into its component parts is available in Table A6. 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/. Attempted murder and serious assault is the largest category in Group 1, accounting for 44% of all Non-sexual crimes of violence. Homicide etc. are not affected. As such the significant rise in the total number of recorded crimes of Handling an offensive weapon shown for that year, does not represent a real increase in these crimes. It offers modern street food served from an airstream truck and hires former offenders for 12-month blocks. In addition to the legislative and procedural changes outlined above, the issue of historical reporting of sexual crime also continues to play a role in the latest statistics. Over the ten year period from 2010-11 to 2019-20 this crime has increased by 3%, including a 1% increase from 34,831 crimes in 2018-19 to 35,303 in 2019-20. There will be some discontinuity for earlier years as Communications Act 2003 offences with a sexual element were not separately identifiable within the statistics until 2016-17. Updated figures for 2018-19 and 2019-20 are due to be published in Spring 2021. A further breakdown of Breach of the peace etc. 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. Crimes of Robbery and Other violence accounted for 19% and 18% respectively. Over the longer term, driving under the influence has decreased by 13% since 2010-11. One factor in this growth may be the UK governments 2017 amendment to the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971, which made it illegal to possess etizolam (a designer benzodiazepine) through classification as a Class C drug. More information can be found by accessing the Recorded Crime in Scotland, 2015-16 bulletin: https://www.gov.scot/publications/recorded-crime-scotland-2015-16/, Scottish Government statisticians reviewed a random sample of 500 common assault records from 2014-15 to develop a better understanding of the nature of this type of offence. These crimes fell between 2010-11 and 2014-15, before figures rose sharply in 2015-16 and then more gradually in the years that followed, until the decrease this year. Drugs crimes have consistently been the biggest contributor, accounting for 55% in 2019-20. This Official Statistics bulletin presents information on the number of crimes and offences recorded by the police in Scotland during January 2022. This years figure (101 crimes) is the lowest over the last ten years. 0 teenagers were murdered with a knife or sharp object in the 12 month to March 2022. It has stressed the importance of positive role models and its projects have been shaped by statistics. A further 30% were Crimes against public justice and 15% were crimes of Handling offensive weapons. The recording of crime remains at one of the lowest levels seen since 1974. Could you provide me with any information, statistics etc. *This years figures include crimes under the Domestic Abuse (Scotland) Act 2018 for the first time. These individual groups will be discussed in more detail in the sections which follow. In 2004/05 there were 137 homicides (which include murder and culpable homicide figures) in Scotland - in Glasgow, there were 40 cases alone, double the national rate. One such example is Street & Arrow in Glasgow's West End, which launched in 2016. What's he waiting for? 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. Vehicle defect offences account for 6% of Motor vehicle offences. The Other miscellaneous offences category includes a wide range of offences, including Racially aggravated harassment, Racially aggravated conduct (see section below), False/hoax calls, Offences involving children and Offences involving animals/plants. 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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. Notwithstanding that year-on-year figures can vary across local authorities, the long term trend of decreasing crime is broadly the same across Scotland. Further information is available via the following link: https://www.gov.scot/publications/recorded-crime-scotland-robbery-2008-09-2017-18/. The latest edition, for the 2017-18 reporting year was published in March 2019 and is available at: https://www.gov.scot/publications/drug-seizures-offender-characteristics-2017-18/. 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. Four showed very little change, with the remaining twelve showing a decrease from the previous year. 92.7% of incidents were closed correctly[1] and 95.1% of crime was counted and classified correctly. Main Findings: Recorded Crimes and Offences in Scotland, 4. This included findings on the characteristics of these cases, based on a random sample of 1,500 crimes recorded by the police for the first six months (April to September) of 2013 and 2017. Mr Carnochan explained: "That was Valentine's Day.". Levels of these offences increased each year from 2010-11, peaking in 2013-14, but have decreased each year since. One of its early projects involved sending senior doctors into schools to share their harrowing experiences. All other Non-sexual crimes of violence collectively decreased by 5% between 2018-19 and 2019-20. Former offenders were drafted in to share their experiences with the next generation. In Scotland, police collect crime statistics differently, so there are no separate records for knife attacks. Breach of the peace etc. Some of these sections include information on sexual crime; for example, the self-completion elements of the 2016-17 and 2017-18 surveys included questions on sexual victimisation, stalking and harassment, and partner abuse. Help improve gov.scot by filling in a short survey. In 2017-18, Communications Act 2003 (Sexual) offences were transferred from Group 6 