Scotland Crime: Dundee tops list as area with most reported crime, with Glasgow first in sexual crimes

A new study has shown that Dundee has the highest crime rate in Scotland, with Glasgow topping the list of reported sexual crimes.

Between 2020 and 2021, there were 688 crimes reported per 10,000 in Dundee.

A third of these are crimes of dishonesty, which include, fraud, embezzlement, theft and white-collar crime.

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Dundee City also has the sixth-highest level of sexual crimes reported.

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Glasgow is in second place in over all crime reports, with 682, then West Dunbartonshire with 632.

Glasgow has reported the most sexual crimes compared to any other local authority area at 1,787 in total.

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Forth highest is North Lanarkshire with 530, Aberdeen City with 513 then Inverclyde with 511.

Out of the 32 local authority areas, Inverclyde places 22nd for sexual crimes and in Aberdeen, crimes of dishonesty are the most common, with 4,635 reported.

Despite having the second-highest population, Edinburgh is seventh on the list, followed by North Ayrshire with 497 and Clackmannanshire with 484.

Edinburgh is second highest in Scotland for sexual and violent crimes after Glasgow City.

Clackmannanshire has a particularly low population of 51,290 but is still found on the top ten list.

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The tenth, and last on the list included in the study which was conducted by A-Plan Insurance using data from Scot Gov, is Renfrewshire with 468.

Crimes of dishonesty were reported in greater numbers and this area has the lowest number of non sexual crimes of violence.

These statistics reflect the crime reported in Scotland between 2020 and 2021.

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