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Table 1
Selected crimes in Strathclyde: Assaults on Police Officers1
Recorded and detected crimes
Calendar year 2009
SGJD2 crime classification
2009
Recorded crimes
Murder
-
Attempted Murder
 8
Serious Assault
 15
Common Assault3
3 905
Detected crimes
Murder
-
Attempted Murder
 8
Serious Assault
 15
Common Assault3
3 903
1  Data relating to Murder/Attempted Murder was sourced from the Crime Statistics System based where the 
MO code equals 'assault on a police officer'. The data relating to Serious Assault/Common Assault was sourced 
from the Corporate Crime Database for crimes recorded under Section 41 (1)(a) of the Police (Scotland) Act 
1967.
2  Scottish Government Justice Department
3  Common Assault also includes assaults on police officers that are now recorded under the SGJD 'Common 
assault of an emergency worker' classification.
Source: Crime Statistics System & Corporate Crime Database
Produced by: Analytical Unit, Information Management Department
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