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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 A5: Drug crimes 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 |
| Illegal importation of drugs | 9 | 17 | 30 | 19 | 24 | 27 | 21 | 52 | 64 | 70 | 9 |
| Illegal cultivation of drugs | 609 | 753 | 964 | 1,242 | 1,251 | 1,185 | 1,066 | 1,036 | 822 | 780 | -5 |
| Possession of drugs with intent to supply | 9,697 | 9,131 | 6,144 | 5,423 | 3,861 | 3,594 | 3,700 | 3,976 | 3,531 | 3,877 | 10 |
| Possession of drugs | 31,805 | 29,179 | 26,960 | 28,326 | 29,150 | 30,451 | 31,632 | 29,929 | 27,766 | 27,171 | -2 |
| Drugs, other offences, money laundering | 389 | 328 | 249 | 147 | 402 | 359 | 417 | 486 | 458 | 501 | 9 |
| Total Drug crimes | 42,509 | 39,408 | 34,347 | 35,157 | 34,688 | 35,616 | 36,836 | 35,479 | 32,641 | 32,399 | -1 |
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