Miscellaneous offences to Group 2 Sexual crimes. In 2018-19, cannabis (herbal and resin), etizolam, cocaine, and heroin accounted for 80.8% of all drug possession seizures (Table D1). Within two years of implementing Operation Ceasefire in 1995, Boston had reduced violent crime by about 50%. These crimes have increased by 7% from 2,481 in 2018-19 to 2,657 in 2019-20. Theft by opening a lockfast place (OLP) accounted for 2% of Crimes of dishonesty in 2019-20. At just 1%, Crimes associated with prostitution continue to represent a very small proportion of the total. Chart 9 shows the four categories within Sexual crimes over the last ten years, and gives an indication of the trend and scale of each category. There remains a 42% reduction in Non-sexual crimes of violence since 2002-03. This category increased by 3% from 7,107 in 2018-19 to 7,346 in 2019-20. *There was a procedural change to the counting of crimes of Handling an offensive weapon in 2017-18. Scotland's Violence Reduction Unit (VRU) was set up to stem the tide of knife crime which saw Glasgow become Europe's murder. The Other category within Other crimes includes Treason; Conspiracy; Explosive offences; Wrecking, piracy and hijacking; and Crimes against public order. It should be noted that Glasgows daily population will be higher than its resident population as people travel into the city from surrounding local authority areas for work, leisure and other purposes. Chart 2 shows the number of recorded crimes in each of the five crime groups since 1971 and gives an indication of the scale of each crime group. Non-sexual crimes of violence account for 4% of all crimes recorded in Scotland in 2019-20. However, there was a 6% increase from 4,216 in 2018-19 to 4,484 in 2019-20, the fourth year-on-year increase following a prolonged decrease in these crimes. Most of these crimes (86%) are for drug possession, where the quantity of drugs seized is small enough to be considered for personal use (as opposed to crimes of drug supply). The data presented here is based on a random sample of 400 crimes recorded in 2018-19. From 2017-18 onwards, crimes of Handling an offensive weapon in Scotland can be counted in two different ways. The national rate of recorded Miscellaneous offences decreased from 240 per 10,000 population in 2018-19 to 236 offences per 10,000 population in 2019-20 (see Table 4). Further details of this audit, and a link to the full audit, can be found in the User Guide. Of those new crimes, 94% (or 1,577) involved a female victim and 6% (or 104) had a male victim. accounted for 1% of Non-sexual crimes of violence. Other theft and Housebreaking fell by 36% and 48% respectively between 2010-11 and 2019-20. 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. category includes crimes recorded under the Computer Misuse Act 1990. This amounts to an overall decrease of 59% since 2013-14. 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. 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. Contact Email: Justice_Analysts@gov.scot Tables 14 and 15 provide . The implementation of the Abusive Behaviour and Sexual Harm (Scotland) Act 2016 has had an impact on any comparisons with data prior to 2017-18. 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. Metropolitan Police Commissioner Cressida Dick, London. Over the ten year period from 2010-11 to 2019-20, this category has fallen by just under a fifth (18%). Dimensions Download The national rate of recorded crimes of Fire-raising, vandalism etc. This bulletin presents characteristics of victims and accused, such as age and gender, as well as the circumstances of the homicide. Numbers have fluctuated since 2010-11, but the level is currently 14% higher than in 2010-11. During workshops, pupils are asked questions such as: "Is it sometimes ok to send a sexually explicit photo to another person?". It has also informed national debates, such as the case for minimum alcohol pricing. This is 36 crimes (or less than 1%) higher than the level recorded in 2018-19 (Chart 1 and Table 1). When the weapon was used in other criminal activity in a public place, the majority of cases involved a male perpetrator and a male victim, who were known to each other and who were both more likely than average to live in urban areas and areas of higher deprivation. This comparison confirms that the reduction in police recorded crimes of attempted murder and serious assault over the past 10 years has also been broadly reflected in statistics for emergency admissions to hospital. As a result of this amendment to recording practice, crimes of handling an offensive weapon have been substantially higher since 2017-18. Whilst these crimes represent a small proportion of sexual crimes (4% of all Group 2 Sexual crimes in 2019-20), it has resulted in a small discontinuity in the time series for any analysis that spans 2009-10. 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. This was followed by Other crimes (26%), Fire-raising, vandalism etc. This change involved reclassifying some activity from an offence group to a crime group, and so resulted in a small increase in total recorded crime, with 223 recorded in 2019-20. Since then the overall crime rate has remained stable. A total of 26,726 fires were attended by the SFRS in 2018-19, over half of which (56%) were started deliberately. ): Crimes and offences recorded in Scotland per 10,000 population, 2010-11 to 2019-20, Table 5: Crimes and offences recorded by local authority area, 2019-20, Table 5 (Cont. 