Recorded Crime in Scotland, 2013-14

3. Scottish Crime and Justice Survey

The preceding sections of this bulletin contain information on the volume and types of crime recorded and cleared up by the police in Scotland in 2013-14. As highlighted earlier in this report, in addition to the information on police recorded crime, crime in Scotland is also measured by the Scottish Crime and Justice Survey (SCJS), a national household survey with adults (aged 16 and over) which asks respondents about their experiences of crime.

This chapter brings together the two complementary sources, police recorded crime and the SCJS, to present a fuller, more comprehensive picture of crime in Scotland^[9]. However bringing the two sources together in this way highlights that the SCJS and police recorded crime cover different populations, different timescales, and the SCJS does not cover the entire range of crimes and offences that the police are faced with. These and other differences mean that making direct comparisons between the two sources is not straightforward. Nevertheless, the SCJS and police recorded crime statistics do present complementary information on crime occurring in Scotland, so it is therefore helpful and informative to look at these sources together. This chapter will look at police recorded crime and SCJS findings in three ways:

i. Firstly, it will look at national trends of overall crime captured by police recorded crime and by the SCJS.

ii. Secondly, it will look at crime in the two broad categories of crime captured by the SCJS (namely, property crime and violent crime). This section will also highlight how the SCJS captures more contextual information on the risk and characteristics of crime.

iii. Lastly, it will look at the comparable crime groups, a grouping of crimes specifically constructed to allow comparison of the estimates of all comparable crime and comparable sub-groups from the SCJS and police recorded crime statistics for a set of crimes that are covered by both sources.

3.1 Overall number of crimes - Police Recorded Crime and the SCJS, 1992 to 2013-14

Chart 20: Overall number of crimes - Police Recorded Crime and the SCJS, 1992 to 2013-14

1. After 1994, the recording period for police recorded crime changed from calendar year to financial year.

2. The shift to the current survey design in 2008-09 has led to greater certainty around estimates.

3. Latest SCJS figures are available for 2012-13 while the latest recorded crime statistics cover 2013‑14.

The 2012-13 SCJS estimates that there were 815,000 incidents of crime against adults in Scotland in 2012-13. This is 22% lower than in the 2008-09 survey when there were an estimated 1,045,000 crimes, meaning that in 2012-13, around one in six (16.9%) adults were the victim of at least one crime.

While Chart 20 presents overall estimated crime levels for surveys conducted since the 1990's, prior to the current SCJS methodology (employed in surveys since 2008‑09^[10]), crime survey estimates in Scotland were derived from smaller sample surveys and, in general, were subject to a higher level of uncertainty^[11]. No clear trend could be detected for changes to the overall number of crimes measured by the various Scottish crime surveys conducted prior to 2008-09. This is reflected in Chart 20 in the higher levels of fluctuation in the overall crime series prior to 2008-09. We have assessed that the greater levels of certainty around survey estimates since 2008-09

enable more consistency in comparisons between the SCJS and recorded crime series and as such the analysis that follows in this chapter focuses on the period from 2008-09 onwards.

In comparison to the SCJS, as noted previously in this report, in 2013-14, the police recorded 270,397 crimes; this represents a decrease of 1% since 2012-13, and a decrease of 28% since 2008-09. Chart 20 show that since the shift to the current survey design and increased sample sizes in 2008-09, survey estimates of the overall level of crime have fallen in line with similar reductions in overall recorded crime over the same period.

Chart 20 effectively highlights the scale of the difference between the number of crimes estimated by the SCJS, and the level recorded by the police. There are a range of reasons for this difference, however the main factor is that the SCJS captures crimes that do not come to the attention of the police, and therefore are not included in recorded crime figures. The 2012-13 SCJS estimated that, of the 815,000 incidents of crime, 39% came to the attention of the police. Therefore, while the SCJS is good for estimating the likely range of crime in the underlying population (and the level of uncertainty around such estimates), the police recorded crime data effectively highlights the level of crime with which the police are faced.

In summary then, the SCJS can help to identify the relative magnitude of crime not reported to the police and why crimes are not reported. In 2012-13, where crime was not reported to the police, the most common reasons SCJS respondents gave for not reporting crime were that the victim felt that the police could have done nothing (37%) or that the victim perceived the incident to be too trivial to involve the police (36%). Conversely, where crime was reported to the police, it was mostly because the victim felt that it was the right thing to do (49%) or in the hope that offenders would be caught and punished (27%).

3.2 Police Recorded Crime and the SCJS Crime Groups

As noted elsewhere in this report, recorded crime figures are grouped into five crime groups (Non-sexual crimes of violence, Sexual crimes, Crimes of dishonesty, Fire‑raising, vandalism etc. and Crimes against public justice) and two offence groups (Miscellaneous offences and Motor vehicle offences). However, the SCJS presents information in two broad crime categories: Property Crime and Violent Crime (outlined in Box 1 below).

There are a number of reasons that the SCJS crime categories do not match the recorded crime groups; principally this is because the SCJS is a victimisation survey and does not, for example, collect data on all of the crimes and offences that the police are faced with (e.g. homicide, shoplifting or motor vehicle offences).

Box 1: SCJS Crime types

However, the SCJS is able to collect more detailed information on crimes that are not reported to the police, as well as information on the characteristics of crime and the attitudes and perceptions of victims. Such information is vital in presenting a fuller picture of the nature of crime in Scotland, than can be gained from recorded crime figures alone.

This section provides an overview of the main findings from SCJS 2012-13 in the property crime and violent crime categories, however does not make many direct comparisons to police recorded crime data, due to the differences in crime group within the two sources, as outlined above. Comparisons with recorded crime results are made in the section 3.3 which outlines the comparable crime subset.

Property Crime

Property crime as measured by the SCJS involves theft or damage to personal or household property (including vehicles). In 2012-13, approximately 579,000 crimes (71% of all SCJS crime) were in this category, which means that it is estimated that around 15% of adults in Scotland were a victim of property crime. Between 2008-09 and 2012-13, there was a statistically significant decrease of 21% in property crime captured by the SCJS.

Of the 579,000 property crimes estimated by the SCJS in 2012-13, vandalism accounted for 27%, followed by other household theft (including bicycle theft) (21%), personal theft (excluding robbery)(13%), all motor vehicle theft related incidents (6%) and housebreaking (4%).

The types of property crime captured in the SCJS are mostly covered in two of the police recorded crime groups, crimes of dishonesty and crime in the fire-raising, vandalism etc. group. However, while the police recorded 137,324 crimes of dishonesty group in 2013-14 (a 1% increase since 2012-13) and 54,418 crimes in the fire-raising, vandalism etc. group (a 9% decrease since 2012-13), it should be noted that these groupings are not directly comparable with the SCJS 'property' crime group as, for example they cover some crimes (such as shoplifting (27,693 recorded crimes in 2013-14) and fraud (8,088 recorded crimes in 2013-14)) which are not captured in the SCJS.

In terms of crimes reported to the police, the 2012-13 SCJS estimates that over a third (35%) of property crimes were reported to the police, however, reporting rates were highest among victims of housebreaking (64%). The most common reasons given for not reporting property crime was that the incident was considered to be too trivial (43%) or that the victim felt that the police could not have done anything about it (41%). When property crime was reported, the most common reasons given were that reporting was considered to be the right thing to do/automatic (52%) or in the hope that offenders would be caught and punished (28%). Victims of property crime also experienced emotional responses, with annoyance (56%), anger (52%) and shock (16%) being the most commonly experienced.

