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Publication - Consultation paper

Presenting official statistics on recorded crime and related topics: consultation

Published
8 July 2019
Directorate
Justice Directorate
Part of
Law and order
ISBN
9781839600036

The Scottish Crime Recording Board are asking how the official statistics on recorded crime and related topics should be presented.

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Annex A: Current classification of police recorded crimes and offences

Crime group 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 % change over the past ten years (2008-09 to 2017-18)
Total Crimes 377,433 338,124 323,247 314,188 273,053 270,397 256,350 246,243 238,921 244,504 -35%
Non-sexual crimes of violence 12,612 11,228 11,437 9,484 7,468 6,686 6,272 6,737 7,164 7,251 -43%
Homicide etc. (incl. causing death by driving) 134 106 122 121 91 106 105 81 105 98 -27%
Attempted murder & serious assault 6,472 5,621 5,493 4,693 3,643 3,268 3,166 4,007 4,186 4,189 -35%
Robbery 2,963 2,496 2,557 2,244 1,832 1,499 1,497 1,327 1,435 1,556 -47%
Other 3,043 3,005 3,265 2,426 1,902 1,813 1,504 1,322 1,438 1,408 -54%
Sexual crimes 6,331 6,527 6,696 7,361 7,693 8,604 9,557 10,273 11,092 12,487 97%
Rape & attempted rape 963 996 1,131 1,274 1,462 1,808 1,901 1,809 1,878 2,255 134%
Sexual assault 3,297 3,412 3,220 2,908 3,008 3,405 3,727 3,963 4,281 4,826 46%
Crimes associated with prostitution 765 661 576 567 534 490 374 247 303 136 -82%
Other sexual crimes 1,306 1,458 1,769 2,612 2,689 2,901 3,555 4,254 4,630 5,270 304%
Crimes of dishonesty 167,812 153,256 155,870 154,337 135,899 137,324 126,857 115,789 113,205 114,474 -32%
Housebreaking 6,952 5,074 4,059 3,529 3,239 3,218 2,879 2,193 1,940 2,027 -71%
Theft by opening a lockfast place (OLP) 13,649 10,173 9,495 8,988 6,159 6,189 5,816 4,684 3,888 3,734 -73%
Theft from a motor vehicle by OLP 11,551 9,304 8,716 7,060 5,731 5,976 5,423 5,028 5,216 5,024 -57%
Theft of a motor vehicle 32,048 30,332 29,660 29,758 26,449 27,693 27,364 28,424 28,650 31,321 -2%
Shoplifting 64,384 61,008 64,680 66,681 58,704 58,794 53,539 46,419 45,173 44,437 -31%
Other theft 8,316 8,283 8,983 8,892 8,898 8,088 6,913 7,400 7,811 8,628 4%
Fraud 5,416 5,308 5,260 5,207 5,204 5,094 4,316 4,004 4,228 4,173 -23%
Other dishonesty 25,496 23,774 25,017 24,222 21,515 22,272 20,607 17,637 16,299 15,130 -41%
Fire-raising, vandalism etc. 109,430 93,443 82,020 75,201 59,479 54,418 52,091 54,226 52,514 51,322 -53%
Fire-raising 4,651 4,244 3,966 3,755 3,066 2,549 2,351 2,595 2,793 2,632 -43%
Vandalism etc. 104,779 89,199 78,054 71,446 56,413 51,869 49,740 51,631 49,721 48,690 -54%
Other crimes 81,248 73,670 67,224 67,805 62,514 63,365 61,573 59,218 54,946 58,970 -27%
Crimes against public justice 29,493 26,885 26,294 26,635 23,401 23,610 21,100 20,361 18,795 18,679 -37%
Handling offensive weapons                   7,733 -
Not used in other criminal activity 8,980 7,042 6,283 5,631 4,015 3,795 3,289 3,111 3,271 3,570 -60%
Used in other criminal activity - - - - - - - - - 4,163 -
Drugs 42,509 39,408 34,347 35,157 34,688 35,616 36,836 35,479 32,641 32,399 -24%
Other 266 335 300 382 410 344 348 267 239 159 -40%
Offence group 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 % change over the past ten years (2008-09 to 2017-18)
Total offences1 501,281 379,498 339,193 288,691 264,027 -
Miscellaneous offences 228,854 232,846 211,655 210,135 203,063 207,190 183,513 168,896 150,523 137,012 -40%
Common assault 74,130 72,212 70,786 69,253 60,955 60,357 58,178 58,596 57,861 58,335 -21%
Breach of the peace etc. 93,327 87,403 70,468 71,451 70,301 71,288 63,205 62,233 58,235 53,187 -43%
Drunkenness and other disorderly conduct 31,307 39,545 37,451 37,458 39,238 43,043 35,524 24,639 15,796 8,635 -72%
Urinating etc. 10,717 14,186 13,620 13,602 15,420 15,361 11,216 7,700 4,505 3,044 -72%
Other 19,373 19,500 19,330 18,371 17,149 17,141 15,390 15,728 14,126 13,811 -29%
Motor vehicle offences1 294,091 195,985 170,297 138,168 127,015 -
Dangerous and careless driving 11,519 11,073 9,839 9,853 10,530 11,524 10,773 12,057 11,693 10,722 -7%
Driving under the influence 9,800 8,504 7,563 7,445 6,433 6,079 5,218 5,458 5,917 5,863 -40%
Speeding1 82,382 60,926 54,419 34,371 29,223 -
Unlawful use of vehicle1 57,779 40,855 41,470 45,978 43,871 -
Vehicle defect offences1 20,923 15,593 13,070 8,385 7,049 -
Seat belt offences 26,225 29,324 29,171 31,505 33,047 37,880 15,619 8,059 4,502 3,134 -88%
Mobile phone offences 23,957 26,146 27,736 29,110 30,875 35,764 17,978 10,085 6,709 3,173 -87%
Other1 41,760 29,023 25,679 20,613 23,980 -

Source: Recorded Crime in Scotland, 2017-18: https://www.gov.scot/publications/recorded-crime-scotland-2017-18/

1Due to comparability issues, it is not possible to compare with years prior to 2013-14. See Paragraph 7.25 within Annex 2 of the Recorded Crime in Scotland, 2017-18 bulletin:https://www.gov.scot/publications/recorded-crime-scotland-2017-18/

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Email: crimeconsultation@gov.scot

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