Recorded Crime in Scotland: September 2020

Official Statistics on crimes and offences recorded by the police in Scotland for September 2020.


Table 3: Crimes recorded by the police by local authority, Scotland, September 2019 and September 2020

September Change since
2019 2020 September 2019
Aberdeen City 967 861 -11%
Aberdeenshire 505 498 -1%
Angus 291 286 -2%
Argyll & Bute 218 196 -10%
Clackmannanshire 276 237 -14%
Dumfries & Galloway 473 481 2%
Dundee City 799 936 17%
East Ayrshire 386 551 43%
East Dunbartonshire 221 230 4%
East Lothian 385 297 -23%
East Renfrewshire 219 163 -26%
Edinburgh City 2,523 2,015 -20%
Falkirk 552 570 3%
Fife 1,145 1,207 5%
Glasgow City 3,662 3,370 -8%
Highland 579 602 4%
Inverclyde 297 309 4%
Midlothian 342 268 -22%
Moray 240 199 -17%
Na h-Eileanan Siar 35 58 66%
North Ayrshire 476 546 15%
North Lanarkshire 1,441 1,391 -3%
Orkney Islands 40 31 -23%
Perth & Kinross 401 443 10%
Renfrewshire 618 677 10%
Scottish Borders 305 266 -13%
Shetland Islands 34 24 -29%
South Ayrshire 450 413 -8%
South Lanarkshire 1,217 1,192 -2%
Stirling 259 346 34%
West Dunbartonshire 385 364 -5%
West Lothian 664 657 -1%
Scotland1 20,405 19,684 -4%

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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