Table 1 shows that property crime was experienced by near equal proportions of men (15%) and women (14%), however risk declined with age.

Table 1: The varying risk of property crime (SCJS 2012-13)

	All	Male	Female	16-24	25-44	45-59	60+
Property Crime	14.8	15.3	14.4	18.1	18.7	15.2	8.5
Base	12,050	5,210	6,840	970	3,590	3,110	4,380

Violent Crime

The SCJS violent crime category includes attempted assault, serious assault, minor assault and robbery. Of the 815,000 crimes measured by the SCJS in 2012-13, 236,000 (29%) were violent crimes, which means that it is estimated that around 3% of adults in Scotland were a victim of violent crime in 2012-13. Between 2008-09 and 2012-13 there was a statistically significant decrease of 25% in violent crime captured by the SCJS.

Of the 236,000 violent crimes estimated by the SCJS in 2012-13, minor assaults (no-negligible and minor injury) made up the majority (23%), followed by attempted assault (3%), serious assault (2%) and robbery (1%).

The latest data presented elsewhere is this report shows that in 2013-14, the police recorded 6,785 non-sexual crimes of violence. However, as noted already, this grouping is not directly comparable with the SCJS 'violent' crime group. Non-sexual crimes of violence (as used in police recorded crime) includes homicide, whilst, in addition, common assaults (which make up the majority of SCJS violent crime) are included in the miscellaneous offences police recorded crime group; in 2013-14 the police recorded 60,357 common assaults.

We know from the SCJS that not all crime is reported to the police. The 2012-13 SCJS estimates that almost half (48%) of violent crimes were reported to the police. The most common reasons victims provided for why violent crime was not reported was because they felt that the police could not have done anything about it (24%), they dealt with the matter themselves (23%) or that they considered the incident to be too trivial to involve the police (17%). Conversely, where violent crime was reported, the most common reasons given for reporting were that it was considered to be the right thing to do/automatic (42%), and-or the victim hoped to avoid repetition of the crime to themselves (29%) or someone else (29%).

Table 2 shows that that risk of violent crime decreases with age from 8% for those aged 16-24, to less than 1% for those aged 60 or over, and that males (4%) are at a higher risk of violent crime than females (2%).

Table 2: The varying risk of violent crime (SCJS 2012-13)

	All	Male	Female	16-24	25-44	45-59	60+
Violent Crime	3.1	4.2	2.2	8.2	4.3	1.9	0.4
Base	12,050	5,210	6,840	970	3,590	3,110	4,380

In addition, the 2012-13 SCJS estimates that almost one in three violent crimes (29%) happened between 9 pm and 3 am on the weekend and that victims thought that the offender was under the influence of alcohol in 59% of violent crime, and drugs in 29% of violent crime. Injuries were sustained by victims in almost three-fifths (58%) of violent crime. Where injuries were sustained, 60% received minor bruising or a black eye and 33% received scratches. Victims also experienced emotional responses to violent crime with anger (50%), annoyance (47%) and shock (38%) being the most commonly experienced.

3.3 Comparing SCJS estimates and Recorded Crime

3.3.1 Comparable Crime - Overall Comparison

As highlighted above, the two data sources cover different populations, time periods and crimes, which means that making direct comparisons is not straightforward. Comparisons can be made by examining a broadly comparable subset of crimes which are covered by each source and can be consistently coded in the SCJS in the same way as the police would do. Comparisons are made in the following three broad crime groups:

• Vandalism (other household crime including motor vehicle vandalism and property vandalism).
• Acquisitive crime (including bicycle theft, housebreaking and theft of motor vehicles).
• Violent crime (including serious assault, common assault and robbery).

On this basis, of the 815,000 crimes estimated by the 2012-13 SCJS, just under two-thirds (527,000) can be compared with police recorded crimes 2012-13.

The remainder of this section provides an overview of the level of crime and trends in the comparable subset from 2008-09 to 2012-13, the latest year for which data is available from both sources.

This analysis will be extended further in the forthcoming Scottish Government report, Bringing Together Scotland's Crime Statistics^[12] . This report will be made available on the following section of the Crime and Justice web pages and users will be informed of its publication via ScotStat. http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Statistics/Browse/Crime-Justice/crime-and-justice-survey/publications

Table 3: Comparable crime group estimates (2008-09 to 2012-13)

	2008-09	2009-10	2010-11	2012-13	% change 2008-09 to 2012-13	% change 2010-11 to 2012-13
Comparable Recorded Crime	215,901	195,728	183,117	144,662	-33%	-21%
Comparable SCJS Crime	731,000	630,000	556,000	527,000	-28%	-5%
Recorded Acquisitive Crime	27,527	26,146	26,478	21,834	-21%	-18%
SCJS Acquisitive Crime	64,000	61,000	61,000	73,000	16%	19%
Recorded Violent Crime	82,855	79,769	78,263	66,076	-20%	-16%
SCJS Violent Crime	317,000	266,000	220,000	236,000	-25%	7%
Recorded Vandalism	105,519	89,813	78,376	56,752	-46%	-28%
SCJS Vandalism	350,000	303,000	275,000	219,000	-37%	-20%

1. SCJS statistically significant changes (at 95% confidence interval) are shown in bold.

As presented in Table 3, in 2012-13, the SCJS estimated that there were 527,000 crimes in the overall comparable crime category, while the police recorded around 145,000 crimes in this category. The extent of overall comparable crime, in both the recorded crime figures and SCJS estimates, decreased between 2008-09 and 2012-13 (-33% and -28% respectively). The reduction in estimated SCJS comparable crime from 731,000 in 2008-09 to 527,000 in 2012-13 is a statistically significant change.

SCJS respondents are asked whether the police 'came to know about' the crime, either by them or somebody else. This allows comparisons to be made between crime estimated to have been reported to the police in the SCJS, and police recorded crime data. Figures from the 2012-13 SCJS indicate that of the 527,000 crimes in the overall comparable subset, around 232,000 incidents (44%), were estimated to have been reported to police. In 2012-13, the police recorded 144,662 crimes in the comparable category, so overall, it can also be estimated that around 27% of the total comparable crimes estimated by the SCJS (that is reported and non-reported crime) were recorded by the police in 2012-13.

However, it should be noted that this 'comparable' series is broadly, rather than directly, comparable. As a survey, the SCJS can only provide estimates of crimes reported to the police, not precise figures. It is not possible, for example, to match SCJS microdata (i.e. the individual records of survey respondents) to police recorded crime records. Therefore, it is not possible to determine whether a crime that a respondent said they reported to the police actually appeared on a police incident log in the relevant time period (at all, or before/after the time period) and, if so, to identify how it was recorded.

Consequently, we would not expect estimates of the crime reported to the police and the level recorded by the police to be equal. In light of this, the methods of analysis presented in this section are more suitable for assessing this relationship and variation of each series over time, rather than, for example, assessing with confidence the absolute level of crime estimated to have been reported but not recorded within each survey.

