Questions and answers

Question reference: S2W-19908

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 October 2005
Current Status: Answered by Allan Wilson on 14 November 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) graduates and (b) junior posts there were in (i) medicine, (ii) nursing, (iii) midwifery and (iv) physiotherapy in each year since 1999.

The number of graduates from Scottish Higher Educations Institutions and Colleges in medicine, nursing, midwifery and physiotherapy are contained in the following table:

Subject	1999-2000	2000-01	2002-02	2002-03	2003-04
Clinical Medicine	910	865	995	970	980
Nursing and Midwifery	3,275	3,175	3,880	3,990	N/A
Physiotherapy	105	90	105	210	215

Source: Higher Education Statistics Agency and Scottish Funding Council.

Figures have been rounded to the nearest five.

Midwifery was not recorded separately from nursing prior to 2002-03. The table includes 190 midwifery graduates for 2002-03 and 220 graduates for 2003-04. Data from colleges for 2003-04 are not yet available. In that year, 2,810 students graduated in nursing and midwifery from higher education institutions.

Information on staff in post in NHS Scotland, including junior posts, is published on the Scottish Health Statistics website under Workforce Statistics, at www.isdscotland.org/workforce.

Section B gives details of medical and dental staff. In particular, tables B1 and B2 show the whole-time equivalent and headcount numbers by grade over the last 10 years. Latest available figures are at 30 September 2004.

Section E gives details of nursing and midwifery staff. In particular, tables E5 and E6 show the whole-time equivalent and headcount numbers by grade. Latest available figures are at 31 March 2005.

Section F gives details of allied health professionals. In particular, tables F1 and F2 give details of whole-time equivalent and headcount numbers of qualified and assistant grade staff. No further grade breakdown is available. Latest available figures are at 31 March 2005.

Question reference: S2W-20208

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 31 October 2005
Current Status: Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 14 November 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive how many babies were born at (a) under 24 weeks, (b) 24 to under 28 weeks, (c) 28 to under 32 weeks and (d) 32 to 37 weeks in each year since 1997, broken down by NHS board area.

Question reference: S2W-20207

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 31 October 2005
Current Status: Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 14 November 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive how many babies were born prematurely in each NHS board area in each year since 1997.

Question reference: S2W-20365

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 04 November 2005
Current Status: Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 14 November 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive how many dentists received gross earnings from the NHS of (a) over £500,000, (b) £250,000 to £500,000, (c) £100,000 to £250,000 and (d) £50,000 to £100,000 in each year since 1997.

NHS general dentists’ gross earnings from NHS general dental services:

Number of Dentists Receiving Each Amount in Year Ending March

Amount of Earnings^1,2	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005
£500,000 +	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	3
Between £250,000 and £499,999	6	10	13	14	17	14	14	14	18
Between £100,000 and £249,999	473	572	639	662	687	701	755	733	742
Between £50,000 and £99,999	783	723	700	702	676	670	653	656	632

Source: MIDAS (Management Information & Dental Accounting System).

Note:

1. In addition to the payments they receive for registering and treating their patients, NHS general dentists may be entitled to claim other payments (allowances) for their circumstances. The data in the table above exclude such payments.

2. This data refers to earnings for non-salaried general dental practitioners.

Question reference: S2W-20369

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 04 November 2005
Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 14 November 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive how many people (a) under and (b) over 18 have DNA profiles stored in the police national database without having been charged or cautioned for any offence.

There are 268 DNA profiles held on the Scottish DNA Database that people provided voluntarily, so these were provided without anyone being cautioned or charged. The people who provided these samples can withdraw their permission for the database to hold them in writing at any time. Three of these profiles are from people aged under 18.

Other than those 268 profiles, the Database does not store any DNA profiles from people who have not been charged or cautioned. All other profiles held by the database were taken from suspects following arrest or detention for specific offences, and caution and charging is undertaken as part of the arrest and detention procedures.

Question reference: S2W-20254

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 November 2005
Current Status: Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 14 November 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive how many alcohol-related admissions there were to each NHS hospital in each year since 1997.

Figures are available in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre. Table 1 (Bib. number 37917) shows the combined figures for alcohol-related discharges from general acute and psychiatric hospitals during 1997-98 to 2001-02. Table 2 (Bib. number 37918) provides data for discharges from general acute hospitals only from 1997-98 to 2004-05. Psychiatric discharges are unavailable for 2002-03 to 2004-05.

Question reference: S2W-20222

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 01 November 2005
Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 14 November 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) recorded cases of, (b) prosecutions for and (c) convictions for the other crimes of (i) crimes against public justice, (ii) handling an offensive weapon, (iii) drugs and (iv) other there have been in each of the last five years, broken down by (1) police force and (2) local authority area.

The available information is given in the following tables. The court proceedings statistics for 2004-05 are scheduled for publication in March 2006.

The statistics dealing with recorded crime and court proceedings are not directly comparable as a person may be proceeded against for more than one crime involving more than one victim and there is the possibility that the crime recorded by the police may be altered in the course of judicial proceedings. Also a crime may be recorded by the police in one year and court proceedings concluded in a subsequent year.

Selected Crimes and Offences Recorded by the Police, by Police Force Area, 2000-04¹

Police Force Area	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004

Central	921	1,134	1,438	1,484	1,779
Dumfries and Galloway	376	438	510	718	776
Fife	1,020	1,090	1,422	1,860	1,688
Grampian	1,311	1,741	2,085	2,004	1,761
Lothian and Borders	3,304	3,624	4,143	3,553	3,545
Northern	723	929	987	1,147	1,188
Strathclyde	9,439	10,345	10,960	11,589	12,189
Tayside	1,336	949	1,126	2,442	3,087
Scotland	18,430	20,250	22,671	24,797	26,013
Handling an Offensive Weapon
Central	219	335	413	361	448
Dumfries and Galloway	152	104	155	148	127
Fife	418	434	287	181	283
Grampian	438	484	526	552	645
Lothian and Borders	944	1,018	1,095	1,019	1,153
Northern	232	273	294	261	276
Strathclyde	5,167	5,596	6,630	6,114	6,668
Tayside	583	427	291	219	393
Scotland	8,153	8,671	9,691	8,855	9,993
Drug Offences
Central	1,285	1,977	1,917	1,945	2,124
Dumfries and Galloway	448	649	775	919	887
Fife	1,248	1,645	1,944	1,804	1,886
Grampian	2,319	2,598	3,152	2,785	3,122
Lothian and Borders	5,198	5,566	6,590	5,404	6,216
Northern	1,084	1,607	1,656	1,842	1,844
Strathclyde	18,225	20,083	21,730	22,868	22,875
Tayside	1,624	2,050	2,615	2,898	3,430
Scotland	31,431	36,175	40,379	40,465	42,384
Other Crimes
Central	5	4	3	8	1
Dumfries and Galloway	4	-	6	16	5
Fife	-	6	19	-	1
Grampian	6	6	2	12	20
Lothian and Borders	4	25	13	23	18
Northern	7	15	2	13	6
Strathclyde	50	55	83	82	102
Tayside	4	3	14	11	37
Scotland	80	114	142	165	190

Selected Crimes and Offences Recorded by the Police, by Local Authority Area, 2000-04¹

Local authority Area	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
Crimes Against Public Justice
Aberdeen City	756	933	1,349	1,117	864
Aberdeenshire	344	441	399	464	442
Angus	234	233	246	415	362
Argyll and Bute	303	497	389	395	381
Clackmannanshire	185	178	303	266	472
Dumfries and Galloway	376	438	510	718	776
Dundee City	821	497	577	1,591	2,107
East Ayrshire	378	363	388	398	397
East Dunbartonshire	152	178	198	208	216
East Lothian	188	178	242	176	156
East Renfrewshire	161	158	146	153	189
Edinburgh, City of	2,087	2,251	2,626	2,256	2,230
Eilean Siar	43	43	42	43	81
Falkirk	450	573	736	770	793
Fife	1,020	1,090	1,422	1,860	1,688
Glasgow City	4,437	4,814	5,117	5,309	5,208
Highland	643	837	893	1,034	1,030
Inverclyde	320	332	352	365	374
Midlothian	250	277	288	269	264
Moray	211	367	337	423	455
North Ayrshire	396	391	486	519	551
North Lanarkshire	981	1,140	1,389	1,611	1,934
Orkney Islands	20	23	22	29	34
Perth and Kinross	281	219	303	436	618
Renfrewshire	609	629	636	668	707
Scottish Borders	283	330	388	351	342
Shetland Islands	17	26	30	41	43
South Ayrshire	263	357	466	392	461
South Lanarkshire	978	1,087	1,003	1,088	1,178
Stirling	286	383	399	448	514
West Dunbartonshire	461	399	390	483	593
West Lothian	496	588	599	501	553
Scotland	18,430	20,250	22,671	24,797	26,013
Handling an Offensive Weapon
Aberdeen City	205	234	301	310	338
Aberdeenshire	168	152	136	147	191
Angus	109	87	55	27	66
Argyll and Bute	90	73	94	79	100
Clackmannanshire	34	81	100	77	86
Dumfries and Galloway	152	104	155	148	127
Dundee City	332	234	160	138	215
East Ayrshire	146	181	244	165	227
East Dunbartonshire	74	95	103	92	111
East Lothian	78	76	92	65	68
East Renfrewshire	71	67	97	76	119
Edinburgh, City of	570	606	635	614	641
Eilean Siar	9	9	5	12	11
Falkirk	113	152	184	167	221
Fife	418	434	287	181	283
Glasgow City	2,731	2,834	3,376	3,240	3,367
Highland	209	241	272	242	244
Inverclyde	224	352	372	285	316
Midlothian	63	64	69	78	89
Moray	65	98	89	95	116
North Ayrshire	201	242	282	245	309
North Lanarkshire	387	495	538	536	637
Orkney Islands	5	8	3	4	3
Perth and Kinross	142	106	76	54	112
Renfrewshire	309	321	435	376	412
Scottish Borders	94	94	115	107	133
Shetland Islands	9	15	14	3	18
South Ayrshire	133	122	152	94	106
South Lanarkshire	610	610	689	640	649
Stirling	72	102	129	117	141
West Dunbartonshire	191	204	248	286	315
West Lothian	139	178	184	155	222
Scotland	8,153	8,671	9,691	8,855	9,993
Drug Offences
Aberdeen City	1,334	1,550	2,071	1,689	1,888
Aberdeenshire	724	787	757	741	794
Angus	306	401	489	520	561
Argyll and Bute	450	389	512	584	618
Clackmannanshire	234	295	351	336	329
Dumfries and Galloway	448	649	775	919	887
Dundee City	707	904	1,167	1,307	1,652
East Ayrshire	787	785	950	910	948
East Dunbartonshire	318	465	460	479	516
East Lothian	340	217	507	371	378
East Renfrewshire	428	342	296	316	257
Edinburgh, City of	2,858	3,118	3,863	3,008	3,518
Eilean Siar	47	112	94	93	115
Falkirk	624	844	831	882	1,072
Fife	1,248	1,645	1,944	1,804	1,886
Glasgow City	8,845	9,388	9,330	10,100	9,729
Highland	926	1,370	1,434	1,605	1,527
Inverclyde	901	995	1,145	1,040	1,224
Midlothian	402	404	444	378	462
Moray	261	261	324	355	440
North Ayrshire	845	872	1,054	1,041	1,228
North Lanarkshire	1,817	2,197	3,105	2,960	2,946
Orkney Islands	29	27	41	64	49
Perth and Kinross	611	745	959	1,071	1,217
Renfrewshire	1,073	1,224	1,212	1,205	1,039
Scottish Borders	733	661	647	618	762
Shetland Islands	82	98	87	80	153
South Ayrshire	537	896	992	722	739
South Lanarkshire	1,512	1,864	1,733	2,397	2,539
Stirling	427	838	735	727	723
West Dunbartonshire	712	666	941	1,114	1,092
West Lothian	865	1,166	1,129	1,029	1,096
Scotland	31,431	36,175	40,379	40,465	42,384
Other Crimes
Aberdeen City	4	1	-	7	10
Aberdeenshire	2	2	1	4	9
Angus	-	1	6	1	2
Argyll and Bute	4	1	1	-	1
Clackmannanshire	-	2	1	7	1
Dumfries and Galloway	4	-	6	16	5
Dundee City	4	2	6	6	34
East Ayrshire	-	5	4	12	7
East Dunbartonshire	-	1	5	7	3
East Lothian	2	-	2	-	2
East Renfrewshire	-	-	1	1	1
Edinburgh, City of	2	15	9	15	14
Eilean Siar	-	-	-	-	-
Falkirk	3	2	2	1	-
Fife	-	6	19	-	1
Glasgow City	22	20	37	27	33
Highland	6	15	2	13	5
Inverclyde	2	6	2	2	2
Midlothian	-	2	-	2	1
Moray	-	3	1	1	1
North Ayrshire	3	2	3	9	10
North Lanarkshire	4	11	15	11	30
Orkney Islands	1	-	-	-	1
Perth and Kinross	-	-	2	4	1
Renfrewshire	3	-	1	3	2
Scottish Borders	-	8	1	2	-
Shetland Islands	-	-	-	-	-
South Ayrshire	-	-	6	3	5
South Lanarkshire	6	5	4	2	4
Stirling	2	-	-	-	-
West Dunbartonshire	6	4	4	5	4
West Lothian	-	-	1	4	1
Scotland	80	114	142	165	190

Persons Proceeded Against² in Scottish Courts for Selected Crimes and Offences³, by Police Force Area, 2000-03

Police Force Area	2000	2001	2002	2003⁵

Central	459	568	526	434
Dumfries and Galloway	176	182	130	140
Fife	355	382	278	298
Grampian	403	446	563	643
Lothian and Borders	795	731	710	636
Northern	116	134	185	206
Strathclyde	3,049	3,155	2,415	2,471
Tayside	1,159	1,423	1,110	1,289
Scotland⁴	6,512	7,021	5,917	6,117
	Handling an Offensive Weapon
Central	57	88	83	97
Dumfries and Galloway	45	44	49	72
Fife	59	93	70	71
Grampian	78	135	116	135
Lothian and Borders	230	321	375	316
Northern	36	52	54	65
Strathclyde	2,216	2,648	2,042	2,360
Tayside	179	210	173	185
Scotland⁴	2,900	3,591	2,962	3,301
	Drug Offences
Central	259	378	417	478
Dumfries and Galloway	151	108	154	172
Fife	184	198	240	222
Grampian	501	684	626	804
Lothian and Borders	819	830	645	664
Northern	295	355	419	433
Strathclyde	3,759	3,717	3,289	4,296
Tayside	535	530	595	638
Scotland⁴	6,503	6,800	6,385	7,707
	Other Crimes
Dumfries and Galloway	10	8	3	6
Fife	-	-	1	1
Grampian	-	3	1	-
Lothian and Borders	-	3	-	-
Northern	2	2	-	7
Strathclyde	6	20	9	12
Tayside	1	7	2	4
Scotland⁴	19	43	16	30