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. This represents a 2% increase from 2017-18. is the second largest category in Miscellaneous offences, accounting for almost two-fifths (39%) in 2019-20. The longer term trend has also been downwards, with the number of crimes recorded decreasing by 42% between 2010-11 and 2019-20. An additional topical analysis of drug possession crimes recorded in 2018-19 is presented at the end of this section. Over the ten year period from 2010-11 to 2019-20 this crime has decreased by 26%, although there was an increase of 5% from 18,512 in 2018-19 to 19,441 in 2019-20. Between 2018-19 and 2019-20, the number of Other crimes recorded by the police increased by 3%, from 62,422 to 64,589. Rape & attempted rape accounted for 18% of Sexual crimes. The "Glasgow model" has been widely praised as a way of tackling violent crime. 2 As these figures are estimates they have been rounded to the nearest 100. 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. By Shanae Dennis. Housebreaking accounted for 12% of Crimes of dishonesty. Crimes are recorded in terms of where they occur and not the home residency of the victim (where the two places are different locations). There were 2,585 emergency hospital admissions as a result of assault in 2018-19, of which 665 were due to assault with a sharp object and 1,938 were other assaults[2]. Sexual assault accounted for 37% of Sexual crimes in 2019-20. 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. Love may virtually halt violence once a year but other factors have helped Glasgow shed its unwanted reputation as No Mean City. In 2010, Brigadier David Allfrey, a former commander of 51 Scottish Brigade in Stirling, ran an adventure and leadership training scheme with former gang members. VideoRecord numbers of guide dog volunteers after BBC story. This has contributed to the increase in Other sexual crimes. Table A7 shows these offences for the last ten years. A bulletin describing the level of recorded crimes and offences in Scotland during the month of January 2022. Sexual crimes have been on a long-term upward trend since 1974, with some fluctuations. The Act led to new crimes of Disclosing or threatening to disclose an intimate image being recorded from 2017-18 onwards, with 655 being recorded in 2019-20 (this is part of an increasing trend with 421 crimes being recorded in 2017-18 and 596 recorded in 2018-19). Following an increase between 2016-17 and 2018-19, there was a 4% decrease between 2018-19 and 2019-20. The relative stability in recent years is set against a generally decreasing trend in recorded crime over the longer term, from a peak in 1991 when crime reached a record high of 572,921. We publish figures for selected police recorded offences involving a knife or sharp instrument in the Offences involving the use of weapons: data tables. This amounts to an overall decrease of 43% since 2013-14. Of the 57,833 offences recorded in 2019-20, 7,519 (15%) related to common assault of emergency workers, an increase of 6% since 2018-19 and 16% since 2010-11 (see Table A8). Violent crime > Intentional homicide rate: Homicides per 100'000 residents. They include measures seeking to educate potential offenders and change attitudes, as well as strategies based on enforcement. Updated 'Knife crime open data year ending March 2009 onwards' 'Police recorded crime Community Safety Partnership open data tables, from year ending . 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. While recorded crime in Scotland is not directly comparable with England & Wales or Northern Ireland due to differences in legislation and counting rules, there are some tentative signs that the previous long-term upward trend for sexual crimes across the UK may be slowing down. In June 2018 a report was published that presented more detailed information on the handling of offensive weapons within public places in Scotland. 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 '. From its formation in 2005 the VRU proposed a fresh approach to tackling the problem. Common assault is the largest category in Miscellaneous offences, accounting for more than two-fifths (45%) in 2019-20. The number of Shopliftings recorded was 3% higher than in 2010-11. For further information on the classification of crimes and offences, please see Chapter 7. 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. This means there is a discontinuity in the time series for Breach of the peace etc. There were 655 crimes of Disclosing or threatening to disclose an intimate image in 2019-20. MAV also produced a 15-minute film, called Your Choice, and devised lesson plans to help stimulate a debate. THE areas of Glasgow where the most crimes have been recorded have been revealed. The VRU was formed over a decade ago in response to gang . Drunkenness and other disorderly conduct includes offences such as Drunk and incapable, Disorderly on licensed premises and Consumption of alcohol in designated places, byelaws prohibited. Former Chief Insp Graham Goulden, said the scale of the problem should not be underestimated in light of the "sexually toxic environment" children are growing up in. The most common criminal act committed with a weapon in a public place was Threatening or abusive behaviour followed by Common assault. "Reducing violent and knife-related crime is key to our drive to improve public safety," said Ms Jamieson. The homicide rate is also ticking up, after years of decline. offences decreased by 13% from 2,466 in 2018-19 to 2,153 in 2019-20, the seventh consecutive decrease in these offences. Figures for 2002 showed that Glasgow had a homicide rate of 58.7 people per . There has been an overall decrease of 91% since 2010-11 and 93% since 2013-14. Crimes of Fraud account for 11% of Crimes of dishonesty. A publication date for the report on the findings from this exercise will be announced in the near future. March 11, 2019. The Official Statistics on Drug Seizures and Offender Characteristics presents figures on the number and type of drug seizures made by Police Scotland. Common assault and Breach of the peace etc. 