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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 A3: Theft of, and from, motor vehicles recorded by the police, Scotland, 2008-09 to 2017-18
| Number & Percentage | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crime category | 2008-09 | 2009-10 | 2010-11 | 2011-12 | 2012-13 | 2013-14 | 2014-15 | 2015-16 | 2016-17 | 2017-18 | % change 16-17 to 17-18 |
| Theft from motor vehicle of which: | 20,825 | 17,075 | 16,531 | 16,906 | 13,323 | 13,821 | 12,933 | 11,081 | 10,162 | 9,397 | -8 |
| Theft by opening a lockfast place (OLP) | 9,847 | 7,400 | 6,795 | 6,386 | 4,404 | 4,450 | 4,173 | 3,285 | 2,715 | 2,495 | -8 |
| OLP with intent to steal | 2,613 | 1,812 | 1,793 | 1,792 | 1,198 | 1,152 | 1,119 | 964 | 733 | 753 | 3 |
| Attempted theft OLP | 1,189 | 961 | 907 | 810 | 557 | 587 | 524 | 435 | 440 | 486 | 10 |
| Other theft | 7,176 | 6,902 | 7,036 | 7,918 | 7,164 | 7,632 | 7,117 | 6,397 | 6,274 | 5,663 | -10 |
| Theft of motor vehicle | 9,407 | 7,706 | 7,325 | 6,087 | 5,149 | 5,340 | 4,866 | 4,597 | 4,696 | 4,594 | -2 |
| Attempted theft of motor vehicle | 2,144 | 1,598 | 1,391 | 973 | 582 | 636 | 557 | 431 | 520 | 430 | -17 |
| Total Motor vehicle theft | 32,376 | 26,379 | 25,247 | 23,966 | 19,054 | 19,797 | 18,356 | 16,109 | 15,378 | 14,421 | -6 |
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