Persons Proceeded Against² in Scottish Courts for Selected Crimes and Offences³, by Approximate Local Authority Area⁶, 2000-03

Local Authority Area	2000	2001	2002	2003⁵
	Crimes Against Public Justice
Aberdeen City	243	266	346	430
Aberdeenshire	118	113	170	147
Angus	158	224	181	213
Argyll and Bute	55	51	37	40
Clackmannanshire	37	64	51	68
Dumfries and Galloway	175	182	128	139
Dundee City	865	1,084	793	854
East Ayrshire	138	133	112	173
East Dunbartonshire	2	3	3	-
East Lothian	35	41	53	39
East Renfrewshire	2	2	-	-
Edinburgh, City of	588	506	453	435
Eilean Siar	3	2	4	5
Falkirk	308	311	297	199
Fife	355	379	276	298
Glasgow City	1,384	1,398	997	850
Highland	103	127	174	181
Inverclyde	152	169	151	153
Midlothian	7	4	3	-
Moray	33	63	40	61
North Ayrshire	5	9	5	3
North Lanarkshire	181	174	151	198
Orkney Islands	5	5	3	2
Perth and Kinross	136	110	133	218
Renfrewshire	264	200	114	140
Scottish Borders	44	60	80	100
Shetland Islands	3	-	3	11
South Ayrshire	244	205	239	291
South Lanarkshire	436	568	484	507
Stirling	113	191	174	166
West Dunbartonshire	164	221	109	107
West Lothian	119	118	113	55
Other⁷	33	33	39	29
Scotland⁴	6,512	7,021	5,917	6,117
	Handling an Offensive Weapon
Aberdeen City	55	74	63	102
Aberdeenshire	13	40	32	18
Angus	35	27	37	38
Argyll and Bute	16	30	15	24
Clackmannanshire	5	11	6	14
Dumfries and Galloway	45	44	49	72
Dundee City	102	129	99	101
East Ayrshire	134	145	127	135
East Dunbartonshire	-	1	-	-
East Lothian	4	27	29	24
East Renfrewshire	1	-	-	-
Edinburgh, City of	170	208	232	226
Eilean Siar	1	3	3	3
Falkirk	38	54	54	42
Fife	59	93	70	71
Glasgow City	1,232	1,517	1,079	1,260
Highland	33	43	48	60
Inverclyde	92	96	152	157
Moray	10	20	20	15
North Lanarkshire	73	99	97	69
Orkney Islands	-	4	-	-
Perth and Kinross	42	53	36	46
Renfrewshire	170	185	117	159
Scottish Borders	17	33	40	22
Shetland Islands	2	1	3	2
South Ayrshire	55	66	62	74
South Lanarkshire	340	378	332	369
Stirling	14	23	23	41
West Dunbartonshire	100	126	60	111
West Lothian	38	51	74	44
Other⁷	3	5	3	2
Scotland⁴	2,900	3,591	2,962	3,301
	Drug Offences
Aberdeen City	284	357	378	472
Aberdeenshire	114	199	149	189
Angus	137	95	103	116
Argyll and Bute	111	150	95	108
Clackmannanshire	44	48	52	91
Dumfries and Galloway	131	96	145	151
Dundee City	234	224	272	298
East Ayrshire	227	246	226	336
East Dunbartonshire	16	14	20	34
East Lothian	26	45	36	44
East Renfrewshire	10	17	14	14
Edinburgh, City of	493	490	358	370
Eilean Siar	14	18	36	23
Falkirk	142	181	202	193
Fife	182	165	210	199
Glasgow City	1,399	1,319	1,186	1,446
Highland	247	294	343	366
Inverclyde	253	206	260	353
Midlothian	14	21	8	10
Moray	55	79	45	71
North Ayrshire	36	56	35	51
North Lanarkshire	362	351	287	459
Orkney Islands	8	7	6	14
Perth and Kinross	140	186	186	192
Renfrewshire	212	178	147	181
Scottish Borders	108	105	107	88
Shetland Islands	17	20	20	17
South Ayrshire	302	280	259	367
South Lanarkshire	468	576	507	533
Stirling	59	124	151	171
West Dunbartonshire	121	137	115	253
West Lothian	125	109	94	103
Other⁷	411	405	332	392
Scotland⁴	6,503	6,800	6,385	7,707
	Other Crimes
Aberdeen City	-	3	-	-
Aberdeenshire	-	-	1	-
Angus	1	-	2	1
Argyll and Bute	-	4	2	6
Dumfries and Galloway	10	8	3	6
Dundee City	-	7	-	-
East Ayrshire	-	1	-	-
Edinburgh, City of	-	3	-	-
Fife	-	-	1	-
Glasgow City	3	4	1	-
Highland	2	-	-	7
North Lanarkshire	-	1	-	-
South Ayrshire	-	-	3	-
South Lanarkshire	1	1	2	-
West Dunbartonshire	-	-	-	1
Other⁷	2	11	1	9
Scotland⁴	19	43	16	30

Persons with a Charge Proved in Scottish Courts for Selected Crimes and Offences³, by Police Force Area, 2000-03

Police Force Area	2000	2001	2002	2003⁵
	Crimes Against Public Justice
Central	415	508	443	378
Dumfries and Galloway	142	151	103	115
Fife	312	331	237	262
Grampian	307	364	444	492
Lothian and Borders	652	605	590	546
Northern	93	129	143	180
Strathclyde	1,908	1,946	2,055	2,049
Tayside	1,016	1,283	983	1,073
Scotland⁴	4,845	5,317	4,998	5,095
	Handling an Offensive Weapon
Central	54	70	62	85
Dumfries and Galloway	35	32	44	50
Fife	41	74	55	58
Grampian	63	118	102	111
Lothian and Borders	204	278	325	254
Northern	31	46	46	53
Strathclyde	1,680	1,939	1,821	2,048
Tayside	130	138	134	140
Scotland⁴	2,238	2,695	2,589	2,799
	Drug Offences
Central	235	342	373	452
Dumfries and Galloway	130	97	133	146
Fife	148	160	207	174
Grampian	455	613	564	743
Lothian and Borders	738	776	567	587
Northern	267	349	384	412
Strathclyde	2,984	2,931	3,052	4,009
Tayside	469	468	521	582
Scotland⁴	5,426	5,736	5,801	7,105
	Other Crimes
Dumfries and Galloway	8	7	3	5
Lothian and Borders	-	1	-	-
Northern	2	2	-	7
Strathclyde	3	11	8	12
Tayside	-	-	2	4
Scotland⁴	13	21	13	28

Persons with a Charge Proved for Selected Crimes and Offences³, by Approximate Local Authority Area⁶, 2000-03

Local Authority Area	2000	2001	2002	2003⁵
	Crimes Against Public Justice
Aberdeen City	175	215	266	322
Aberdeenshire	97	91	139	112
Angus	140	203	165	176
Argyll and Bute	41	35	34	34
Clackmannanshire	32	49	45	60
Dumfries and Galloway	141	151	102	114
Dundee City	764	981	699	710
East Ayrshire	94	100	99	148
East Dunbartonshire	2	3	3	-
East Lothian	26	35	43	36
East Renfrewshire	2	1	-	-
Edinburgh, City of	473	409	370	363
Eilean Siar	3	2	4	5
Falkirk	286	285	247	183
Fife	312	330	237	262
Glasgow City	824	823	836	722
Highland	83	122	133	159
Inverclyde	117	114	138	128
Midlothian	7	4	3	-
Moray	30	56	32	57
North Ayrshire	4	7	5	3
North Lanarkshire	109	95	116	152
Orkney Islands	2	5	3	2
Perth and Kinross	112	94	118	184
Renfrewshire	149	126	95	118
Scottish Borders	42	55	73	93
Shetland Islands	3	-	3	10
South Ayrshire	194	171	213	253
South Lanarkshire	272	345	430	427
Stirling	96	172	149	134
West Dunbartonshire	92	112	76	59
West Lothian	102	100	96	49
Other⁷	19	25	26	19
Scotland⁴	4,845	5,317	4,998	5,095
	Handling an Offensive Weapon
Aberdeen City	45	64	59	80
Aberdeenshire	9	35	26	16
Angus	29	24	33	32
Argyll and Bute	11	21	13	22
Clackmannanshire	3	9	4	11
Dumfries and Galloway	35	32	44	50
Dundee City	73	87	75	70
East Ayrshire	118	116	121	127
East Lothian	3	26	24	18
East Renfrewshire	1	-	-	-
Edinburgh, City of	150	178	196	184
Eilean Siar	1	3	3	3
Falkirk	38	40	44	39
Fife	41	74	55	58
Glasgow City	931	1,135	978	1,128
Highland	28	38	40	48
Inverclyde	79	84	143	142
Moray	9	18	16	15
North Lanarkshire	50	61	78	54
Orkney Islands	-	4	-	-
Perth and Kinross	28	27	26	38
Renfrewshire	116	133	99	124
Scottish Borders	17	32	37	17
Shetland Islands	2	1	3	2
South Ayrshire	44	50	51	61
South Lanarkshire	253	267	286	300
Stirling	13	21	14	35
West Dunbartonshire	76	72	52	89
West Lothian	34	40	68	35
Other⁷	1	3	1	1
Scotland⁴	2,238	2,695	2,589	2,799
	Drug Offences
Aberdeen City	262	321	339	441
Aberdeenshire	101	180	137	173
Angus	124	91	95	106
Argyll and Bute	92	128	88	101
Clackmannanshire	34	42	43	85
Dumfries and Galloway	116	87	124	131
Dundee City	214	207	238	273
East Ayrshire	195	212	211	321
East Dunbartonshire	15	13	20	34
East Lothian	25	45	34	41
East Renfrewshire	10	16	14	14
Edinburgh, City of	441	446	308	317
Eilean Siar	12	18	30	22
Falkirk	134	169	188	180
Fife	146	133	180	155
Glasgow City	1,048	976	1,107	1,340
Highland	225	290	319	348
Inverclyde	212	180	245	340
Midlothian	14	21	8	10
Moray	52	71	42	69
North Ayrshire	36	55	35	51
North Lanarkshire	311	298	268	449
Orkney Islands	7	7	5	12
Perth and Kinross	111	152	158	175
Renfrewshire	168	136	131	167
Scottish Borders	103	104	103	84
Shetland Islands	16	20	20	17
South Ayrshire	264	233	245	352
South Lanarkshire	359	429	471	506
Stirling	55	110	131	165
West Dunbartonshire	85	96	99	212
West Lothian	116	105	81	96
Other⁷	323	345	284	317
Scotland⁴	5,426	5,736	5,801	7,105
	Other Crimes
Angus	-	-	2	1
Argyll and Bute	-	2	2	6
Dumfries and Galloway	8	7	3	5
East Ayrshire	-	1	-	-
Edinburgh, City of	-	1	-	-
Glasgow City	3	4	1	-
Highland	2	-	-	7
North Lanarkshire	-	1	-	-
South Ayrshire	-	-	2	-
South Lanarkshire	-	-	2	-
West Dunbartonshire	-	-	-	1
Other⁷	-	5	1	8
Scotland⁴	13	21	13	28

Notes:

1. Trends in the recorded crime figures between 2003 and 2004 have been affected by the introduction in April 2004 of the Scottish Crime Recording Standard. As anticipated, this increased the numbers of minor crimes recorded by the police, such as vandalism, petty assault, breach of the peace and minor thefts.

2. Figures for persons proceeded against may be underestimates due to recording delays.

3. Where main offence.

4. Scotland totals for court proceedings statistics may contain a small number of cases where the police force area and/or local authority area are unknown.

5. Includes estimated data.

6. Incorporates an approximate mapping of sheriff courts into local authority areas. Some sheriff courts will deal with cases from more than one local authority area. Some local authority areas, including East Dunbartonshire, East Renfrewshire, Midlothian and North Ayrshire, do not contain a sheriff court.

7. Includes High Court cases and those where court location is not known.

Question reference: S2W-20223

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 01 November 2005
Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 14 November 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) recorded cases of, (b) prosecutions for and (c) convictions for (i) petty assault, (ii) breach of the peace, (iii) drunkenness and (iv) other miscellaneous offences there have been in each of the last five years, broken down by (1) police force and (2) local authority area.

The available information isgiven in the following tables. The court proceedings statistics for 2004-05 arescheduled for publication in March 2006.

The statistics dealing with recordedcrime and court proceedings are not directly comparable as a person may be proceededagainst for more than one crime involving more than one victim and there is thepossibility that the crime recorded by the police may be altered in the course ofjudicial proceedings. Also a crime may be recorded by the police in one year andcourt proceedings concluded in a subsequent year.