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. ): Number of crimes recorded by the police, Scotland, 1971 to 2019-20, Table 7: Crimes per 10,000 population, Scotland, 1971 to 2019-20, Table 7 (Cont. This includes a study of the characteristics and circumstances of police recorded hate crime, based on a review of crime records. The Unlawful use of vehicle category includes offences such as Driving while disqualified, Driving without a licence, Driving without insurance, and Driving without a test certificate. This bulletin reports on the number of crimes and offences recorded by the police in Scotland. Further information on quality issues is available in Annex 2. In 2016, Her Majestys Inspectorate of Constabulary in Scotland (HMICS) published an audit which assessed the extent to which police recording practices complied with the Scottish Crime Recording Standard and Counting Rules: https://www.hmics.scot/publications/crime-audit-2016. The most recent edition, covering the 2020-21 reporting year, was published on 28th September 2021. Since 2010-11 the number of these crimes has fallen by 42%. 18 July 2019. A data cubedatasetin folders : Scottish Government, Crime and Justice Recorded Crimes and Offences Number, and rate per 10,000 population, of crimes and offences recorded by the police DataAboutAPI View as a spreadsheet To view as a spreadsheet, lockthe value for all but 2 dimensions by clicking the links below. Areas were ranked according to the number of homicides and levels of violent and weapon crime, public disorder and numbers of police officers per 100,000 people. It should be noted that the Other motor vehicle offences category is not considered comparable for years prior to 2013-14. 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/. 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. The implementation of the Sexual Offences (Scotland) Act 2009 on 1st December 2010 resulted in a number of changes to the recording of sexual crimes, including a redistribution of Group 2 crimes among the subcategories and a widened the definition of rape. Vandalism etc. There were 21 such crimes recorded in 2019-20. 1 Population estimates are as at mid-year 2019 from the National Records of Scotland (http://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/statistics-and-data/statistics/statistics-by-theme/population/population-estimates/mid-year-population-estimates). The comparability of the remaining three categories in Group 6 (Common assault; Breach of the peace etc. Urinating etc. During each performance they moved props around and performed. These crimes account for 8% of Other crimes in 2019-20. fell from 88 to 87 crimes per 10,000 population in 2019-20. 81,854 crimes and offences were recorded in Glasgow City, the highest total in Scotland, while the. Further information is available via the following link: https://www.gov.scot/publications/recorded-crime-scotland-attempted-murder-serious-assault-2008-09-2017-18/. increased for a long period, but there was a sharp downward trend since they peaked in 2006-07. Chart 6 below shows the number of Non-sexual crimes of violence from 1971 onwards. These crimes account for 7% of Other crimes in 2019-20. 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. Levels of violent crime increased for a long period, before entering a downward trend in 2002-03. where the internet has been used as a means to commit the crime) contributed around half to the total growth in all recorded Sexual crimes between 2013-14 and 2016-17. accounted for 2% of Miscellaneous offences in 2019-20. While these include specific racially aggravated offences, they do not account for all criminal behaviour which may have had a racial motivation such as Threatening or abusive behaviour or Common assault. Coinciding with this change of collection, the Scottish Government carried out an extensive data quality exercise to assess the comparability of data extracted from ScOMIS with the data published in previous bulletins. Chart 17 shows the five categories within Miscellaneous offences over the last ten years. It was designed to offer young people an alterative to gang membership, such as youth clubs, as well as the prospect of training and work. . Please do not provide any personal information, All content is available under the Open Government Licence v3.0, except for graphic assets and where otherwise stated, Cabinet Secretary for Justice and Veterans, Key Points from Recorded Crime in Scotland, 2. In 2019-20, the volume of recorded crimes of Attempted murder and serious assault made up 44% of all Non-sexual crimes of violence. Brigadier Allfrey, the Tattoo's chief executive and producer, said: "There is enormous human potential wrapped up in these young men.". The total number of crimes recorded by the police in Scotland in 2019-20 was 246,516. 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. Crimes in Glasgow involving knives and offensive weapons have fallen by 14% in the past year, to a 29 year low. Further information about HMICSs future work plan can be found at: https://www.hmics.scot/publications/hmics-annual-scrutiny-plan-2020-21. The Other motor vehicle offences category includes offences such as Accident offences and Parking offences. Home secretary: 'Knife crime can't go on', 'I was stabbed nine times and had a hatchet in my head', Station master arrested after dozens killed in Greece train crash, Survivors describe 'nightmarish seconds' as trains crashed, Rescuers search wreckage of deadly Greece train crash. 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