The number of these crimes hasbeen increasing steadily over the last eight years.Recorded Crimes of HandlingOffensive Weapons by Local Authority, 1996-97 and 2005-06 1996-97 2005-06 Difference % Difference Moray 45 110 65 144.4 Scottish Borders 45 103 58 128.9 Shetland Islands 9 19 10 111.1 Aberdeen City 151 309 158 104.6 Clackmannanshire 44 89 45 102.3 City of Edinburgh 399 748 349 87.5 West Dunbartonshire 173 324 151 87.3 Inverclyde 133 247 114 85.7 Midlothian 59 106 47 79.7 South Lanarkshire 334 586 252 75.4 North Ayrshire 199 345 146 73.4 North Lanarkshire 387 669 282 72.9 City of Glasgow 1,811 3,112 1,301 71.8 Highland 171 282 111 64.9 West Lothian 114 187 73 64.0 East Dunbartonshire 85 129 44 51.8 East Ayrshire 166 240 74 44.6 Renfrewshire 286 401 115 40.2 Stirling 90 125 35 38.9 Aberdeenshire 127 169 42 33.1 East Lothian 52 66 14 26.9 Orkney Islands 8 10 2 25.0 Argyll and Bute 84 103 19 22.6 Eilean Siar (W.Isles) 16 19 3 18.8 Falkirk 152 164 12 7.9 South Ayrshire 142 145 3 2.1 Fife 305 273 -32 -10.5 East Renfrewshire 85 76 -9 -10.6 Dumfries and Galloway 170 137 -33 -19.4 Angus 118 74 -44 -37.3 Dundee City 347 186 -161 -46.4 Perth and Kinross 206 75 -131 -63.6 All Scotland...