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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 A3: Theft of, and from, motor vehicles recorded by the police, Scotland, 2010-11 to 2019-20

	Number & Percentage
Crime category	2010-11	2011-12	2012-13	2013-14	2014-15	2015-16	2016-17	2017-18*	2018-19	2019-20	% change 18-19 to 19-20
Theft from motor vehicle of which:	16,531	16,906	13,323	13,821	12,933	11,081	10,162	9,397	9,114	8,731	-4
Theft by opening a lockfast place (OLP)	6,795	6,386	4,404	4,450	4,173	3,285	2,715	2,495	2,275	1,875	-18
OLP with intent to steal	1,793	1,792	1,198	1,152	1,119	964	733	753	733	596	-19
Attempted theft OLP	907	810	557	587	524	435	440	486	524	511	-2
Other theft	7,036	7,918	7,164	7,632	7,117	6,397	6,274	5,663	5,582	5,749	3
Theft of motor vehicle	7,325	6,087	5,149	5,340	4,866	4,597	4,696	4,594	4,558	4,648	2
Attempted theft of motor vehicle	1,391	973	582	636	557	431	520	430	392	354	-10
Total Motor vehicle theft	25,247	23,966	19,054	19,797	18,356	16,109	15,378	14,421	14,064	13,733	-2

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