Finally, it should also be noted that there are a range of other factors which may affect the comparability of these series, for example it is possible that a number of crimes reported to the police are not captured and recorded by the police. However auditing of incidents and crimes recorded by Police Scotland by HMICS (http://www.hmics.org/publications/hmics-crime-audit-2014) indicates that police compliance in recording is generally good overall and does not indicate that this accounts for the difference in our two series of crime data or changes over time. In addition, the SCJS also contains factors which are likely to affect the degree of comparability to recorded crime; for example non-quantifiable error around survey estimates (for example, error in the recall of respondents about the data of the incident which may have been outside the survey reference period); or a change in underlying survey sample design (from clustered to unclustered in 2012-13); or the switch to SCJS biennial design in 2012-13, although these factors are not thought to have introduced any bias to the SCJS results.

3.3.2 Comparable Crime - by Comparable Crime Sub-groups

This section summarises findings for the comparable crime sub-groups: acquisitive crime, violent crime and vandalism. When considering these comparable crime sub-groups over time (as shown in Table 3), police recorded crime data should be used to assess the level of crime with which the police are faced and SCJS results used as a barometer to estimate the underlying level of crime.

Acquisitive Crime

In 2012-13, the SCJS estimated that there were 73,000 acquisitive crimes (+/-10,000, meaning that the true number of acquisitive crimes in the underlying population is estimated to lie somewhere between 63,000 and 82,000^[13]). Of these estimated 73,000 crimes, around 40,000 (55%) were said to have been reported to the police, while, in comparison, the police recorded 21,834 acquisitive crimes. Therefore, it can be estimated that 55% of the crime estimated to be reported to the police by the SCJS were captured in police statistics. This demonstrates and reinforces the finding that these two sources of crime data should be considered as broadly rather than directly comparable; for example, they do not cover the same populations or time periods, and the SCJS gathers information from a sample rather than the whole population so the results are always estimates not precise figures, and so are subject to a range of quantifiable and non-quantifiable error.

When considering this comparable crime sub-group over time, results show that recorded acquisitive crime decreased by 21% between 2008-09 and 2012-13, however, the SCJS estimates of acquisitive crime showed no statistically significant change between 2008-09 and 2012-13 (the apparent change from 64,000 to 73,000 is not statistically significant). Survey estimates on the comparable crime subgroups are based on small base sizes of respondents (272 for acquisitive crime in 2012-13) and as a consequence, there is less certainty around estimates.

The variable nature of making these type of comparisons is reflected, for example, in analysis of shorter term change in these series, which finds greater consistency in comparable acquisitive crime in the SCJS and recorded crime between 2008-09 and 2010-11 (respectively, a change of -5% (again non-statistically significant) and a decrease of 4%). Therefore, the uncertainty around the changes in this crime sub-group, both in the short and medium term, limit the conclusions which can be drawn when comparing the SCJS and recorded crime in the acquisitive crime sub-group at this stage.

Violent crime

In 2012-13, the SCJS estimated that there were 236,000 violent crimes (+/-40,000, meaning that the true number of violent crimes in the underlying population is estimated to lie somewhere within the range 196,000 to 275,000^[14]) and the police recorded 66,076 violent crimes. The SCJS estimates that around 113,000 (48%) violent crimes were reported to the police in 2012-13. Therefore, it can be estimated that 58% of the crime estimated to be reported to the police by the SCJS were recorded in police statistics, demonstrating, as mentioned above, that these two sources of crime data should be considered as broadly rather than directly comparable.

Between 2008-09 and 2012-13, recorded violent crime figures in the comparable category decreased by 20%, while, for the same period, the SCJS estimates of violent crime decreased by 25%, a statistically significant change in the SCJS results. As indicated by Table 3, the SCJS is often better able to detect changes in survey estimates with greater certainty over longer timescales, due primarily to the small numbers of victims identified in the survey (343 for violent crime in 2012-13).

Vandalism

In 2012-13, the SCJS estimated that there were 219,000 vandalism crimes (+/-20,000, meaning that the true number of vandalism crimes in the underlying population is estimated to lie somewhere between 199,000 and 239,000^[15]) of which around 79,000 (36%) were reported to the police, while the police recorded 56,752 vandalism incidents. From this, it can be estimated that 72% of the vandalism crime estimated to be reported to the police by the SCJS were recorded in police statistics, again demonstrating that these two sources of crime data should be considered as broadly rather than directly comparable.

Between 2008-09 and 2012-13, recorded vandalism figures fell by 46%, while SCJS estimates have been shown a statistically significant decrease of 37%. Compared to the violent crime and acquisitive crime groups, vandalism estimates are based on larger samples of respondents (760 in the 2012-13 survey), leading to greater certainty around changes in the short and medium term.

Conclusion

This chapter has brought together the two main sources of crime statistics in Scotland: the Scottish Crime and Justice Survey and Police Recorded Crime statistics. Although each source covers different populations, crimes and offences and time periods, considering them together presents a more comprehensive picture of crime in Scotland. For example, the latest figures from the SCJS show that there were an estimated 815,000 incidents of crime against adults living in households in Scotland in 2012-13, while the police in Scotland recorded 273,053 crimes in 2012-13 (and 543,678 other offences, including 60,955 common assaults). This difference between survey estimates and recorded crime figures shows that, for many reasons, not all crime comes to the attention of the police. However, the SCJS helps to assess this and in addition is able to capture more information on the characteristics of crime and victims of crime, helping to provide a fuller picture of the nature of crime in Scotland.

Due to the differences between them, making direct comparisons between the two sources is not straightforward. However, a comparable subset of crime can be used to make some broad comparisons to assess the relationship between recorded crime figures and SCJS estimates.

Table 4: Strengths and limitations of Police Recorded Crime and the SCJS

	Recorded Crime	Scottish Crime and Justice Survey
Where do the data come from?	Administrative police records	Face to face interviews with residents from a nationally representative sample of the household population
Basis for inclusion	Crimes recorded by the police in Scotland, governed by the Scottish Crime Recording Standard and Counting Rules.	Trained coders determine whether experiences of victimisation in the last 12 months constitute a crime and assign an offence code.
Frequency	Collected by financial year. Statistics released in an annual publication.	Survey conducted over 12 months, with recall period extending over 23 months. Results published biennially.
Strengths	Covers the full range of crimes and offences. Provides data at a local authority level. A good measure of rarer, more serious crimes that are well reported. Measure of long-term trends. Good measure of the volume and type of crime that the police are faced with.	Good measure of trends since 2008-09. Captures information about crimes that are not reported to the police (including sensitive issues such as drug abuse). Provides information on multiple and repeat victimisation (up to 5 incidents in a series). Analyses risk for different demographic groups and victim-offender relationships. Provides attitudinal data (e.g. fear of crime or attitudes towards the criminal justice system).
Limitations	Partially reliant on the public reporting crime. Reporting rates may vary by the type of crime (e.g. serious crime is more likely to be reported or housebreaking if a crime number is required for insurance purposes). Trends can be affected by legislation; public reporting practices; police recording practices.	Does not cover all crimes (e.g. homicide or 'victimless' crimes such as speeding). Does not cover the entire population (e.g. children, homeless people or people living in communal accommodation). Unable to produce robust data at lower level geographies. Difficult to measure trends between survey sweeps in rarer forms of crime (such as more serious offences). Estimates are subject to a degree of error.
What other data are collected?	Additional statistical bulletins published on homicides, racist incidents, firearm offences and domestic abuse incidents.	Public perceptions about crime. Worry about crime and the perceived likelihood of being a victim. Confidence in the police and the criminal justice system. Prevalence estimates on 'sensitive' topics (partner abuse, sexual victimisation, stalking and drug use).

