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Recorded Crime in Scotland: May 2020
Second edition of a new monthly release of Official Statistics on crimes and offences recorded by the police in Scotland providing information on the number of crimes and offences recorded during May 2020.
Table 1: Crimes recorded by the police, Scotland, May 2019 and May 2020
| Crime group | May | % Change since May 2019 |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 2020 | ||
| Total crimes1 | 21,722 | 20,587 | -5% |
| Non-sexual crimes of violence | 787 | 744 | -5% |
| Homicide etc. | 12 | 8 | -33% |
| Attempted murder & serious assault | 363 | 310 | -15% |
| Robbery | 120 | 139 | 16% |
| Domestic Abuse (Scotland) Act 2018 | 157 | 138 | -12% |
| Other violence | 135 | 149 | 10% |
| Sexual crimes | 1,280 | 942 | -26% |
| Rape & attempted rape | 229 | 153 | -33% |
| Sexual assault | 478 | 265 | -45% |
| Crimes associated with prostitution | 4 | 2 | n/r |
| Other sexual crimes | 569 | 522 | -8% |
| Crimes of dishonesty | 9,508 | 8,436 | -11% |
| Housebreaking | 1,041 | 947 | -9% |
| Theft by opening a lockfast place (OLP) | 125 | 95 | -24% |
| Theft from a motor vehicle by OLP | 231 | 231 | 0% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 436 | 397 | -9% |
| Shoplifting | 2,745 | 1,788 | -35% |
| Other theft | 3,672 | 2,998 | -18% |
| Fraud | 837 | 1,441 | 72% |
| Other dishonesty | 421 | 539 | 28% |
| Fire-raising, vandalism etc. | 4,286 | 3,324 | -22% |
| Fire-raising | 299 | 237 | -21% |
| Vandalism etc. | 3,987 | 3,087 | -23% |
| Other crimes | 5,861 | 7,141 | 22% |
| Crimes against public justice | 1,610 | 2,445 | 52% |
| Handling offensive weapons | 853 | 898 | 5% |
| Not used in other criminal activity | 392 | 414 | 6% |
| Used in other criminal activity | 461 | 484 | 5% |
| Drugs | 3,373 | 3,788 | 12% |
| Other | 25 | 10 | -60% |
1. The total figure for recorded crime excludes the new crimes being recorded under the recently enacted coronavirus legislation. Please see the Crimes recorded under coronavirus legislation section for more information.
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