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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 A1: Sexual crimes recorded by the police, Scotland, 2010-11 to 2019-20

Footnote 5

	Number & Percentage
Sexual crimes	2010-11	2011-12	2012-13	2013-14	2014-15	2015-16	2016-17	2017-18*	2018-19	2019-20	1 Year % change
Rape & attempted rape	1,131	1,274	1,462	1,808	1,901	1,809	1,878	2,255	2,426	2,343	-3
Rape	997	1,183	1,372	1,690	1,797	1,692	1,755	2,136	2,293	2,213	-3
Attempted rape	134	91	90	118	104	117	123	119	133	130	-2
Sexual assault	3,220	2,908	3,008	3,405	3,727	3,963	4,281	4,826	5,123	4,936	-4
Sexual assault including against children	1,774	2,056	2,166	2,449	2,713	2,892	2,954	3,625	3,929	3,820	-3
Sexual assault committed prior to 1 December 2010	1,275	288	316	358	347	344	378	346	288	278	-3
Sexual assault against an adult 16+	321	1,139	1,149	1,323	1,434	1,597	1,615	2,021	2,296	2,222	-3
Sexual assault against a child aged 13-15	67	245	312	372	457	462	423	626	661	645	-2
Sexual assault against a child under 13	111	384	389	396	475	489	538	632	684	675	-1
Lewd and libidinous practices	1,446	852	842	956	1,014	1,071	1,327	1,201	1,194	1,116	-7
Crimes associated with prostitution	576	567	534	490	374	247	303	136	235	101	*-57*
Crimes relating to prostitution	353	344	348	295	179	146	194	65	50	13	-74
Soliciting services of person engaged in prostitution	154	149	133	117	138	64	58	22	139	42	-70
Brothel keeping	21	36	28	32	36	17	14	18	10	13	30
Immoral traffic	33	26	14	32	13	7	26	21	31	23	-26
Procuration	15	12	11	14	8	13	11	10	5	10	100

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