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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 A5: Drug crimes 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
Illegal importation of drugs	30	19	24	27	21	52	64	70	56	106	89
Illegal cultivation of drugs	964	1,242	1,251	1,185	1,066	1,036	822	780	622	610	-2
Possession of drugs with intent to supply	6,144	5,423	3,861	3,594	3,700	3,976	3,531	3,877	3,973	3,841	-3
Possession of drugs	26,960	28,326	29,150	30,451	31,632	29,929	27,766	27,171	29,843	30,469	2
Drugs, other offences, money laundering	249	147	402	359	417	486	458	501	337	277	-18
Total Drug crimes	34,347	35,157	34,688	35,616	36,836	35,479	32,641	32,399	34,831	35,303	1

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