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 A8: Common assault offences recorded by the police, 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 19-20-2021
Common assault 62,146 54,441 53,544 51,698 52,182 51,352 51,331 50,817 50,314 43,934 -13
Common assault of an emergency worker 7,107 6,514 6,813 6,480 6,414 6,509 7,004 7,098 7,519 8,118 8
Total 69,253 60,955 60,357 58,178 58,596 57,861 58,335 57,915 57,833 52,052 -10

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