Recorded Crime in Scotland: October 2021

Official Statistics on crimes and offences recorded by the police in Scotland for October 2021.


Table 3: Crimes recorded by the police by local authority, Scotland, October 2019, 2020 and 2021

  October % Change since % Change since
2019 2020 2021 October 2020 October 2019
Aberdeen City 1,039 970 1,181 22% 14%
Aberdeenshire 588 584 539 -8% -8%
Angus 246 257 326 27% 33%
Argyll & Bute 204 179 211 18% 3%
Clackmannanshire 193 185 199 8% 3%
Dumfries & Galloway 490 488 590 21% 20%
Dundee City 887 881 861 -2% -3%
East Ayrshire 511 479 391 -18% -23%
East Dunbartonshire 246 248 173 -30% -30%
East Lothian 379 336 327 -3% -14%
East Renfrewshire 192 192 155 -19% -19%
Edinburgh City 2,545 2,198 2,355 7% -7%
Falkirk 591 495 461 -7% -22%
Fife 1,229 1,366 1,241 -9% 1%
Glasgow City 3,998 3,279 3,372 3% -16%
Highland 556 590 582 -1% 5%
Inverclyde 336 266 315 18% -6%
Midlothian 341 358 312 -13% -9%
Moray 195 213 247 16% 27%
Na h-Eileanan Siar 35 44 28 -36% -20%
North Ayrshire 570 492 476 -3% -16%
North Lanarkshire 1,583 1,454 1,242 -15% -22%
Orkney Islands 30 26 17 -35% -43%
Perth & Kinross 420 414 353 -15% -16%
Renfrewshire 712 627 628 0% -12%
Scottish Borders 280 284 408 44% 46%
Shetland Islands 57 42 33 -21% -42%
South Ayrshire 435 380 401 6% -8%
South Lanarkshire 1,180 1,142 1,080 -5% -8%
Stirling 302 299 266 -11% -12%
West Dunbartonshire 425 413 348 -16% -18%
West Lothian 648 617 590 -4% -9%
Scotland1 21,443 19,798 19,708 0% -8%

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

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