cybercrimes rocketed as Scots were forced to spend more time at home during the last year as a result of the pandemic. Experts believe the huge rise in fraudulent internet activity was caused in part by the boom in online shopping as non-essential stores were closed during repeated lockdown.The total number of offences logged by police officers over the last year was 246,511 – one of the lowest levels since 1974 - with non-sexual violent crimes dropped by four per cent from 9,316 to 8,972.Sexual crimes decreased by two per cent from 13,364 to 13,131, while rimes of dishonesty decreased by 19%, from 111,409 to 89,731 - the lowest level since 1971.The National Statistics report on crime includes a new chapter on cyber-crime estimated that.