Sexual crimes accounted for around 5% of all crime recorded in Scotland in 2018/19
Sexual crimes increased by 8% from 12,487 to 13,547. The recording of these crimes is at the highest level seen since 1971
Within sexual crimes, crimes associated with prostitution is the only sub-category to have seen a decline in the last decade
One in five women in Scotland has had someone try to make them have sex against their will
2% of men in Scotland have experienced rape
At least 43% of the sexual crimes recorded in 2015/16 involved a victim under the age of 18
Crimes of dishonesty account for almost half (46%) of all crime recorded in Scotland in 2018-19. Between 2017-18 and 2018-19, the number of Crimes of dishonesty recorded by the police in Scotland was almost unchanged, increasing by less than 1% from 114,474 to 114,506
Crimes of dishonesty are offences which involve the taking or appropriation of property without the consent of the owner in the knowledge that the accused has no right to the property in question.
Group 3: Crimes of dishonesty(Also referred to as Dishonesty)
Housebreaking Includes:
Theft by housebreaking domestic property (dwelling and non-dwelling)
Theft by housebreaking other property
Housebreaking with intent to steal domestic property (dwelling and non-dwelling)
Housebreaking with intent to steal other property
Attempted housebreaking with intent to enter and steal domestic property (dwelling and non-dwelling)
Attempted housebreaking with intent to enter and steal other property
Theft by opening lockfast places (OLP) Theft by opening lockfast places (OLP) (excluding motor vehicle)
OLP (excluding motor vehicle) with intent to steal
Attempted OLP excluding motor vehicle with intent to steal
Theft from a motor vehicle by OLP Includes:
Theft by OLP from a motor vehicle
OLP with intent to steal from a motor vehicle
Attempted OLP with intent to steal from a motor vehicle
Theft of motor vehicle Theft of a motor vehicle and contents
Attempted theft of a motor vehicle
Shoplifting Shoplifting
Other theft Includes:
Theft of pedal cycles
Theft from a motor vehicle not elsewhere classified
Fraud Fraud
Other crimes of dishonesty Includes:
Forgery (other)
Reset
Embezzlement
Corruption
While the number of recorded crimes of dishonesty has almost quartered since the peak in 1991, it still remains the most 'popular' category of crime in Scotland (and the UK)...
Why do you think this is?
Thinking about the 'severity' of crimes, how do crimes of dishonesty stack up against the other categories?
Looking into the data it apparent that...
'Other theft' (which includes Theft of pedal cycles, Theft from a motor vehicle not elsewhere classified and Theft not elsewhere classified (excl. motor vehicles)) is the largest in Crimes of dishonesty, accounting for 37% of these crimes.
Shoplifting accounted for over a quarter (29%) of Crimes of dishonesty.
Housebreaking accounted for 9% of Crimes of dishonesty.
Crimes of Fraud account for 8% of Crimes of dishonesty. Despite small fluctuations over the ten year period from 2009-10 to 2018-19, this category has seen an increase of 17%
Frank William Abagnale Jr. is an American security consultant known for his career as a con man, check forger, and impostor when he was 15 to 21 years old.
He became one of the most notorious impostors, claiming to have assumed no fewer than eight identities, including an airline pilot, a physician, a U.S. Bureau of Prisons agent, and a lawyer. Abagnale escaped from police custody twice (once from a taxiing airliner and once from a U.S. federal penitentiary) all before turning 22 years old.
While the level of crimes of dishonesty recorded in Scotland has declined by around 25% over the last decade, the downward trend has levelled off in the most recent years (that we have data for) and within crimes of dishonesty, fraud is one subcategory which appears to be on the rise...
What changes to the way in which we use bank cards might have contributed to the uptick in bank card fraud?
Fraudulent selling accounts for around 20% of crimes classed as fraud - what changes to the way we shop (in the last 10/15 years), might have contributed to peoples' susceptibility to fraudulent selling practices?
Why might people be more vulnerable now to phishing scams than they were say... 30 years ago?