26...