asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish, for 1978 and 1986, for each police force area in Scotland (a) the overall crime clear-up rates and (b) clear-up rates for (i) violence against the person, (ii) burglary, (iii) theft, (iv) fraud/forgery and (v) criminal damage.
The table sets out the requested figures on crime recorded as a percentage of those cleared up, using the best available approximations in the Scottish crime classification to the categories listed in the question.
Clear up rates by Police Force Area, Scotland 1979
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Crime
| Central
| Dumfries and Galloway
| Fife
| Grampian
| Lothian and Borders
| Northern
| Strathclyde
| Tayside
|
| Total Crimes | 37·6 | 40·4 | 43·4 | 37·4 | 29·3 | 60·7 | 25·6 | 35·0 |
| Violence against the Person | 85·3 | 90·9 | 88·1 | 86·6 | 70·8 | 98·7 | 65·9 | 85·5 |
| Burglary | 30·2 | 26·9 | 33·0 | 25·6 | 17·6 | 41·8 | 18·2 | 22·5 |
| Theft | 38·0 | 38·6 | 39·7 | 33·9 | 25·6 | 56·5 | 23·2 | 31·5 |
| Fraud and Forgery | 75·5 | 90·1 | 90·0 | 70·2 | 79·4 | 95·6 | 75·8 | 79·1 |
| Criminal Damage | 24·3 | 25·2 | 34·2 | 27·8 | 20·4 | 52·5 | 15·5 | 23·5 |
Clear up rates by Police Force Area, Scotland 1986
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Crime
| Central
| Dumfries and Galloway
| Fife
| Grampian
| Lothian and Borders
| Northern
| Strathclyde
| Tayside
|
| Total Crimes | 47·6 | 54·3 | 41·5 | 31·3 | 38·2 | 62·4 | 28·4 | 41·0 |
| Violence against the Person | 94·2 | 91·6 | 91·8 | 82·1 | 80·4 | 99·0 | 74·3 | 88·4 |
| Burglary | 33·0 | 46·0 | 29·0 | 15·8 | 17·9 | 38·4 | 15·8 | 24·0 |
| Theft | 43·9 | 47·8 | 35·0 | 26·5 | 28·7 | 51·7 | 23·8 | 36·9 |
| Fraud and Forgery | 87·7 | 89·3 | 81·1 | 72·4 | 78·4 | 94·2 | 66·1 | 87·6 |
| Criminal Damage | 34·9 | 38·5 | 28·4 | 21·4 | 24·4 | 53·3 | 17·7 | 23·3 |
Notes:
The categories listed above have been derived from the categories of the Scottish crime classification as follows:
"Violence against the person": all non-sexual crimes of violence (Group 1 of the standard classification) apart from robbery, those crimes of indecency (Group 2) which contain a violent element, and certain crimes involving malicious and reckless conduct.
"Burglary": housebreaking.
"Theft": opening lockfast places and clandestine removal in addition to theft per se.
"Fraud and Forgery": fraud, forgery and uttering, bankruptcy and currency offences.
"Criminal Damage": fire-raising, vandalism and other crimes of malicious and reckless conduct not involving violence against the person.