People accused of witchcraft in Scotland, dated cases by decade, 1560s–1710s

Name: People accused of witchcraft in Scotland, dated cases by decade, 1560s–1710s
Creator: Unlabeled
License: CC0 1.0 (Wikidata); the Survey's dataset on Edinburgh DataShare is CC BY 4.0

Of the 3,167 accused people counted here, those with a dated case and a known sex, 85% were women. The 1660s had the most, 639 people.

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y ↑: People accused (count)
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Bars: Men → Women

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The data: 16 points

Year	People accused (count), Women	People accused (count), Men
1565	35	6
1575	35	8
1585	17	15
1595	198	42
1605	33	12
1615	82	19
1625	342	56
1635	192	38
1645	563	73
1655	317	55
1665	559	80
1675	166	26
1685	21	4
1695	93	20
1705	43	7
1715	9	1

Source: Julian Goodare, Lauren Martin, Joyce Miller and Louise Yeoman, Survey of Scottish Witchcraft, University of Edinburgh (CC BY 4.0), via Wikidata; counts by decade and sex calculated by Unlabeled
Licence: CC0 1.0 (Wikidata); the Survey's dataset on Edinburgh DataShare is CC BY 4.0
Read: 2026-10-28
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People accused of witchcraft in Scotland, dated cases by decade, 1560s–1710s

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