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 4: Crimes recorded by the police, Scotland, April to June 2019 and April to June 2020

Crime group April to June 2019 April to June 2020 % Change since 2019
Total crimes1 63,800 58,198 -9%
Non-sexual crimes of violence 2,378 2,102 -12%
Homicide etc. 34 26 -24%
Attempted murder & serious assault 1,163 830 -29%
Robbery 388 435 12%
Domestic Abuse (Scotland) Act 2018 425 370 -13%
Other violence 368 441 20%
Sexual crimes 3,458 2,907 -16%
Rape & attempted rape 618 481 -22%
Sexual assault 1,309 823 -37%
Crimes associated with prostitution 16 10 -38%
Other sexual crimes 1,515 1,593 5%
Crimes of dishonesty 28,622 23,797 -17%
Housebreaking 3,199 2,783 -13%
Theft by opening a lockfast place (OLP) 441 279 -37%
Theft from a motor vehicle by OLP 748 662 -11%
Theft of a motor vehicle 1,243 1,161 -7%
Shoplifting 8,411 4,885 -42%
Other theft 10,798 8,501 -21%
Fraud 2,508 4,072 62%
Other dishonesty 1,274 1,454 14%
Fire-raising, vandalism etc. 12,386 9,996 -19%
Fire-raising 757 666 -12%
Vandalism etc. 11,629 9,330 -20%
Other crimes 16,956 19,396 14%
Crimes against public justice 4,811 6,593 37%
Handling offensive weapons 2,600 2,693 4%
Not used in other criminal activity 1,201 1,321 10%
Used in other criminal activity 1,399 1,372 -2%
Drugs 9,484 10,069 6%
Other 61 41 -33%

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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