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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 6 (Cont.): Number of crimes recorded by the police, Scotland, 1971 to 2020-21
| Year | Non-sexual crimes of violence | Sexual crimes | Crimes of dishonesty | Fire-raising, vandalism, etc. | Other crimes16 | Coronavirus restrictions | Total crimes16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010-11 | 11,437 | 6,696 | 155,870 | 82,020 | 67,224 | 323,247 | |
| 2011-12 | 9,484 | 7,361 | 154,337 | 75,201 | 67,805 | 314,188 | |
| 2012-13 | 7,468 | 7,693 | 135,899 | 59,479 | 62,514 | 273,053 | |
| 2013-14 | 6,686 | 8,604 | 137,324 | 54,418 | 63,365 | 270,397 | |
| 2014-15 | 6,272 | 9,557 | 126,857 | 52,091 | 61,573 | 256,350 | |
| 2015-16 | 6,737 | 10,273 | 115,789 | 54,226 | 59,218 | 246,243 | |
| 2016-17 | 7,164 | 11,092 | 113,205 | 52,514 | 54,946 | 238,921 | |
| 2017-18 | 7,251 | 12,487 | 114,474 | 51,322 | 58,970 | 244,504 | |
| 2018-19 | 8,008 | 13,547 | 114,506 | 47,997 | 62,422 | 246,480 | |
| 2019-20 | 9,316 | 13,364 | 111,409 | 47,731 | 64,589 | 107 | 246,516 |
| 2020-21 | 8,972 | 13,131 | 89,731 | 42,964 | 70,737 | 20,976 | 246,511 |
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