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 A4: Crimes of Handling offensive weapons recorded by the police, Scotland, 2011-12 to 2020-21

Crime category 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-1816 2018-19 2019-20 2020-21 % change 19-20 to 2020-21
Handling offensive weapons - Not used in other criminal activity 5,631 4,015 3,795 3,289 3,111 3,271 3,570 4,216 4,484 4,524 1
Possession of an offensive weapon 2,820 1,863 1,728 1,380 1,149 1,156 1,213 1,483 1,612 1,706 6
Restriction of an offensive weapon 19 17 6 17 11 23 17 24 33 14 -58
Having in a public place an article with a blade or point 2,792 2,135 2,061 1,892 1,951 2,092 2,340 2,709 2,839 2,804 -1
Handling offensive weapons - Used in other criminal activity - - - - - - 4,163 4,680 5,160 5,660 10
Possession of an offensive weapon - - - - - - 2,520 2,771 3,211 3,751 17
Having in a public place an article with a blade or point - - - - - - 1,643 1,909 1,949 1,909 -2
Total Handling offensive weapons 7,733 8,896 9,644 10,184 6

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