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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 7 (Cont.): Crimes recorded 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 crimes16 | Population |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010-11 | 21 | 12 | 291 | 178 | 140 | 614 | 5,262,200 | |
| 2011-12 | 22 | 13 | 294 | 155 | 127 | 593 | 5,299,900 | |
| 2012-13 | 18 | 14 | 290 | 142 | 128 | 514 | 5,313,600 | |
| 2013-14 | 14 | 14 | 255 | 112 | 117 | 508 | 5,327,700 | |
| 2014-15 | 13 | 16 | 257 | 102 | 118 | 479 | 5,347,600 | |
| 2015-16 | 12 | 18 | 236 | 97 | 115 | 458 | 5,373,000 | |
| 2016-17 | 13 | 21 | 209 | 97 | 102 | 442 | 5,404,700 | |
| 2017-18 | 13 | 23 | 211 | 95 | 109 | 451 | 5,424,800 | |
| 2018-19 | 15 | 25 | 211 | 88 | 115 | 453 | 5,438,100 | |
| 2019-20 | 17 | 24 | 204 | 87 | 118 | <1 | 451 | 5,463,300 |
| 2020-21 | 16 | 24 | 164 | 79 | 129 | 38 | 451 | 5,466,000 |
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