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Recorded Crime in Scotland: May 2020
Second edition of a new monthly release of Official Statistics on crimes and offences recorded by the police in Scotland providing information on the number of crimes and offences recorded during May 2020.
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Table 3: Crimes recorded by the police by local authority, Scotland, May 2019 and May 2020
| Local Authority | May | % Change since May 2019 |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 2020 | ||
| Aberdeen City | 982 | 1,051 | 7% |
| Aberdeenshire | 660 | 544 | -18% |
| Angus | 310 | 268 | -14% |
| Argyll & Bute | 200 | 210 | 5% |
| Clackmannanshire | 179 | 226 | 26% |
| Dumfries & Galloway | 605 | 547 | -10% |
| Dundee City | 818 | 852 | 4% |
| East Ayrshire | 474 | 489 | 3% |
| East Dunbartonshire | 262 | 266 | 2% |
| East Lothian | 332 | 309 | -7% |
| East Renfrewshire | 175 | 184 | 5% |
| Edinburgh City | 2,790 | 2,231 | -20% |
| Falkirk | 639 | 608 | -5% |
| Fife | 1,258 | 1,183 | -6% |
| Glasgow City | 3,776 | 3,492 | -8% |
| Highland | 627 | 667 | 6% |
| Inverclyde | 325 | 319 | -2% |
| Midlothian | 358 | 275 | -23% |
| Moray | 239 | 211 | -12% |
| Na h-Eileanan Siar | 16 | 37 | 131% |
| North Ayrshire | 543 | 538 | -1% |
| North Lanarkshire | 1,603 | 1,562 | -3% |
| Orkney Islands | 30 | 27 | -10% |
| Perth & Kinross | 334 | 403 | 21% |
| Renfrewshire | 654 | 701 | 7% |
| Scottish Borders | 331 | 295 | -11% |
| Shetland Islands | 38 | 46 | 21% |
| South Ayrshire | 447 | 355 | -21% |
| South Lanarkshire | 1,259 | 1,381 | 10% |
| Stirling | 348 | 342 | -2% |
| West Dunbartonshire | 458 | 375 | -18% |
| West Lothian | 652 | 593 | -9% |
| Scotland1 | 21,722 | 20,587 | -5% |
1. The total figure for recorded crime excludes the new crimes being recorded under the recently enacted coronavirus legislation. Please see the Crimes recorded under coronavirus legislation section for more information.
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