To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-31895 by Cathy Jamieson on 2 March 2007, whether it will list the 10 local authority areas with the (a) biggest and (b) smallest (i) reductions and (ii) increases in the number of (A) serious assaults, (B) robberies, (C) crimes of indecency, (d) rapes and attempted rapes, (e) indecent assaults and (f) cases of lewd and indecent behaviour since 1996-97. The figures requested are shownin the following tables:Recorded Crimes of Serious Assaultby Local Authority, 1996-97 and 2005-06 1996-97 2005-06 Difference Difference (%) Eilean Siar (W.Isles) 0 15 15 - Shetland Islands 0 8 8 - Highland 51 228 177 347.1 Fife 96 260 164 170.8 Orkney Islands 5 10 5 100.0 Clackmannanshire 32 47 15 46.9 City of Glasgow 1,449 1,954 505 34.9 Aberdeenshire 98 120 22 22.4 West Dunbartonshire 177 215 38 21.5 Renfrewshire 279 300 21 7.5 East Ayrshire 149 156 7 4.7 Moray 45 47 2 4.4 Midlothian 59 61 2 3.4 Dundee City 143 147 4 2.8 South Ayrshire 139 141 2 1.4 North Ayrshire 227 228 1 0.4 Aberdeen City 175 173 -2 -1.1 East Dunbartonshire 100 98 -2 -2.0 Inverclyde 162 157 -5 -3.1 Dumfries and Galloway 110 106 -4 -3.6 Stirling 57 53 -4 -7.0 East Renfrewshire 60 55 -5 -8.3 South Lanarkshire 497 443 -54 -10.9 Perth and Kinross 62 55 -7 -11.3 North Lanarkshire 534 458 -76 -14.2 West Lothian 163 138 -25 -15.3 Argyll and Bute 107 88 -19 -17.8 Falkirk 128 96 -32 -25.0 Angus 64 45 -19 -29.7 Scottish Borders 88 57 -31 -35.2 City of Edinburgh 552 330 -222 -40.2 East Lothian 62 31 -31 -50.0 All Scotland 5,870 6,320 450 7.7 Recorded Crimes of Robbery byLocal Authority, 1996-97 and 2005-06 1996-97 2005-06 Difference Difference (%) Shetland Islands 0 1 1 - Moray 4 20 16 400.0 Fife 108 183 75 69.4 East Lothian 13 21 8 61.5 Aberdeenshire 20 32 12 60.0 Falkirk 24 32 8 33.3 Highland 32 39 7 21.9 West Lothian 69 71 2 2.9 Aberdeen City 183 188 5 2.7 Orkney Islands 0 0 0 0.0 Stirling 42 38 -4 -9.5 Argyll and Bute 19 17 -2 -10.5 North Ayrshire 109 97 -12 -11.0 Dumfries and Galloway 43 37 -6 -14.0 East Ayrshire 68 58 -10 -14.7 City of Edinburgh 696 556 -140 -20.1 North Lanarkshire 228 172 -56 -24.6 Scottish Borders 15 11 -4 -26.7 Midlothian 26 19 -7 -26.9 South Ayrshire 56 38 -18 -32.1 Dundee City 160 107 -53 -33.1 South Lanarkshire 261 173 -88 -33.7 East Renfrewshire 71 44 -27 -38.0 City of Glasgow 2,004 1,200 -804 -40.1 Clackmannanshire 32 19 -13 -40.6 West Dunbartonshire 148 85 -63 -42.6 Angus 13 7 -6 -46.2 Renfrewshire 362 192 -170 -47.0 Perth and Kinross 50 20 -30 -60.0 Inverclyde 189 57 -132 -69.8 East Dunbartonshire 69 19 -50 -72.5 Eilean Siar (W.Isles) 4 0 -4 -100.0 All Scotland 5,118 3,553 -1,565 -30.6 Recorded Crimes of Indecency1by Local Authority, 1996-97 and 2005-06 1996-97 2005-06 Difference Difference (%) Eilean Siar (W.Isles) 5 31 26 520.0 Dumfries and Galloway 39 136 97 248.7 Clackmannanshire 24 81 57 237.5 Shetland Islands 13 41 28 215.4 Falkirk 79 197 118 149.4 Moray 85 199 114 134.1 Fife 235 479 244 103.8 Midlothian 68 134 66 97.1 Perth and Kinross 76 130 54 71.1 Highland 159 258 99 62.3 Stirling 82 126 44 53.7 Argyll and Bute 62 92 30 48.4 North Ayrshire 140 198 58 41.4 Aberdeenshire 172 242 70 40.7 West Lothian 137 188 51 37.2 West Dunbartonshire 65 88 23 35.4 East Ayrshire 77 103 26 33.8 North Lanarkshire 220 288 68 30.9 Scottish Borders 83 105 22 26.5 Aberdeen City 421 525 104 24.7 East Lothian 72 89 17 23.6 East Renfrewshire 31 30 -1 -3.2 Dundee City 306 296 -10 -3.3 Renfrewshire 124 115 -9 -7.3 South Ayrshire 101 93 -8 -7.9 South Lanarkshire 193 177 -16 -8.3 Orkney Islands 10 9 -1 -10.0 City of Edinburgh 