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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 1 (Cont.): Crimes recorded by the police, Scotland, 2011-12 to 2020-21
| Crime group | 2011-12 | 2012-13 | 2013-14 | 2014-15 | 2015-16 | 2016-17 | 2017-1816 | 2018-19 | 2019-20 | 2020-21 | % change 19-20 to 20-21 | % change 11-12 to 20-21 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fire-raising, vandalism etc. | 75,201 | 59,479 | 54,418 | 52,091 | 54,226 | 52,514 | 51,322 | 47,997 | 47,731 | 42,964 | -10 | -43 |
| Fire-raising | 3,755 | 3,066 | 2,549 | 2,351 | 2,595 | 2,793 | 2,632 | 2,481 | 2,657 | 2,580 | -3 | -31 |
| Vandalism etc. | 71,446 | 56,413 | 51,869 | 49,740 | 51,631 | 49,721 | 48,690 | 45,516 | 45,074 | 40,384 | -10 | -43 |
| Other crimes | 67,805 | 62,514 | 63,365 | 61,573 | 59,218 | 54,946 | 58,970 | 62,422 | 64,589 | 70,737 | 10 | 4 |
| Crimes against public justice | 26,635 | 23,401 | 23,610 | 21,100 | 20,361 | 18,795 | 18,679 | 18,512 | 19,441 | 24,985 | 29 | -6 |
| Handling offensive weapons | 7,733 | 8,896 | 9,644 | 10,184 | 6 | n/r | ||||||
| Not used in other criminal activity | 5,631 | 4,015 | 3,795 | 3,289 | 3,111 | 3,271 | 3,570 | 4,216 | 4,484 | 4,524 | 1 | -20 |
| Used in other criminal activity | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4,163 | 4,680 | 5,160 | 5,660 | 10 | - |
| Drugs | 35,157 | 34,688 | 35,616 | 36,836 | 35,479 | 32,641 | 32,399 | 34,831 | 35,303 | 35,410 | 0 | 1 |
| Other | 382 | 410 | 344 | 348 | 267 | 239 | 159 | 183 | 201 | 158 | -21 | -59 |
| Coronavirus restrictions | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 107 | 20,976 | n/r |
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