Table 5: Crimes recorded by the police, Scotland, 2004-05 to 2013-14

Number & Percentage

Crime group	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08	2008-09	2009-10	2010-11	2011-12	2012-13	2013-14	% change 12-13 to 13-14
Total Crimes	438,123	417,785	419,257	385,509	377,433	338,124	323,247	314,188	273,053	270,397	-1
Non-sexual crimes of violence	14,728	13,726	14,099	12,874	12,612	11,228	11,438	9,533	7,530	6,785	-10
Homicide etc.1 (incl. causing death by driving)	165	121	159	142	134	106	122	121	91	106	16
Attempted murder & serious assault2	7,603	7,030	7,345	6,711	6,472	5,621	5,493	4,693	3,643	3,268	-10
Robbery	3,736	3,553	3,578	3,064	2,963	2,496	2,557	2,244	1,832	1,499	-18
Other	3,224	3,022	3,017	2,957	3,043	3,005	3,266	2,475	1,964	1,912	-3
Sexual crimes3	7,325	6,558	6,726	6,552	6,331	6,527	6,696	7,361	7,693	8,604	12
Rape & attempted rape	1,109	1,161	1,123	1,053	963	996	1,131	1,274	1,462	1,808	24
Sexual assault	3,470	3,392	3,452	3,502	3,297	3,412	3,220	2,908	3,008	3,405	13
Crimes associated with prostitution	1,458	730	779	682	765	661	576	567	534	490	-8
Other sexual crimes	1,288	1,275	1,372	1,315	1,306	1,458	1,769	2,612	2,689	2,901	8
Crimes of dishonesty	210,365	187,798	183,760	166,718	167,812	153,256	155,870	154,337	135,899	137,324	1
Housebreaking4	34,959	31,319	30,580	25,443	25,496	23,774	25,017	24,222	21,515	22,272	4
Theft by opening a lockfast place (OLP)	7,849	8,263	7,422	6,378	6,952	5,074	4,059	3,529	3,239	3,218	-1
Theft from a motor vehicle by OLP	20,403	16,453	16,060	15,217	13,649	10,173	9,495	8,988	6,159	6,189	0
Theft of a motor vehicle	15,633	14,041	15,000	12,105	11,551	9,304	8,716	7,060	5,731	5,976	4
Shoplifting	28,534	28,247	28,750	29,186	32,048	30,332	29,660	29,758	26,449	27,693	5
Other theft	77,586	72,128	70,241	64,645	64,384	61,008	64,680	66,681	58,704	58,794	0
Fraud	18,307	11,074	9,332	8,409	8,316	8,283	8,983	8,892	8,898	8,088	-9
Other dishonesty	7,094	6,273	6,375	5,335	5,416	5,308	5,260	5,207	5,204	5,094	-2
Fire-raising, vandalism etc.	128,566	127,889	129,734	118,025	109,430	93,443	82,020	75,201	59,479	54,418	-9
Fire-raising	4,698	4,856	4,976	4,635	4,651	4,244	3,966	3,755	3,066	2,549	-17
Vandalism etc.	123,868	123,033	124,758	113,390	104,779	89,199	78,054	71,446	56,413	51,869	-8
Other crimes	77,139	81,814	84,938	81,340	81,248	73,670	67,223	67,756	62,452	63,266	1
Crimes against public justice	25,616	27,668	32,052	31,353	29,493	26,885	26,294	26,635	23,401	23,610	1
Handling an offensive weapon	9,545	9,628	10,110	8,989	8,980	7,042	6,283	5,631	4,015	3,795	-5
Drugs	41,823	44,247	42,422	40,746	42,509	39,408	34,347	35,157	34,688	35,616	3
Other	155	271	354	252	266	335	299	333	348	245	-30

Notes:

This table can be accessed at local authority level online via the following link: http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Statistics/Browse/Crime-Justice/Datasets/RecCrime

1. Includes Murder, and Culpable homicide (common law), which includes Causing death by dangerous driving, Causing death by careless driving while under the influence of drink or drugs, Causing death by careless driving, Illegal driver involved in fatal accident and Corporate homicide.

2. For the definition of Serious assault please see Annex 1.

3. Implementation of Sexual Offences (Scotland) Act on 1 December 2010 will have an effect on comparability of breakdown of Sexual crimes over time.

4. Includes dwellings, non-dwellings and other premises. For a more detailed definition see Annex 1.

Table 6: Offences recorded by the police, Scotland, 2004-05 to 2013-14

Number & Percentage

Offence group1	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08	2008-09	2009-10	2010-11	2011-12	2012-13	2013-14	% change 12-13 to 13-14
Total offences										501,281
Miscellaneous offences					228,854	232,846	211,655	210,135	203,063	207,190	2
Common assault2	73,711	72,281	78,167	73,523	74,130	72,212	70,786	69,253	60,955	60,357	-1
Breach of the peace etc.3,4	91,772	91,400	95,051	92,206	93,327	87,403	70,468	71,451	70,301	71,288	1
Drunkenness and other disorderly conduct4,5					31,307	39,545	37,451	37,458	39,238	43,043	10
Urinating etc.4,6	5,550	6,781	7,753	8,384	10,717	14,186	13,620	13,602	15,420	15,361	0
Other4,5,6					19,373	19,500	19,330	18,371	17,149	17,141	0
Motor vehicle offences										294,091
Dangerous and careless driving	13,062	12,956	13,601	12,964	11,519	11,073	9,839	9,853	10,530	11,524	9
Driving under the influence	11,061	11,257	11,704	10,697	9,800	8,504	7,563	7,445	6,433	6,079	-6
Speeding										82,382
Unlawful use of vehicle										57,779
Vehicle defect offences										20,923
Seat belt offences7					26,225	29,324	29,171	31,505	33,047	37,880	15
Mobile phone offences7					23,957	26,146	27,736	29,110	30,875	35,764	16
Other7										41,760

Notes:

This table can be accessed at local authority level online via the following link: http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Statistics/Browse/Crime-Justice/Datasets/RecCrime

1. Since 2013-14, not all offence categories are comparable with previous years data. Please see Annex 2 for further information.

2. For the distinction between Serious assault and Common assault please see Annex 1.

3. Includes Breach of the peace, Threatening or abusive behaviour, Offence of stalking, Offensive behaviour at football and Threatening communications

4. Corrections made to data for years prior to 2013-14

5. Category now includes Consumption of alcohol in designated places (local byelaws). These crimes were previously included in the Other category

6. Urinating etc. was previously included in 'Other'

7. Seat belt offences and Mobile phone offences were previously included in Other motor vehicle offences

Table 7: Crimes and offences cleared up¹ by the police, as a percentage of those recorded, Scotland, 2004-05 to 2013-14