Selected Crimes and OffencesRecorded by the Police, by Police Force Area, 2000-04¹

Police Force Area	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
	Petty Assault
Central	2,512	2,748	3,012	3,222	3,846
Dumfries and Galloway	1,209	1,073	1,379	1,903	2,044
Fife	3,322	3,421	3,518	3,930	5,451
Grampian	5,758	5,956	5,692	5,494	7,242
Lothian and Borders	12,916	11,748	10,448	9,503	12,186
Northern	1,995	2,294	2,420	2,663	3,236
Strathclyde	23,131	23,863	24,182	24,500	34,181
Tayside	3,908	3,767	4,075	4,432	3,948
Scotland	54,751	54,870	54,726	55,647	72,134
	Breach of the Peace
Central	3,366	3,792	4,078	4,116	4,814
Dumfries and Galloway	1,529	1,423	1,639	2,392	2,589
Fife	3,669	3,954	4,361	4,667	5,691
Grampian	7,505	8,202	8,078	7,658	9,261
Lothian and Borders	6,613	6,928	7,723	7,680	7,495
Northern	3,917	4,303	4,441	4,831	5,322
Strathclyde	38,051	38,757	37,897	38,936	46,930
Tayside	5,336	5,242	5,952	6,383	5,973
Scotland	69,986	72,601	74,169	76,663	88,075
	Drunkenness
Central	157	162	125	129	130
Dumfries and Galloway	108	71	51	61	82
Fife	365	388	428	532	487
Grampian	211	184	181	199	308
Lothian and Borders	306	491	428	416	323
Northern	867	871	808	808	726
Strathclyde	5,122	5,130	4,497	4,850	4,741
Tayside	674	623	565	537	536
Scotland	7,810	7,920	7,083	7,532	7,333
	Other Miscellaneous Offences
Central	923	1,549	1,146	1,228	1,676
Dumfries and Galloway	178	271	519	415	523
Fife	694	957	976	1,016	1,622
Grampian	1,111	1,057	1,460	1,635	2,567
Lothian and Borders	738	1,211	1,296	1,487	1,904
Northern	613	831	1,018	933	1,158
Strathclyde	15,876	20,227	23,466	27,800	29,821
Tayside	1,140	1,033	1,680	2,301	2,573
Scotland	21,273	27,136	31,561	36,815	41,844

SelectedCrimes and Offences Recorded by the Police, by Local Authority Area, 2000-04¹

Local Authority Area	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
	Petty Assault
Aberdeen City	3,096	3,222	3,164	3,098	4,055
Aberdeenshire	1,803	1,752	1,542	1,439	2,058
Angus	902	994	1,151	1,259	1,020
Argyll and Bute	634	566	648	707	1,098
Clackmannanshire	397	508	533	540	692
Dumfries and Galloway	1,209	1,073	1,379	1,903	2,044
Dundee City	2,073	1,829	2,012	2,164	1,803
East Ayrshire	1,024	1,149	1,162	954	1,798
East Dunbartonshire	541	516	483	504	789
East Lothian	981	785	711	684	729
East Renfrewshire	314	322	314	381	555
Edinburgh, City of	7,677	7,167	6,147	5,558	7,210
Eilean Siar	129	131	133	189	289
Falkirk	1,441	1,484	1,608	1,748	1,970
Fife	3,322	3,421	3,518	3,930	5,451
Glasgow City	9,784	9,836	9,985	10,031	12,716
Highland	1,707	1,982	2,096	2,221	2,658
Inverclyde	786	888	854	844	1,090
Midlothian	910	918	766	769	951
Moray	859	982	986	957	1,129
North Ayrshire	1,134	1,138	1,285	1,218	1,986
North Lanarkshire	2,857	3,181	3,382	3,637	5,208
Orkney Islands	70	86	66	95	116
Perth and Kinross	933	944	912	1,009	1,125
Renfrewshire	1,766	1,829	1,591	1,646	2,195
Scottish Borders	1,051	1,021	983	963	1,013
Shetland Islands	89	95	125	158	173
South Ayrshire	974	908	973	883	1,448
South Lanarkshire	2,400	2,598	2,556	2,593	3,847
Stirling	674	756	871	934	1,184
West Dunbartonshire	917	932	949	1,102	1,451
West Lothian	2,297	1,857	1,841	1,529	2,283
Scotland	54,751	54,870	54,726	55,647	72,134
	Breach of the Peace
Aberdeen City	3,405	3,826	3,777	3,464	4,594
Aberdeenshire	2,445	2,431	2,263	2,047	2,664
Angus	1,162	1,240	1,607	1,604	1,420
Argyll and Bute	1,449	1,722	1,408	1,484	1,766
Clackmannanshire	538	674	666	682	918
Dumfries and Galloway	1,529	1,423	1,639	2,392	2,589
Dundee City	2,918	2,714	2,976	3,206	2,804
East Ayrshire	1,571	1,658	1,638	1,570	2,253
East Dunbartonshire	748	772	822	811	899
East Lothian	489	521	515	403	291
East Renfrewshire	571	522	496	589	809
Edinburgh, City of	3,585	3,658	4,072	4,136	3,888
Eilean Siar	269	254	297	328	502
Falkirk	1,901	1,952	2,242	2,187	2,402
Fife	3,669	3,954	4,361	4,667	5,691
Glasgow City	16,390	16,077	15,493	15,725	17,505
Highland	3,439	3,733	3,864	4,139	4,422
Inverclyde	1,352	1,380	1,224	1,251	1,465
Midlothian	581	611	643	714	746
Moray	1,655	1,945	2,038	2,147	2,003
North Ayrshire	1,774	1,868	2,010	2,014	2,638
North Lanarkshire	4,705	5,093	5,615	6,195	7,785
Orkney Islands	97	157	124	147	176
Perth and Kinross	1,256	1,288	1,369	1,573	1,749
Renfrewshire	2,247	2,146	2,012	2,111	2,396
Scottish Borders	854	931	1,158	1,063	1,172
Shetland Islands	112	159	156	217	222
South Ayrshire	1,482	1,359	1,607	1,406	2,058
South Lanarkshire	4,232	4,614	3,976	3,901	4,993
Stirling	927	1,166	1,170	1,247	1,494
West Dunbartonshire	1,530	1,546	1,596	1,879	2,363
West Lothian	1,104	1,207	1,335	1,364	1,398
Scotland	69,986	72,601	74,169	76,663	88,075
	Drunkenness
Aberdeen City	47	33	36	67	151
Aberdeenshire	59	53	38	27	55
Angus	55	44	60	52	47
Argyll and Bute	351	252	229	347	253
Clackmannanshire	16	12	7	10	11
Dumfries and Galloway	108	71	51	61	82
Dundee City	400	424	369	388	383
East Ayrshire	171	179	158	130	158
East Dunbartonshire	74	92	89	77	75
East Lothian	23	26	11	7	5
East Renfrewshire	33	28	18	26	41
Edinburgh, City of	132	261	230	257	166
Eilean Siar	66	60	60	41	48
Falkirk	72	83	60	70	69
Fife	365	388	428	532	487
Glasgow City	1,864	1,999	1,834	1,978	2,026
Highland	757	761	696	714	618
Inverclyde	257	207	190	169	114
Midlothian	24	23	18	15	25
Moray	105	98	107	105	102
North Ayrshire	280	279	212	241	303
North Lanarkshire	678	642	552	675	681
Orkney Islands	11	19	12	17	19
Perth and Kinross	219	155	136	97	106
Renfrewshire	290	310	311	274	162
Scottish Borders	39	71	59	34	46
Shetland Islands	33	31	40	36	41
South Ayrshire	154	163	171	136	166
South Lanarkshire	619	606	427	451	450
Stirling	69	67	58	49	50
West Dunbartonshire	351	373	306	346	312
West Lothian	88	110	110	103	81
Scotland	7,810	7,920	7,083	7,532	7,333
	Other Miscellaneous Offences
Aberdeen City	387	417	579	728	1,286
Aberdeenshire	538	432	505	574	833
Angus	195	218	347	369	524
Argyll and Bute	403	291	314	490	495
Clackmannanshire	129	165	162	164	242
Dumfries and Galloway	178	271	519	415	523
Dundee City	784	670	1,016	1,523	1,515
East Ayrshire	469	454	717	850	835
East Dunbartonshire	386	435	568	535	776
East Lothian	68	116	79	48	63
East Renfrewshire	240	340	393	437	629
Edinburgh, City of	305	390	621	725	854
Eilean Siar	73	63	50	35	78
Falkirk	402	725	601	651	847
Fife	694	957	976	1,016	1,622
Glasgow City	8,256	10,288	10,473	12,825	12,068
Highland	478	714	895	779	978
Inverclyde	534	396	400	368	394
Midlothian	61	89	90	125	246
Moray	186	208	376	333	448
North Ayrshire	446	349	491	767	1,106
North Lanarkshire	1,557	1,682	5,197	7,183	7,456
Orkney Islands	27	23	50	72	32
Perth and Kinross	161	145	317	409	534
Renfrewshire	572	540	660	546	629
Scottish Borders	171	257	224	294	309
Shetland Islands	35	31	23	47	70
South Ayrshire	253	257	499	852	835
South Lanarkshire	2,409	4,891	3,477	2,498	4,160
Stirling	392	659	383	413	587
West Dunbartonshire	351	304	277	449	438
West Lothian	133	359	282	295	432
Scotland	21,273	27,136	31,561	36,815	41,844

Persons ProceededAgainst² in Scottish Courts for SelectedCrimes and Offences³, by Police Force Area, 2000-03

Police Force Area	2000	2001	2002	2003⁵
	Petty Assault
Central	728	789	861	857
Dumfries and Galloway	352	338	374	475
Fife	600	795	735	702
Grampian	1,086	1,243	1,319	1,515
Lothian and Borders	1,923	1,859	2,156	2,168
Northern	650	695	794	945
Strathclyde	6,489	6,806	5,427	6,212
Tayside	1,293	1,424	1,486	1,515
Scotland⁴	13,121	13,949	13,152	14,389
	Breach of the Peace
Central	727	837	902	900
Dumfries and Galloway	409	409	355	429
Fife	634	642	694	644
Grampian	1,038	1,088	1,081	1,174
Lothian and Borders	1,758	1,829	2,048	1,804
Northern	859	881	902	1,009
Strathclyde	8,365	8,696	7,769	8,441
Tayside	1,642	1,761	1,736	1,869
Scotland⁴	15,432	16,143	15,487	16,270
	Drunkenness
Central	8	2	6	5
Dumfries and Galloway	1	-	-	1
Fife	2	5	3	10
Grampian	22	13	8	17
Lothian and Borders	18	28	29	25
Northern	143	104	147	140
Strathclyde	249	222	187	207
Tayside	20	32	17	23
Scotland⁴	463	406	397	428
	Other Miscellaneous Offences⁸
Central	326	366	321	483
Dumfries and Galloway	92	85	92	81
Fife	214	196	160	242
Grampian	460	399	369	456
Lothian and Borders	432	385	548	735
Northern	253	289	320	325
Strathclyde	2,931	3,304	3,179	4,642
Tayside	624	504	634	628
Scotland⁴	5,333	5,528	5,623	7,592

Persons ProceededAgainst² in Scottish Courts for Selected Crimes and Offences³,by Approximate Local Authority Area⁶, 2000-03

Local Authority Area	2000	2001	2002	2003⁵
	Petty Assault
Aberdeen City	576	666	725	884
Aberdeenshire	317	336	348	339
Angus	361	431	435	420
Argyll and Bute	227	223	169	219
Clackmannanshire	120	126	113	149
Dumfries and Galloway	351	338	374	475
Dundee City	696	669	732	779
East Ayrshire	665	617	454	518
East Dunbartonshire	21	23	17	14
East Lothian	121	114	145	153
East Renfrewshire	7	13	13	12
Edinburgh, City of	1,249	1,198	1,346	1,305
Eilean Siar	52	65	47	77
Falkirk	444	442	486	441
Fife	597	792	733	701
Glasgow City	2,379	2,535	2,027	2,419
Highland	528	569	667	755
Inverclyde	296	286	276	235
Midlothian	24	47	28	46
Moray	192	239	239	287
North Ayrshire	54	45	23	49
North Lanarkshire	494	588	466	505
Orkney Islands	27	32	37	39
Perth and Kinross	230	321	313	311
Renfrewshire	541	608	393	477
Scottish Borders	147	172	230	266
Shetland Islands	41	28	42	64
South Ayrshire	626	523	483	482
South Lanarkshire	868	978	918	1,002
Stirling	161	221	259	259
West Dunbartonshire	277	336	170	255
West Lothian	371	326	401	387
Other⁷	61	37	40	52
Scotland⁴	13,121	13,949	13,152	14,389
	Breach of the Peace
Aberdeen City	539	580	595	700
Aberdeenshire	287	279	269	228
Angus	383	425	408	475
Argyll and Bute	266	444	324	381
Clackmannanshire	119	135	154	181
Dumfries and Galloway	409	409	355	429
Dundee City	924	900	955	1,038
East Ayrshire	553	627	462	552
East Dunbartonshire	69	85	38	67
East Lothian	111	101	138	105
East Renfrewshire	32	52	28	56
Edinburgh, City of	1,126	1,100	1,179	1,095
Eilean Siar	80	43	53	90
Falkirk	422	501	503	455
Fife	633	641	694	642
Glasgow City	3,112	2,844	2,856	3,013
Highland	738	802	805	860
Inverclyde	425	330	326	311
Midlothian	75	65	63	57
Moray	211	227	217	245
North Ayrshire	207	194	104	109
North Lanarkshire	1,108	1,282	1,111	1,162
Orkney Islands	14	15	15	17
Perth and Kinross	335	435	373	355
Renfrewshire	549	580	438	519
Scottish Borders	164	250	316	272
Shetland Islands	25	19	27	39
South Ayrshire	649	609	677	702
South Lanarkshire	976	1,221	1,058	1,212
Stirling	185	200	243	264
West Dunbartonshire	416	421	339	353
West Lothian	281	309	351	274
Other⁷	6	12	9	9
Scotland⁴	15,432	16,143	15,487	16,270
	Drunkenness
Aberdeen City	2	-	1	2
Aberdeenshire	5	2	1	1
Angus	2	-	1	2
Argyll and Bute	42	23	20	30
Clackmannanshire	3	1	-	1
Dumfries and Galloway	1	-	-	1
Dundee City	15	30	11	16
East Ayrshire	29	26	15	17
East Dunbartonshire	1	2	2	-
East Lothian	3	-	3	-
Edinburgh, City of	6	8	9	14
Eilean Siar	9	7	6	5
Falkirk	2	-	1	3
Fife	2	5	3	10
Glasgow City	35	24	19	40
Highland	121	95	135	123
Inverclyde	61	49	40	30
Midlothian	-	1	-	2
Moray	15	11	6	14
North Ayrshire	22	19	6	4
North Lanarkshire	5	5	3	3
Orkney Islands	6	2	-	2
Perth and Kinross	3	2	5	5
Renfrewshire	4	3	2	-
Scottish Borders	5	1	12	3
Shetland Islands	7	-	6	9
South Ayrshire	22	27	47	39
South Lanarkshire	4	20	5	2
Stirling	3	1	5	1
West Dunbartonshire	24	24	28	42
West Lothian	4	18	5	6
Other⁷	-	-	-	1
Scotland⁴	463	406	397	428
	Other Miscellaneous Offences⁸
Aberdeen City	244	228	228	286
Aberdeenshire	171	115	110	104
Angus	156	141	171	162
Argyll and Bute	88	97	74	66
Clackmannanshire	77	49	40	73
Dumfries and Galloway	92	85	91	81
Dundee City	390	281	373	351
East Ayrshire	223	179	155	240
East Dunbartonshire	21	36	29	17
East Lothian	39	31	21	66
East Renfrewshire	6	15	20	48
Edinburgh, City of	256	209	247	298
Eilean Siar	24	16	27	15
Falkirk	178	177	181	245
Fife	214	196	160	242
Glasgow City	675	878	924	850
Highland	200	242	267	277
Inverclyde	209	197	139	245
Midlothian	17	6	8	22
Moray	44	55	31	66
North Ayrshire	150	101	59	206
North Lanarkshire	575	583	706	1,558
Orkney Islands	9	11	6	9
Perth and Kinross	78	81	90	114
Renfrewshire	181	135	123	212
Scottish Borders	30	49	74	101
Shetland Islands	20	20	20	22
South Ayrshire	221	220	204	306
South Lanarkshire	513	799	654	757
Stirling	71	140	100	165
West Dunbartonshire	60	61	85	131
West Lothian	87	89	197	248
Other⁷	14	6	8	8
Scotland⁴	5,333	5,528	5,623	7,592

