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Recorded Crime in Scotland, 2019-2020
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: Number of crimes recorded by the police, Scotland, 1971 to 2019-20
Number | |||||||
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Year | Non-sexual crimes of violence |
Sexual crimes |
Crimes of dishonesty | Fire-raising, vandalism, etc. |
Other crimes | Coronavirus restrictions | Total crimes |
1971 | 5,532 | 4,611 | 173,940 | 21,962 | 4,921 | 210,966 | |
1972 | 5,642 | 4,333 | 171,904 | 24,934 | 5,716 | 212,529 | |
1973 | 5,334 | 4,471 | 160,527 | 30,939 | 6,507 | 207,778 | |
1974 | 5,920 | 4,111 | 186,304 | 30,835 | 6,385 | 233,555 | |
1975 12 | 7,353 | 4,263 | 227,264 | 36,517 | 6,088 | 281,485 | |
1976 | 8,056 | 4,290 | 254,880 | 43,757 | 6,894 | 317,877 | |
1977 | 8,154 | 4,368 | 290,245 | 53,125 | 7,490 | 363,382 | |
1978 | 8,168 | 4,653 | 262,576 | 51,148 | 8,412 | 334,957 | |
1979 | 7,988 | 4,673 | 269,193 | 56,138 | 8,688 | 346,680 | |
1980 | 8,821 | 5,244 | 279,793 | 60,121 | 10,608 | 364,587 | |
1981 | 9,266 | 4,794 | 320,003 | 61,725 | 12,416 | 408,204 | |
1982 | 9,408 | 4,996 | 340,070 | 66,013 | 14,594 | 435,081 | |
1983 | 9,926 | 5,474 | 342,452 | 73,060 | 14,583 | 445,495 | |
1984 | 10,706 | 5,710 | 359,196 | 79,054 | 16,977 | 471,643 | |
1985 | 11,456 | 5,741 | 342,349 | 79,545 | 18,808 | 457,899 | |
1986 | 11,818 | 5,354 | 342,522 | 78,891 | 20,020 | 458,605 | |
1987 | 13,686 | 5,266 | 356,527 | 76,444 | 21,024 | 472,947 | |
1988 | 13,384 | 5,057 | 344,509 | 73,518 | 21,453 | 457,921 | |
1989 | 13,606 | 5,742 | 355,525 | 79,062 | 24,273 | 478,208 | |
1990 | 13,098 | 6,034 | 385,152 | 86,457 | 27,781 | 518,522 | |
1991 | 15,562 | 5,844 | 430,153 | 89,726 | 31,636 | 572,921 | |
1992 | 16,764 | 6,150 | 414,992 | 92,237 | 34,747 | 564,890 | |
1993 | 14,252 | 6,047 | 374,937 | 84,194 | 37,817 | 517,247 | |
1994 | 14,492 | 5,998 | 350,346 | 88,543 | 40,731 | 500,110 | |
1995-96 | 14,981 | 5,740 | 319,269 | 88,839 | 49,310 | 478,139 | |
1996-97 | 14,233 | 5,941 | 285,785 | 86,025 | 48,703 | 440,687 | |
1997-98 | 13,394 | 7,414 | 266,886 | 81,036 | 52,272 | 421,002 | |
1998-99 | 14,693 | 7,071 | 276,974 | 77,624 | 57,734 | 434,096 | |
1999-00 | 15,831 | 5,882 | 275,557 | 81,197 | 57,014 | 435,481 | |
2000-01 | 14,812 | 5,727 | 253,295 | 85,781 | 58,879 | 418,494 | |
2001-02 | 15,653 | 5,994 | 242,878 | 94,944 | 66,719 | 426,188 | |
2002-03 | 16,074 | 6,623 | 224,785 | 97,598 | 73,201 | 418,281 | |
2003-04 | 15,187 | 6,785 | 211,004 | 103,732 | 77,506 | 414,214 | |
2004-05 | 14,728 | 7,325 | 210,365 | 128,566 | 77,139 | 438,123 | |
2005-06 | 13,726 | 6,558 | 187,798 | 127,889 | 81,814 | 417,785 | |
2006-07 | 14,099 | 6,726 | 183,760 | 129,734 | 84,938 | 419,257 | |
2007-08 | 12,874 | 6,552 | 166,718 | 118,025 | 81,340 | 385,509 | |
2008-09 | 12,612 | 6,331 | 167,812 | 109,430 | 81,248 | 377,433 | |
2009-10 | 11,228 | 6,527 | 153,256 | 93,443 | 73,670 | 338,124 |
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