Crime and justice statistics

Introduction

Within the Justice Analytical Services Division, statisticians work within two policy-focused, multi-disciplinary analytical teams which include social researchers, economists and performance analysts. The teams provide statistical information and support relating to police and community safety, court affairs and offenders, prisons and matters relating to civil and international law.

Statistics collections

• Civil Justice Statistics in Scotland
• Coronavirus (COVID-19): Justice Analytical Services data report
• Criminal justice monitoring data
• Criminal Justice Social Work Statistics
• Criminal Proceedings in Scotland
• Domestic Abuse Statistics
• Drug Seizures Statistics
• Firearm Offence Statistics
• Homicide Statistics
• Police Strength Statistics
• Prison Statistics
• Reconviction of Offenders Statistics
• Recorded Crime Statistics
• Scottish Crime and Justice Survey
• Scottish Victimisation Telephone Survey

High-level summaries of statistics trends

• Crime and justice statistics: high-level summary of statistics trends 2019

Occasional publications

• Costs of the criminal justice system in Scotland dataset: 2016-17 (published December 2019)
• Assaults on police officers and emergency workers: 1999-00 to 2008-09
• Assessing the scale and impact of illicit drug markets in Scotland
• Crime and macroeconomic performance in Scotland
• Domestic abuse analytical paper

About crime and justice statistics

• Strategy/plan | 02 Jul 2019

  Crime and justice statistics: justice analytical programme 2019-20

  The 2019-20 programme of the justice analytical services team, who are responsible for crime and justice statistics in the Scottish Government.

• About crime and justice statistics: a resource for students