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 9: Crimes and offences recorded by local authority area, 2015-16

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
										Number
Aberdeen City	335	621	7,489	2,683	3,173	14,301	8,247	8,477	16,724	31,025
Aberdeenshire	162	407	2,920	1,502	1,241	6,232	3,785	5,577	9,362	15,594
Angus	117	264	1,494	992	868	3,735	2,947	4,300	7,247	10,982
Argyll & Bute	90	146	868	639	888	2,631	2,175	3,539	5,714	8,345
Clackmannanshire	77	100	833	718	517	2,245	1,537	2,041	3,578	5,823
Dumfries & Galloway	148	374	2,144	1,390	1,823	5,879	4,472	11,066	15,538	21,417
Dundee City	235	419	4,508	1,900	1,775	8,837	5,901	5,165	11,066	19,903
East Ayrshire	142	200	2,661	1,369	1,455	5,827	3,951	3,124	7,075	12,902
East Dunbartonshire	67	76	1,346	559	572	2,620	1,449	1,203	2,652	5,272
East Lothian	61	99	1,841	854	636	3,491	1,544	993	2,537	6,028
East Renfrewshire	48	85	963	518	425	2,039	1,047	1,170	2,217	4,256
Edinburgh, City of	785	1,269	19,131	6,189	4,506	31,880	13,005	9,522	22,527	54,407
Falkirk	178	289	2,772	1,443	1,417	6,099	4,502	6,720	11,222	17,321
Fife	410	834	6,322	3,244	2,666	13,476	9,764	10,614	20,378	33,854
Glasgow City	1,492	1,706	20,086	7,905	12,159	43,348	40,194	26,885	67,079	110,427
Highland	235	489	2,764	1,865	2,210	7,563	5,793	13,166	18,959	26,522
Inverclyde	163	98	1,414	947	1,436	4,058	2,263	1,664	3,927	7,985
Midlothian	79	126	2,136	1,119	673	4,133	1,905	1,078	2,983	7,116
Moray	71	154	1,258	826	548	2,857	1,973	3,213	5,186	8,043
Na h-Eileanan Siar	7	63	143	110	145	468	417	689	1,106	1,574
North Ayrshire	161	211	2,955	1,527	1,497	6,351	4,082	3,921	8,003	14,354
North Lanarkshire	334	405	6,762	4,241	4,522	16,264	11,750	10,579	22,329	38,593
Orkney Islands	15	37	80	99	93	324	297	358	655	979
Perth & Kinross	121	276	2,381	1,020	1,210	5,008	3,011	5,023	8,034	13,042
Renfrewshire	250	253	3,466	1,669	2,912	8,550	6,771	5,069	11,840	20,390
Scottish Borders	102	134	1,205	798	677	2,916	1,792	1,967	3,759	6,675
Shetland Islands	13	35	189	106	270	613	454	736	1,190	1,803
South Ayrshire	124	168	2,466	1,045	1,057	4,860	3,005	3,654	6,659	11,519
South Lanarkshire	279	350	5,807	3,043	3,755	13,234	10,914	6,724	17,638	30,872
Stirling	100	133	1,639	1,017	1,110	3,999	2,460	4,816	7,276	11,275
West Dunbartonshire	162	115	1,800	1,076	1,675	4,828	3,489	3,432	6,921	11,749
West Lothian	212	337	3,946	1,813	1,269	7,577	4,000	3,812	7,812	15,389
SCOTLAND	6,775	10,273	115,789	54,226	59,180	246,243	168,896	170,297	339,193	585,436

Please see Notes for Tables at end of Chapter 6.

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Table 9: Crimes and offences recorded by local authority area, 2015-16

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