Publication - Statistics

Recorded crime in Scotland: 2016-2017

Published: 26 September 2017
Directorate: Safer Communities Directorate
Topic: Law and order, Public safety and emergencies
ISBN: 9781788511971

Statistics on crimes and offences recorded and cleared up by the police in Scotland, split by crime or offence group and by local authority.

Supporting documents

Table 8: Crimes and offences recorded in Scotland per 10,000 population ¹¹, 2007-08 to 2016-17 ²

Crime / Offence group	2007-08	2008-09	2009-10	2010-11	2011-12	2012-13	2013-14	2014-15	2015-16	2016-17
Percentage
Total crimes	746	725	646	614	593	514	508	479	458	442
Non-sexual crimes of violence	25	24	21	22	18	14	13	12	13	13
Homicide etc. ³ (incl. causing death by driving)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Attempted murder & serious assault ⁴	13	12	11	10	9	7	6	6	7	8
Robbery	6	6	5	5	4	3	3	3	2	3
Other violence	6	6	6	6	5	4	3	3	2	3
Sexual crimes ⁵	13	12	12	13	14	14	16	18	19	20
Rape & attempted rape	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	4	3	3
Sexual assault	7	6	7	6	5	6	6	7	7	8
Crimes associated with prostitution	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	1
Other sexual crimes	3	3	3	3	5	5	5	7	8	8
Crimes of dishonesty	322	323	293	296	291	256	258	237	216	209
Housebreaking ⁶	49	49	45	48	46	40	42	39	33	30
Theft by opening a lockfast place ( OLP)	12	13	10	8	7	6	6	5	4	4
Theft from a motor vehicle by OLP	29	26	19	18	17	12	12	11	9	7
Theft of a motor vehicle	23	22	18	17	13	11	11	10	9	10
Shoplifting	56	62	58	56	56	50	52	51	53	53
Other theft	125	124	117	123	126	110	110	100	86	84
Fraud	16	16	16	17	17	17	15	13	14	14
Other dishonesty	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	8	7	8
Fire-raising, vandalism etc.	228	210	179	156	142	112	102	97	101	97
Fire-raising	9	9	8	8	7	6	5	4	5	5
Vandalism etc.	219	201	170	148	135	106	97	93	96	92
Other crimes	157	156	141	128	128	118	119	115	110	102
Crimes against public justice	61	57	51	50	50	44	44	39	38	35
Handling offensive weapons	17	17	13	12	11	8	7	6	6	6
Drugs	79	82	75	65	66	65	67	69	66	60
Other	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0
Total offences ¹⁰							941	710	631	535
Miscellaneous offences ⁷		440	445	402	396	382	389	343	314	279
Common assault ⁴	142	142	138	135	131	115	113	109	109	107
Breach of the peace etc. ⁸	178	179	167	134	135	132	134	118	116	108
Drunkenness and other disorderly conduct ⁷		60	76	71	71	74	81	66	46	29
Urinating etc.	16	21	27	26	26	29	29	21	14	8
Other ⁷		37	37	37	35	32	32	29	29	27
Motor vehicle offences ¹⁰							552	366	317	256
Dangerous and careless driving	25	22	21	19	19	20	22	20	22	22
Driving under the influence	21	19	16	14	14	12	11	10	10	11
Speeding ¹⁰							155	114	101	64
Unlawful use of vehicle ¹⁰							108	76	77	85
Vehicle defect offences ¹⁰							39	29	24	16
Seat belt offences ⁷		50	56	55	59	62	71	29	15	8
Mobile phone offences ⁷		46	50	53	55	58	67	34	19	12
Other ¹⁰							78	54	48	38

Please see Notes for Tables at end of Chapter 6.

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Email: Jamie Macfarlane, jamie.macfarlane@gov.scot

Phone: 0300 244 4000 – Central Enquiry Unit

The Scottish Government
St Andrew's House
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