Percentage

Crime / Offence group	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08	2008-09	2009-10	2010-11	2011-12	2012-13	2013-14
Total crimes	45	46	47	48	49	49	49	49	51	52
Non-sexual crimes of violence	59	59	60	62	64	67	72	75	79	82
Homicide etc.2 (incl. causing death by driving)	99	99	100	99	100	106	99	97	104	102
Attempted murder & serious assault3	60	60	60	61	62	66	70	74	78	81
Robbery	39	37	39	40	46	46	55	62	66	72
Other violence	79	81	83	84	84	85	87	90	91	89
Sexual crimes4	75	75	74	71	68	66	66	67	68	76
Rape & attempted rape	69	72	67	70	61	57	55	57	62	73
Sexual assault	73	74	71	68	65	61	64	62	62	71
Crimes associated with prostitution	99	99	98	98	99	97	97	96	96	97
Other sexual crimes	60	65	70	68	63	67	69	72	73	79
Crimes of dishonesty	37	37	38	38	39	38	37	37	38	37
Housebreaking5	25	26	26	26	24	25	25	24	25	23
Theft by opening a lockfast place (OLP)	30	37	37	32	38	31	23	22	19	17
Theft from a motor vehicle by OLP	18	15	17	15	17	17	17	17	20	16
Theft of a motor vehicle	37	37	41	44	43	44	43	45	48	43
Shoplifting	77	77	78	77	78	79	78	79	80	79
Other theft	20	21	21	21	21	21	20	21	21	21
Fraud	80	76	75	74	75	57	57	55	52	56
Other dishonesty	79	79	78	82	79	73	74	74	72	71
Fire-raising, vandalism etc.	21	23	25	25	25	26	25	25	27	25
Fire-raising	22	26	26	25	24	24	22	24	26	27
Vandalism etc.	21	23	25	25	25	26	25	25	27	25
Other crimes	98	98	99	98	98	98	98	98	98	98
Crimes against public justice	98	98	98	98	98	97	98	98	98	98
Handling an offensive weapon	97	97	97	96	96	96	96	97	97	98
Drugs	97	98	100	99	99	99	99	99	98	99
Other	73	85	85	89	89	90	89	89	94	95
Miscellaneous offences6					83	83	82	84	85	87
Common assault7	69	70	71	71	70	70	70	71	73	76
Breach of the peace etc.8	87	88	88	88	87	86	84	87	88	89
Drunkenness and other disorderly conduct9					100	100	100	100	100	100
Urinating etc.10	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Other9,10					75	74	71	75	76	79

Notes:

This table can be accessed at local authority level online via the following link: http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Statistics/Browse/Crime-Justice/Datasets/RecCrime

1. The definition of cleared up can be found in Annex 1.

2. Includes Murder, and Culpable homicide (common law), which includes Causing death by dangerous driving, Causing death by careless driving while under the influence of drink or drugs, Causing death by careless driving, Illegal driver involved in fatal accident and Corporate homicide.

3. For the definition of Serious assault please see Annex 1.

4. Implementation of Sexual Offences (Scotland) Act on 1 December 2010 will have an effect on comparability of breakdown of Sexual crimes over time.

5. Includes dwellings, non-dwellings and other premises. For a more detailed definition see Annex 1.

6. Due to comparability issues, it is not possible to compare data with years prior to 2008-09. Further detail can be found in Annex 2.

7. For the distinction between Serious assault and Common assault please see Annex 1.

8. Includes Breach of the peace, Threatening or abusive behaviour, Offence of stalking, Offensive behaviour at football and Threatening communications

9. Category now includes Consumption of alcohol in designated places (local byelaws) previously included in 'Other'

10. Urinating etc. was previously included in the Other category

Table 8: Crimes recorded in Scotland per 10,000 population, 2004-05 to 2013-14

Number

Crime / Offence group	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08	2008-09	2009-10	2010-11	2011-12	2012-13	2013-14
Total crimes	862	818	817	746	725	646	614	593	514	508
Non-sexual crimes of violence	29	27	27	25	24	21	22	18	14	13
Homicide etc.1 (incl. causing death by driving)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Attempted murder & serious assault2	15	14	14	13	12	11	10	9	7	6
Robbery	7	7	7	6	6	5	5	4	3	3
Other violence	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	4	4
Sexual crimes3	14	13	13	13	12	12	13	14	14	16
Rape & attempted rape	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3
Sexual assault	7	7	7	7	6	7	6	5	6	6
Crimes associated with prostitution	3	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Other sexual crimes	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	5	5	5
Crimes of dishonesty	414	367	358	322	323	293	296	291	256	258
Housebreaking4	69	61	60	49	49	45	48	46	40	42
Theft by opening a lockfast place (OLP)	15	16	14	12	13	10	8	7	6	6
Theft from a motor vehicle by OLP	40	32	31	29	26	19	18	17	12	12
Theft of a motor vehicle	31	27	29	23	22	18	17	13	11	11
Shoplifting	56	55	56	56	62	58	56	56	50	52
Other theft	153	141	137	125	124	117	123	126	110	110
Fraud	36	22	18	16	16	16	17	17	17	15
Other dishonesty	14	12	12	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Fire-raising, vandalism etc.	253	250	253	228	210	179	156	142	112	102
Fire-raising	9	10	10	9	9	8	8	7	6	5
Vandalism etc.	244	241	243	219	201	170	148	135	106	97
Other crimes	152	160	165	157	156	141	128	128	118	119
Crimes against public justice	50	54	62	61	57	51	50	50	44	44
Handling an offensive weapon	19	19	20	17	17	13	12	11	8	7
Drugs	82	87	83	79	82	75	65	66	65	67
Other	0	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	0
Total offences5										941
Miscellaneous offences					440	445	402	396	382	389
Common assault6	145	141	152	142	142	138	135	131	115	113
Breach of the peace etc.7	181	179	185	178	179	167	134	135	132	134
Drunkenness and other disorderly conduct8					60	76	71	71	74	81
Urinating etc.9	11	13	15	16	21	27	26	26	29	29
Other8,9					37	37	37	35	32	32
Motor vehicle offences										552
Dangerous and careless driving	26	25	26	25	22	21	19	19	20	22
Driving under the influence	22	22	23	21	19	16	14	14	12	11
Speeding										155
Unlawful use of vehicle										108
Vehicle defect offences										39
Seat belt offences10					50	56	55	59	62	71
Mobile phone offences10					46	50	53	55	58	67
Other motor vehicle offences10										78
Total crimes and offences										1,448

Notes:

This table can be accessed at local authority level online via the following link: http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Statistics/Browse/Crime-Justice/Datasets/RecCrime

1. Includes Murder, and Culpable homicide (common law), which includes Causing death by dangerous driving, Causing death by careless driving while under the influence of dr ink or drugs, Causing death by careless driving, Illegal driver involved in fatal accident and Corporate homicide.

2. For the definition of Serious assault please see Annex 1.

3. Implementation of Sexual Offences (Scotland) Act will have an effect on comparability of breakdown of Sexual crimes over time. For further information please see Annex 2.

4. Includes dwellings, non-dwellings and other premises. For a more detailed definition see Annex 1.

5. Due to comparability issues, it is not possible to compare data with years prior to 2008-09. Further detail can be found in Annex 2.

6. For the distinction between Serious assault and Common assault please see Annex 1.

7. Includes Breach of the peace, Threatening or abusive behaviour, Offence of stalking, Offensive behaviour at football and Threatening communications (Offensive Behaviour at Football and Threatening Communications Act 2012).

