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Recorded crime in Scotland: 2016-2017
Statistics on crimes and offences recorded and cleared up by the police in Scotland, split by crime or offence group and by local authority.
Table 6: Crimes recorded by the police, Scotland, 2007-08 to 2016-17 2
| Number & Percentage | |||||||||||
| Crime group | 2007-08 | 2008-09 | 2009-10 | 2010-11 | 2011-12 | 2012-13 | 2013-14 | 2014-15 | 2015-16 | 2016-17 | % change 15-16 to 16-17 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total crimes | 385,509 | 377,433 | 338,124 | 323,247 | 314,188 | 273,053 | 270,397 | 256,350 | 246,243 | 238,651 | -3 |
| Non-sexual crimes of violence | 12,874 | 12,612 | 11,228 | 11,437 | 9,484 | 7,468 | 6,686 | 6,272 | 6,737 | 7,164 | 6 |
| Homicide etc. 3 (incl. causing death by driving) | 142 | 134 | 106 | 122 | 121 | 91 | 106 | 105 | 81 | 105 | 30 |
| Attempted murder & serious assault 4 | 6,711 | 6,472 | 5,621 | 5,493 | 4,693 | 3,643 | 3,268 | 3,166 | 4,007 | 4,186 | 4 |
| Robbery | 3,064 | 2,963 | 2,496 | 2,557 | 2,244 | 1,832 | 1,499 | 1,497 | 1,327 | 1,435 | 8 |
| Other violence | 2,957 | 3,043 | 3,005 | 3,265 | 2,426 | 1,902 | 1,813 | 1,504 | 1,322 | 1,438 | 9 |
| Sexual crimes 5 | 6,552 | 6,331 | 6,527 | 6,696 | 7,361 | 7,693 | 8,604 | 9,557 | 10,273 | 10,822 | 5 |
| Rape & attempted rape | 1,053 | 963 | 996 | 1,131 | 1,274 | 1,462 | 1,808 | 1,901 | 1,809 | 1,878 | 4 |
| Sexual assault | 3,502 | 3,297 | 3,412 | 3,220 | 2,908 | 3,008 | 3,405 | 3,727 | 3,963 | 4,281 | 8 |
| Crimes associated with prostitution | 682 | 765 | 661 | 576 | 567 | 534 | 490 | 374 | 247 | 303 | 23 |
| Other sexual crimes | 1,315 | 1,306 | 1,458 | 1,769 | 2,612 | 2,689 | 2,901 | 3,555 | 4,254 | 4,360 | 2 |
| Crimes of dishonesty | 166,718 | 167,812 | 153,256 | 155,870 | 154,337 | 135,899 | 137,324 | 126,857 | 115,789 | 113,205 | -2 |
| Housebreaking 6 | 25,443 | 25,496 | 23,774 | 25,017 | 24,222 | 21,515 | 22,272 | 20,607 | 17,637 | 16,299 | -8 |
| Theft by opening a lockfast place ( OLP) | 6,378 | 6,952 | 5,074 | 4,059 | 3,529 | 3,239 | 3,218 | 2,879 | 2,193 | 1,940 | -12 |
| Theft from a motor vehicle by OLP | 15,217 | 13,649 | 10,173 | 9,495 | 8,988 | 6,159 | 6,189 | 5,816 | 4,684 | 3,888 | -17 |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 12,105 | 11,551 | 9,304 | 8,716 | 7,060 | 5,731 | 5,976 | 5,423 | 5,028 | 5,216 | 4 |
| Shoplifting | 29,186 | 32,048 | 30,332 | 29,660 | 29,758 | 26,449 | 27,693 | 27,364 | 28,424 | 28,650 | 1 |
| Other theft | 64,645 | 64,384 | 61,008 | 64,680 | 66,681 | 58,704 | 58,794 | 53,539 | 46,419 | 45,173 | -3 |
| Fraud | 8,409 | 8,316 | 8,283 | 8,983 | 8,892 | 8,898 | 8,088 | 6,913 | 7,400 | 7,811 | 6 |
| Other dishonesty | 5,335 | 5,416 | 5,308 | 5,260 | 5,207 | 5,204 | 5,094 | 4,316 | 4,004 | 4,228 | 6 |
| Fire-raising, vandalism etc. | 118,025 | 109,430 | 93,443 | 82,020 | 75,201 | 59,479 | 54,418 | 52,091 | 54,226 | 52,514 | -3 |
| Fire-raising | 4,635 | 4,651 | 4,244 | 3,966 | 3,755 | 3,066 | 2,549 | 2,351 | 2,595 | 2,793 | 8 |
| Vandalism etc. | 113,390 | 104,779 | 89,199 | 78,054 | 71,446 | 56,413 | 51,869 | 49,740 | 51,631 | 49,721 | -4 |
| Other crimes | 81,340 | 81,248 | 73,670 | 67,224 | 67,805 | 62,514 | 63,365 | 61,573 | 59,218 | 54,946 | -7 |
| Crimes against public justice | 31,353 | 29,493 | 26,885 | 26,294 | 26,635 | 23,401 | 23,610 | 21,100 | 20,361 | 18,795 | -8 |
| Handling offensive weapons | 8,989 | 8,980 | 7,042 | 6,283 | 5,631 | 4,015 | 3,795 | 3,289 | 3,111 | 3,271 | 5 |
| Drugs | 40,746 | 42,509 | 39,408 | 34,347 | 35,157 | 34,688 | 35,616 | 36,836 | 35,479 | 32,641 | -8 |
| Other | 252 | 266 | 335 | 300 | 382 | 410 | 344 | 348 | 267 | 239 | -10 |
Please see Notes for Tables at end of Chapter 6.
Contact
Email: Jamie Macfarlane, jamie.macfarlane@gov.scot
Phone: 0300 244 4000 – Central Enquiry Unit
The Scottish Government
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