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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,by local authority, 2010-11 to 2019-20
2010-11
2011-12
2012-13
2013-14
2014-15
2015-16
2016-17
2017-18
2018-19
2019-20
Aberdeen City
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 Renfrewshire
4
1
-
-
-
1
1
1
-
2
Edinburgh City
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 City
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
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 Lanarkshire
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