8. Category now includes Consumption of alcohol in designated places (local byelaws) previously included in 'Other'

9. Urinating etc. was previously included in the Other category

10. Seat belt offences and Mobile phone offences were previously included in Other motor vehicle offences

Table 9: Crimes recorded by local authority area, 2013-14

Number

Local authority area	Non-sexual crimes of violence	Sexual crimes	Crimes of dishonesty	Fire-raising, vandalism, etc.	Other crimes	Total crimes	Miscellaneous offences	Motor vehicle offences	Total offences	Total crimes and offences
Aberdeen City	317	402	8,815	2,715	3,141	15,390	9,999	10,655	20,654	36,044
Aberdeenshire	117	255	3,693	1,688	1,083	6,836	4,010	8,899	12,909	19,745
Angus	87	251	1,966	896	804	4,004	2,409	5,094	7,503	11,507
Argyll & Bute	76	131	1,122	627	948	2,904	2,854	4,915	7,769	10,673
Clackmannanshire	63	59	1,006	681	521	2,330	1,419	2,720	4,139	6,469
Dumfries & Galloway	176	261	2,173	1,111	1,630	5,351	4,184	12,250	16,434	21,785
Dundee City	195	338	4,763	1,996	1,920	9,212	5,066	6,060	11,126	20,338
East Ayrshire	155	181	2,735	1,291	1,376	5,738	4,243	8,405	12,648	18,386
East Dunbartonshire	66	47	1,660	642	651	3,066	2,418	3,968	6,386	9,452
East Lothian	78	131	1,866	763	655	3,493	2,100	2,616	4,716	8,209
East Renfrewshire	33	50	1,179	539	319	2,120	1,303	3,649	4,952	7,072
Edinburgh, City of	869	856	22,493	5,995	5,401	35,614	15,686	14,977	30,663	66,277
Eilean Siar	11	31	160	151	125	478	494	631	1,125	1,603
Falkirk	149	222	3,533	1,584	1,722	7,210	4,956	11,902	16,858	24,068
Fife	383	964	8,093	3,323	3,387	16,150	11,009	12,633	23,642	39,792
Glasgow City	1,538	1,516	25,363	8,403	14,003	50,823	59,431	68,775	128,206	179,029
Highland	226	375	3,725	1,912	1,994	8,232	6,347	11,884	18,231	26,463
Inverclyde	125	88	1,617	832	1,661	4,323	3,902	3,849	7,751	12,074
Midlothian	100	95	2,313	990	848	4,346	2,440	1,347	3,787	8,133
Moray	53	166	1,577	762	557	3,115	2,091	4,246	6,337	9,452
North Ayrshire	225	183	3,534	1,549	1,556	7,047	4,941	7,318	12,259	19,306
North Lanarkshire	401	389	7,810	4,118	5,066	17,784	15,108	17,538	32,646	50,430
Orkney Islands	10	50	133	104	67	364	418	545	963	1,327
Perth & Kinross	127	209	2,360	852	1,382	4,930	3,075	6,640	9,715	14,645
Renfrewshire	300	258	4,311	1,717	2,705	9,291	7,389	11,413	18,802	28,093
Scottish Borders	73	152	1,479	792	710	3,206	2,342	3,140	5,482	8,688
Shetland Islands	9	18	158	112	143	440	352	474	826	1,266
South Ayrshire	122	147	2,808	1,036	975	5,088	3,753	7,268	11,021	16,109
South Lanarkshire	285	229	6,514	3,197	3,958	14,183	12,280	22,096	34,376	48,559
Stirling	72	120	1,952	850	787	3,781	2,533	6,818	9,351	13,132
West Dunbartonshire	139	116	2,112	1,180	1,656	5,203	4,074	5,456	9,530	14,733
West Lothian	205	314	4,301	2,010	1,515	8,345	4,564	5,910	10,474	18,819
SCOTLAND	6,785	8,604	137,324	54,418	63,266	270,397	207,190	294,091	501,281	771,678

Table 10: Percentage of crimes cleared up¹, by local authority area, 2013-14

Percentage

Local authority area	Non-sexual crimes of violence	Sexual crimes	Crimes of dishonesty	Fire-raising, vandalism, etc.	Other crimes	Total crimes	Miscellaneous offences
Aberdeen City	75	68	35	26	97	48	82
Aberdeenshire	79	69	32	22	99	42	77
Angus	93	79	49	33	98	58	86
Argyll & Bute	97	82	40	30	98	60	91
Clackmannanshire	100	75	46	32	98	56	85
Dumfries & Galloway	91	75	54	48	97	68	90
Dundee City	88	79	46	26	97	54	86
East Ayrshire	93	85	38	21	99	52	87
East Dunbartonshire	83	68	29	22	95	44	89
East Lothian	81	73	37	22	98	47	82
East Renfrewshire	82	56	25	14	100	35	78
Edinburgh, City of	76	71	30	19	99	40	75
Eilean Siar	100	132	61	52	116	78	97
Falkirk	93	86	48	34	97	59	85
Fife	94	86	56	41	99	65	93
Glasgow City	73	69	35	20	97	52	90
Highland	92	82	46	41	107	63	93
Inverclyde	70	75	43	15	99	60	94
Midlothian	87	80	36	26	98	48	80
Moray	89	78	30	28	101	46	78
North Ayrshire	84	75	31	18	98	46	85
North Lanarkshire	80	71	38	24	99	54	91
Orkney Islands	90	104	65	43	100	71	94
Perth & Kinross	98	76	44	37	97	61	90
Renfrewshire	74	71	32	16	99	51	88
Scottish Borders	89	75	45	35	101	57	90
Shetland Islands	122	78	63	45	106	74	94
South Ayrshire	88	91	37	22	99	49	89
South Lanarkshire	86	75	33	20	98	50	91
Stirling	94	73	46	30	99	55	86
West Dunbartonshire	95	63	40	19	98	56	87
West Lothian	84	71	34	20	100	45	79
SCOTLAND	82	76	37	25	98	52	87

Notes:

1. The definition of cleared up can be found in Annex 1.

Table 11: Number of crimes recorded by the police per 10,000 population¹ by local authority area, 2013-14

Rate per 10,000 population

Local authority area	Non-sexual crimes of violence	Sexual crimes	Crimes of dishonesty	Fire-raising, vandalism, etc.	Other crimes	Total crimes	Miscellaneous offences	Motor vehicle offences	Total offences	Total crimes and offences
Aberdeen City	14	18	388	120	138	678	440	469	909	1,587
Aberdeenshire	5	10	143	65	42	265	156	345	501	766
Angus	7	22	169	77	69	344	207	438	645	990
Argyll & Bute	9	15	127	71	108	330	324	558	882	1,212
Clackmannanshire	12	12	196	133	102	454	277	530	807	1,262
Dumfries & Galloway	12	17	145	74	108	356	278	815	1,094	1,450
Dundee City	13	23	321	135	130	622	342	409	751	1,373
East Ayrshire	13	15	223	105	112	469	347	686	1,033	1,502
East Dunbartonshire	6	4	157	61	61	290	228	375	603	893
East Lothian	8	13	184	75	65	345	207	258	465	810
East Renfrewshire	4	5	129	59	35	232	142	399	541	773
Edinburgh, City of	18	18	461	123	111	731	322	307	629	1,360
Eilean Siar	4	11	58	55	46	174	180	230	411	585
Falkirk	9	14	225	101	110	459	315	757	1,073	1,532
Fife	10	26	221	91	92	440	300	344	644	1,085
Glasgow City	26	25	425	141	235	852	996	1,153	2,149	3,001
Highland	10	16	160	82	86	353	272	510	783	1,136
Inverclyde	16	11	201	104	207	538	486	479	965	1,503
Midlothian	12	11	273	117	100	513	288	159	447	960
Moray	6	18	167	81	59	330	222	450	672	1,002
North Ayrshire	16	13	258	113	114	515	361	534	895	1,410
North Lanarkshire	12	12	231	122	150	527	447	519	967	1,493
Orkney Islands	5	23	62	48	31	169	194	253	446	615
Perth & Kinross	9	14	160	58	94	334	208	449	658	991
Renfrewshire	17	15	248	99	156	534	425	656	1,081	1,615
Scottish Borders	6	13	130	70	62	282	206	276	481	763
Shetland Islands	4	8	68	48	62	190	152	204	356	546
South Ayrshire	11	13	249	92	86	451	333	644	977	1,427
South Lanarkshire	9	7	207	102	126	450	390	702	1,092	1,542
Stirling	8	13	214	93	86	414	278	747	1,025	1,439
West Dunbartonshire	15	13	235	131	184	579	454	608	1,061	1,640
West Lothian	12	18	244	114	86	474	259	336	595	1,068
SCOTLAND	13	16	258	102	119	508	389	552	941	1,448

