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 10: Number of crimes recorded by the police, Scotland, 1971 to 2015-16

Year	Non-sexual crimes of violence	Sexual crimes	Crimes of dishonesty	Fire-raising, vandalism, etc.	Other crimes	Total crimes
						Number
1971	5,532	4,611	173,940	21,962	4,921	210,966
1972	5,642	4,333	171,904	24,934	5,716	212,529
1973	5,334	4,471	160,527	30,939	6,507	207,778
1974	5,920	4,111	186,304	30,835	6,385	233,555
1975 ¹²	7,353	4,263	227,264	36,517	6,088	281,485
1976	8,056	4,290	254,880	43,757	6,894	317,877
1977	8,154	4,368	290,245	53,125	7,490	363,382
1978	8,168	4,653	262,576	51,148	8,412	334,957
1979	7,988	4,673	269,193	56,138	8,688	346,680
1980	8,821	5,244	279,793	60,121	10,608	364,587
1981	9,266	4,794	320,003	61,725	12,416	408,204
1982	9,408	4,996	340,070	66,013	14,594	435,081
1983	9,926	5,474	342,452	73,060	14,583	445,495
1984	10,706	5,710	359,196	79,054	16,977	471,643
1985	11,456	5,741	342,349	79,545	18,808	457,899
1986	11,818	5,354	342,522	78,891	20,020	458,605
1987	13,686	5,266	356,527	76,444	21,024	472,947
1988	13,384	5,057	344,509	73,518	21,453	457,921
1989	13,606	5,742	355,525	79,062	24,273	478,208
1990	13,098	6,034	385,152	86,457	27,781	518,522
1991	15,562	5,844	430,153	89,726	31,636	572,921
1992	16,764	6,150	414,992	92,237	34,747	564,890
1993	14,252	6,047	374,937	84,194	37,817	517,247
1994	14,492	5,998	350,346	88,543	40,731	500,110
1995-96	14,981	5,740	319,269	88,839	49,310	478,139
1996-97	14,233	5,941	285,785	86,025	48,703	440,687
1997-98	13,394	7,414	266,886	81,036	52,272	421,002
1998-99	14,693	7,071	276,974	77,624	57,734	434,096
1999-00	15,831	5,882	275,557	81,197	57,014	435,481
2000-01	14,812	5,727	253,295	85,781	58,879	418,494
2001-02	15,653	5,994	242,878	94,944	66,719	426,188
2002-03	16,074	6,623	224,785	97,598	73,201	418,281
2003-04	15,187	6,785	211,004	103,732	77,506	414,214
2004-05	14,728	7,325	210,365	128,566	77,139	438,123
2005-06	13,726	6,558	187,798	127,889	81,814	417,785
2006-07	14,099	6,726	183,760	129,734	84,938	419,257
2007-08	12,874	6,552	166,718	118,025	81,340	385,509
2008-09	12,612	6,331	167,812	109,430	81,248	377,433
2009-10	11,228	6,527	153,256	93,443	73,670	338,124
2010-11	11,438	6,696	155,870	82,020	67,223	323,247
2011-12	9,533	7,361	154,337	75,201	67,756	314,188
2012-13	7,530	7,693	135,899	59,479	62,452	273,053
2013-14	6,785	8,604	137,324	54,418	63,266	270,397
2014-15	6,357	9,557	126,857	52,091	61,488	256,350
2015-16	6,775	10,273	115,789	54,226	59,180	246,243

Please see Notes for Tables at end of Chapter 6.

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Table 10: Number of crimes recorded by the police, Scotland, 1971 to 2015-16

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