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Publication - Statistics

Recorded Crime in Scotland, 2020-2021

Published
28 September 2021
Directorate
Justice Directorate, +1 more … Safer Communities Directorate
Topic
Law and order
ISBN
9781802014150

Statistics on crimes and offences recorded and cleared up by the police in Scotland, split by crime or offence group and by local authority. This bulletin also includes a new chapter which presents an estimate of how many cyber-crimes were recorded in Scotland during 2019-20 and 2020-21.

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Table 2: Offences recorded by the police, Scotland, 2011-12 to 2020-21

Table Note: 2

Offence group 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-1816 2018-19 2019-20 2020-21 % change 19-20 to 2020-21 % change 11-12 to 20-21
Total offences10 501,281 379,498 339,193 288,691 264,027 247,791 250,662 240,174 -4 -
Miscellaneous offences7 210,135 203,063 207,190 183,513 168,896 150,523 137,012 130,686 128,755 124,120 -4 -41
Common assault4 69,253 60,955 60,357 58,178 58,596 57,861 58,335 57,915 57,833 52,052 -10 -25
Breach of the peace etc.8 71,451 70,301 71,288 63,205 62,233 58,235 53,187 50,708 50,327 49,696 -1 -30
Drunkenness and other disorderly conduct7 37,458 39,238 43,043 35,524 24,639 15,796 8,635 6,724 5,234 5,961 14 -84
Urinating etc. 13,602 15,420 15,361 11,216 7,700 4,505 3,044 2,466 2,153 894 -58 -93
Other7 18,371 17,149 17,141 15,390 15,728 14,126 13,811 12,873 13,208 15,517 17 -16
Motor vehicle offences10 294,091 195,985 170,297 138,168 127,015 117,105 121,907 116,054 -5 -
Dangerous and careless driving 9,853 10,530 11,524 10,773 12,057 11,693 10,722 10,989 11,246 11,771 5 19
Driving under the influence 7,445 6,433 6,079 5,218 5,458 5,917 5,863 5,847 6,594 8,097 23 9
Speeding10 82,382 60,926 54,419 34,371 29,223 27,368 28,758 22,963 -20 -
Unlawful use of vehicle10 57,779 40,855 41,470 45,978 43,871 36,848 39,022 43,309 11 -
Vehicle defect offences10 20,923 15,593 13,070 8,385 7,049 7,107 7,346 6,839 -7 -
Seat belt offences7 31,505 33,047 37,880 15,619 8,059 4,502 3,134 2,921 2,800 1,632 -42 -95
Mobile phone offences7 29,110 30,875 35,764 17,978 10,085 6,709 3,173 2,895 2,450 1,629 -34 -94
Other10 41,760 29,023 25,679 20,613 23,980 23,130 23,691 19,814 -16 -

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