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Scotland: police recorded crime incidents 2005-2017

Crimes recorded by the police in Scotland from 2004/2005 to 2016/2017
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The data displays the total number of crime incidents recorded by the police in Scotland from 2004/2005 to 2016/2017. Since 2006/2007, crime figures have shown a steady year-on-year decrease to the most recent twelve month period when approx. 239 thousand crimes were recorded.

2004/05 438123
2005/06 417785
2006/07 419257
2007/08 385509
2008/09 377433
2009/10 338124
2010/11 323247
2011/12 314188
2012/13 273053
2013/14 270397
2014/15 256350
2015/16 246243
2016/17 238651