Publication - Statistics

Recorded Crime in Scotland, 2015-16

Published: 27 September 2016
Topic: Communities and third sector
ISBN: 9781786524775

Statistics on crimes and offences recorded and cleared up by the police in Scotland.

Table 8: Crimes and offences recorded in Scotland per 10,000 population ¹¹, 2006-07 to 2015-16 ²

Crime / Offence group	2006-07	2007-08	2008-09	2009-10	2010-11	2011-12	2012-13	2013-14	2014-15	2015-16
										Percentage
Total crimes	817	746	725	646	614	593	514	508	479	458
Non-sexual crimes of violence	27	25	24	21	22	18	14	13	12	13
Homicide etc. ³ (incl. causing death by driving)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Attempted murder & serious assault ⁴	14	13	12	11	10	9	7	6	6	7
Robbery	7	6	6	5	5	4	3	3	3	2
Other violence	6	6	6	6	6	5	4	4	3	3
Sexual crimes ⁵	13	13	12	12	13	14	14	16	18	19
Rape & attempted rape	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	4	3
Sexual assault	7	7	6	7	6	5	6	6	7	7
Crimes associated with prostitution	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0
Other sexual crimes	3	3	3	3	3	5	5	5	7	8
Crimes of dishonesty	358	322	323	293	296	291	256	258	237	216
Housebreaking ⁶	60	49	49	45	48	46	40	42	39	33
Theft by opening a lockfast place ( OLP)	14	12	13	10	8	7	6	6	5	4
Theft from a motor vehicle by OLP	31	29	26	19	18	17	12	12	11	9
Theft of a motor vehicle	29	23	22	18	17	13	11	11	10	9
Shoplifting	56	56	62	58	56	56	50	52	51	53
Other theft	137	125	124	117	123	126	110	110	100	86
Fraud	18	16	16	16	17	17	17	15	13	14
Other dishonesty	12	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	8	7
Fire-raising, vandalism etc.	253	228	210	179	156	142	112	102	97	101
Fire-raising	10	9	9	8	8	7	6	5	4	5
Vandalism etc.	243	219	201	170	148	135	106	97	93	96
Other crimes	165	157	156	141	128	128	118	119	115	110
Crimes against public justice	62	61	57	51	50	50	44	44	39	38
Handling an offensive weapon	20	17	17	13	12	11	8	7	6	6
Drugs	83	79	82	75	65	66	65	67	69	66
Other	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0
Total offences ¹⁰								941	710	631
Miscellaneous offences ⁷			440	445	402	396	382	389	343	314
Common assault ⁴	152	142	142	138	135	131	115	113	109	109
Breach of the peace etc. ⁸	185	178	179	167	134	135	132	134	118	116
Drunkenness and other disorderly conduct ⁷			60	76	71	71	74	81	66	46
Urinating etc.	15	16	21	27	26	26	29	29	21	14
Other ⁷			37	37	37	35	32	32	29	29
Motor vehicle offences ¹⁰								552	366	317
Dangerous and careless driving	26	25	22	21	19	19	20	22	20	22
Driving under the influence	23	21	19	16	14	14	12	11	10	10
Speeding ¹⁰								155	114	101
Unlawful use of vehicle ¹⁰								108	76	77
Vehicle defect offences ¹⁰								39	29	24
Seat belt offences ⁷			50	56	55	59	62	71	29	15
Mobile phone offences ⁷			46	50	53	55	58	67	34	19
Other motor vehicle offences ¹⁰								78	54	48
Total crimes and offences ¹⁰								1,448	1,189	1,090

Please see Notes for Tables at end of Chapter 6.

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