Persons witha Charge Proved in Scottish Courts for Selected Crimes and Offences³,by Police Force Area, 2000-03

Police Force Area	2000	2001	2002	2003⁵
	Petty Assault
Central	604	628	721	728
Dumfries and Galloway	270	289	309	400
Fife	488	684	633	625
Grampian	966	1,085	1,165	1,320
Lothian and Borders	1,683	1,592	1,868	1,786
Northern	572	653	685	821
Strathclyde	4,671	4,828	4,726	5,153
Tayside	988	1,086	1,190	1,199
Scotland⁴	10,242	10,845	11,297	12,032
	Breach of the Peace
Central	664	750	798	809
Dumfries and Galloway	340	347	301	372
Fife	564	582	626	585
Grampian	950	974	952	1,075
Lothian and Borders	1,656	1,712	1,886	1,653
Northern	793	835	831	920
Strathclyde	6,911	7,097	7,252	7,704
Tayside	1,348	1,478	1,478	1,615
Scotland⁴	13,226	13,775	14,124	14,733
	Drunkenness
Central	7	2	4	4
Dumfries and Galloway	-	-	-	1
Fife	2	5	3	10
Grampian	22	13	8	17
Lothian and Borders	18	26	28	22
Northern	138	104	140	135
Strathclyde	227	191	184	203
Tayside	20	30	17	19
Scotland⁴	434	371	384	411
	Other Miscellaneous Offences⁸
Central	290	316	288	454
Dumfries and Galloway	62	66	71	64
Fife	198	180	145	234
Grampian	444	378	335	428
Lothian and Borders	397	340	446	672
Northern	235	280	302	302
Strathclyde	2,684	2,977	3,062	4,516
Tayside	538	430	573	560
Scotland⁴	4,849	4,967	5,222	7,230

Persons witha Charge Proved in Scottish Courts for Selected Crimes and Offences³,by Approximate Local Authority Area⁶, 2000-03

Local Authority Area	2000	2001	2002	2003⁵
	Petty Assault
Aberdeen City	514	576	631	759
Aberdeenshire	276	299	313	301
Angus	305	357	358	358
Argyll and Bute	177	173	151	192
Clackmannanshire	95	104	98	124
Dumfries and Galloway	270	289	309	400
Dundee City	514	490	569	580
East Ayrshire	513	475	406	467
East Dunbartonshire	14	14	16	14
East Lothian	116	99	127	130
East Renfrewshire	6	10	13	12
Edinburgh, City of	1,072	1,005	1,170	1,058
Eilean Siar	51	60	44	65
Falkirk	373	346	406	377
Fife	488	683	632	624
Glasgow City	1,682	1,815	1,786	1,973
Highland	458	536	563	655
Inverclyde	201	208	242	191
Midlothian	21	37	22	33
Moray	175	209	215	256
North Ayrshire	41	40	22	49
North Lanarkshire	342	408	393	446
Orkney Islands	23	29	36	37
Perth and Kinross	163	237	259	258
Renfrewshire	387	417	340	375
Scottish Borders	134	163	207	240
Shetland Islands	38	27	41	61
South Ayrshire	486	380	425	414
South Lanarkshire	615	658	768	823
Stirling	133	178	214	223
West Dunbartonshire	175	206	147	177
West Lothian	330	286	336	316
Other⁷	54	31	38	42
Scotland⁴	10,242	10,845	11,297	12,032
	Breach of the Peace
Aberdeen City	497	513	519	637
Aberdeenshire	259	256	250	212
Angus	325	361	358	423
Argyll and Bute	233	365	305	360
Clackmannanshire	110	121	147	159
Dumfries and Galloway	340	347	301	372
Dundee City	758	754	799	879
East Ayrshire	448	506	437	514
East Dunbartonshire	61	76	37	67
East Lothian	109	95	130	101
East Renfrewshire	30	45	26	56
Edinburgh, City of	1,042	1,032	1,068	989
Eilean Siar	75	40	50	83
Falkirk	380	452	434	410
Fife	564	581	626	583
Glasgow City	2,523	2,278	2,664	2,683
Highland	682	761	739	781
Inverclyde	359	271	310	297
Midlothian	72	59	60	52
Moray	194	203	183	226
North Ayrshire	191	179	103	109
North Lanarkshire	976	1,096	1,052	1,101
Orkney Islands	12	14	15	17
Perth and Kinross	265	362	321	313
Renfrewshire	432	458	395	478
Scottish Borders	160	234	302	259
Shetland Islands	24	18	27	38
South Ayrshire	569	517	621	643
South Lanarkshire	799	978	983	1,090
Stirling	174	177	215	240
West Dunbartonshire	289	324	314	303
West Lothian	272	288	325	251
Other⁷	2	11	8	7
Scotland⁴	13,226	13,775	14,124	14,733
	Drunkenness
Aberdeen City	2	-	1	2
Aberdeenshire	5	2	1	1
Angus	2	-	1	1
Argyll and Bute	41	20	20	29
Clackmannanshire	2	1	-	1
Dumfries and Galloway	-	-	-	1
Dundee City	15	28	11	15
East Ayrshire	27	23	14	17
East Dunbartonshire	1	2	2	-
East Lothian	3	-	3	-
Edinburgh, City of	6	8	8	12
Eilean Siar	9	7	6	5
Falkirk	2	-	1	2
Fife	2	5	3	10
Glasgow City	30	17	19	39
Highland	116	95	128	119
Inverclyde	60	48	40	30
Midlothian	-	1	-	2
Moray	15	11	6	14
North Ayrshire	20	17	6	4
North Lanarkshire	4	5	2	2
Orkney Islands	6	2	-	2
Perth and Kinross	3	2	5	3
Renfrewshire	4	2	2	-
Scottish Borders	5	1	12	3
Shetland Islands	7	-	6	9
South Ayrshire	18	23	47	38
South Lanarkshire	3	17	4	2
Stirling	3	1	3	1
West Dunbartonshire	19	17	28	42
West Lothian	4	16	5	5
Scotland⁴	434	371	384	411
	Other Miscellaneous Offences⁸
Aberdeen City	235	217	208	269
Aberdeenshire	166	112	101	96
Angus	140	132	164	151
Argyll and Bute	78	84	74	66
Clackmannanshire	74	48	37	72
Dumfries and Galloway	62	66	71	64
Dundee City	341	231	327	319
East Ayrshire	205	165	151	232
East Dunbartonshire	15	34	29	17
East Lothian	38	27	19	65
East Renfrewshire	6	15	20	48
Edinburgh, City of	233	182	204	261
Eilean Siar	21	15	24	12
Falkirk	160	150	164	225
Fife	198	180	145	234
Glasgow City	585	757	867	785
Highland	188	235	255	258
Inverclyde	207	191	139	238
Midlothian	15	6	8	22
Moray	42	49	26	63
North Ayrshire	144	100	59	206
North Lanarkshire	547	562	692	1,548
Orkney Islands	7	11	5	9
Perth and Kinross	57	66	82	89
Renfrewshire	166	116	112	204
Scottish Borders	26	43	67	92
Shetland Islands	19	19	18	22
South Ayrshire	200	194	195	302
South Lanarkshire	473	714	639	741
Stirling	56	118	87	157
West Dunbartonshire	50	43	79	123
West Lothian	82	81	147	232
Other⁷	13	4	7	7
Scotland⁴	4,849	4,967	5,222	7,230

Notes:

1. Trends in the recorded crimefigures between 2003 and 2004 have been affected by the introduction in April 2004of the Scottish Crime Recording Standard. As anticipated, this increased the numbersof minor crimes recorded by the police, such as vandalism, petty assault, breachof the peace and minor thefts.

2. Figures for persons proceededagainst may be underestimates due to recording delays.

3. Where main offence.

4. Scotland totalsfor court proceedings statistics may contain a small number of cases where the policeforce area and/or local authority area are unknown.

5. Includes estimated data.

6. Incorporates an approximatemapping of sheriff courts into local authority areas. Some sheriff courts will dealwith cases from more than one local authority area. Some local authority areas,including East Dunbartonshire, East Renfrewshire, Midlothian and North Ayrshire, do not contain a sheriff court.

7. Includes High Court casesand those where court location is not known.

8. Excludes breach of socialwork orders.

Question reference: S2W-20225

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 01 November 2005
Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 14 November 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) recorded cases of, (b) prosecutions for and (c) convictions for drug crimes there have been in each of the last five years, broken down into (i) illegal importation of drugs, (ii) illegal cultivation of drugs, (iii) possession of drugs with intent to supply, (iv) possession of drugs, (v) money laundering-related drugs offences and (vi) other drugs offences, in each (1) police force and (2) local authority area.

The available information isgiven in the following tables. The court proceedings statistics for 2004-05 arescheduled for publication in March 2006.

The statistics dealing with recordedcrime and court proceedings are not directly comparable as a person may be proceededagainst for more than one crime involving more than one victim and there is thepossibility that the crime recorded by the police may be altered in the course ofjudicial proceedings. Also a crime may be recorded by the police in one year andcourt proceedings concluded in a subsequent year.

Selected Crimesand Offences Recorded by the Police, By Police Force area, 2000-04¹

Police Force Area	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
	Illegal Importation of Drugs
Central	-	-	-	2	1
Dumfries and Galloway	-	-	-	-	-
Fife	-	-	-	-	-
Grampian	-	-	-	-	-
Lothian and Borders	1	3	-	1	-
Northern	-	-	1	-	-
Strathclyde	-	1	2	-	1
Tayside	-	-	-	-	-
Scotland	1	4	3	3	2
	Illegal production, manufacture or cultivation of drugs
Central	2	5	3	5	22
Dumfries and Galloway	4	1	6	5	5
Fife	13	23	42	32	34
Grampian	4	3	7	21	28
Lothian and Borders	34	35	41	52	47
Northern	7	7	16	17	11
Strathclyde	47	57	59	83	88
Tayside	4	6	11	19	16
Scotland	115	137	185	234	251
	Supply, possession of drugs with intent to supply
Central	409	696	483	466	593
Dumfries and Galloway	215	280	342	404	289
Fife	448	623	672	501	583
Grampian	625	689	834	608	707
Lothian and Borders	1,530	1,05	2,085	1,522	1,986
Northern	194	356	330	331	373
Strathclyde	4,701	5,011	4,607	4,261	3,841
Tayside	523	592	786	714	775
Scotland	8,645	10,152	10,139	8,807	9,147
	Possession of drugs
Central	867	1,260	1,427	1,461	1,501
Dumfries and Galloway	228	362	416	504	587
Fife	786	997	1,228	1,270	1,269
Grampian	1,676	1,897	2,308	2,149	2,383
Lothian and Borders	3,596	3,596	4,432	3,803	4,152
Northern	876	1,241	1,299	1,490	1,438
Strathclyde	13,065	14,793	16,841	18,300	18,808
Tayside	1,097	1,450	1,817	2,164	2,636
Scotland	22,191	25,596	29,768	31,141	32,774
	Other drug offences
Central	7	16	4	11	7
Dumfries and Galloway	1	6	11	6	6
Fife	1	2	2	1	-
Grampian	14	9	3	7	4
Lothian and Borders	37	27	32	26	31
Northern	7	3	10	4	22
Strathclyde	412	221	221	224	137
Tayside	-	2	1	1	3
Scotland	479	286	284	280	210

Selected Crimesand Offences Recorded by the Police, by Local Authority Area, 2000-04¹

