A massive rise in housebreaking and theft in Scotland's capital has led to an increase in recorded crime in the city - most of which remains unsolved.
Recorded crime is up 14% in Edinburgh, driven largely by a 75% increase in crimes of dishonesty and in particular housebreaking and other theft, a Scottish Government report on recorded crime in 2013/14 reveals.
The clear-up rate for all crime in the capital was among the lowest in Scotland, with just 40% leading to a prosecution, warning or dismissal by extenuating circumstances - and the clear-up rate for crimes of dishonesty was even lower at just 30%.
East Renfrewshire has the worst clear-up rate in Scotland (35%), with just 56% of sexual crimes resolved, a quarter of crimes of dishonesty cleared up and just 14% of fire-raising and vandalism incidents dealt with - although the area has seen the biggest fall in recorded crime (17%) outside Eilean Siar (30%).
Recorded crime across Scotland has hit a 40-year low but the decrease has not been uniform, with 11 areas recording an increase on the previous year.
Longer-term Scottish crime trends are more positive with every local authority recording a decrease of between 29% and 54% since 2004/05.
The largest rises since 2012/13 were in the east, with Midlothian, Fife, East Lothian, West Lothian, Angus and Dundee all recording increases of between 3% and 8%. Inverclyde, Renfrewshire and the Borders also recorded increases of between 1% and 3%.
Recorded crime in Glasgow fell by 4% but it remains Scotland's crime capital with 852 crimes per 100,000 people, followed by Edinburgh with 731 per head, Aberdeen with 678 and Dundee with 622 - compared with a Scotland-wide average of 508 crimes per head.
The publication confirms a 12% rise in sexual crimes across Scotland - from 7,693 to 8,604 - reported by Police Scotland in June.
The clear-up rate for sexual crimes increased by eight percentage points to 76%, a return to levels seen ten years ago.
Fife has the highest proportion of sexual crimes per head (26 per 100,000), closely followed by Glasgow (25 per 100,000).
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