794 654 -140 -17.6 City of Glasgow 1,755 1,293 -462 -26.3 Angus 139 97 -42 -30.2 East Dunbartonshire 47 26 -21 -44.7 Inverclyde 127 38 -89 -70.1 All Scotland 5,941 6,558 617 10.4 Note: 1 All group 2 crimes ofindecency recorded by the police, that is total of rape and attempted rape, indecentassault, lewd and indecent behaviour and all other crimes of indecency.Recorded Crimes of Rape and AttemptedRape by Local Authority, 1996-97 and 2005-06 1996-97 2005-06 Difference Difference (%) Eilean Siar (W.Isles) 0 4 4 - East Renfrewshire 1 7 6 600.0 Falkirk 5 33 28 560.0 Dumfries and Galloway 5 32 27 540.0 Clackmannanshire 2 10 8 400.0 Fife 22 101 79 359.1 Moray 8 33 25 312.5 West Lothian 15 48 33 220.0 East Lothian 9 26 17 188.9 Stirling 11 27 16 145.5 Perth and Kinross 12 29 17 141.7 Midlothian 10 24 14 140.0 Highland 20 47 27 135.0 North Lanarkshire 24 54 30 125.0 East Ayrshire 9 20 11 122.2 North Ayrshire 18 36 18 100.0 Orkney Islands 2 4 2 100.0 Renfrewshire 10 19 9 90.0 South Lanarkshire 22 40 18 81.8 South Ayrshire 12 21 9 75.0 Aberdeenshire 22 37 15 68.2 City of Glasgow 108 175 67 62.0 Angus 18 26 8 44.4 Argyll and Bute 9 13 4 44.4 Scottish Borders 18 26 8 44.4 Aberdeen City 39 56 17 43.6 City of Edinburgh 108 137 29 26.9 Shetland Islands 1 1 0 0.0 West Dunbartonshire 11 11 0 0.0 Dundee City 57 51 -6 -10.5 Inverclyde 17 9 -8 -47.1 East Dunbartonshire 8 4 -4 -50.0 All Scotland 633 1,161 528 83.4 Recorded Crimes of Indecent Assaultby Local Authority, 1996-97 and 2005-06 1996-97 2005-06 Difference Difference (%) East Dunbartonshire 5 14 9 180.0 Clackmannanshire 10 26 16 160.0 Moray 18 46 28 155.6 West Dunbartonshire 12 27 15 125.0 West Lothian 19 42 23 121.1 Fife 55 120 65 118.2 East Ayrshire 12 26 14 116.7 Falkirk 20 42 22 110.0 Shetland Islands 4 8 4 100.0 Aberdeenshire 21 40 19 90.5 North Ayrshire 28 49 21 75.0 Stirling 18 31 13 72.2 Highland 32 55 23 71.9 South Ayrshire 16 27 11 68.8 Argyll and Bute 19 32 13 68.4 Eilean Siar (W.Isles) 3 5 2 66.7 North Lanarkshire 51 70 19 37.3 City of Glasgow 206 278 72 35.0 Scottish Borders 20 26 6 30.0 East Lothian 17 22 5 29.4 Perth and Kinross 32 38 6 18.8 Dundee City 58 68 10 17.2 Renfrewshire 34 38 4 11.8 Aberdeen City 80 88 8 10.0 Dumfries and Galloway 12 13 1 8.3 South Lanarkshire 53 53 0 0.0 City of Edinburgh 176 163 -13 -7.4 Angus 24 22 -2 -8.3 Midlothian 27 22 -5 -18.5 East Renfrewshire 9 6 -3 -33.3 Orkney Islands 2 1 -1 -50.0 Inverclyde 29 10 -19 -65.5 All Scotland 1,122 1,508 386 34.4 Recorded Crimesof Lewd and Indecent Behaviour by Local Authority,1996-97 and2005-06 1996-97 2005-06 Difference Difference (%) Eilean Siar (W.Isles) 2 20 18 900.0 Dumfries and Galloway 15 83 68 453.3 Clackmannanshire 9 39 30 333.3 Midlothian 25 83 58 232.0 Falkirk 47 106 59 125.5 Stirling 30 67 37 123.3 Perth and Kinross 23 50 27 117.4 Shetland Islands 8 17 9 112.5 Argyll and Bute 20 41 21 105.0 Aberdeen City 94 177 83 88.3 Moray 49 90 41 83.7 Fife 134 220 86 64.2 Highland 71 113 42 59.2 Scottish Borders 37 48 11 29.7 Aberdeenshire 102 129 27 26.5 North Ayrshire 85 98 13 15.3 North Lanarkshire 113 130 17 15.0 East Ayrshire 49 48 -1 -2.0 West Lothian 87 80 -7 -8.0 East Lothian 39 35 -4 -10.3 East Renfrewshire 18 15 -3 -16.7 City of Glasgow 401 329 -72 -18.0 South Ayrshire 46 37 -9 -19.6 West Dunbartonshire 39 31 -8 -20.5 Dundee City 159 126 -33 -20.8 South Lanarkshire 106 75 -31 -29.2 Renfrewshire 72 46 -26 -36.1 City of Edinburgh 425 253 -172 -40.5 Angus 82 41 -41 -50.0 East Dunbartonshire 25 6 -19 -76.0 Inverclyde 75 17 -58 -77.3 Orkney Islands 6 1 -5 -83.3 All Scotland 2,493 2,651 158 6.3 S2W-32325