Notes:

1. Population estimates are as at mid-year 2013 from the National Records of Scotland.
(http://www.gro-scotland.gov.uk/statistics/theme/population/estimates/mid-year/index.html

Table 12: Number of crimes recorded by the police, index of rate per 10,000 population¹, by local authority area, 2012-13

Index of rate per 10,000 population

Local authority area	Non-sexual crimes of violence	Sexual crimes	Crimes of dishonesty	Fire-raising, vandalism, etc.	Other crimes	Total crimes	Miscellaneous offences	Motor vehicle offences	Total offences	Total crimes and offences
Aberdeen City	110	110	151	117	116	134	113	85	97	110
Aberdeenshire	36	61	56	64	35	52	40	63	53	53
Angus	59	134	66	75	58	68	53	79	69	68
Argyll & Bute	68	92	49	70	91	65	83	101	94	84
Clackmannanshire	96	71	76	130	86	90	71	96	86	87
Dumfries & Galloway	92	108	56	72	91	70	72	148	116	100
Dundee City	103	141	125	132	109	122	88	74	80	95
East Ayrshire	99	92	87	103	95	92	89	124	110	104
East Dunbartonshire	49	27	61	59	52	57	59	68	64	62
East Lothian	60	80	71	74	54	68	53	47	49	56
East Renfrewshire	28	34	50	58	29	46	37	72	58	53
Edinburgh, City of	140	109	179	120	93	144	83	56	67	94
Eilean Siar	32	70	23	54	38	34	46	42	44	40
Falkirk	74	87	87	99	92	90	81	137	114	106
Fife	82	163	86	89	78	87	77	62	68	75
Glasgow City	202	157	165	138	198	168	256	209	228	207
Highland	76	100	62	80	72	70	70	92	83	78
Inverclyde	122	68	78	101	174	106	125	87	103	104
Midlothian	93	69	106	114	84	101	74	29	48	66
Moray	44	109	65	79	50	65	57	82	71	69
North Ayrshire	129	83	100	111	96	101	93	97	95	97
North Lanarkshire	93	71	90	119	126	104	115	94	103	103
Orkney Islands	36	144	24	47	26	33	50	46	47	42
Perth & Kinross	67	88	62	56	79	66	54	81	70	68
Renfrewshire	135	92	96	97	131	105	109	119	115	112
Scottish Borders	50	83	50	68	53	55	53	50	51	53
Shetland Islands	30	48	26	47	52	37	39	37	38	38
South Ayrshire	85	81	97	90	73	89	86	117	104	99
South Lanarkshire	71	45	80	99	106	89	100	127	116	106
Stirling	62	81	83	91	73	82	71	135	109	99
West Dunbartonshire	122	80	91	129	155	114	117	110	113	113
West Lothian	91	110	95	112	72	93	67	61	63	74
SCOTLAND	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

Notes:

1. Population estimates are as at mid-year 2013 from the National Records of Scotland.
(http://www.gro-scotland.gov.uk/statistics/theme/population/estimates/mid-year/index.html).

Table A1: Crimes and offences recorded and cleared up¹ by the police, Scotland, 2009-10 to 2013-14

Number

	2009-10	2010-11	2011-12	2012-13	2013-14
Police strength at end financial year (full-time equivalent - FTE)	17,409	17,263	17,436	17,496	17,244
Number of crimes recorded	338,124	323,247	314,188	273,053	270,397
Crimes recorded per 1,000 population2	65	61	59	51	51
Crimes recorded per FTE police officer	19	19	18	16	16
Number of crimes cleared up1	166,680	156,943	155,264	140,083	139,306
Crimes cleared up per FTE police officer	10	9	9	8	8
Number of offences recorded					501,281
Offences recorded per 1,000 population2					94
Offences recorded per FTE police officer					29
Number of offences cleared up1					472,099
Offences cleared up per FTE police officer					27

Notes:

1. For a definition of cleared up, see Annex 1.

2. Population estimates are as at mid-year 2013 from the National Records of Scotland.
(http://www.gro-scotland.gov.uk/statistics/theme/population/estimates/mid-year/index.html).

Table A2: Sexual crimes¹ recorded by the police, Scotland, 2004-05 to 2013-14

Number & Percentage

Sexual crimes	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08	2008-09	2009-10	2010-11	2011-12	2012-13	2013-14	% change 12-13 to 13-14
Rape & attempted rape	1,109	1,161	1,123	1,053	963	996	1,131	1,274	1,462	1,808	24
Rape	900	975	922	908	821	884	997	1,183	1,372	1,690	23
Attempted rape	209	186	201	145	142	112	134	91	90	118	31
Sexual assault	3,470	3,392	3,452	3,502	3,297	3,412	3,220	2,908	3,008	3,405	13
Sexual assault including against children	1,542	1,557	1,714	1,721	1,681	1,737	1,774	2,056	2,166	2,449	13
Lewd and libidinous practices	1,928	1,835	1,738	1,781	1,616	1,675	1,446	852	842	956	14
Crimes associated with prostitution	1,458	730	779	682	765	661	576	567	534	490	-8
Crimes relating to prostitution	1,391	684	718	525	533	418	353	344	348	295	-15
Soliciting services of person engaged in prostitution	-	-	-	101	172	162	154	149	133	117	-12
Brothel keeping	11	11	18	27	24	34	21	36	28	32	14
Immoral traffic	47	27	17	16	21	36	33	26	14	32	129
Procuration	9	8	26	13	15	11	15	12	11	14	27
Other	1,288	1,275	1,372	1,315	1,306	1,458	1,769	2,612	2,689	2,901	8
Other sexually coercive conduct	~	~	~	~	~	~	155	660	823	956	16
Other sexual offences involving 13-15 year old children	277	316	436	394	370	445	441	516	429	434	1
Taking, distribution, possession etc. of indecent photos of children	*	*	*	*	*	69	225	375	595	621	4
Incest	27	29	19	18	19	49	17	18	16	11	-31
Illegal homosexual acts	117	98	84	87	97	74	118	46	45	53	18
Indecent exposure	858	816	817	786	786	766	742	894	680	682	0
Other sexual crimes	9	16	16	30	34	55	71	103	101	144	43
Total Sexual crimes1	7,325	6,558	6,726	6,552	6,331	6,527	6,696	7,361	7,693	8,604	12

- =The relevant legislation for this category was implemented in 2007-08.

~ =The relevant legislation for this category was implemented in 2010-11.

* = Crimes within this category were not separately identifiable before 2009-10.

Notes:

1. Implementation of Sexual Offences (Scotland) Act on 1 December 2010 will have an effect on comparability of breakdown of Sexual crimes over time.

