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 A2: Theft by Housebreaking (including attempts and housebreaking 'with intent'), Scotland, 2011-12 to 2020-21

Table Note: 13

Crime category 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19 2019-20 2020-21 % change 19-20 to 2020-21
Domestic: 17,375 15,656 16,334 15,166 13,051 12,036 10,893 9,573 9,191 6,910 -25
Dwelling 12,198 10,767 10,732 9,590 8,854 8,169 7,204 6,993 6,671 4,398 -34
Non-dwelling 5,177 4,889 5,602 5,576 4,197 3,867 3,689 2,580 2,520 2,512 0
Other 6,847 5,859 5,938 5,441 4,586 4,263 4,237 4,204 3,712 2,796 -25
Total Housebreaking 24,222 21,515 22,272 20,607 17,637 16,299 15,130 13,777 12,903 9,706 -25
Percentage Domestic 72% 73% 73% 74% 74% 74% 72% 69% 71% 71%

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