Recorded Crime in Scotland, 2020-2021

Statistics on crimes and offences recorded and cleared up by the police in Scotland, split by crime or offence group and by local authority. This bulletin also includes a new chapter which presents an estimate of how many cyber-crimes were recorded in Scotland during 2019-20 and 2020-21.


Table A7: Racially aggravated offences, Scotland, 2011-12 to 2020-21

2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19 2019-20 2020-21 % change 19-20 to 2020-21
Racially aggravated harassment 171 155 128 130 75 66 74 108 92 76 -17
Racially aggravated conduct 3,315 2,748 2,584 2,326 2,057 1,927 1,847 1,636 1,645 1,706 4
Total 3,486 2,903 2,712 2,456 2,132 1,993 1,921 1,744 1,737 1,782 3

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