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Publication - Statistics

Recorded crime in Scotland: 2018-2019

Published
24 September 2019
Directorate
Justice Directorate
Topic
Law and order
ISBN
9781839601798

Statistics on crimes and offences recorded and cleared up by the police in Scotland, split by crime or offence group and by local authority.

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Table A1: Sexual crimes5 recorded by the police, Scotland, 2009-10 to 2018-19

                      Number & Percentage
Sexual crimes 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19 % change 17-18 to 18-19
Rape & attempted rape 996 1,131 1,274 1,462 1,808 1,901 1,809 1,878 2,255 2,426 8
Rape 884 997 1,183 1,372 1,690 1,797 1,692 1,755 2,136 2,293 7
Attempted rape 112 134 91 90 118 104 117 123 119 133 12
 
Sexual assault 3,412 3,220 2,908 3,008 3,405 3,727 3,963 4,281 4,826 5,123 6
Sexual assault including against children 1,737 1,774 2,056 2,166 2,449 2,713 2,892 2,954 3,625 3,929 8
Sexual assault committed prior to 1 December 2010 1,685 1,275 288 316 358 347 344 378 346 288 -17
Sexual assault against an adult 16+ ~ 321 1,139 1,149 1,323 1,434 1,597 1,615 2,021 2,296 14
Sexual assault against a child aged 13-15 ~ 67 245 312 372 457 462 423 626 661 6
Sexual assault against a child under 13 52 111 384 389 396 475 489 538 632 684 8
Lewd and libidinous practices 1,675 1,446 852 842 956 1,014 1,071 1,327 1,201 1,194 -1
 
Crimes associated with prostitution 661 576 567 534 490 374 247 303 136 235 73
Crimes relating to prostitution 418 353 344 348 295 179 146 194 65 50 -23
Soliciting services of person engaged in prostitution 162 154 149 133 117 138 64 58 22 139 532
Brothel keeping 34 21 36 28 32 36 17 14 18 10 -44
Immoral traffic 36 33 26 14 32 13 7 26 21 31 48
Procuration 11 15 12 11 14 8 13 11 10 5 -50
 
Other 1,458 1,769 2,612 2,689 2,901 3,555 4,254 4,630 5,270 5,763 9
Other sexually coercive conduct ~ 164 719 875 1,038 1,624 2,168 2,461 2,718 3,202 18
Other sexually coercive conduct against an adult 16+1 ~ 62 306 391 425 906 1,358 1,501 1,750 1,995 14
Other sexually coercive conduct against a child aged 13-15 ~ 48 181 256 365 333 350 408 392 548 40
Other sexually coercive conduct against a child under 13 ~ 54 232 228 248 385 460 552 576 659 14
Other sexual crimes involving 13-15 year old children 445 441 516 429 434 417 485 452 391 393 1
Taking, distribution, possession etc. of indecent photos of children 69 225 375 595 621 603 645 649 658 554 -16
Threaten to disclose / disclose intimate image *~ *~ *~ *~ *~ *~ *~ *~ 421 596 42
Incest 49 17 18 16 11 7 8 5 4 7 75
Illegal homosexual acts 74 118 46 45 53 56 78 111 80 110 38
Indecent exposure 766 742 894 680 682 784 726 523 506 494 -2
Other sexual crimes 55 62 44 49 62 64 144 429 492 407 -17
 
Total Sexual crimes5 6,527 6,696 7,361 7,693 8,604 9,557 10,273 11,092 12,487 13,547 8

Please see Notes for Tables at end of Chapter 6.
~ =The relevant legislation for this category was implemented in 2010-11.
* = Crimes within this category were not separately identifiable before 2009-10.
*~ = The relevant legislation for this category was implemented in 2017-18.

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