): Crimes and offences recorded by local authority area, 2019-20, Table 6: Number of crimes recorded by the police, Scotland, 1971 to 2019-20, Table 6 (Cont. Changes in recorded crime from 2017-18 should be treated with some caution due to the addition of newly recorded crimes of handling an offensive weapon. The total number of crimes recorded by the police in Scotland in 2019-20 was 246,516. Chart 10 below shows the number of Crimes of dishonesty from 1971 onwards. More information can be found by accessing the Recorded Crime in Scotland: Handling Offensive Weapons publication: https://www.gov.scot/publications/recorded-crime-scotland-handling-offensive-weapons/. As such both the crime of handling an offensive weapon in a public place and any crime or offence committed with it are now both included in the statistics. indecent photos of children were transferred from Group 6 Miscellaneous offences to Group 2 Sexual crimes and back-revised to 2009-10. 616 of these new offences were recorded in 2019-20. accounted for 94% of crimes of Fire-raising, vandalism etc. Since then there has been a long-term decreasing trend, with a decrease of 74% between 1991 and 2019-20. (19%), Sexual crimes (5%) and Non-sexual crimes of violence (4%). The national rate of recorded Crimes of dishonesty fell from 211 to 204 per 10,000 population in 2019-20 (see Tables 4 and 7). Further detail can be found in Chapter 7. Further information on this procedural change and its impact on the statistics is available in the chapter on Group 5 - Other crimes. This includes the number of emergency hospital admissions for assault. In 2019 the Greater Manchester Violence Reduction Unit was launched, based on a scheme pioneered in Glasgow which had seen success in reducing violent crime in a city once notorious for stabbings. Further information is available via the following link: https://www.gov.scot/publications/recorded-crime-scotland-robbery-2008-09-2017-18/. Whilst many incidents will have been dealt with by police without the need for enforcement, 107 Coronavirus restrictions crimes were recorded in 2019-20. Further information is available via the following link: https://www.gov.scot/publications/recorded-crime-scotland-sexual-crimes-2013-14-2016-17/. Miscellaneous offences and Motor vehicle offences account for fairly equal proportions of total offences, compared to 2013-14 when Motor vehicle offences accounted for almost 60% of the total. Levels of these offences had previously been on a generally upward trend between 2009-10 and 2013-14, before decreasing by 93% between 2013-14 and 2019-20. As a result, we know that these are historical (non-recent) offences. Further information on quality issues is available in Annex 2. It is based on a ground-breaking approach used in Scotland. These crimes have increased by 7% from 2,481 in 2018-19 to 2,657 in 2019-20. Until this year this category had been on an upward trend since 2011-12, having increased by 76% between then and 2018-19. They almost converged after 2010, which coincides with the implementation of the Sexual Offences (Scotland) Act 2009, before they both increased during the years that followed up to the present. Scotland endured some horrific knife crime which brought matters to a head. The number of Shopliftings recorded was 3% higher than in 2010-11. It should be noted that the Other miscellaneous offences category is not considered comparable for years prior to 2008-09. Knife crime across Scotland exposed in shocking stats - and it's bad news if you're in Glasgow A Scottish Sun on Sunday probe found nationwide offences have soared by more than 25 per cent. is the second largest category in Miscellaneous offences, accounting for almost two-fifths (39%) in 2019-20. The number of violent deaths was so high that in 2005 the World Health Organisation reported that Scots were three times more likely to be murdered than people living in England and Wales; Glasgow was dubbed the ' Murder Capital of Europe '. Police-recorded murders involving a knife or sharp instrument in England and Wales in the 12 months to March 2022. The statistics are stark. Statistics The 2009-10 Scottish Crime and Justice Survey states that victims of violent crime reported the use, or threatened use, of a weapon in 30% of cases. Crimes against public justice account for 30% of Other crimes and include Bail offences, Resisting arrest and General attempts to pervert the course of justice. This demonstrates the impact that changes to the Misuse of Drugs Act, in this case making the possession of etizolam illegal, can have on recorded crime. This was followed by Other crimes (26%), Fire-raising, vandalism etc. Knife crime in England and Wales has continued to rise, with the loss of too many young lives. Furthermore, as discussed below the use of specific codes to record sexual crime also highlights where these cases are historical. The findings are included in the 2017-18 Main Findings report. Metropolitan Police Commissioner Cressida Dick, London. 