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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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6. Tables

List of Tables

Table 1: Crimes recorded by the police, Scotland, 2011-12 to 2020-212

Table 1 (Cont.): Crimes recorded by the police, Scotland, 2011-12 to 2020-212.

Table 2: Offences recorded by the police, Scotland, 2011-12 to 2020-212.

Table 3: Percentage of crimes / offences cleared up1 by the police, Scotland, 2011-12 to 2020-212

Table 3 (Cont.): Percentage of crimes / offences cleared up1 by the police, Scotland, 2011-12 to 2020-212

Table 4: Crimes and offences recorded in Scotland per 10,000 population11, 2011-12 to 2020-212

Table 4 (Cont.): Crimes and offences recorded in Scotland per 10,000 population11, 2011-12 to 2020-212

Table 5: Crimes and offences recorded by local authority area, 2020-21.

Table 5 (Cont.): Crimes and offences recorded by local authority area, 2020-21.

Table 6: Number of crimes recorded by the police, Scotland, 1971 to 2020-21.

Table 6 (Cont.): Number of crimes recorded by the police, Scotland, 1971 to 2020-21.

Table 7: Crimes per 10,000 population11, Scotland, 1971 to 2020-21.

Table 7 (Cont.): Crimes recorded per 10,000 population11, Scotland, 1971 to 2020-21.

Table A1: Sexual crimes5 recorded by the police, Scotland, 2011-12 to 2020-21.

Table A1 (Cont.): Sexual crimes5 recorded by the police, Scotland, 2011-12 to 2020-21.

Table A2: Theft by Housebreaking13 (including attempts and housebreaking 'with intent'), Scotland, 2011-12 to 2020-21

Table A3: Theft of, and from, motor vehicles recorded by the police, Scotland, 2011-12 to 2020-21

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

Table A5: Drug crimes recorded by the police, Scotland, 2011-12 to 2020-21.

Table A6: Breach of the peace etc. offences recorded by the police, Scotland, 2011-12 to 2020-21

Table A7: Racially aggravated offences, Scotland, 2011-12 to 2020-21.

Table A8: Common assault offences recorded by the police, Scotland, 2011-12 to 2020-21

Table A9: Cyber-crimes, estimated volume and as a proportion of total crimes, by crime type, 2019-20 and 2020-21

Table A10: Estimated additional crimes recorded following procedural change to recording of cyber-crime22, 2020-21

Table A11: Volumes and proportions of cyber Other sexual crimes, by crime type, 2013-14 to 2020-2125

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

Table A13: Revisions of crimes recorded by the police, Scotland, 2019-20.

Table A14: Crimes and offences recorded and cleared up (as a percentage of those recorded) by the British Transport Police and Ministry of Defence Police, Scotland, 2020-21.

Contact

Email: Justice_Analysts@gov.scot

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