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Recorded Crime in Scotland, 2020-2021
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.
Table 4 (Cont.): Crimes and offences recorded in Scotland per 10,000 population, 2011-12 to 2020-21
Table Note: 11 and 2
| Crime / Offence group | 2011-12 | 2012-13 | 2013-14 | 2014-15 | 2015-16 | 2016-17 | 2017-1816 | 2018-19 | 2019-20 | 2020-21 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fire-raising, vandalism etc. | 142 | 112 | 102 | 97 | 101 | 97 | 95 | 88 | 87 | 79 |
| Fire-raising | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Vandalism etc. | 135 | 106 | 97 | 93 | 96 | 92 | 90 | 84 | 83 | 74 |
| Other crimes | 128 | 118 | 119 | 115 | 110 | 102 | 109 | 115 | 118 | 129 |
| Crimes against public justice | 50 | 44 | 44 | 39 | 38 | 35 | 34 | 34 | 36 | 46 |
| Handling offensive weapons | 14 | 16 | 18 | 19 | ||||||
| Not used in other criminal activity | 11 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| Used in other criminal activity | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | 9 | 9 | 10 |
| Drugs | 66 | 65 | 67 | 69 | 66 | 60 | 60 | 64 | 65 | 65 |
| Other | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Coronavirus restrictions | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | 38 |
| Miscellaneous offences7 | 396 | 382 | 389 | 343 | 314 | 279 | 253 | 240 | 236 | 227 |
| Common assault4 | 131 | 115 | 113 | 109 | 109 | 107 | 108 | 106 | 106 | 95 |
| Breach of the peace etc.8 | 135 | 132 | 134 | 118 | 116 | 108 | 98 | 93 | 92 | 91 |
| Drunkenness and other disorderly conduct7 | 71 | 74 | 81 | 66 | 46 | 29 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 11 |
| Urinating etc. | 26 | 29 | 29 | 21 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 2 |
| Other7 | 35 | 32 | 32 | 29 | 29 | 26 | 25 | 24 | 24 | 28 |
| Motor vehicle offences10 | 552 | 366 | 317 | 256 | 234 | 215 | 223 | 212 | ||
| Dangerous and careless driving | 19 | 20 | 22 | 20 | 22 | 22 | 20 | 20 | 21 | 22 |
| Driving under the influence | 14 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 15 |
| Speeding10 | 155 | 114 | 101 | 64 | 54 | 50 | 53 | 42 | ||
| Unlawful use of vehicle10 | 108 | 76 | 77 | 85 | 81 | 68 | 71 | 79 | ||
| Vehicle defect offences10 | 39 | 29 | 24 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | ||
| Seat belt offences7 | 59 | 62 | 71 | 29 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 3 |
| Mobile phone offences7 | 55 | 58 | 67 | 34 | 19 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 |
| Other10 | 78 | 54 | 48 | 38 | 44 | 43 | 43 | 36 |
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