Written Question · S2W-19410 · Session 2
How many offences of (a) perjury, (b) resisting arrest and (c) wasting police time and how many bail offences other than absconding and re-…
The question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many offences of (a) perjury, (b) resisting arrest and (c) wasting police time and how many bail offences other than absconding and re-offending have been committed in each year since 1999, broken down by police force area.
The answer
The available information is given in the following tables.
Selected Crimes Recorded by the Police in Scotland, by Police Force Area, 1999
| Central
| Dumfries and Galloway
| Fife
| Grampian
| Lothian and Borders
| Northern
| Strathclyde
| Tayside
| Scotland
Public mischief (inc wasting police time)
| 61
| 29
| 73
| 71
| 137
| 47
| 1,883
| 276
| 2,577
Resisting arrest
| 269
| 144
| 309
| 433
| 914
| 244
| 3,113
| 338
| 5,764
Bail offences other than absconding/ re-offending
| 222
| 18
| 99
| 83
| 363
| 27
| 739
| 270
| 1,821
Perjury and subordination
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 4
| 2
| 20
| 0
| 31
Selected Crimes Recorded by the Police in Scotland, by Police Force Area, 2000
| Central
| Dumfries and Galloway
| Fife
| Grampian
| Lothian and Borders
| Northern
| Strathclyde
| Tayside
| Scotland
Public mischief (inc wasting police time)
| 61
| 28
| 78
| 63
| 162
| 42
| 319
| 243
| 996
Resisting arrest
| 277
| 116
| 333
| 393
| 963
| 239
| 3,169
| 320
| 5,810
Bail offences other than absconding/ re-offending
| 267
| 20
| 168
| 12
| 431
Selected Crimes Recorded by the Police in Scotland, by Police Force Area, 1999
| Central
| Dumfries and Galloway
| Fife
| Grampian
| Lothian and Borders
| Northern
| Strathclyde
| Tayside
| Scotland
Public mischief (inc wasting police time)
| 61
| 29
| 73
| 71
| 137
| 47
| 1,883
| 276
| 2,577
Resisting arrest
| 269
| 144
| 309
| 433
| 914
| 244
| 3,113
| 338
| 5,764
Bail offences other than absconding/ re-offending
| 222
| 18
| 99
| 83
| 363
| 27
| 739
| 270
| 1,821
Perjury and subordination
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 4
| 2
| 20
| 0
| 31
Selected Crimes Recorded by the Police in Scotland, by Police Force Area, 2000
| Central
| Dumfries and Galloway
| Fife
| Grampian
| Lothian and Borders
| Northern
| Strathclyde
| Tayside
| Scotland
Public mischief (inc wasting police time)
| 61
| 28
| 78
| 63
| 162
| 42
| 319
| 243
| 996
Resisting arrest
| 277
| 116
| 333
| 393
| 963
| 239
| 3,169
| 320
| 5,810
Bail offences other than absconding/ re-offending
| 267
| 20
| 168
| 12
| 431
In the Official Report
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