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

Local Authority May % Change since
May 2019
2019 2020
Aberdeen City 982 1,051 7%
Aberdeenshire 660 544 -18%
Angus 310 268 -14%
Argyll & Bute 200 210 5%
Clackmannanshire 179 226 26%
Dumfries & Galloway 605 547 -10%
Dundee City 818 852 4%
East Ayrshire 474 489 3%
East Dunbartonshire 262 266 2%
East Lothian 332 309 -7%
East Renfrewshire 175 184 5%
Edinburgh City 2,790 2,231 -20%
Falkirk 639 608 -5%
Fife 1,258 1,183 -6%
Glasgow City 3,776 3,492 -8%
Highland 627 667 6%
Inverclyde 325 319 -2%
Midlothian 358 275 -23%
Moray 239 211 -12%
Na h-Eileanan Siar 16 37 131%
North Ayrshire 543 538 -1%
North Lanarkshire 1,603 1,562 -3%
Orkney Islands 30 27 -10%
Perth & Kinross 334 403 21%
Renfrewshire 654 701 7%
Scottish Borders 331 295 -11%
Shetland Islands 38 46 21%
South Ayrshire 447 355 -21%
South Lanarkshire 1,259 1,381 10%
Stirling 348 342 -2%
West Dunbartonshire 458 375 -18%
West Lothian 652 593 -9%
Scotland1 21,722 20,587 -5%

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

Back to top