18 July 2019. Due to a number of anomalies in the data as a result of inconsistencies with legacy data reporting, Motor vehicle offences recorded by the police are only comparable from 2013-14 onwards. Crimes recorded as Other violence account for 18% of Non-sexual crimes of violence. Urinating etc. Vandalism etc. The comparison described above for overall crime levels should be viewed in this context which will also likely apply to Scotlands other city based local authorities. Crimes recorded by the police do not reveal the incidence of all crimes committed as not all crimes are reported to the police. This segment includes information that should be considered to widen contextual understanding of the data provided on Group 2 - Sexual crimes. Earlier this year Dr Christine Goodall, of MAV, said more than 80% of assault victims in hospital emergency departments had been drinking, as had the people who had assaulted them. 92.7% of incidents were closed correctly[1] and 95.1% of crime was counted and classified correctly. 2023 BBC. Updated figures for 2018-19 and 2019-20 are due to be published in Spring 2021. This analysis identified that a number of offence codes are non-comparable over time. As a result of this amendment to recording practice, crimes of handling an offensive weapon have been substantially higher since 2017-18. Over the longer term, driving under the influence has decreased by 13% since 2010-11. The total number of crimes recorded by the police in Scotland in 2019-20 was 246,516. There were 442 recorded crimes per 10,000 population in 2016-17, with urban areas recording the highest rates; Glasgow City (714 per 10,000 population), Aberdeen City (606 per 10,000 population), Dundee City (600 per 10,000 population) and the City of Edinburgh (583 per 10,000 population) ( Table 13 ). Prior to 2017-18, statistics on handling offensive weapons in public places only include incidents where the perpetrator did not commit further crimes with the weapon. However there has been an overall decrease of 65% since 2013-14. on the knife crime situation in the UK. A further breakdown of Breach of the peace etc. There were 1,681 new crimes recorded under the Domestic Abuse (Scotland) Act 2018 in 2019-20, the first year this legislation has been in place. Over the ten year period from 2010-11 to 2019-20, this category has fallen by just under a fifth (18%). The comparability of the remaining three categories in Group 6 (Common assault; Breach of the peace etc. Further explanation of these trends is set out in the following sections for each crime group. *There was a procedural change to the counting of crimes of Handling an offensive weapon in 2017-18. We earlier published the findings of a research project into Other sexual crimes, based on a sample of around 2,000 crimes recorded by the police in 2013-14 and 2016-17. A bulletin describing the level of recorded crimes and offences in Scotland during the month of January 2022. Statistics on crimes and offences recorded by the police provide a measure of the volume of criminal activity with which the police are faced. This follows an increasing trend since 2014-15. A publication date for the report on the findings from this exercise will be announced in the near future. Further information about HMICSs future work plan can be found at: https://www.hmics.scot/publications/hmics-annual-scrutiny-plan-2020-21. Sixteen local authorities showed an increase in total recorded crime between 2018-19 and 2019-20 (Chart 3). recorded by the police in Scotland decreased by 1%, from 47,997 to 47,731. As well as Murder and Culpable homicide (common law), the Homicide etc. In 2010-11, incidents of Taking, distribution etc. However, as these sources both generally relate to how Scotlands emergency services respond to the most serious types of assault, it would be anticipated that both should show similar trends over time. In 2019-20, 89 crimes of handling an offensive weapon (not used) occurred within a prison and a further 146 occurred within a school. Statistics for 2016-17 were back-revised within the 2017-18 bulletin, to ensure time series continuity was not affected. Chart 17 shows the five categories within Miscellaneous offences over the last ten years. Over the ten year period from 2010-11 to 2019-20, Other theft has seen a decrease of 36%, including a 3% decrease from 42,880 in 2018-19 to 41,421 in 2019-20. The full findings and analysis from this sample can be found in the 2015-16 Recorded Crime in Scotland publication: https://www.gov.scot/publications/recorded-crime-scotland-2015-16/. Of the 504 Hate crimes examined, 94% were counted and classified correctly. Homicide is the death of a person purposefully inflicted by another person (it excludes suicides) outside of a state of war. Numbers have fluctuated since 2010-11, but the level is currently 14% higher than in 2010-11. Further detail on the type of information available from the SCJS on sexual crime is also included. VideoRescuers search wreckage