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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 1: Crimes recorded by the police, Scotland, 2011-12 to 2020-21
| Crime group | 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 | % change 11-12 to 2020-21 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total Crimes | 314,188 | 273,053 | 270,397 | 256,350 | 246,243 | 238,921 | 244,504 | 246,480 | 246,516 | 246,511 | 0 | -22 |
| Non-sexual crimes of violence | 9,484 | 7,468 | 6,686 | 6,272 | 6,737 | 7,164 | 7,251 | 8,008 | 9,316 | 8,972 | -4 | -5 |
| Homicide etc.3 (incl. causing death by driving) | 121 | 91 | 106 | 105 | 81 | 105 | 98 | 102 | 121 | 100 | -17 | -17 |
| Attempted murder & serious assault4 | 4,693 | 3,643 | 3,268 | 3,166 | 4,007 | 4,186 | 4,189 | 4,359 | 4,097 | 3,511 | -14 | -25 |
| Robbery | 2,244 | 1,832 | 1,499 | 1,497 | 1,327 | 1,435 | 1,556 | 1,807 | 1,738 | 1,673 | -4 | -25 |
| Domestic Abuse (Scotland) Act | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1,681 | 1,641 | -2 | |
| Other violence | 2,426 | 1,902 | 1,813 | 1,504 | 1,322 | 1,438 | 1,408 | 1,740 | 1,679 | 2,047 | 22 | -16 |
| Sexual crimes5 | 7,361 | 7,693 | 8,604 | 9,557 | 10,273 | 11,092 | 12,487 | 13,547 | 13,364 | 13,131 | -2 | 78 |
| Rape & attempted rape | 1,274 | 1,462 | 1,808 | 1,901 | 1,809 | 1,878 | 2,255 | 2,426 | 2,343 | 2,298 | -2 | 80 |
| Sexual assault | 2,908 | 3,008 | 3,405 | 3,727 | 3,963 | 4,281 | 4,826 | 5,123 | 4,936 | 4,154 | -16 | 43 |
| Crimes associated with prostitution | 567 | 534 | 490 | 374 | 247 | 303 | 136 | 235 | 101 | 56 | -45 | -90 |
| Other sexual crimes | 2,612 | 2,689 | 2,901 | 3,555 | 4,254 | 4,630 | 5,270 | 5,763 | 5,984 | 6,623 | 11 | 154 |
| Crimes of dishonesty | 154,337 | 135,899 | 137,324 | 126,857 | 115,789 | 113,205 | 114,474 | 114,506 | 111,409 | 89,731 | -19 | -42 |
| Housebreaking6 | 24,222 | 21,515 | 22,272 | 20,607 | 17,637 | 16,299 | 15,130 | 13,777 | 12,903 | 9,706 | -25 | -60 |
| Theft by opening a lockfast place (OLP) | 3,529 | 3,239 | 3,218 | 2,879 | 2,193 | 1,940 | 2,027 | 1,684 | 1,728 | 1,207 | -30 | -66 |
| Theft from a motor vehicle by OLP | 8,988 | 6,159 | 6,189 | 5,816 | 4,684 | 3,888 | 3,734 | 3,532 | 2,982 | 2,108 | -29 | -77 |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 7,060 | 5,731 | 5,976 | 5,423 | 5,028 | 5,216 | 5,024 | 4,950 | 5,002 | 4,311 | -14 | -39 |
| Shoplifting | 29,758 | 26,449 | 27,693 | 27,364 | 28,424 | 28,650 | 31,321 | 33,523 | 30,688 | 20,557 | -33 | -31 |
| Other theft | 66,681 | 58,704 | 58,794 | 53,539 | 46,419 | 45,173 | 44,437 | 42,880 | 41,421 | 32,017 | -23 | -52 |
| Fraud | 8,892 | 8,898 | 8,088 | 6,913 | 7,400 | 7,811 | 8,628 | 9,675 | 11,939 | 15,031 | 26 | 69 |
| Other dishonesty | 5,207 | 5,204 | 5,094 | 4,316 | 4,004 | 4,228 | 4,173 | 4,485 | 4,746 | 4,794 | 1 | -8 |
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