Crime figures

• Almost three quarters of the 688,000 crimes committed in Scotland last year were related to property.
  
  
  Vandalism accounted for 26%; vehicle theft 6%; personal theft not including robbery 15% and housebreaking represented 3%.
• people's perception that they could be a victim of crime continues to be higher than the actual risk - for example nearly 4% of people fear their vehicle being stolen while the risk is 0.1%