of deadly Greece train crash, Blackpink lead top stars back on the road in Asia, 'Wales is in England' gaffe sparks TikToker's trip, Ukraine war casts shadow over India's G20 ambitions, Record numbers of guide dog volunteers after BBC story. Scotland's approach is no magic bullet. Rape & attempted rape accounted for 18% of Sexual crimes. In the majority of cases the crime or offence resulted in no physical injury to the victim and this proportion was higher when the victim was female or if the victim did not know the perpetrator. The Mentors in Violence Prevention (MVP) initiative teaches young people leadership skills to help them support their fellow pupils. Crimes of dishonesty account for over two-fifths (45%) of all crime recorded in Scotland in 2019-20. Updated 'Hate crime open data'. These crimes account for 8% of Other crimes in 2019-20. Since this is the first year of DASA crimes, all other categories make up a smaller proportion of Non-sexual crimes of violence than in 2018-19. A separate Homicide in Scotland bulletin is produced by the Scottish Government which contains more detailed information on the crimes of Murder and Culpable homicide (common law). Tables 14 and 15 provide . Of those new crimes, 94% (or 1,577) involved a female victim and 6% (or 104) had a male victim. This change will have an impact on the comparability of recorded crime statistics for all years prior to 2017-18, however the earlier the year selected (for example comparisons with 2010-11) the smaller this will be when set against the long term changes in total crime recorded by the police and other legislative and procedural changes made to the recording of crime during this period. Detailed information on the victims of sexual crime is not collected in the main SCJS survey. 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The report also found that No-criming practice was generally good, with 96.0% of the 876 cases which were initially recorded as a crime but were later re-designated as not being a crime following additional investigation, found to have been no-crimed correctly. There were 655 crimes of Disclosing or threatening to disclose an intimate image in 2019-20. Over the ten year period from 2010-11 to 2019-20, these crimes have seen a large fall of 82%. These crimes are at their lowest level since 1971, the first year for which comparable crime groups are available. While the region saw a fall of 40 per cent in homicides in the decade after the initiative's launch, the murder rate has stayed steady over the past few. Speeding accounted for just under a quarter (24%) of Motor vehicle offences. This is 36 crimes (or less than 1%) higher than the level recorded in 2018-19 (Chart 1 and Table 1). Chart 4 shows that since 2010-11 all local authorities have seen a reduction in recorded crime. To only allow the cookies that make the site work, click 'Use essential cookies only.' Drunkenness and other disorderly conduct accounted for 4% of Miscellaneous offences in 2019-20. Four showed very little change, with the remaining twelve showing a decrease from the previous year. The research suggests that cyber enabled Other sexual crimes (i.e. When the weapon was not used in other criminal activity the median age of perpetrators was 29 and the majority of crimes involved a knife or other articles with a blade or point. These Official Statistics were introduced from April 2020 to inform users about the volume and type of crimes and offences recorded in Scotland during the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Last year this had reduced by a further three to 59. Due to anomalies in the data for Motor vehicle offences, statistics for total recorded offences by the police are only comparable from 2013-14 onwards. increased for a long period, but there was a sharp downward trend since they peaked in 2006-07. Even among gang members who refused to participate, data indicated a 25% fall in the number of offences committed. Due to a number of anomalies in the data for Miscellaneous offences, this group is only comparable from 2008-09 onwards. Over the ten year period from 2010-11 to 2019-20 this category has seen a decrease of 49%, including a 4% decrease from 1,740 in 2018-19 to 1,679 in 2019-20. They include measures seeking to educate potential offenders and change attitudes, as well as strategies based on enforcement. Levels of these offences increased each year from 2010-11, peaking in 2013-14, but have decreased each year since. The "Glasgow model" has been widely praised as a way of tackling violent crime. Over the ten year period from 2010-11 to 2019-20 this crime group has decreased by 48%, including a 6% decrease from 13,777 in 2018-19 to 12,903 in 2019-20. Whilst the reduction in hospital admissions appears to be larger than that for recorded crime, the change in guidance for crimes classed as serious assaults in 2015 may have had an impact on these figures. This does not represent a real increase in recorded crime, and this change will