Persons with a Charge Proved in Scottish Courts for Selected Offences1, by Police Force Area, 1997- 2003 Offence/Police Force Area 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 20033 Common assault Central 634 550 539 604 628 721 728 Dumfries and Galloway 357 301 337 270 289 309 400 Fife 703 586 574 488 684 633 625 Grampian 1,309 1,317 1,100 966 1,085 1,165 1,320 Lothian and Borders 2,015 2,005 1,727 1,683 1,592 1,868 1,786 Northern 717 672 648 572 653 685 821 Strathclyde 5,820 5,548 4,923 4,671 4,828 4,726 5,153 Tayside 900 973 1,038 988 1,086 1,190 1,199 Total 12,455 11,952 10,886 10,242 10,845 11,297 12,032 Breach of the peace Central 946 827 626 664 750 798 809 Dumfries and Galloway 451 411 438 340 347 301 372 Fife 851 768 610 564 582 626 585 Grampian 1,427 1,433 1,091 950 974 952 1,075 Lothian and Borders 2,365 2,344 1,820 1,656 1,712 1,886 1,653 Northern 1,124 1,078 843 793 835 831 920 Strathclyde 10,772 9,759 7,548 6,911 7,097 7,252 7,704 Tayside 1,480 1,489 1,422 1,348 1,478 1,478 1,615 Total 19,416 18,109 14,398 13,226 13,775 14,124 14,733 Drunkenness Central 22 12 6 7 2 4 4 Dumfries and Galloway 21 - 3 - - - 1 Fife 18 8 7 2 5 3 10 Grampian 39 38 22 22 13 8 17 Lothian and Borders 51 41 20 18 26...