Local Authority 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 Aberdeen City 27 26 25 26 24 26 16 15 15 Aberdeenshire 34 32 31 34 30 32 20 19 19 Angus 21 12 11 10 6 3 8 7 10 Argyll and Bute 6 7 4 8 5 3 10 5 1 Clackmannanshire 7 9 8 4 6 4 7 2 4 Dumfries and Galloway 25 32 14 15 11 16 10 10 21 Dundee City 11 11 10 6 14 15 12 11 4 East Ayrshire 19 17 9 12 6 8 13 8 9 East Dunbartonshire 8 11 7 7 7 7 9 6 8 East Lothian 10 8 3 15 11 9 7 3 9 East Renfrewshire 8 10 8 7 6 7 7 7 3 Edinburgh, City of 30 25 26 28 34 24 22 14 25 Eilean Siar 4 6 1 3 5 1 3 4 3 Falkirk 13 23 20 12 8 4 6 11 3 Fife 54 40 32 33 46 29 34 33 38 Glasgow City 41 58 38 36 36 39 47 30 40 Highland 20 27 22 18 21 15 15 19 17 Inverclyde 1 9 12 3 5 5 4 6 4 Midlothian 6 5 6 6 8 5 5 3 6 Moray 19 10 10 19 15 15 5 9 10 North Ayrshire 22 20 11 14 7 10 15 9 11 North Lanarkshire 25 19 22 20 29 19 24 18 30 Orkney Islands 0 3 0 2 1 0 1 0 2 Perth and Kinross 16 13 13 18 14 20 9 16 7 Renfrewshire 17 21 15 13 12 15 14 15 7 Scottish Borders 17 12 10 18 11 17 23 14 10 Shetland Islands 1 6 1 5 1 6 0 3 1 South Ayrshire 16 15 8 10 5 7 11 7 8 South Lanarkshire 23 17 21 19 26 17 22 17 28 Stirling 10 6 8 9 2 8 5 14 5 West Dunbartonshire 7 9 6 6 6 6 8 5 6 West Lothian 17 14 11 22 19 6 23 12 7 Total 535 534 423 458 438 399 414 351 370 Note: Datacollected from sheriff court areas mapped to local authority areas.