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 9: Crimes and offences recorded by local authority area, 2016-17

Number
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
Aberdeen City 401 683 7,415 2,312 3,123 13,934 7,607 7,226 14,833 28,767
Aberdeenshire 212 445 2,889 1,357 1,476 6,379 3,661 5,450 9,111 15,490
Angus 110 235 1,419 898 672 3,334 2,504 3,892 6,396 9,730
Argyll & Bute 51 137 718 590 673 2,169 2,029 2,829 4,858 7,027
Clackmannanshire 60 89 768 651 501 2,069 1,473 1,251 2,724 4,793
Dumfries & Galloway 152 388 1,952 1,586 1,887 5,965 3,925 8,950 12,875 18,840
Dundee City 260 526 4,390 1,916 1,810 8,902 4,887 5,349 10,236 19,138
East Ayrshire 143 151 2,241 1,393 1,372 5,300 3,388 2,647 6,035 11,335
East Dunbartonshire 86 141 1,553 543 524 2,847 1,465 1,073 2,538 5,385
East Lothian 96 160 1,861 876 576 3,569 1,539 989 2,528 6,097
East Renfrewshire 55 106 936 564 493 2,154 1,179 929 2,108 4,262
Edinburgh, City of 771 968 18,116 5,696 4,007 29,558 12,967 8,808 21,775 51,333
Falkirk 197 297 2,462 1,418 1,339 5,713 4,029 4,609 8,638 14,351
Fife 439 893 6,075 3,335 2,683 13,425 9,326 8,791 18,117 31,542
Glasgow City 1,539 1,691 21,259 8,174 11,240 43,903 33,364 19,524 52,888 96,791
Highland 227 559 2,972 1,815 2,119 7,692 5,255 10,583 15,838 23,530
Inverclyde 94 158 1,276 904 1,183 3,615 1,994 2,149 4,143 7,758
Midlothian 98 157 2,320 1,175 873 4,623 2,073 1,269 3,342 7,965
Moray 86 221 966 674 661 2,608 2,193 2,980 5,173 7,781
Na h-Eileanan Siar 14 39 133 86 105 377 304 730 1,034 1,411
North Ayrshire 170 215 2,810 1,570 1,373 6,138 3,873 2,487 6,360 12,498
North Lanarkshire 398 478 7,400 4,028 4,060 16,364 10,309 6,425 16,734 33,098
Orkney Islands 12 31 121 94 57 315 278 412 690 1,005
Perth & Kinross 168 308 2,040 817 1,194 4,527 2,400 4,298 6,698 11,225
Renfrewshire 257 302 3,072 1,606 2,431 7,668 5,846 4,243 10,089 17,757
Scottish Borders 98 159 1,353 812 631 3,053 1,871 1,953 3,824 6,877
Shetland Islands 11 22 125 86 161 405 314 698 1,012 1,417
South Ayrshire 110 174 2,002 868 944 4,098 2,626 2,781 5,407 9,505
South Lanarkshire 352 391 5,756 3,067 3,149 12,715 8,544 5,157 13,701 26,416
Stirling 85 138 1,463 791 928 3,405 2,127 3,533 5,660 9,065
West Dunbartonshire 138 154 1,839 1,071 1,310 4,512 3,269 2,769 6,038 10,550
West Lothian 274 406 3,503 1,741 1,391 7,315 4,174 3,384 7,558 14,873
SCOTLAND 7,164 10,822 113,205 52,514 54,946 238,651 150,793 138,168 288,961 527,612

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