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.

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Table 5 (Cont.): Crimes and offences recorded by local authority area, 2019-20

Number
Local authority area Miscellaneous offences Motor vehicle offences Total offences Total crimes and offences
Aberdeen City 5,833 5,577 11,410 22,862
Aberdeenshire 3,490 6,031 9,521 16,277
Angus 2,125 3,547 5,672 8,882
Argyll & Bute 1,920 2,197 4,117 6,600
Clackmannanshire 1,405 660 2,065 4,433
Dumfries & Galloway 4,377 7,994 12,371 18,942
Dundee City 4,523 5,794 10,317 19,951
East Ayrshire 2,835 2,123 4,958 10,627
East Dunbartonshire 1,353 857 2,210 5,087
East Lothian 1,733 1,132 2,865 6,800
East Renfrewshire 945 865 1,810 4,024
Edinburgh, City of 12,453 9,215 21,668 52,081
Falkirk 4,234 2,879 7,113 14,262
Fife 7,803 7,057 14,860 28,598
Glasgow City 23,179 15,594 38,773 81,854
Highland 3,834 7,190 11,024 18,272
Inverclyde 1,601 1,175 2,776 6,477
Midlothian 1,910 1,293 3,203 7,185
Moray 1,618 2,719 4,337 6,988
Na h-Eileanan Siar 285 487 772 1,186
North Ayrshire 3,509 2,295 5,804 12,139
North Lanarkshire 9,832 6,534 16,366 34,850
Orkney Islands 280 496 776 1,130
Perth & Kinross 2,076 7,716 9,792 14,176
Renfrewshire 4,325 3,727 8,052 15,854
Scottish Borders 2,256 1,739 3,995 7,572
Shetland Islands 251 504 755 1,240
South Ayrshire 2,558 1,886 4,444 9,346
South Lanarkshire 7,839 5,741 13,580 28,301
Stirling 2,019 1,768 3,787 7,343
West Dunbartonshire 2,721 2,473 5,194 9,928
West Lothian 3,633 2,642 6,275 13,911
Scotland 128,755 121,907 250,662 497,178

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