Local Authority Area	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
	Illegal Importation of Drugs
Aberdeen City	-	-	-	-	-
Aberdeenshire	-	-	-	-	-
Angus	-	-	-	-	-
Argyll and Bute	-	-	-	-	-
Clackmannanshire	-	-	-	-	-
Dumfries and Galloway	-	-	-	-	-
Dundee City	-	-	-	-	-
East Ayrshire	-	-	-	-	-
East Dunbartonshire	-	-	-	-	1
East Lothian	-	-	-	-	-
East Renfrewshire	-	1	-	-	-
Edinburgh, City of	1	3	-	1	-
Eilean Siar	-	-	-	-	-
Falkirk	-	-	-	2	1
Fife	-	-	-	-	-
Glasgow City	-	-	-	-	-
Highland	-	-	1	-	-
Inverclyde	-	-	-	-	-
Midlothian	-	-	-	-	-
Moray	-	-	-	-	-
North Ayrshire	-	-	-	-	-
North Lanarkshire	-	-	1	-	-
Orkney Islands	-	-	-	-	-
Perth and Kinross	-	-	-	-	-
Renfrewshire	-	-	1	-	-
Scottish Borders	-	-	-	-	-
Shetland Islands	-	-	-	-	-
South Ayrshire	-	-	-	-	-
South Lanarkshire	-	-	-	-	-
Stirling	-	-	-	-	-
West Dunbartonshire	-	-	-	-	-
West Lothian	-	-	-	-	-
Scotland	1	4	3	3	2
	Illegal Production, Manufacture or Cultivation of Drugs
Aberdeen City	-	1	4	8	17
Aberdeenshire	4	1	1	8	9
Angus	1	-	2	6	2
Argyll and Bute	12	3	1	4	5
Clackmannanshire	1	-	1	1	5
Dumfries and Galloway	4	1	6	5	5
Dundee City	2	3	5	7	10
East Ayrshire	-	3	6	8	9
East Dunbartonshire	1	1	-	2	2
East Lothian	1	-	5	3	4
East Renfrewshire	2	-	3	-	-
Edinburgh, City of	23	17	20	14	14
Eilean Siar	-	1	2	1	4
Falkirk	1	-	1	4	16
Fife	13	23	42	32	34
Glasgow City	14	22	21	24	23
Highland	7	4	11	12	7
Inverclyde	-	1	1	1	1
Midlothian	3	4	4	10	3
Moray	-	1	2	5	2
North Ayrshire	4	4	3	6	8
North Lanarkshire	3	3	9	15	11
Orkney Islands	-	2	3	3	-
Perth and Kinross	1	3	4	6	4
Renfrewshire	1	8	7	2	5
Scottish Borders	4	7	8	14	12
Shetland Islands	-	-	-	1	-
South Ayrshire	-	9	1	2	2
South Lanarkshire	8	2	4	8	8
Stirling	-	5	1	-	1
West Dunbartonshire	2	1	3	11	14
West Lothian	3	7	4	11	14
Scotland	115	137	185	234	251
	Supply, Possession of Drugs with Intent to Supply
Aberdeen City	402	435	615	412	478
Aberdeenshire	152	201	161	128	169
Angus	80	102	116	114	137
Argyll and Bute	79	56	80	87	96
Clackmannanshire	68	101	79	131	104
Dumfries and Galloway	215	280	342	404	289
Dundee City	188	237	296	223	300
East Ayrshire	227	264	299	233	258
East Dunbartonshire	83	99	122	122	141
East Lothian	99	56	147	121	149
East Renfrewshire	110	63	43	26	25
Edinburgh, City of	824	1,111	1,329	850	1,079
Eilean Siar	10	33	14	20	24
Falkirk	217	290	230	183	302
Fife	448	623	672	501	583
Glasgow City	2,408	2,449	2,002	1,933	1,614
Highland	154	280	271	271	272
Inverclyde	266	331	274	222	233
Midlothian	77	110	120	110	160
Moray	71	53	58	68	60
North Ayrshire	197	202	278	191	244
North Lanarkshire	449	461	553	448	354
Orkney Islands	4	6	19	25	13
Perth and Kinross	255	253	374	377	338
Renfrewshire	351	344	259	291	211
Scottish Borders	239	221	178	196	257
Shetland Islands	26	37	26	15	64
South Ayrshire	81	251	240	144	134
South Lanarkshire	267	291	273	311	299
Stirling	124	305	174	152	187
West Dunbartonshire	183	200	184	253	232
West Lothian	291	407	311	245	341
Scotland	8,645	10,152	10,139	8,807	9,147
	Possession of Drugs
Aberdeen City	921	1,109	1,450	1,262	1,389
Aberdeenshire	566	582	595	605	616
Angus	225	298	371	400	422
Argyll and Bute	355	330	428	493	515
Clackmannanshire	165	190	271	200	218
Dumfries and Galloway	228	362	416	504	587
Dundee City	517	663	866	1,076	1,342
East Ayrshire	554	514	629	662	668
East Dunbartonshire	233	363	330	349	369
East Lothian	238	159	354	247	224
East Renfrewshire	310	275	248	288	230
Edinburgh, City of	1,992	1,974	2,501	2,132	2,417
Eilean Siar	37	78	77	72	84
Falkirk	401	548	599	689	749
Fife	786	997	1,228	1,270	1,269
Glasgow City	6,066	6,755	7,183	8,002	8,026
Highland	758	1,083	1,143	1,319	1,243
Inverclyde	626	646	855	794	966
Midlothian	318	286	318	257	298
Moray	189	206	263	282	378
North Ayrshire	638	663	753	835	965
North Lanarkshire	1,357	1,728	2,531	2,487	2,579
Orkney Islands	25	19	19	35	36
Perth and Kinross	355	489	580	688	872
Renfrewshire	716	865	941	908	822
Scottish Borders	484	427	453	395	479
Shetland Islands	56	61	60	64	75
South Ayrshire	455	629	746	575	602
South Lanarkshire	1,230	1,567	1,449	2,074	2,227
Stirling	301	522	557	572	534
West Dunbartonshire	525	458	748	833	839
West Lothian	564	750	806	772	734
Scotland	22,191	25,596	29,768	31,141	32,774
	Other Drug Offences
Aberdeen City	11	5	2	7	4
Aberdeenshire	2	3	-	-	-
Angus	-	1	-	-	-
Argyll and Bute	4	-	3	-	2
Clackmannanshire	-	4	-	4	2
Dumfries and Galloway	1	6	11	6	6
Dundee City	-	1	-	1	-
East Ayrshire	6	4	16	7	13
East Dunbartonshire	1	2	8	6	3
East Lothian	2	2	1	-	1
East Renfrewshire	6	3	2	2	2
Edinburgh, City of	18	13	13	11	8
Eilean Siar	-	-	1	-	3
Falkirk	5	6	1	4	4
Fife	1	2	2	1	-
Glasgow City	357	162	124	141	66
Highland	7	3	8	3	5
Inverclyde	9	17	15	23	24
Midlothian	4	4	2	1	1
Moray	1	1	1	-	-
North Ayrshire	6	3	20	9	11
North Lanarkshire	8	5	11	10	2
Orkney Islands	-	-	-	1	-
Perth and Kinross	-	-	1	-	3
Renfrewshire	5	7	4	4	1
Scottish Borders	6	6	8	13	14
Shetland Islands	-	-	1	-	14
South Ayrshire	1	7	5	1	1
South Lanarkshire	7	4	7	4	5
Stirling	2	6	3	3	1
West Dunbartonshire	2	7	6	17	7
West Lothian	7	2	8	1	7
Scotland	479	286	284	280	210

Persons ProceededAgainst² in Scottish Courts for SelectedCrimes and Offences³, by Police Force Area, 2000-03

Police force area	2000	2001	2002	2003⁵
	Illegal importation of drugs
Fife	-	-	-	1
Grampian	3	-	1	1
Lothian and Borders	-	6	-	-
Northern	-	1	-	-
Strathclyde	1	-	2	3
Scotland⁴	4	7	3	5
	Illegal Production, Manufacture or Cultivation of Drugs
Central	1	1	2	6
Dumfries and Galloway	-	3	1	4
Fife	11	4	19	27
Grampian	3	2	2	4
Lothian and Borders	12	16	10	15
Northern	4	3	7	9
Strathclyde	19	25	13	19
Tayside	7	1	3	5
Scotland⁴	57	55	57	89
	Supply, Possession of Drugs with Intent to Supply
Central	70	118	109	125
Dumfries and Galloway	58	41	58	59
Fife	44	96	90	94
Grampian	127	142	159	180
Lothian and Borders	222	207	204	234
Northern	44	72	73	84
Strathclyde	1,028	1,038	721	906
Tayside	130	122	165	143
Scotland⁴	1,723	1,836	1,579	1,825
	Possession of Drugs
Central	187	259	306	341
Dumfries and Galloway	93	64	95	106
Fife	128	98	131	100
Grampian	367	539	464	619
Lothian and Borders	583	600	429	415
Northern	245	279	338	339
Strathclyde	2,709	2,651	2,547	3,356
Tayside	397	407	426	490
Scotland⁴	4,709	4,897	4,736	5,766
	Other Drug Offences
Central	1	-	-	6
Dumfries and Galloway	-	-	-	3
Fife	1	-	-	-
Grampian	1	1	-	-
Lothian and Borders	2	1	2	-
Northern	2	-	1	1
Strathclyde	2	3	6	12
Tayside	1	-	1	-
Scotland⁴	10	5	10	22

Persons ProceededAgainst² in Scottish Courts for Selected Crimes and Offences³,by Approximate Local Authority Area⁶, 2000-03

Local Authority Area	2000	2001	2002	2003⁵
	Illegal Importation Of Drugs
Aberdeen City	-	-	-	1
Fife	-	-	-	1
Renfrewshire	1	-	2	-
Other⁷	3	7	1	3
Scotland⁴	4	7	3	5
	Illegal production, manufacture or cultivation of drugs
Aberdeen City	-	-	-	2
Aberdeenshire	-	2	-	2
Angus	1	-	-	-
Argyll and Bute	2	6	-	-
Clackmannanshire	1	-	-	-
Dumfries and Galloway	-	3	1	4
Dundee City	4	-	2	2
East Ayrshire	1	4	1	4
East Lothian	-	1	-	4
Edinburgh, City of	8	12	6	7
Eilean Siar	-	1	-	-
Falkirk	-	-	-	6
Fife	11	4	18	26
Glasgow City	9	11	7	4
Highland	4	2	6	6
Inverclyde	-	-	-	2
Moray	3	-	2	-
Orkney Islands	-	-	1	2
Perth and Kinross	2	1	1	2
Renfrewshire	-	-	1	6
Scottish Borders	-	3	3	4
South Ayrshire	4	-	-	-
South Lanarkshire	2	2	2	1
Stirling	-	1	2	-
West Dunbartonshire	-	2	-	1
West Lothian	4	-	1	-
Other⁷	1	-	3	4
Scotland⁴	57	55	57	89
	Supply, Possession of Drugs with Intent to Supply
Aberdeen City	63	56	75	64
Aberdeenshire	12	28	24	32
Angus	27	19	18	17
Argyll and Bute	22	29	11	6
Clackmannanshire	13	13	16	29
Dumfries and Galloway	38	29	49	39
Dundee City	31	19	48	42
East Ayrshire	55	68	67	117
East Lothian	3	4	2	7
Edinburgh, City of	113	127	114	129
Eilean Siar	2	2	7	3
Falkirk	31	48	53	42
Fife	43	63	61	73
Glasgow City	393	405	273	355
Highland	32	46	45	63
Inverclyde	45	43	39	51
Midlothian	1	-	-	-
Moray	11	12	7	12
North Lanarkshire	48	44	39	33
Orkney Islands	1	4	-	6
Perth and Kinross	49	60	67	55
Renfrewshire	50	39	25	26
Scottish Borders	18	9	16	21
Shetland Islands	-	5	8	1
South Ayrshire	41	49	36	62
South Lanarkshire	108	148	80	71
Stirling	13	33	28	31
West Dunbartonshire	30	32	21	33
West Lothian	34	16	32	31
Other⁷	395	386	318	374
Scotland⁴	1,723	1,836	1,579	1,825
	Possession of Drugs
Aberdeen City	220	300	303	405
Aberdeenshire	102	169	125	155
Angus	109	76	85	99
Argyll and Bute	87	115	84	101
Clackmannanshire	30	35	36	60
Dumfries and Galloway	93	64	95	105
Dundee City	198	205	222	254
East Ayrshire	171	173	158	212
East Dunbartonshire	16	14	20	34
East Lothian	23	39	34	33
East Renfrewshire	10	17	14	14
Edinburgh, City of	370	351	237	234
Eilean Siar	12	15	29	20
Falkirk	111	133	149	144
Fife	127	98	131	99
Glasgow City	996	902	902	1,081
Highland	209	246	291	296
Inverclyde	208	163	220	300
Midlothian	13	21	8	10
Moray	41	67	36	59
North Ayrshire	36	56	35	51
North Lanarkshire	314	307	248	426
Orkney Islands	7	3	5	6
Perth and Kinross	89	125	117	135
Renfrewshire	161	139	119	149
Scottish Borders	90	93	87	63
Shetland Islands	17	15	12	16
South Ayrshire	257	231	222	305
South Lanarkshire	357	425	425	459
Stirling	46	90	121	137
West Dunbartonshire	91	103	94	219
West Lothian	87	93	61	72
Other⁷	11	12	10	11
Scotland⁴	4,709	4,897	4,736	5,766
	Other Drug Offences
Aberdeen City	1	1	-	-
Argyll and Bute	-	-	-	1
Clackmannanshire	-	-	-	2
Dumfries and Galloway	-	-	-	3
Dundee City	1	-	-	-
East Ayrshire	-	1	-	3
East Lothian	-	1	-	-
Edinburgh, City of	2	-	1	-
Falkirk	-	-	-	1
Fife	1	-	-	-
Glasgow City	1	1	4	6
Highland	2	-	1	1
Inverclyde	-	-	1	-
Perth and Kinross	-	-	1	-
Scottish Borders	-	-	1	-
South Ayrshire	-	-	1	-
South Lanarkshire	1	1	-	2
Stirling	-	-	-	3
Other⁷	1	-	-	-
Scotland⁴	10	5	10	22

Persons witha Charge Proved in Scottish Courts for Selected Crimes and Offences³,by Police Force Area, 2000-03

Police Force Area	2000	2001	2002	2003⁵
	Illegal Importation of Drugs
Fife	-	-	-	1
Grampian	3	-	1	1
Lothian and Borders	-	6	-	-
Northern	-	1	-	-
Strathclyde	1	-	2	3
Scotland⁴	4	7	3	5
	Illegal Production, Manufacture or Cultivation of Drugs
Central	1	1	1	3
Dumfries and Galloway	-	3	1	4
Fife	10	4	14	21
Grampian	2	1	2	3
Lothian and Borders	11	13	9	12
Northern	4	3	7	8
Strathclyde	16	20	12	14
Tayside	6	1	3	4
Scotland⁴	50	46	49	69
	Supply, Possession of Drugs with Intent to Supply
Central	63	99	88	116
Dumfries and Galloway	44	34	46	45
Fife	30	68	75	64
Grampian	112	115	129	151
Lothian and Borders	185	179	153	190
Northern	39	68	58	77
Strathclyde	681	675	626	801
Tayside	110	97	126	121
Scotland⁴	1,264	1,335	1,301	1,565
	Possession of Drugs
Central	170	242	284	327
Dumfries and Galloway	86	60	86	94
Fife	107	88	118	88
Grampian	337	496	432	588
Lothian and Borders	540	577	403	385
Northern	222	277	318	327
Strathclyde	2,285	2,234	2,407	3,182
Tayside	352	370	391	457
Scotland⁴	4,099	4,344	4,439	5,448
	Other Drug Offences
Central	1	-	-	6
Dumfries and Galloway	-	-	-	3
Fife	1	-	-	-
Grampian	1	1	-	-
Lothian and Borders	2	1	2	-
Northern	2	-	1	-
Strathclyde	1	2	5	9
Tayside	1	-	1	-
Scotland⁴	9	4	9	18

Persons witha Charge Proved in Scottish Courts for Selected Crimes and Offences³,by Approximate Local Authority Area⁶, 2000-03

