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Recorded Crime in Scotland, 2019-2020

Statistics on crimes and offences recorded and cleared up by the police in Scotland, split by crime or offence group and by local authority.

Table 4: Crimes and offences recorded in Scotland per 10,000 population, 2010-11 to 2019-20

Footnote 11 and 2

	Rate per 10,000 population
Crime / Offence group	2010-11	2011-12	2012-13	2013-14	2014-15	2015-16	2016-17	2017-18¹⁶	2018-19	2019-20
Total crimes	614	593	514	508	479	458	442	451	453	451
Non-sexual crimes of violence	22	18	14	13	12	13	13	13	15	17
Homicide etc.³ (incl. causing death by driving)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Attempted murder & serious assault⁴	10	9	7	6	6	7	8	8	8	7
Robbery	5	4	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3
Domestic Abuse (Scotland) Act	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3
Other violence	6	5	4	3	3	2	3	3	3	3
Sexual crimes⁵	13	14	14	16	18	19	21	23	25	24
Rape & attempted rape	2	2	3	3	4	3	3	4	4	4
Sexual assault	6	5	6	6	7	7	8	9	9	9
Crimes associated with prostitution	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0
Other sexual crimes	3	5	5	5	7	8	9	10	11	11
Crimes of dishonesty	296	291	256	258	237	216	209	211	211	204
Housebreaking⁶	48	46	40	42	39	33	30	28	25	24
Theft by opening a lockfast place (OLP)	8	7	6	6	5	4	4	4	3	3
Theft from a motor vehicle by OLP	18	17	12	12	11	9	7	7	6	5
Theft of a motor vehicle	17	13	11	11	10	9	10	9	9	9
Shoplifting	56	56	50	52	51	53	53	58	62	56
Other theft	123	126	110	110	100	86	84	82	79	76
Fraud	17	17	17	15	13	14	14	16	18	22
Other dishonesty	10	10	10	10	8	7	8	8	8	9

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