Recorded crime in Scotland 2017-2018

This bulletin presents statistics on crimes and offences recorded and cleared up by the police in Scotland, disaggregated by crime/offence group and by local authority.


Table 9: Crimes and offences recorded by local authority area, 2017-18

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 377 623 6,013 2,189 3,307 12,509 6,607 6,419 13,026 25,535
Aberdeenshire 186 516 2,506 1,367 1,714 6,289 3,713 6,230 9,943 16,232
Angus 110 335 1,422 880 692 3,439 2,291 3,685 5,976 9,415
Argyll & Bute 63 170 722 540 769 2,264 1,853 2,641 4,494 6,758
Clackmannanshire 80 116 784 632 579 2,191 1,489 864 2,353 4,544
Dumfries & Galloway 146 473 2,151 1,357 1,971 6,098 4,168 8,068 12,236 18,334
Dundee City 272 606 4,211 1,821 2,046 8,956 4,338 5,434 9,772 18,728
East Ayrshire 132 254 2,106 1,267 1,451 5,210 3,054 2,533 5,587 10,797
East Dunbartonshire 78 108 1,243 594 564 2,587 1,348 1,023 2,371 4,958
East Lothian 81 134 1,983 835 724 3,757 1,583 1,044 2,627 6,384
East Renfrewshire 46 112 1,083 660 593 2,494 1,060 846 1,906 4,400
Edinburgh, City of 838 1,086 20,429 5,887 4,840 33,080 12,868 9,302 22,170 55,250
Falkirk 215 454 2,622 1,666 1,730 6,687 4,430 3,510 7,940 14,627
Fife 452 1,119 6,476 3,250 2,936 14,233 8,755 8,039 16,794 31,027
Glasgow City 1,553 2,032 20,641 8,216 11,535 43,977 26,624 16,492 43,116 87,093
Highland 221 445 3,131 1,731 2,339 7,867 4,720 10,173 14,893 22,760
Inverclyde 114 180 1,318 708 1,186 3,506 1,860 1,697 3,557 7,063
Midlothian 98 179 2,407 1,071 812 4,567 1,862 1,291 3,153 7,720
Moray 90 221 848 560 773 2,492 1,871 2,861 4,732 7,224
Na h-Eileanan Siar 8 53 95 71 107 334 325 513 838 1,172
North Ayrshire 185 247 2,897 1,267 1,362 5,958 3,272 2,417 5,689 11,647
North Lanarkshire 461 660 7,212 3,888 4,546 16,767 9,853 6,165 16,018 32,785
Orkney Islands 13 27 103 81 82 306 244 374 618 924
Perth & Kinross 129 295 2,002 812 979 4,217 2,278 4,447 6,725 10,942
Renfrewshire 266 316 3,469 1,727 2,242 8,020 5,060 4,021 9,081 17,101
Scottish Borders 81 205 1,488 872 802 3,448 1,737 1,626 3,363 6,811
Shetland Islands 13 26 79 104 133 355 258 483 741 1,096
South Ayrshire 119 193 2,342 820 1,054 4,528 2,529 2,324 4,853 9,381
South Lanarkshire 374 545 6,330 3,074 3,261 13,584 8,131 4,631 12,762 26,346
Stirling 79 191 1,519 813 769 3,371 1,998 2,546 4,544 7,915
West Dunbartonshire 128 194 1,689 969 1,209 4,189 2,749 2,126 4,875 9,064
West Lothian 243 372 3,153 1,593 1,863 7,224 4,084 3,190 7,274 14,498
Scotland 7,251 12,487 114,474 51,322 58,970 244,504 137,012 127,015 264,027 508,531
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