Recorded crime in Scotland: 2018-2019
Statistics on crimes and offences recorded and cleared up by the police in Scotland, split by crime or offence group and by local authority.
Table 6: Crimes recorded by the police, Scotland, 2009-10 to 2018-19
Number & Percentage | |||||||||||
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Crime group | 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 |
Total Crimes | 338,124 | 323,247 | 314,188 | 273,053 | 270,397 | 256,350 | 246,243 | 238,921 | 244,504 | 246,480 | 1 |
Non-sexual crimes of violence | 11,228 | 11,437 | 9,484 | 7,468 | 6,686 | 6,272 | 6,737 | 7,164 | 7,251 | 8,008 | 10 |
Homicide etc.3 (incl. causing death by driving) | 106 | 122 | 121 | 91 | 106 | 105 | 81 | 105 | 98 | 102 | 4 |
Attempted murder & serious assault4 | 5,621 | 5,493 | 4,693 | 3,643 | 3,268 | 3,166 | 4,007 | 4,186 | 4,189 | 4,359 | 4 |
Robbery | 2,496 | 2,557 | 2,244 | 1,832 | 1,499 | 1,497 | 1,327 | 1,435 | 1,556 | 1,807 | 16 |
Other violence | 3,005 | 3,265 | 2,426 | 1,902 | 1,813 | 1,504 | 1,322 | 1,438 | 1,408 | 1,740 | 24 |
Sexual crimes5 | 6,527 | 6,696 | 7,361 | 7,693 | 8,604 | 9,557 | 10,273 | 11,092 | 12,487 | 13,547 | 8 |
Rape & attempted rape | 996 | 1,131 | 1,274 | 1,462 | 1,808 | 1,901 | 1,809 | 1,878 | 2,255 | 2,426 | 8 |
Sexual assault | 3,412 | 3,220 | 2,908 | 3,008 | 3,405 | 3,727 | 3,963 | 4,281 | 4,826 | 5,123 | 6 |
Crimes associated with prostitution | 661 | 576 | 567 | 534 | 490 | 374 | 247 | 303 | 136 | 235 | 73 |
Other sexual crimes | 1,458 | 1,769 | 2,612 | 2,689 | 2,901 | 3,555 | 4,254 | 4,630 | 5,270 | 5,763 | 9 |
Crimes of dishonesty | 153,256 | 155,870 | 154,337 | 135,899 | 137,324 | 126,857 | 115,789 | 113,205 | 114,474 | 114,506 | 0 |
Housebreaking6 | 23,774 | 25,017 | 24,222 | 21,515 | 22,272 | 20,607 | 17,637 | 16,299 | 15,130 | 13,777 | -9 |
Theft by opening a lockfast place (OLP) | 5,074 | 4,059 | 3,529 | 3,239 | 3,218 | 2,879 | 2,193 | 1,940 | 2,027 | 1,684 | -17 |
Theft from a motor vehicle by OLP | 10,173 | 9,495 | 8,988 | 6,159 | 6,189 | 5,816 | 4,684 | 3,888 | 3,734 | 3,532 | -5 |
Theft of a motor vehicle | 9,304 | 8,716 | 7,060 | 5,731 | 5,976 | 5,423 | 5,028 | 5,216 | 5,024 | 4,950 | -1 |
Shoplifting | 30,332 | 29,660 | 29,758 | 26,449 | 27,693 | 27,364 | 28,424 | 28,650 | 31,321 | 33,523 | 7 |
Other theft | 61,008 | 64,680 | 66,681 | 58,704 | 58,794 | 53,539 | 46,419 | 45,173 | 44,437 | 42,880 | -4 |
Fraud | 8,283 | 8,983 | 8,892 | 8,898 | 8,088 | 6,913 | 7,400 | 7,811 | 8,628 | 9,675 | 12 |
Other dishonesty | 5,308 | 5,260 | 5,207 | 5,204 | 5,094 | 4,316 | 4,004 | 4,228 | 4,173 | 4,485 | 7 |
Fire-raising, vandalism etc. | 93,443 | 82,020 | 75,201 | 59,479 | 54,418 | 52,091 | 54,226 | 52,514 | 51,322 | 47,997 | -6 |
Fire-raising | 4,244 | 3,966 | 3,755 | 3,066 | 2,549 | 2,351 | 2,595 | 2,793 | 2,632 | 2,481 | -6 |
Vandalism etc. | 89,199 | 78,054 | 71,446 | 56,413 | 51,869 | 49,740 | 51,631 | 49,721 | 48,690 | 45,516 | -7 |
Other crimes | 73,670 | 67,224 | 67,805 | 62,514 | 63,365 | 61,573 | 59,218 | 54,946 | 58,970 | 62,422 | 6 |
Crimes against public justice | 26,885 | 26,294 | 26,635 | 23,401 | 23,610 | 21,100 | 20,361 | 18,795 | 18,679 | 18,512 | -1 |
Handling offensive weapons | 7,733 | 8,896 | 15 | ||||||||
Not used in other criminal activity | 7,042 | 6,283 | 5,631 | 4,015 | 3,795 | 3,289 | 3,111 | 3,271 | 3,570 | 4,216 | 18 |
Used in other criminal activity | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4,163 | 4,680 | 12 |
Drugs | 39,408 | 34,347 | 35,157 | 34,688 | 35,616 | 36,836 | 35,479 | 32,641 | 32,399 | 34,831 | 8 |
Other | 335 | 300 | 382 | 410 | 344 | 348 | 267 | 239 | 159 | 183 | 15 |
*When the additional crimes of handling an offensive weapon are excluded, the total number of crimes recorded by the police between 2016-17 and 2017-18 increased by 1% and the number of Other crimes remained at similar levels over the same period.
Please see Notes for Tables at end of Chapter 6.
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