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 A12: Volumes and proportions of cyber Fraud, 2018-19 to 2020-21

Crime type 2018-19 2019-20 2020-21
Estimated volume % Estimated volume % Estimated volume %
Cyber Fraud 2,690 28% 3,450 29% 8,580 57%
Non-cyber Fraud 6,640 72% 8,480 71% 5,120 43%
Sample size 500 318 317

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