Recorded Crime in Scotland 2009-10 published

Tuesday, 7th September, 2010

Scotland's Chief Statistician today published Recorded Crime in Scotland, 2009-10. The publication presents statistics on crimes and offences recorded and cleared up by the eight Scottish police forces in 2009-10.

The figures show that the total number of crimes recorded by the police decreased by 10 per cent between 2008-09 and 2009-10.

However, the number of sexual crimes (crimes of indecency) increased by two per cent, from 6,331 in 2008-09 to 6,458 in 2009-10. Within this, recorded cases of rape and attempted rape increased by three per cent to 996.

Full report here.