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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 A10: Estimated additional crimes recorded following procedural change to recording of international crimes, 2020-21
Table Note: 22
| Crime type | Estimated number of crimes | Perpetrator likely to be outwith UK (percentage)23 |
|---|---|---|
| Total | 1,160 | <1% |
| Other sexual crimes | 140 | 2% |
| Fraud | 900 | 6% |
| Threats and extortion | 110 | 12% |
| Computer Misuse Act 1990 | * | 4% |
| Sample size24 | 802 |
* Estimated to be fewer than 5 crimes.
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