Local Authority Area	2000	2001	2002	2003⁵
	Illegal Importation of Drugs
Aberdeen City	-	-	-	1
Fife	-	-	-	1
Renfrewshire	1	-	2	-
Other⁷	3	7	1	3
Scotland⁴	4	7	3	5
	Illegal production, Manufacture or Cultivation of Drugs
Aberdeen City	-	-	-	2
Aberdeenshire	-	1	-	1
Angus	1	-	-	-
Argyll and Bute	2	4	-	-
Clackmannanshire	1	-	-	-
Dumfries and Galloway	-	3	1	4
Dundee City	4	-	2	2
East Ayrshire	1	4	1	4
East Lothian	-	1	-	2
Edinburgh, City of	7	9	5	6
Eilean Siar	-	1	-	-
Falkirk	-	-	-	3
Fife	10	4	13	20
Glasgow City	6	8	7	3
Highland	4	2	6	6
Inverclyde	-	-	-	1
Moray	2	-	2	-
Orkney Islands	-	-	1	1
Perth and Kinross	1	1	1	2
Renfrewshire	-	-	1	4
Scottish Borders	-	3	3	4
South Ayrshire	4	-	-	-
South Lanarkshire	2	2	2	1
Stirling	-	1	1	-
West Dunbartonshire	-	2	-	-
West Lothian	4	-	1	-
Other⁷	1	-	2	3
Scotland⁴	50	46	49	69
	Supply, Possession of Drugs with Intent to Supply
Aberdeen City	57	46	58	55
Aberdeenshire	9	19	21	25
Angus	21	19	13	14
Argyll and Bute	13	16	9	6
Clackmannanshire	11	8	12	26
Dumfries and Galloway	30	24	37	31
Dundee City	27	16	35	33
East Ayrshire	41	47	57	111
East Lothian	3	4	1	7
Edinburgh, City of	92	105	79	100
Eilean Siar	2	2	5	3
Falkirk	30	41	44	40
Fife	29	41	49	47
Glasgow City	245	255	248	325
Highland	29	44	35	56
Inverclyde	35	34	33	46
Midlothian	1	-	-	-
Moray	10	11	5	11
North Lanarkshire	23	24	29	30
Orkney Islands	1	4	-	6
Perth and Kinross	42	44	50	47
Renfrewshire	32	21	19	22
Scottish Borders	17	9	15	20
Shetland Islands	-	5	8	1
South Ayrshire	28	23	30	56
South Lanarkshire	59	82	66	63
Stirling	11	30	21	28
West Dunbartonshire	17	18	20	27
West Lothian	33	15	27	27
Other⁷	316	328	275	302
Scotland⁴	1,264	1,335	1,301	1,565
	Possession of Drugs
Aberdeen City	204	274	281	383
Aberdeenshire	92	160	116	147
Angus	102	72	82	92
Argyll and Bute	77	108	79	94
Clackmannanshire	22	34	31	57
Dumfries and Galloway	86	60	86	93
Dundee City	182	191	201	238
East Ayrshire	153	160	153	204
East Dunbartonshire	15	13	20	34
East Lothian	22	39	33	32
East Renfrewshire	10	16	14	14
Edinburgh, City of	340	332	223	211
Eilean Siar	10	15	25	19
Falkirk	104	128	144	136
Fife	106	88	118	87
Glasgow City	797	713	849	1,008
Highland	190	244	277	286
Inverclyde	177	146	211	293
Midlothian	13	21	8	10
Moray	40	60	35	58
North Ayrshire	36	55	35	51
North Lanarkshire	288	274	239	419
Orkney Islands	6	3	4	5
Perth and Kinross	68	107	106	126
Renfrewshire	135	115	109	141
Scottish Borders	86	92	84	60
Shetland Islands	16	15	12	16
South Ayrshire	232	210	214	296
South Lanarkshire	297	344	403	440
Stirling	44	79	109	134
West Dunbartonshire	68	76	79	185
West Lothian	79	90	53	69
Other⁷	2	10	6	9
Scotland⁴	4,099	4,344	4,439	5,448
	Other Drug Offences
Aberdeen City	1	1	-	-
Argyll and Bute	-	-	-	1
Clackmannanshire	-	-	-	2
Dumfries and Galloway	-	-	-	3
Dundee City	1	-	-	-
East Ayrshire	-	1	-	2
East Lothian	-	1	-	-
Edinburgh, City of	2	-	1	-
Falkirk	-	-	-	1
Fife	1	-	-	-
Glasgow City	-	-	3	4
Highland	2	-	1	-
Inverclyde	-	-	1	-
Perth and Kinross	-	-	1	-
Scottish Borders	-	-	1	-
South Ayrshire	-	-	1	-
South Lanarkshire	1	1	-	2
Stirling	-	-	-	3
Other⁷	1	-	-	-
Scotland⁴	9	4	9	18

Notes:

1. Trends in the recorded crimefigures between 2003 and 2004 have been affected by the introduction in April 2004of the Scottish Crime Recording Standard. As anticipated, this increased the numbersof minor crimes recorded by the police, such as vandalism, petty assault, breachof the peace and minor thefts.

2. Figures for persons proceededagainst may be underestimates due to recording delays.

3. Where main offence.

4. Scotland totalsfor court proceedings statistics may contain a small number of cases where the policeforce area and/or local authority area are unknown.

5. Includes estimated data.

6. Incorporates an approximatemapping of sheriff courts into local authority areas. Some sheriff courts will dealwith cases from more than one local authority area. Some local authority areas,including East Dunbartonshire, East Renfrewshire, Midlothian and North Ayrshire, do not contain a sheriff court.

7. Includes High Court casesand those where court location is not known.

Question reference: S2W-20224

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 01 November 2005
Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 14 November 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) recorded cases of, (b) prosecutions for and (c) convictions for (i) dangerous and careless driving, (ii) drunk driving, (iii) speeding, (iv) unlawful use of a vehicle, (v) vehicle defect offences and (vi) other motor vehicle offences there have been in each of the last five years, broken down by (1) police force and (2) local authority area.

The available information isgiven in the following tables. The court proceedings statistics for 2004-05 arescheduled for publication in March 2006.

The statistics dealing with recordedcrime and court proceedings are not directly comparable as a person may be proceededagainst for more than one crime involving more than one victim and there is thepossibility that the crime recorded by the police may be altered in the course ofjudicial proceedings. Also a crime may be recorded by the police in one year andcourt proceedings concluded in a subsequent year.

SelectedCrimes and Offences Recorded by the Police, by Police Force Area, 2000-04¹

Police Force Area	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
	Dangerous and Careless Driving
Central	391	410	445	438	418
Dumfries and Galloway	391	302	392	415	498
Fife	1,741	1,591	1,806	941	658
Grampian	2,301	2,478	2,473	2,445	2,918
Lothian and Borders	1,046	928	952	978	1,002
Northern	619	709	769	971	1,006
Strathclyde	5,075	4,756	4,964	4,963	5,130
Tayside	738	781	899	1,143	1,102
Scotland	12,302	11,955	12,700	12,294	12,732
	Drink Driving
Central	580	678	705	605	606
Dumfries and Galloway	260	278	250	237	289
Fife	654	662	840	824	699
Grampian	1,045	1,165	1,271	1,310	1,277
Lothian and Borders	1,775	1,794	1,801	1,697	1,654
Northern	785	863	890	973	887
Strathclyde	4,710	5,002	5,049	4,812	4,855
Tayside	903	961	976	1,108	944
Scotland	10,712	11,403	11,782	11,566	11,211
	Speeding
Central	6,087	5,706	5,970	13,669	7,872
Dumfries and Galloway	9,963	8,440	6,752	10,786	18,887
Fife	7,017	8,159	9,628	8,920	11,069
Grampian	11,169	8,888	11,124	26,134	23,497
Lothian and Borders	21,015	21,043	17,736	31,988	63,712
Northern	5,944	6,284	7,177	6,620	6,099
Strathclyde	43,971	47,435	40,060	63,576	60,931
Tayside	11,584	17,285	13,358	19,255	23,991
Scotland	116,750	123,240	111,805	180,948	216,058
	Unlawful use of a vehicle
Central	3,791	5,711	5,909	5,379	4,298
Dumfries and Galloway	2,792	2,494	2,569	2,447	2,616
Fife	8,309	7,304	7,881	8,016	7,027
Grampian	7,426	8,008	9,071	7,437	6,037
Lothian and Borders	13,661	12,821	10,412	11,420	10,126
Northern	3,180	3,215	3,659	3,347	3,168
Strathclyde	39,604	41,576	43,392	44,977	33,445
Tayside	6,450	6,968	8,167	10,314	7,951
Scotland	85,213	88,097	91,060	93,337	74,668
	Vehicle defect offences
Central	3,497	5,760	4,845	4,041	3,564
Dumfries and Galloway	906	662	643	606	700
Fife	8,168	6,500	4,565	1,963	1,200
Grampian	2,182	2,462	3,074	2,508	2,856
Lothian and Borders	6,439	6,671	6,726	6,074	6,361
Northern	2,372	2,466	3,157	2,581	2,396
Strathclyde	23,774	21,605	21,476	21,056	8,538
Tayside	984	1,171	1,772	2,367	2,949
Scotland	48,322	47,297	46,258	41,196	28,564
	Other motor vehicle offences
Central	2,950	3,412	3,429	3,636	4,065
Dumfries and Galloway	2,171	1,371	1,381	1,611	2,208
Fife	5,954	5,607	4,664	4,069	3,867
Grampian	7,617	7,151	6,358	4,052	4,994
Lothian and Borders	14,851	17,107	15,301	15,210	19,853
Northern	2,969	2,455	3,017	2,531	2,454
Strathclyde	33,225	39,520	29,400	32,593	37,759
Tayside	2,736	3,481	4,161	6,450	9,762
Scotland	72,473	80,104	67,711	70,152	84,962

SelectedCrimes and Offences Recorded by the Police, by Local Authority Area, 2000-04¹

