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Scotland: police recorded crime incidents by type 2017

Crimes recorded by the police in Scotland in 2016/2017, by crime type

The data displays the total number of crime incidents recorded by the police in Scotland in 2016/2017, by type. There were more than twice as much recorded cases of crimes of dishonesty, than there were crimes involving fire-raising and vandalism.

Crimes of dishonesty 113205
Other crimes 54946
Fire-raising, vandalism etc. 52514
Sexual crimes 10822
Non-sexual crimes of violence 7164