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.


6. Tables

List of Tables

Table 1: Crimes recorded by the police, Scotland, 2011-12 to 2020-212

Table 1 (Cont.): Crimes recorded by the police, Scotland, 2011-12 to 2020-212.

Table 2: Offences recorded by the police, Scotland, 2011-12 to 2020-212.

Table 3: Percentage of crimes / offences cleared up1 by the police, Scotland, 2011-12 to 2020-212

Table 3 (Cont.): Percentage of crimes / offences cleared up1 by the police, Scotland, 2011-12 to 2020-212

Table 4: Crimes and offences recorded in Scotland per 10,000 population11, 2011-12 to 2020-212

Table 4 (Cont.): Crimes and offences recorded in Scotland per 10,000 population11, 2011-12 to 2020-212

Table 5: Crimes and offences recorded by local authority area, 2020-21.

Table 5 (Cont.): Crimes and offences recorded by local authority area, 2020-21.

Table 6: Number of crimes recorded by the police, Scotland, 1971 to 2020-21.

Table 6 (Cont.): Number of crimes recorded by the police, Scotland, 1971 to 2020-21.

Table 7: Crimes per 10,000 population11, Scotland, 1971 to 2020-21.

Table 7 (Cont.): Crimes recorded per 10,000 population11, Scotland, 1971 to 2020-21.

Table A1: Sexual crimes5 recorded by the police, Scotland, 2011-12 to 2020-21.

Table A1 (Cont.): Sexual crimes5 recorded by the police, Scotland, 2011-12 to 2020-21.

Table A2: Theft by Housebreaking13 (including attempts and housebreaking 'with intent'), Scotland, 2011-12 to 2020-21

Table A3: Theft of, and from, motor vehicles recorded by the police, Scotland, 2011-12 to 2020-21

Table A4: Crimes of Handling offensive weapons recorded by the police, Scotland, 2011-12 to 2020-21

Table A5: Drug crimes recorded by the police, Scotland, 2011-12 to 2020-21.

Table A6: Breach of the peace etc. offences recorded by the police, Scotland, 2011-12 to 2020-21

Table A7: Racially aggravated offences, Scotland, 2011-12 to 2020-21.

Table A8: Common assault offences recorded by the police, Scotland, 2011-12 to 2020-21

Table A9: Cyber-crimes, estimated volume and as a proportion of total crimes, by crime type, 2019-20 and 2020-21

Table A10: Estimated additional crimes recorded following procedural change to recording of cyber-crime22, 2020-21

Table A11: Volumes and proportions of cyber Other sexual crimes, by crime type, 2013-14 to 2020-2125

Table A12: Volumes and proportions of cyber Fraud, 2018-19 to 2020-21.

Table A13: Revisions of crimes recorded by the police, Scotland, 2019-20.

Table A14: Crimes and offences recorded and cleared up (as a percentage of those recorded) by the British Transport Police and Ministry of Defence Police, Scotland, 2020-21.

Contact

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