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Recorded crime in Scotland: August 2020
Official Statistics on crimes and offences recorded by the police in Scotland for August 2020.
Table 1: Crimes recorded by the police, Scotland, August 2019 and August 2020
| August | % Change since | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Crime group | 2019 | 2020 | August 2019 |
| Total crimes1 | 20,730 | 19,927 | -4% |
| Non-sexual crimes of violence | 775 | 828 | 7% |
| Homicide etc. | 8 | 10 | n/r |
| Attempted murder & serious assault | 340 | 396 | 16% |
| Robbery | 158 | 138 | -13% |
| Domestic Abuse (Scotland) Act 2018 | 144 | 122 | -15% |
| Other violence | 125 | 162 | 30% |
| Sexual crimes | 1,128 | 1,091 | -3% |
| Rape & attempted rape | 216 | 164 | -24% |
| Sexual assault | 439 | 356 | -19% |
| Crimes associated with prostitution | 3 | 4 | n/r |
| Other sexual crimes | 470 | 567 | 21% |
| Crimes of dishonesty | 9,159 | 8,118 | -11% |
| Housebreaking | 1,030 | 881 | -14% |
| Theft by opening a lockfast place (OLP) | 142 | 112 | -21% |
| Theft from a motor vehicle by OLP | 226 | 162 | -28% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 382 | 355 | -7% |
| Shoplifting | 2,570 | 1,852 | -28% |
| Other theft | 3,614 | 3,036 | -16% |
| Fraud | 866 | 1,354 | 56% |
| Other dishonesty | 329 | 366 | 11% |
| Fire-raising, vandalism etc. | 3,963 | 3,954 | 0% |
| Fire-raising | 191 | 196 | 3% |
| Vandalism etc. | 3,772 | 3,758 | 0% |
| Other crimes | 5,705 | 5,936 | 4% |
| Crimes against public justice | 1,727 | 2,210 | 28% |
| Handling offensive weapons | 774 | 953 | 23% |
| Not used in other criminal activity | 322 | 411 | 28% |
| Used in other criminal activity | 452 | 542 | 20% |
| Drugs | 3,187 | 2,766 | -13% |
| Other | 17 | 7 | -59% |
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.
The symbol ‘n/r’ is used to denote where a percentage change figure is not reported. This is done if the denominator is less than ten as any resulting figure may be misleading.
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