Question reference: S5W-33611
- Asked by: Peter Chapman, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: 30 November 2020
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Current status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 4 December 2020
Question
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-12821 by Fergus Ewing on 30 November 2017, whether it will provide the information for 2019-20 regarding the number of offences recorded by Police Scotland under the Dogs (Protection of Livestock) Act 1953.
Answer
Information on the number of offences recorded by Police Scotland under the Dogs (Protection of Livestock) Act 1953 is provided in the following table.
Table 1. Offences of Protection of livestock from dogs, | ||||||||||
2010-11 | 2011-12 | 2012-13 | 2013-14 | 2014-15 | 2015-16 | 2016-17 | 2017-18 | 2018-19 | 2019-20 | |
Aberdeen | 3 | 3 | - | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | - |
Aberdeenshire | 14 | 12 | 24 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 16 | 21 | 20 | 14 |
Angus | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 2 | - |
Argyll & Bute | 3 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 11 | 11 |
Clackmannanshire | - | 2 | 1 | 2 | - | 4 | 2 | 2 | - | - |
Dumfries & Galloway | 7 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 7 | 21 | 13 | 9 |
Dundee | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
East Ayrshire | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 6 |
East Dunbartonshire | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | - | 4 | - | 3 | 1 | 1 |
East Lothian | 1 | 2 | - | 3 | 2 | - | - | 1 | - | - |
East | 4 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 2 |
Edinburgh | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 2 |
Falkirk | 2 | 5 | 8 | - | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 4 | - |
Fife | 9 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 5 |
Glasgow | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
Highland | 23 | 18 | 15 | 10 | 15 | 23 | 23 | 20 | 19 | 14 |
Inverclyde | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Midlothian | 3 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 10 |
Moray | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 8 |
Na h-Eileanan Siar | 12 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 1 |
North Ayrshire | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | - | 2 | 3 | 3 |
North | 2 | 4 | - | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 9 | 9 |
Orkney Islands | 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 1 | - |
Perth & Kinross | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 7 |
Renfrewshire | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | - | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
Scottish Borders | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 19 |
Shetland Islands | 4 | 2 | 2 | - | - | 3 | - | - | 1 | - |
South Ayrshire | 2 | 1 | - | 3 | - | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
South Lanarkshire | 3 | - | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 9 |
Stirling | 2 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 7 |
West Dunbartonshire | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
West Lothian | 1 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 |
Scotland | 122 | 133 | 125 | 98 | 109 | 174 | 175 | 170 | 168 | 151 |
Source: Recorded Crime in Scotland, 2019-20 |