Recorded Crime in Scotland: June 2020

Third 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 June 2020.


Table 1: Crimes recorded by the police, Scotland, June 2019 and June 2020

June % Change since
Crime group 2019 2020 June 2019
Total crimes1 21,084 20,440 -3%
Non-sexual crimes of violence 851 722 -15%
Homicide etc. 17 9 -47%
Attempted murder & serious assault 439 294 -33%
Robbery 132 157 19%
Domestic Abuse (Scotland) Act 2018 142 123 -13%
Other violence 121 139 15%
Sexual crimes 1,123 1,184 5%
Rape & attempted rape 205 194 -5%
Sexual assault 425 338 -20%
Crimes associated with prostitution 8 6 n/r
Other sexual crimes 485 646 33%
Crimes of dishonesty 9,655 8,184 -15%
Housebreaking 1,113 871 -22%
Theft by opening a lockfast place (OLP) 178 101 -43%
Theft from a motor vehicle by OLP 253 166 -34%
Theft of a motor vehicle 400 367 -8%
Shoplifting 2,840 1,680 -41%
Other theft 3,576 2,988 -16%
Fraud 880 1,542 75%
Other dishonesty 415 469 13%
Fire-raising, vandalism etc. 3,867 3,524 -9%
Fire-raising 215 218 1%
Vandalism etc. 3,652 3,306 -9%
Other crimes 5,588 6,826 22%
Crimes against public justice 1,620 2,290 41%
Handling offensive weapons 882 958 9%
Not used in other criminal activity 400 459 15%
Used in other criminal activity 482 499 4%
Drugs 3,070 3,563 16%
Other 16 15 -6%

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.

Contact

Email: Justice_Analysts@gov.scot

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