Recorded crime in Scotland: August 2020

Official Statistics on crimes and offences recorded by the police in Scotland for August 2020.


Table 3: Crimes recorded by the police by local authority, Scotland, August 2019 and August 2020

Local Authority August % Change since
2019 2020 August 2019
Aberdeen City 906 979 8%
Aberdeenshire 591 534 -10%
Angus 358 324 -9%
Argyll & Bute 235 245 4%
Clackmannanshire 243 220 -9%
Dumfries & Galloway 559 491 -12%
Dundee City 889 872 -2%
East Ayrshire 458 456 0%
East Dunbartonshire 207 224 8%
East Lothian 311 318 2%
East Renfrewshire 176 174 -1%
Edinburgh City 2,871 1,908 -34%
Falkirk 612 551 -10%
Fife 1,052 1,241 18%
Glasgow City 3,415 3,498 2%
Highland 616 563 -9%
Inverclyde 331 265 -20%
Midlothian 362 312 -14%
Moray 195 233 19%
Na h-Eileanan Siar 34 24 -29%
North Ayrshire 555 588 6%
North Lanarkshire 1,432 1,502 5%
Orkney Islands 35 41 17%
Perth & Kinross 403 429 6%
Renfrewshire 618 667 8%
Scottish Borders 304 303 0%
Shetland Islands 39 24 -38%
South Ayrshire 372 444 19%
South Lanarkshire 1,277 1,284 1%
Stirling 338 286 -15%
West Dunbartonshire 404 400 -1%
West Lothian 532 527 -1%
Scotland1 20,730 19,927 -4%

1. The total figure for recorded crime excludes the new crimes being recorded under the recently enacted coronavirus legislation. Please see the Crimes recorded under coronavirus legislation section for more information.

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