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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 A4: Crimes of Handling offensive weapons recorded by the police, Scotland, 2010-11 to 2019-20

	Number										Percentage
Crime category	2010-11	2011-12	2012-13	2013-14	2014-15	2015-16	2016-17	2017-18¹⁶	2018-19	2019-20	% change 18-19 to 19-20
Handling offensive weapons - Not used in other criminal activity	6,283	5,631	4,015	3,795	3,289	3,111	3,271	3,570	4,216	4,484	6
Possession of an offensive weapon	3,248	2,820	1,863	1,728	1,380	1,149	1,156	1,213	1,483	1,612	9
Restriction of an offensive weapon	20	19	17	6	17	11	23	17	24	33	38
Having in a public place an article with a blade or point	3,015	2,792	2,135	2,061	1,892	1,951	2,092	2,340	2,709	2,839	5
Handling offensive weapons - Used in other criminal activity	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4,163	4,680	5,160	10
Possession of an offensive weapon	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2,520	2,771	3,211	16
Having in a public place an article with a blade or point	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1,643	1,909	1,949	2
Total Handling offensive weapons								7,733	8,896	9,644	8

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