Publication - Statistics

Recorded Crime in Scotland, 2014-15

Published: 8 September 2015
ISBN: 9781785446306

Official Statistics Bulletin presents statistics on crimes and offences recorded and cleared up by the police in Scotland. It forms part of the Scottish Government series of statistical bulletins on the criminal justice system. Statistics on crimes and offences recorded by the police provide a measure of the volume of criminal activity with which the police are faced.

Recorded crime in Scotland

Supporting documents

Table 8: Crimes and offences recorded in Scotland per 10,000 population¹¹, 2005-06 to 2014-15²

Rate per 10,000 population

Crime / Offence group	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08	2008-09	2009-10	2010-11	2011-12	2012-13	2013-14	2014-15
Total crimes	818	817	746	725	646	614	593	514	508	479
Non-sexual crimes of violence	27	27	25	24	21	22	18	14	13	12
Homicide etc.³ (incl. causing death by driving)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Attempted murder & serious assault⁴	14	14	13	12	11	10	9	7	6	6
Robbery	7	7	6	6	5	5	4	3	3	3
Other violence	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	4	4	3
Sexual crimes⁵	13	13	13	12	12	13	14	14	16	18
Rape & attempted rape	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	4
Sexual assault	7	7	7	6	7	6	5	6	6	7
Crimes associated with prostitution	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Other sexual crimes	2	3	3	3	3	3	5	5	5	7
Crimes of dishonesty	367	358	322	323	293	296	291	256	258	237
Housebreaking⁶	61	60	49	49	45	48	46	40	42	39
Theft by opening a lockfast place (OLP)	16	14	12	13	10	8	7	6	6	5
Theft from a motor vehicle by OLP	32	31	29	26	19	18	17	12	12	11
Theft of a motor vehicle	27	29	23	22	18	17	13	11	11	10
Shoplifting	55	56	56	62	58	56	56	50	52	51
Other theft	141	137	125	124	117	123	126	110	110	100
Fraud	22	18	16	16	16	17	17	17	15	13
Other dishonesty	12	12	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	8
Fire-raising, vandalism etc.	250	253	228	210	179	156	142	112	102	97
Fire-raising	10	10	9	9	8	8	7	6	5	4
Vandalism etc.	241	243	219	201	170	148	135	106	97	93
Other crimes	160	165	157	156	141	128	128	118	119	115
Crimes against public justice	54	62	61	57	51	50	50	44	44	39
Handling offensive weapons	19	20	17	17	13	12	11	8	7	6
Drugs	87	83	79	82	75	65	66	65	67	69
Other	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0
Total offences¹⁰									941	710
Miscellaneous offences				440	445	402	396	382	389	343
Common assault⁴	141	152	142	142	138	135	131	115	113	109
Breach of the peace etc.⁸	179	185	178	179	167	134	135	132	134	118
Drunkenness and other disorderly conduct				60	76	71	71	74	81	66
Urinating etc.	13	15	16	21	27	26	26	29	29	21
Other				37	37	37	35	32	32	29
Motor vehicle offences									552	366
Dangerous and careless driving	25	26	25	22	21	19	19	20	22	20
Driving under the influence	22	23	21	19	16	14	14	12	11	10
Speeding									155	114
Unlawful use of vehicle									108	76
Vehicle defect offences									39	29
Seat belt offences				50	56	55	59	62	71	29
Mobile phone offences				46	50	53	55	58	67	34
Other motor vehicle offences									78	54
Total crimes and offences									1,448	1,189

Please see Notes for Tables at end of Chapter 5.

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Table 8: Crimes and offences recorded in Scotland per 10,000 population11, 2005-06 to 2014-152

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Table 8: Crimes and offences recorded in Scotland per 10,000 population¹¹, 2005-06 to 2014-15²