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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 7: Crimes per 10,000 population, Scotland, 1971 to 2020-21

Table Note: 11

Year Non-sexual crimes of violence Sexual crimes Crimes of dishonesty Fire-raising, vandalism, etc. Other crimes* Coronavirus restrictions Total crimes Population
1971 11 9 332 42 9 403 5,235,600
1972 11 8 329 48 11 406 5,230,600
1973 10 9 307 59 12 397 5,233,900
1974 11 8 355 59 12 446 5,240,800
1975 12 14 8 434 70 12 538 5,232,400
1976 15 8 487 84 13 607 5,233,400
1977 16 8 555 102 14 695 5,226,200
1978 16 9 504 98 16 643 5,212,300
1979 15 9 517 108 17 666 5,203,600
1980 17 10 539 116 20 702 5,193,900
1981 18 9 618 119 24 788 5,180,200
1982 18 10 658 128 28 842 5,164,540
1983 19 11 665 142 28 865 5,148,120
1984 21 11 699 154 33 918 5,138,880
1985 22 11 668 155 37 893 5,127,890
1986 23 10 670 154 39 897 5,111,760
1987 27 10 699 150 41 928 5,099,020
1988 26 10 679 145 42 902 5,077,440
1989 27 11 700 156 48 942 5,078,190
1990 26 12 758 170 55 1,020 5,081,270
1991 31 11 846 177 62 1,127 5,083,330
1992 33 12 816 181 68 1,111 5,085,620
1993 28 12 736 165 74 1,016 5,092,460
1994 28 12 687 174 80 980 5,102,210
1995-96 29 11 626 174 97 937 5,103,690
1996-97 28 12 561 169 96 865 5,092,190
1997-98 26 15 525 159 103 828 5,083,340
1998-99 29 14 546 153 114 855 5,077,070
1999-00 31 12 543 160 112 859 5,071,950
2000-01 29 11 500 169 116 827 5,062,940
2001-02 31 12 480 187 132 842 5,064,200
2002-03 32 13 444 193 144 826 5,066,000
2003-04 30 13 416 205 153 817 5,068,500
2004-05 29 14 414 253 152 862 5,084,300
2005-06 27 13 367 250 160 818 5,110,200
2006-07 27 13 358 253 165 817 5,133,100
2007-08 25 13 322 228 157 746 5,170,000
2008-09 25 13 320 227 156 725 5,202,900
2009-10 24 12 321 209 155 646 5,231,900

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