continue have an impact on the comparability of recorded crime statistics for all years prior to 2017-18. March 11, 2019. Further information on the comparability of Group 6 is available in Annex 2. Over the past 10 years this type of crime increased by a third, including a 10% increase from 183 in 2018-19 to 201 in 2019-20. A number of legislative and procedural changes should be kept in mind when reviewing trends in sexual crime over the longer term. For a more detailed discussion of the results of the audit and its relation to recorded crime, please see the previous bulletin: https://www.gov.scot/publications/recorded-crime-scotland-2018-19/. There have been more recent increases, although as outlined above the latest one is due to new crimes being recorded under the Domestic Abuse (Scotland) Act 2018 following its enactment on the 1st April 2019. He famously convinced rival leaders to shake hands and give up their weapons. Source: Office of National Statistics Knife crime in England 0 Given the rapid pace of these changes, Police Scotland have used a bespoke data collection to capture information on the number of new crimes recorded under the coronavirus legislation. Knife crime in England and Wales has risen by 54% in the past three years. Cannabis is the most commonly seized drug by a considerable margin (51.0%), which splits into herbal cannabis (39.3%) and cannabis resin (11.8%), this equates to an estimated 15,200 crimes of cannabis possession in 2018-19 (Table D2). A number of crimes which may have been recorded as Breach of the peace prior to the implementation of the Act would also not have shown up as sexual crimes before December 2010. experience. sought to reduce knife crime and violence in general. As well as the new crimes being recorded under the Domestic Abuse (Scotland) Act 2018 and Coronavirus restrictions (both referred to above in the Background to this bulletin), previous legislative changes and changes to recording will have some effect on the longer term time series. Between 2018-19 and 2019-20, the number of Miscellaneous offences recorded by the police in Scotland decreased by 1%, from 130,686 to 128,755. By Shanae Dennis. This Official Statistics bulletin presents information on the number of crimes and offences recorded by the police in Scotland during January 2022. Similar to Sexual assault, after an upward trend from 2010-11 to 2018-19, there was a 3% decrease in Rape & attempted rape this year, from 2,426 in 2018-19 to 2,343 in 2019-20. Whilst some of these cases may have been recorded as a different crime or offence had they occurred prior to the Act, it is likely the majority of them would not have been classified as a Sexual crime. Breach of the peace etc. While offences of driving or being in charge of a motor vehicle while impaired through alcohol or drugs already existed, evidence of impaired driving is not required for the new offences. By adding up all these crime codes, we know that at least 40% of the 13,364 sexual crimes recorded in 2019-20 by the police related to a victim under the age of 18. into its component parts is available in Table A6. Further information on quality issues is available in the Data Considerations section below, and in Annex 2. Further information from Police Scotland suggests that around a quarter (25%) of sexual crimes in 2019-20 were recorded at least one year after they occurred and that this figure is similar to the previous year. This category increased by 19% from 102 crimes in 2018-19 to 121 in 2019-20. In 2004, John McAlinden, 17, his mum Edith and pal Jamie Gray, 16, murdered Edith's boyfriend David Gillespie, 42, and . Another source of statistics on fires in Scotland is an annual publication covering the number of fires attended by the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service (SFRS). Former director John Carnochan once showed me a jagged graph of violent crime in Glasgow. Due to the difference in scale of recorded crimes of Vandalism etc. The symbolism was powerful as Sir Stephen urged them to renounce violence or risk returning to the court for real. Theft of a motor vehicle accounted for 4% of Crimes of dishonesty. This increase is due to the recording of 1,681 new crimes under the Domestic Abuse (Scotland) Act 2018 in 2019-20, following its enactment on the 1st April 2019. Crimes recorded by the police do not reveal the incidence of all crimes committed as not all crimes are reported to the police. In 2009 the VRU launched the Community Initiative to Reduce Violence (CIRV). Figures for 2002 showed that Glasgow had a homicide rate of 58.7 people per . We use cookies to collect anonymous data to help us improve your site browsing The Other sexual crimes category includes crimes such as Communicating indecently; Taking, possessing and distributing indecent photos of children; Sexual exposure, Public indecency and Causing to view sexual images or activity. In 2012 there were 2.7 homicides. 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