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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 A6: Breach of the peace etc. offences 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
Breach of the peace	58,432	33,710	25,072	21,755	14,636	12,178	8,751	6,604	5,669	4,778	-16
Threatening or abusive behaviour¹⁴	11,914	37,223	44,429	48,521	47,210	48,456	47,850	45,064	43,731	44,678	2
Offence of stalking¹⁴	122	495	605	875	1,251	1,435	1,372	1,376	1,304	871	-33
Offensive behaviour at football¹⁵	.	22	154	126	102	152	247	140	3	0	n/r
Threatening communications¹⁵	.	1	41	11	6	12	15	3	1	0	n/r
Total Breach of the peace etc.	70,468	71,451	70,301	71,288	63,205	62,233	58,235	53,187	50,708	50,327	-1

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