Table A3: Further breakdown of Sexual crimes¹ recorded by the police, Scotland, 2009-10 to 2013-14

Number

Sexual crimes	2009-10	2010-11	2011-12	2012-13	2013-14	% change 12-13 to 13-14
Rape & attempted rape	996	1,131	1,274	1,462	1,808	24
Rape	884	997	1,183	1,372	1,690	23
Attempted rape	112	134	91	90	118	31
Sexual assault	3,412	3,220	2,908	3,008	3,405	13
Sexual assault committed prior to 1 December 2010	1,685	1,275	288	316	358	13
Sexual assault against an adult 16+	~	321	1,139	1,149	1,323	15
Sexual assault against a child aged 13-15	~	67	245	312	372	19
Sexual assault against a child under 13	52	111	384	389	396	2
Lewd and libidinous practices	1,675	1,446	852	842	956	14
Crimes associated with prostitution	661	576	567	534	490	-8
Crimes relating to prostitution	418	353	344	348	295	-15
Soliciting services of person engaged in prostitution	162	154	149	133	117	-12
Brothel keeping	34	21	36	28	32	14
Immoral traffic	36	33	26	14	32	129
Procuration	11	15	12	11	14	27
Other	1,458	1,769	2,612	2,689	2,901	8
Other sexually coercive conduct against an adult 16+	~	53	247	339	343	1
Other sexually coercive conduct against a child aged 13-15	~	48	181	256	365	43
Other sexually coercive conduct against a child under 13	~	54	232	228	248	9
Other sexual offences involving 13-15 year old children	445	441	516	429	434	1
Taking, distribution, possession etc. of indecent photos of children	69	225	375	595	621	4
Incest	49	17	18	16	11	-31
Illegal homosexual acts	74	118	46	45	53	18
Indecent exposure	766	742	894	680	682	0
Other sexual crimes	55	71	103	101	144	43
Total Sexual crimes1	6,527	6,696	7,361	7,693	8,604	12

~ =The relevant legislation for this category was implemented in 2010-11.

Notes:

1. Implementation of Sexual Offences (Scotland) Act on 1 December 2010 will have an effect on comparability of breakdown of Sexual crimes over time.

Table A4: Theft by housebreaking¹ (including attempts and housebreaking 'with intent'), Scotland, 2004-05 to 2013-14

Number & Percentage

Crime category	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08	2008-09	2009-10	2010-11	2011-12	2012-13	2013-14	% change 12-13 to 13-14
Domestic:	23,613	21,232	20,429	17,465	17,223	16,727	17,657	17,375	15,656	16,334	4
Dwelling	17,368	15,135	14,523	12,437	12,133	11,790	12,633	12,198	10,767	10,732	0
Non-dwelling	6,245	6,097	5,906	5,028	5,090	4,937	5,024	5,177	4,889	5,602	15
Other	11,346	10,087	10,151	7,978	8,273	7,047	7,360	6,847	5,859	5,938	1
Total Housebreaking	34,959	31,319	30,580	25,443	25,496	23,774	25,017	24,222	21,515	22,272	4
Percentage Domestic	68%	68%	67%	69%	68%	70%	71%	72%	73%	73%

1. For a more detailed definition of housebreaking see Annex 1.

Table A5: Theft of, and from, motor vehicles recorded by the police, Scotland, 2004-05 to 2013‑14

Number & Percentage

Crime category	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08	2008-09	2009-10	2010-11	2011-12	2012-13	2013-14	% change 12-13 to 13-14
Theft from motor vehicle of which:	27,921	23,569	22,858	21,944	20,825	17,075	16,531	16,906	13,323	13,821	4
Theft by opening a lockfast place (OLP)	15,012	12,162	11,519	11,181	9,847	7,400	6,795	6,386	4,404	4,450	1
OLP with intent to steal	3,367	2,634	2,882	2,695	2,613	1,812	1,793	1,792	1,198	1,152	-4
Attempted theft OLP	2,024	1,657	1,659	1,341	1,189	961	907	810	557	587	5
Other theft	7,518	7,116	6,798	6,727	7,176	6,902	7,036	7,918	7,164	7,632	7
Theft of motor vehicle	12,339	11,317	11,820	9,864	9,407	7,706	7,325	6,087	5,149	5,340	4
Attempted theft of motor vehicle	3,294	2,724	3,180	2,241	2,144	1,598	1,391	973	582	636	9
Total Motor vehicle theft	43,554	37,610	37,858	34,049	32,376	26,379	25,247	23,966	19,054	19,797	4

Table A6: Crimes of Handling an offensive weapon recorded by the police, Scotland, 2004-05 to 2013-14

Number & Percentage

Crime category	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08	2008-09	2009-10	2010-11	2011-12	2012-13	2013-14	% change 12-13 to 13-14
Possession of an offensive weapon	5,794	5,982	6,189	5,398	4,892	3,839	3,248	2,820	1,863	1,728	-7
Restriction of an offensive weapon	2	3	1	3	8	9	20	19	17	6	-65
Having in a public place an article with a blade or point	3,749	3,643	3,920	3,588	4,080	3,194	3,015	2,792	2,135	2,061	-3
Total Handling an offensive weapon	9,545	9,628	10,110	8,989	8,980	7,042	6,283	5,631	4,015	3,795	-5

Table A7: Drug crimes recorded by the police, Scotland 2004-05 to 2013-14

Number & Percentage

Crime category	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08	2008-09	2009-10	2010-11	2011-12	2012-13	2013-14	% change 12-13 to 13-14
Illegal importation of drugs	1	23	9	9	9	17	30	19	24	27	13
Illegal cultivation of drugs	254	297	437	490	609	753	964	1,242	1,251	1,185	-5
Possession of drugs with intent to supply	9,078	9,293	10,444	9,328	9,697	9,131	6,144	5,423	3,861	3,594	-7
Possession of drugs	32,268	34,440	31,329	30,559	31,805	29,179	26,960	28,326	29,150	30,451	4
Drugs, other offences, money laundering	222	194	203	360	389	328	249	147	402	359	-11
Total Drug crimes	41,823	44,247	42,422	40,746	42,509	39,408	34,347	35,157	34,688	35,616	3

Table A8: Breach of the peace etc. offences recorded by the police, Scotland, 2009‑10 to 2013-14

Number & Percentage

Crime category	2009-10	2010-11	2011-12	2012-13	2013-14	% change 12-13 to 13-14
Breach of the peace	87,403	58,432	33,710	25,072	21,755	-13
Threatening or abusive behaviour1	-	11,914	37,223	44,429	48,521	9
Offence of stalking1	-	122	495	605	875	45
Offensive behaviour at football2	-	-	22	154	126	-18
Threatening communications2	-	-	1	41	11	-73
Total Breach of the peace etc.	87,403	70,468	71,451	70,301	71,288	1

Notes:

1. Offence introduced in October 2010

2. Offence introduced in March 2012

Table A9: Racially aggravated offences, Scotland, 2004-05 to 2013-14

Number & Percentage

	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08	2008-09	2009-10	2010-11	2011-12	2012-13	2013-14	% change 12-13 to 13-14
Racially aggravated harassment	550	503	463	452	425	313	257	171	155	128	-17
Racially aggravated conduct	3306	3791	4011	4091	4,139	4,200	3,916	3,315	2,748	2,584	-6
Total	3,856	4,294	4,474	4,543	4,564	4,513	4,173	3,486	2,903	2,712	-7