Local Authority Area	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
	Dangerous and Careless Driving
Aberdeen City	1,075	1,149	1,147	1,060	1,307
Aberdeenshire	875	926	888	972	1,189
Angus	208	240	307	365	373
Argyll and Bute	315	295	304	327	344
Clackmannanshire	49	40	78	91	75
Dumfries and Galloway	391	302	392	415	498
Dundee City	264	291	301	379	365
East Ayrshire	219	183	242	207	205
East Dunbartonshire	141	135	145	135	142
East Lothian	108	108	96	108	163
East Renfrewshire	119	109	132	129	116
Edinburgh, City of	469	426	411	446	458
Eilean Siar	42	52	59	80	98
Falkirk	189	209	194	171	166
Fife	1,741	1,591	1,806	941	658
Glasgow City	1,704	1,639	1,787	1,799	1,756
Highland	525	602	628	803	823
Inverclyde	201	193	183	161	178
Midlothian	114	86	115	109	81
Moray	351	403	438	413	422
North Ayrshire	157	175	205	196	207
North Lanarkshire	597	598	595	686	734
Orkney Islands	29	44	57	53	55
Perth and Kinross	266	250	291	399	364
Renfrewshire	383	404	361	365	385
Scottish Borders	161	130	160	180	176
Shetland Islands	23	11	25	35	30
South Ayrshire	323	206	250	177	180
South Lanarkshire	752	655	615	602	670
Stirling	153	161	173	176	177
West Dunbartonshire	164	164	145	179	213
West Lothian	194	178	170	135	124
Scotland	12,302	11,955	12,700	12,294	12,732
	Drink Driving
Aberdeen City	457	524	559	615	578
Aberdeenshire	408	417	474	448	480
Angus	200	247	225	255	248
Argyll and Bute	221	251	286	268	277
Clackmannanshire	104	74	89	77	96
Dumfries and Galloway	260	278	250	237	289
Dundee City	377	413	440	505	375
East Ayrshire	197	218	229	242	239
East Dunbartonshire	153	113	156	139	136
East Lothian	118	112	110	135	144
East Renfrewshire	81	97	104	116	108
Edinburgh, City of	960	866	922	753	843
Eilean Siar	76	89	80	83	96
Falkirk	268	361	325	325	319
Fife	654	662	840	824	699
Glasgow City	1,626	1,685	1,710	1,666	1,649
Highland	611	702	711	770	669
Inverclyde	141	174	176	166	147
Midlothian	116	167	180	196	153
Moray	180	224	238	247	219
North Ayrshire	210	264	254	255	273
North Lanarkshire	737	753	718	679	705
Orkney Islands	44	34	40	45	48
Perth and Kinross	326	301	311	348	321
Renfrewshire	331	386	393	315	299
Scottish Borders	176	215	193	234	198
Shetland Islands	54	38	59	75	74
South Ayrshire	244	242	268	222	254
South Lanarkshire	562	605	553	558	573
Stirling	208	243	291	203	191
West Dunbartonshire	207	214	202	186	195
West Lothian	405	434	396	379	316
Scotland	10,712	11,403	11,782	11,566	11,211
	Speeding
Aberdeen City	4,834	3,473	6,548	20,852	19,340
Aberdeenshire	5,554	4,524	4,001	4,659	2,780
Angus	4,475	5,468	4,795	5,509	5,210
Argyll and Bute	2,741	1,766	2,122	1,772	1,989
Clackmannanshire	823	709	723	1,080	524
Dumfries and Galloway	9,963	8,440	6,752	10,786	18,887
Dundee City	1,300	1,130	1,161	2,553	7,478
East Ayrshire	2,238	1,152	1,818	5,638	16,622
East Dunbartonshire	382	411	340	647	902
East Lothian	1,876	1,072	1,884	1,054	478
East Renfrewshire	898	1,317	619	676	514
Edinburgh, City of	8,241	9,176	7,724	20,250	43,985
Eilean Siar	120	101	138	217	278
Falkirk	2,482	3,057	2,816	4,720	3,065
Fife	7,017	8,159	9,628	8,920	11,069
Glasgow City	25,916	31,353	18,805	18,073	11,308
Highland	5,557	5,997	6,846	6,182	5,519
Inverclyde	1,187	642	622	644	1,309
Midlothian	467	1,069	759	328	454
Moray	781	891	575	623	1,377
North Ayrshire	915	813	658	617	984
North Lanarkshire	2,936	3,571	9,685	28,209	18,128
Orkney Islands	68	19	118	63	86
Perth and Kinross	5,809	10,687	7,402	11,193	11,303
Renfrewshire	1,130	973	909	1,628	2,427
Scottish Borders	8,994	8,362	5,748	9,439	16,691
Shetland Islands	199	167	75	158	216
South Ayrshire	1,210	860	1,009	608	730
South Lanarkshire	3,447	3,811	2,930	4,564	4,937
Stirling	2,782	1,940	2,431	7,869	4,283
West Dunbartonshire	971	766	543	500	1,081
West Lothian	1,437	1,364	1,621	917	2,104
Scotland	116,750	123,240	111,805	180,948	216,058
	Unlawful Use of a Vehicle
Aberdeen City	3,945	4,102	5,158	3,954	3,075
Aberdeenshire	2,559	2,744	2,502	2,453	2,300
Angus	1,126	1,429	1,642	2,225	2,012
Argyll and Bute	1,414	1,434	1,352	1,558	1,060
Clackmannanshire	604	888	1,073	1,009	897
Dumfries and Galloway	2,792	2,494	2,569	2,447	2,616
Dundee City	3,422	3,340	4,162	5,558	3,661
East Ayrshire	1,682	1,578	1,954	2,042	1,473
East Dunbartonshire	768	793	974	834	611
East Lothian	936	959	689	757	862
East Renfrewshire	631	739	706	661	606
Edinburgh, City of	6,889	6,364	5,430	6,225	5,688
Eilean Siar	157	255	223	189	203
Falkirk	2,083	3,083	2,808	2,747	2,107
Fife	8,309	7,304	7,881	8,016	7,027
Glasgow City	15,538	16,499	18,320	18,726	13,548
Highland	2,677	2,727	3,105	2,777	2,706
Inverclyde	1,503	1,320	1,069	1,233	1,223
Midlothian	1,334	1,161	1,000	979	738
Moray	922	1,162	1,411	1,030	662
North Ayrshire	1,665	1,760	1,654	1,804	1,496
North Lanarkshire	6,644	7,268	7,172	7,595	5,379
Orkney Islands	155	128	169	125	92
Perth and Kinross	1,902	2,199	2,363	2,531	2,278
Renfrewshire	2,369	2,448	2,833	2,824	2,003
Scottish Borders	1,292	1,090	951	1,054	946
Shetland Islands	191	105	162	256	167
South Ayrshire	1,921	1,925	2,130	1,695	1,228
South Lanarkshire	4,377	4,663	4,121	4,679	3,648
Stirling	1,104	1,740	2,028	1,623	1,294
West Dunbartonshire	1,092	1,149	1,107	1,326	1,170
West Lothian	3,210	3,247	2,342	2,405	1,892
Scotland	85,213	88,097	91,060	93,337	74,668
	Vehicle Defect Offences
Aberdeen City	610	754	1,034	627	781
Aberdeenshire	1,261	1,167	1,410	1,306	1,670
Angus	256	343	305	552	569
Argyll and Bute	922	1,092	1,153	1,297	286
Clackmannanshire	461	691	680	701	637
Dumfries and Galloway	906	662	643	606	700
Dundee City	242	262	429	617	1,028
East Ayrshire	1,825	1,160	1,557	1,207	287
East Dunbartonshire	436	412	308	304	198
East Lothian	300	301	307	355	214
East Renfrewshire	380	457	401	326	275
Edinburgh, City of	2,485	2,725	2,629	2,940	3,121
Eilean Siar	52	120	157	103	54
Falkirk	1,951	3,123	2,446	2,125	1,870
Fife	8,168	6,500	4,565	1,963	1,200
Glasgow City	8,639	6,764	6,052	6,058	3,365
Highland	2,117	2,184	2,805	2,239	2,197
Inverclyde	1,333	1,075	965	1,027	457
Midlothian	1,172	921	1,071	692	889
Moray	311	541	630	575	405
North Ayrshire	1,187	961	1,473	1,003	271
North Lanarkshire	2,799	3,656	3,576	4,274	1,365
Orkney Islands	102	92	128	135	75
Perth and Kinross	486	566	1,038	1,198	1,352
Renfrewshire	1,343	1,129	1,158	989	557
Scottish Borders	809	1,051	875	865	800
Shetland Islands	101	70	67	104	70
South Ayrshire	2,210	1,641	2,567	1,830	374
South Lanarkshire	2,240	2,652	1,884	2,333	862
Stirling	1,085	1,946	1,719	1,215	1,057
West Dunbartonshire	460	606	382	408	241
West Lothian	1,673	1,673	1,844	1,222	1,337
Scotland	48,322	47,297	46,258	41,196	28,564
	Other Motor Vehicle Offences
Aberdeen City	3,482	3,430	3,180	2,020	2,414
Aberdeenshire	3,191	2,792	2,248	1,537	1,935
Angus	425	618	919	1,394	1,672
Argyll and Bute	928	683	806	1,105	1,205
Clackmannanshire	386	416	420	555	647
Dumfries and Galloway	2,171	1,371	1,381	1,611	2,208
Dundee City	1,098	1,514	1,849	2,988	4,185
East Ayrshire	1,118	1,014	936	983	1,195
East Dunbartonshire	658	655	374	354	464
East Lothian	1,150	749	624	590	767
East Renfrewshire	401	502	580	466	526
Edinburgh, City of	8,166	8,815	9,412	10,866	15,467
Eilean Siar	91	110	199	119	90
Falkirk	1,625	1,858	1,865	1,928	2,187
Fife	5,954	5,607	4,664	4,069	3,867
Glasgow City	16,266	19,694	13,872	17,501	20,626
Highland	2,438	2,119	2,496	2,069	2,057
Inverclyde	1,418	1,520	951	601	780
Midlothian	1,076	1,002	779	614	715
Moray	944	929	930	495	645
North Ayrshire	617	801	666	688	901
North Lanarkshire	3,853	5,591	5,000	4,638	4,517
Orkney Islands	271	123	149	180	147
Perth and Kinross	1,213	1,349	1,393	2,068	3,905
Renfrewshire	1,693	2,232	1,676	1,249	1,335
Scottish Borders	1,572	1,658	1,616	1,310	996
Shetland Islands	169	103	173	163	160
South Ayrshire	1,396	1,232	1,326	1,097	1,759
South Lanarkshire	3,727	4,240	2,226	3,107	3,367
Stirling	939	1,138	1,144	1,153	1,231
West Dunbartonshire	1,150	1,356	987	804	1,084
West Lothian	2,887	4,883	2,870	1,830	1,908
Scotland	72,473	80,104	67,711	70,152	84,962

Persons ProceededAgainst² in Scottish Courts for SelectedCrimes and Offences³, by Police Force Area, 2000-03

Police force area	2000	2001	2002	2003⁵
	Dangerous and Careless Driving
Central	120	139	147	192
Dumfries and Galloway	198	156	213	228
Fife	171	253	250	217
Grampian	432	484	445	610
Lothian and Borders	347	441	482	538
Northern	239	280	325	423
Strathclyde	1,373	1,463	1,415	1,601
Tayside	251	307	394	483
Scotland⁴	3,131	3,523	3,671	4,292
	Drink Driving
Central	413	309	654	564
Dumfries and Galloway	174	217	224	240
Fife	374	378	726	602
Grampian	825	833	945	1,029
Lothian and Borders	1,181	1,190	1,545	1,424
Northern	516	575	694	739
Strathclyde	2,984	2,965	3,515	3,113
Tayside	604	661	807	839
Scotland⁴	7,071	7,128	9,110	8,550
	Speeding⁸
Central	861	781	722	862
Dumfries and Galloway	1,446	943	935	870
Fife	562	493	562	902
Grampian	1,526	1,206	1,095	1,253
Lothian and Borders	1,505	1,670	1,691	1,589
Northern	595	928	1,272	1,653
Strathclyde	3,609	2,404	1,726	2,858
Tayside	1,369	1,684	1,717	2,123
Scotland⁴	11,473	10,109	9,720	12,110
	Unlawful Use of a Vehicle
Central	1,363	1,485	1,556	1,543
Dumfries and Galloway	625	584	613	633
Fife	1,646	1,721	1,895	1,993
Grampian	1,880	1,876	2,086	2,051
Lothian and Borders	3,532	3,587	3,631	3,757
Northern	655	523	710	730
Strathclyde	7,571	8,421	7,744	7,889
Tayside	1,813	1,824	2,148	2,506
Scotland⁴	19,085	20,021	20,383	21,102
	Vehicle Defect Offences
Central	179	176	169	100
Dumfries and Galloway	134	72	91	101
Fife	75	48	60	65
Grampian	211	127	201	266
Lothian and Borders	255	280	226	295
Northern	113	95	180	173
Strathclyde	721	578	385	454
Tayside	181	143	230	471
Scotland⁴	1,869	1,519	1,542	1,925
	Other Motor Vehicle Offences
Central	486	439	475	339
Dumfries and Galloway	294	212	161	195
Fife	274	265	237	266
Grampian	754	472	389	376
Lothian and Borders	1,051	997	885	891
Northern	243	213	323	225
Strathclyde	2,682	2,718	2,149	1,735
Tayside	309	296	373	599
Scotland⁴	6,093	5,612	4,992	4,626

Persons ProceededAgainst² in Scottish Courts for Selected Crimes and Offences³,by Approximate Local Authority Area⁶, 2000-03

Local Authority Area	2000	2001	2002	2003⁵
	Dangerous and Careless Driving
Aberdeen City	166	278	229	348
Aberdeenshire	77	125	126	154
Angus	86	111	146	129
Argyll and Bute	92	89	76	78
Clackmannanshire	22	17	19	27
Dumfries and Galloway	198	156	213	228
Dundee City	62	88	125	172
East Ayrshire	125	121	131	152
East Lothian	48	42	54	45
Edinburgh, City of	182	220	231	290
Eilean Siar	5	22	18	27
Falkirk	54	60	71	92
Fife	170	253	250	217
Glasgow City	329	401	414	396
Highland	96	241	277	365
Inverclyde	48	33	47	41
Midlothian	-	-	-	1
Moray	60	81	89	107
North Ayrshire	-	1	-	-
North Lanarkshire	64	97	100	91
Orkney Islands	6	13	24	15
Perth and Kinross	103	108	123	182
Renfrewshire	165	164	117	193
Scottish Borders	52	86	94	126
Shetland Islands	5	3	6	16
South Ayrshire	129	103	101	146
South Lanarkshire	314	348	355	398
Stirling	43	62	57	73
West Dunbartonshire	107	105	72	105
West Lothian	63	93	103	76
Other⁷	259	1	2	2
Scotland⁴	3,131	3,523	3,671	4,292
	Drink driving
Aberdeen City	295	459	552	588
Aberdeenshire	127	223	223	244
Angus	155	198	182	187
Argyll and Bute	98	106	129	137
Clackmannanshire	74	46	48	83
Dumfries and Galloway	174	217	224	240
Dundee City	232	261	326	363
East Ayrshire	267	305	278	300
East Lothian	73	95	114	136
Edinburgh, City of	743	736	894	779
Eilean Siar	8	58	73	52
Falkirk	196	115	375	284
Fife	374	378	726	602
Glasgow City	1,074	1,040	1,156	1,049
Highland	147	458	544	599
Inverclyde	98	89	121	142
Moray	92	150	169	197
North Ayrshire	-	1	-	-
North Lanarkshire	271	256	306	235
Orkney Islands	11	24	33	35
Perth and Kinross	217	202	299	289
Renfrewshire	267	231	402	269
Scottish Borders	90	126	159	195
Shetland Islands	19	35	44	53
South Ayrshire	200	217	239	245
South Lanarkshire	509	522	629	507
Stirling	143	148	231	196
West Dunbartonshire	200	198	255	229
West Lothian	275	233	378	314
Other⁷	642	1	1	-
Scotland⁴	7,071	7,128	9,110	8,550
	Speeding⁸
Aberdeen City	227	431	431	732
Aberdeenshire	481	663	582	446
Angus	650	544	704	1,030
Argyll and Bute	187	164	171	253
Clackmannanshire	125	152	135	132
Dumfries and Galloway	1,446	943	935	870
Dundee City	147	147	146	200
East Ayrshire	403	219	127	258
East Dunbartonshire	31	41	20	38
East Lothian	126	90	97	105
East Renfrewshire	100	56	46	59
Edinburgh, City of	572	569	479	704
Eilean Siar	5	22	23	42
Falkirk	568	434	386	382
Fife	562	493	562	901
Glasgow City	747	457	326	670
Highland	355	888	1,230	1,583
Inverclyde	274	144	111	155
Midlothian	80	47	70	61
Moray	57	112	82	75
North Ayrshire	164	107	88	158
North Lanarkshire	715	537	259	333
Orkney Islands	5	1	9	15
Perth and Kinross	572	993	867	893
Renfrewshire	135	71	89	141
Scottish Borders	565	726	803	495
Shetland Islands	2	17	10	13
South Ayrshire	208	93	132	196
South Lanarkshire	496	403	241	515
Stirling	168	195	201	348
West Dunbartonshire	149	112	116	81
West Lothian	162	238	242	224
Other⁷	989	-	-	-
Scotland⁴	11,473	10,109	9,720	12,110
	Unlawful Use of a Vehicle
Aberdeen City	927	1,111	1,311	1,272
Aberdeenshire	450	544	546	513
Angus	417	423	476	552
Argyll and Bute	161	158	158	159
Clackmannanshire	170	207	215	335
Dumfries and Galloway	625	584	613	633
Dundee City	910	854	1,100	1,358
East Ayrshire	548	571	492	546
East Dunbartonshire	16	18	14	8
East Lothian	235	230	270	238
East Renfrewshire	32	20	11	-
Edinburgh, City of	2,285	2,115	2,041	2,167
Eilean Siar	27	32	44	36
Falkirk	801	868	825	717
Fife	1,646	1,721	1,893	1,991
Glasgow City	2,006	2,782	2,586	2,717
Highland	279	448	589	621
Inverclyde	380	337	312	368
Midlothian	119	45	68	59
Moray	131	221	229	264
North Ayrshire	81	104	83	25
North Lanarkshire	852	1,015	836	774
Orkney Islands	8	14	40	28
Perth and Kinross	486	547	572	593
Renfrewshire	632	537	549	650
Scottish Borders	225	275	276	409
Shetland Islands	22	29	37	45
South Ayrshire	599	548	672	691
South Lanarkshire	1,753	1,920	1,674	1,566
Stirling	392	410	514	489
West Dunbartonshire	511	411	357	384
West Lothian	668	922	975	883
Other⁷	691	-	2	3
Scotland⁴	19,085	20,021	20,383	21,102
	Vehicle Defect Offences
Aberdeen City	31	43	101	117
Aberdeenshire	53	63	86	131
Angus	25	23	23	38
Argyll and Bute	14	19	13	21
Clackmannanshire	11	14	5	7
Dumfries and Galloway	134	72	91	101
Dundee City	44	34	33	41
East Ayrshire	54	30	23	20
East Dunbartonshire	3	7	3	4
East Lothian	10	10	9	17
East Renfrewshire	8	4	3	16
Edinburgh, City of	161	134	127	173
Eilean Siar	-	4	4	19
Falkirk	105	117	119	48
Fife	75	48	60	65
Glasgow City	148	136	79	104
Highland	42	87	167	142
Inverclyde	37	32	26	53
Midlothian	16	8	12	20
Moray	9	21	14	18
North Ayrshire	24	11	9	22
North Lanarkshire	130	105	84	83
Orkney Islands	3	2	4	5
Perth and Kinross	112	86	174	392
Renfrewshire	32	23	18	42
Scottish Borders	31	55	32	56
Shetland Islands	4	2	5	7
South Ayrshire	71	38	38	38
South Lanarkshire	177	143	68	40
Stirling	63	45	45	45
West Dunbartonshire	23	30	21	11
West Lothian	37	73	46	29
Other⁷	180	-	-	-
Scotland⁴	1,869	1,519	1,542	1,925
	Other Motor Vehicle Offences
Aberdeen City	172	208	179	190
Aberdeenshire	192	206	176	147
Angus	73	57	67	162
Argyll and Bute	45	80	21	65
Clackmannanshire	44	45	45	48
Dumfries and Galloway	294	212	161	195
Dundee City	101	101	158	233
East Ayrshire	174	137	92	77
East Dunbartonshire	20	32	19	10
East Lothian	101	48	49	30
East Renfrewshire	15	21	16	54
Edinburgh, City of	695	658	505	542
Eilean Siar	1	4	8	6
Falkirk	301	271	293	163
Fife	274	265	237	266
Glasgow City	1,035	884	567	253
Highland	63	201	301	210
Inverclyde	217	230	214	159
Midlothian	43	48	18	19
Moray	36	58	34	39
North Ayrshire	77	72	48	51
North Lanarkshire	326	469	435	472
Orkney Islands	1	6	9	2
Perth and Kinross	135	138	148	204
Renfrewshire	102	112	137	95
Scottish Borders	84	95	113	116
Shetland Islands	-	2	5	6
South Ayrshire	216	157	163	145
South Lanarkshire	379	415	343	197
Stirling	141	123	137	128
West Dunbartonshire	76	109	94	157
West Lothian	128	148	200	184
Other⁷	532	-	-	1
Scotland⁴	6,093	5,612	4,992	4,626

