Recorded Crime in Scotland, 2020-2021

Statistics on crimes and offences recorded and cleared up by the police in Scotland, split by crime or offence group and by local authority. This bulletin also includes a new chapter which presents an estimate of how many cyber-crimes were recorded in Scotland during 2019-20 and 2020-21.

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Table 5 (Cont.): Crimes and offences recorded by local authority area, 2020-21

Local authority area Miscellaneous offences Motor vehicle offences Total offences Total crimes and offences
Aberdeen City 5,030 6,406 11,436 23,180
Aberdeenshire 2,675 4,596 7,271 13,535
Angus 1,935 3,084 5,019 8,413
Argyll & Bute 1,532 2,289 3,821 6,476
Clackmannanshire 1,298 750 2,048 4,531
Dumfries & Galloway 3,909 7,006 10,915 17,433
Dundee City 4,768 6,093 10,861 21,098
East Ayrshire 2,891 2,190 5,081 10,597
East Dunbartonshire 1,473 905 2,378 5,491
East Lothian 1,778 1,556 3,334 7,266
East Renfrewshire 944 756 1,700 3,864
Edinburgh, City of 11,219 7,062 18,281 45,660
Falkirk 3,989 3,114 7,103 13,676
Fife 8,340 5,791 14,131 28,331
Glasgow City 22,956 16,666 39,622 82,953
Highland 3,534 7,269 10,803 18,316
Inverclyde 1,547 1,158 2,705 6,644
Midlothian 1,801 1,320 3,121 6,840
Moray 1,568 1,932 3,500 6,026
Na h-Eileanan Siar 309 472 781 1,325
North Ayrshire 3,293 2,496 5,789 12,462
North Lanarkshire 9,890 6,945 16,835 34,905
Orkney Islands 183 318 501 823
Perth & Kinross 2,237 6,433 8,670 13,538
Renfrewshire 3,810 3,539 7,349 15,739
Scottish Borders 2,186 1,521 3,707 7,382
Shetland Islands 195 353 548 1,000
South Ayrshire 2,179 1,673 3,852 8,443
South Lanarkshire 7,920 5,101 13,021 27,850
Stirling 1,755 1,820 3,575 7,394
West Dunbartonshire 2,773 2,531 5,304 10,883
West Lothian 4,203 2,909 7,112 14,611
SCOTLAND 124,120 116,054 240,174 486,685

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