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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 6 (Cont.): Number of crimes recorded by the police, Scotland, 1971 to 2019-20

Year	Non-sexual crimes of violence	Sexual crimes	Crimes of dishonesty	Fire-raising, vandalism, etc.	Other crimes¹⁶	Coronavirus restrictions	Total crimes¹⁶
2010-11	11,437	6,696	155,870	82,020	67,224		323,247
2011-12	9,484	7,361	154,337	75,201	67,805		314,188
2012-13	7,468	7,693	135,899	59,479	62,514		273,053
2013-14	6,686	8,604	137,324	54,418	63,365		270,397
2014-15	6,272	9,557	126,857	52,091	61,573		256,350
2015-16	6,737	10,273	115,789	54,226	59,218		246,243
2016-17	7,164	11,092	113,205	52,514	54,946		238,921
2017-18	7,251	12,487	114,474	51,322	58,970		244,504
2018-19	8,008	13,547	114,506	47,997	62,422		246,480
2019-20	9,316	13,364	111,409	47,731	64,589	107	246,516

Please also see Notes for Tables at end of Chapter 5.

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