Persons witha Charge Proved in Scottish Courts for Selected Crimes and Offences³,by Police Force Area, 2000-03

Police Force Area	2000	2001	2002	2003⁵
	Dangerous and Careless Driving
Central	94	124	138	182
Dumfries and Galloway	172	144	197	207
Fife	161	236	237	210
Grampian	412	445	416	569
Lothian and Borders	323	420	457	507
Northern	223	273	308	405
Strathclyde	1,199	1,293	1,316	1,499
Tayside	232	282	350	448
Scotland⁴	2,816	3,217	3,419	4,027
	Drink Driving
Central	393	298	640	537
Dumfries and Galloway	166	210	214	234
Fife	360	369	708	583
Grampian	784	811	920	1,012
Lothian and Borders	1,122	1,171	1,495	1,381
Northern	499	568	679	715
Strathclyde	2,784	2,725	3,430	3,017
Tayside	583	640	768	801
Scotland⁴	6,691	6,792	8,854	8,280
	Speeding⁸
Central	838	768	713	859
Dumfries and Galloway	1,386	893	917	853
Fife	560	490	558	899
Grampian	1,519	1,205	1,090	1,249
Lothian and Borders	1,494	1,663	1,681	1,580
Northern	589	927	1,269	1,648
Strathclyde	3,567	2,353	1,701	2,840
Tayside	1,362	1,678	1,707	2,106
Scotland⁴	11,315	9,977	9,636	12,034
	Unlawful Use of a Vehicle
Central	1,218	1,357	1,435	1,425
Dumfries and Galloway	475	474	545	527
Fife	1,539	1,632	1,770	1,897
Grampian	1,782	1,778	1,974	1,950
Lothian and Borders	3,257	3,336	3,416	3,525
Northern	592	505	661	675
Strathclyde	6,353	7,022	7,143	7,229
Tayside	1,706	1,700	1,948	2,229
Scotland⁴	16,922	17,804	18,892	19,457
	Vehicle Defect Offences
Central	131	132	147	95
Dumfries and Galloway	101	56	74	85
Fife	70	45	56	62
Grampian	190	117	190	253
Lothian and Borders	238	248	210	275
Northern	105	92	166	157
Strathclyde	575	428	349	429
Tayside	166	134	206	414
Scotland⁴	1,576	1,252	1,398	1,770
	Other Motor Vehicle Offences
Central	437	399	446	320
Dumfries and Galloway	232	191	147	176
Fife	260	241	210	256
Grampian	697	448	355	344
Lothian and Borders	950	884	839	833
Northern	218	202	313	207
Strathclyde	2,352	2,354	2,043	1,673
Tayside	291	271	339	548
Scotland⁴	5,437	4,990	4,692	4,357

Persons witha Charge Proved in Scottish Courts for Selected Crimes and Offences³,by Approximate Local Authority Area⁶, 2000-03

Local Authority Area	2000	2001	2002	2003⁵
	Dangerous and Careless Driving
Aberdeen City	157	253	212	315
Aberdeenshire	73	113	123	148
Angus	78	107	134	122
Argyll and Bute	87	81	72	75
Clackmannanshire	15	16	18	26
Dumfries and Galloway	172	144	197	207
Dundee City	58	79	106	157
East Ayrshire	116	109	127	148
East Lothian	44	38	52	42
Edinburgh, City of	170	212	215	268
Eilean Siar	3	21	17	26
Falkirk	43	54	66	85
Fife	161	236	237	210
Glasgow City	282	346	384	368
Highland	89	235	263	350
Inverclyde	40	27	46	41
Midlothian	-	-	-	1
Moray	58	79	81	105
North Lanarkshire	51	83	90	87
Orkney Islands	6	13	23	14
Perth and Kinross	96	96	110	169
Renfrewshire	144	152	111	181
Scottish Borders	52	84	91	122
Shetland Islands	4	3	5	15
South Ayrshire	115	95	97	139
South Lanarkshire	277	308	323	368
Stirling	35	54	54	71
West Dunbartonshire	87	91	64	91
West Lothian	55	86	99	74
Other⁷	248	1	2	2
Scotland⁴	2,816	3,217	3,419	4,027
	Drink Driving
Aberdeen City	282	445	529	575
Aberdeenshire	122	218	223	241
Angus	155	192	179	183
Argyll and Bute	94	98	125	131
Clackmannanshire	69	41	48	78
Dumfries and Galloway	166	210	214	234
Dundee City	222	251	305	336
East Ayrshire	259	296	275	298
East Lothian	71	93	111	134
Edinburgh, City of	711	728	868	753
Eilean Siar	6	55	72	50
Falkirk	189	112	364	270
Fife	360	369	708	583
Glasgow City	979	942	1,133	1,018
Highland	143	455	530	580
Inverclyde	95	85	118	141
Moray	91	147	167	196
North Lanarkshire	242	235	291	220
Orkney Islands	10	23	33	33
Perth and Kinross	206	197	284	282
Renfrewshire	253	210	396	256
Scottish Borders	90	125	153	188
Shetland Islands	19	35	44	52
South Ayrshire	192	211	233	242
South Lanarkshire	479	469	608	489
Stirling	135	145	228	189
West Dunbartonshire	191	179	251	222
West Lothian	250	225	363	306
Other⁷	610	1	1	-
Scotland⁴	6,691	6,792	8,854	8,280
	Speeding⁸
Aberdeen City	227	431	429	730
Aberdeenshire	480	662	581	445
Angus	648	543	699	1,028
Argyll and Bute	187	161	171	252
Clackmannanshire	124	152	135	132
Dumfries and Galloway	1,386	893	917	853
Dundee City	146	146	145	197
East Ayrshire	400	218	127	258
East Dunbartonshire	31	39	20	38
East Lothian	126	90	96	102
East Renfrewshire	98	56	46	59
Edinburgh, City of	569	564	475	700
Eilean Siar	5	22	23	42
Falkirk	551	430	382	380
Fife	560	490	558	899
Glasgow City	737	447	321	668
Highland	353	887	1,227	1,578
Inverclyde	272	142	111	155
Midlothian	80	47	70	61
Moray	56	112	80	74
North Ayrshire	163	107	87	158
North Lanarkshire	709	528	258	333
Orkney Islands	5	1	9	15
Perth and Kinross	568	989	863	881
Renfrewshire	130	68	89	141
Scottish Borders	559	725	801	495
Shetland Islands	2	17	10	13
South Ayrshire	207	91	132	194
South Lanarkshire	487	390	225	502
Stirling	163	186	196	347
West Dunbartonshire	146	106	114	81
West Lothian	160	237	239	222
Other⁷	980	-	-	-
Scotland⁴	11,315	9,977	9,636	12,034
	Unlawful Use of a Vehicle
Aberdeen City	878	1,051	1,242	1,204
Aberdeenshire	423	521	519	489
Angus	396	391	446	501
Argyll and Bute	140	135	147	143
Clackmannanshire	162	190	205	312
Dumfries and Galloway	475	474	545	527
Dundee City	854	788	995	1,197
East Ayrshire	496	523	466	531
East Dunbartonshire	14	18	14	8
East Lothian	208	222	260	227
East Renfrewshire	28	20	11	-
Edinburgh, City of	2,119	1,955	1,911	2,025
Eilean Siar	21	32	40	31
Falkirk	712	799	748	668
Fife	1,539	1,632	1,769	1,897
Glasgow City	1,666	2,276	2,405	2,519
Highland	244	432	547	574
Inverclyde	345	311	303	352
Midlothian	117	45	66	59
Moray	130	206	213	255
North Ayrshire	80	102	81	25
North Lanarkshire	732	883	791	739
Orkney Islands	7	14	39	28
Perth and Kinross	456	521	507	531
Renfrewshire	533	436	496	581
Scottish Borders	219	266	268	377
Shetland Islands	20	27	35	42
South Ayrshire	527	493	622	632
South Lanarkshire	1,392	1,511	1,491	1,360
Stirling	344	368	481	444
West Dunbartonshire	400	314	316	338
West Lothian	594	848	911	837
Other⁷	651	-	2	3
Scotland⁴	16,922	17,804	18,892	19,457
	Vehicle Defect Offences
Aberdeen City	28	38	97	113
Aberdeenshire	46	60	80	124
Angus	24	21	22	36
Argyll and Bute	10	18	12	19
Clackmannanshire	8	13	4	7
Dumfries and Galloway	101	56	74	85
Dundee City	43	34	32	34
East Ayrshire	44	21	22	19
East Dunbartonshire	2	6	3	4
East Lothian	9	9	7	16
East Renfrewshire	8	4	3	16
Edinburgh, City of	148	116	114	160
Eilean Siar	-	4	4	15
Falkirk	77	87	106	44
Fife	70	45	56	62
Glasgow City	112	98	65	99
Highland	39	85	154	130
Inverclyde	34	26	24	49
Midlothian	16	7	12	20
Moray	9	19	13	16
North Ayrshire	23	9	9	22
North Lanarkshire	115	90	79	81
Orkney Islands	3	1	3	5
Perth and Kinross	99	79	152	344
Renfrewshire	23	15	15	41
Scottish Borders	31	53	32	51
Shetland Islands	4	2	5	7
South Ayrshire	55	27	37	35
South Lanarkshire	134	95	62	34
Stirling	46	32	37	44
West Dunbartonshire	15	19	18	10
West Lothian	34	63	45	28
Other⁷	166	-	-	-
Scotland⁴	1,576	1,252	1,398	1,770
	Other Motor Vehicle Offences
Aberdeen City	151	194	157	171
Aberdeenshire	180	202	169	137
Angus	68	51	63	150
Argyll and Bute	36	71	21	65
Clackmannanshire	40	42	40	46
Dumfries and Galloway	232	191	147	176
Dundee City	99	91	142	207
East Ayrshire	156	118	87	73
East Dunbartonshire	20	29	19	10
East Lothian	93	42	48	28
East Renfrewshire	15	21	16	54
Edinburgh, City of	630	577	466	499
Eilean Siar	-	4	8	5
Falkirk	268	248	277	153
Fife	260	241	210	256
Glasgow City	932	755	531	228
Highland	60	192	292	194
Inverclyde	202	216	211	155
Midlothian	43	47	18	19
Moray	33	52	29	36
North Ayrshire	77	71	47	51
North Lanarkshire	296	437	426	471
Orkney Islands	1	5	8	1
Perth and Kinross	124	129	134	191
Renfrewshire	76	90	127	88
Scottish Borders	82	92	111	108
Shetland Islands	-	1	5	6
South Ayrshire	180	125	155	140
South Lanarkshire	310	341	316	188
Stirling	129	109	129	121
West Dunbartonshire	52	80	87	150
West Lothian	102	126	196	179
Other⁷	490	-	-	1
Scotland⁴	5,437	4,990	4,692	4,357

Notes:

1. Trends in the recorded crimefigures between 2003 and 2004 have been affected by the introduction in April 2004of the Scottish Crime Recording Standard. As anticipated, this increased the numbersof minor crimes recorded by the police, such as vandalism, petty assault, breachof the peace and minor thefts.

2. Figures for persons proceededagainst may be underestimates due to recording delays.

3. Where main offence.

4. Scotland totalsfor court proceedings statistics may contain a small number of cases where the policeforce area and/or local authority area are unknown.

5. Includes estimated data.

6. Incorporates an approximatemapping of sheriff courts into local authority areas. Some sheriff courts will dealwith cases from more than one local authority area. Some local authority areas,including East Dunbartonshire, East Renfrewshire, Midlothian and North Ayrshire, do not contain a sheriff court.

7. Includes High Court casesand those where court location is not known.

8. Includes clearway and motorwayoffences.

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