Publication - Statistics

Recorded crime in Scotland 2017-2018

Published: 25 September 2018
Directorate: Safer Communities Directorate
Topic: Law and order
ISBN: 9781787812376

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.

Supporting documents

Table 11: Crimes recorded per 10,000 population¹¹, Scotland, 1971 to 2017-18

Year	Non-sexual crimes of violence	Sexual crimes	Crimes of dishonesty	Fire-raising, vandalism, etc.	Other crimes*	Total crimes*	Population
	Rate per 10,000 population
1971	11	9	332	42	9	403	5,235,600
1972	11	8	329	48	11	406	5,230,600
1973	10	9	307	59	12	397	5,233,900
1974	11	8	355	59	12	446	5,240,800
1975 ¹²	14	8	434	70	12	538	5,232,400
1976	15	8	487	84	13	607	5,233,400
1977	16	8	555	102	14	695	5,226,200
1978	16	9	504	98	16	643	5,212,300
1979	15	9	517	108	17	666	5,203,600
1980	17	10	539	116	20	702	5,193,900
1981	18	9	618	119	24	788	5,180,200
1982	18	10	658	128	28	842	5,164,540
1983	19	11	665	142	28	865	5,148,120
1984	21	11	699	154	33	918	5,138,880
1985	22	11	668	155	37	893	5,127,890
1986	23	10	670	154	39	897	5,111,760
1987	27	10	699	150	41	928	5,099,020
1988	26	10	679	145	42	902	5,077,440
1989	27	11	700	156	48	942	5,078,190
1990	26	12	758	170	55	1,020	5,081,270
1991	31	11	846	177	62	1,127	5,083,330
1992	33	12	816	181	68	1,111	5,085,620
1993	28	12	736	165	74	1,016	5,092,460
1994	28	12	687	174	80	980	5,102,210
1995-96	29	11	626	174	97	937	5,103,690
1996-97	28	12	561	169	96	865	5,092,190
1997-98	26	15	525	159	103	828	5,083,340
1998-99	29	14	546	153	114	855	5,077,070
1999-00	31	12	543	160	112	859	5,071,950
2000-01	29	11	500	169	116	827	5,062,940
2001-02	31	12	480	187	132	842	5,064,200
2002-03	32	13	444	193	144	826	5,066,000
2003-04	30	13	416	205	153	817	5,068,500
2004-05	29	14	414	253	152	862	5,084,300
2005-06	27	13	367	250	160	818	5,110,200
2006-07	27	13	358	253	165	817	5,133,100
2007-08	25	13	322	228	157	746	5,170,000
2008-09	25	13	320	227	156	725	5,202,900
2009-10	24	12	321	209	155	646	5,231,900
2010-11	21	12	291	178	140	614	5,262,200
2011-12	22	13	294	155	127	593	5,299,900
2012-13	18	14	290	142	128	514	5,313,600
2013-14	14	14	255	112	117	508	5,327,700
2014-15	13	16	257	102	118	479	5,347,600
2015-16	12	18	236	97	115	458	5,373,000
2016-17	13	21	209	97	102	442	5,404,700
2017-18	13	23	211	95	109	451	5,424,800

*Part of the change in Total crime and Other Crimes in 2017-18 is due to additional crimes of handling an offensive weapon. Further information on this procedural change and its impact on the statistics are available in Section 2.10.

Please see Notes for Tables at end of Chapter 6.

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Table 11: Crimes recorded per 10,000 population¹¹, Scotland, 1971 to 2017-18