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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 6: Number of crimes recorded by the police, Scotland, 1971 to 2020-21

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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