Recorded crime in Scotland
Official statistics on crimes and offences recorded by the police in Scotland.
Introduction
The Scottish Crime Recording Board has been set up to support the production of accurate and objective statistics on crime in Scotland.
Annual Accredited Official Statistics
These bulletins provide information on the number of crimes and offences recorded by the police in Scotland for the year ending March, detailed commentary on the recording of crimes and offences, including data for the most recent ten year period and further time series analysis over the longer term (back to 1971). They also include official statistics on clear-up rates.
- Recorded Crime in Scotland, 2023-24
- Recorded Crime in Scotland, 2022-23
- Recorded Crime in Scotland, 2021-2022
- Recorded Crime in Scotland, 2020-2021
- Recorded Crime in Scotland, 2019-2020
- Recorded crime in Scotland: 2018-2019
- Recorded crime in Scotland 2017-2018
- Recorded crime in Scotland: 2016-2017
- Recorded Crime in Scotland, 2015-16
- Recorded Crime in Scotland, 2014-15
- Recorded Crime in Scotland, 2013-14
- Recorded Crime in Scotland 2012-13
- Recorded Crime in Scotland, 2011-12
Quarterly Accredited Official Statistics
These bulletins present information on the number of crimes and offences recorded by the police in Scotland for the most recent rolling 12 month period (year ending June, September and December). It also includes a comparison with the equivalent four previous years.
- Recorded Crime in Scotland: year ending September 2024
- Recorded Crime in Scotland: year ending June 2024
- Recorded Crime in Scotland: year ending December 2023
- Recorded Crime in Scotland: year ending September 2023
- Recorded Crime in Scotland: year ending June 2023
- Recorded Crime in Scotland: year ending December 2022
- Recorded Crime in Scotland: year ending September 2022
- Recorded Crime in Scotland: year ending June 2022
Monthly Official Statistics
- Recorded Crime in Scotland: March 2022
- Recorded Crime in Scotland: February 2022
- Recorded Crime in Scotland: January 2022
- Recorded Crime in Scotland: December 2021
- Recorded Crime in Scotland: November 2021
- Recorded Crime in Scotland: October 2021
- Recorded Crime in Scotland: September 2021
- Recorded Crime in Scotland: August 2021
- Recorded Crime in Scotland: July 2021
- Recorded Crime in Scotland: June 2021
- Recorded Crime in Scotland: May 2021
- Recorded Crime in Scotland: April 2021
- Recorded Crime in Scotland: March 2021
- Recorded crime statistics: February 2021
- Recorded Crime in Scotland: January 2021
- Recorded Crime in Scotland: December 2020
- Recorded Crime in Scotland: November 2020
- Recorded Crime in Scotland: October 2020
- Recorded Crime in Scotland: September 2020
- Recorded crime in Scotland: August 2020
- Recorded Crime in Scotland: July 2020
- Recorded Crime in Scotland: June 2020
- Recorded Crime in Scotland: May 2020
- Recorded crime in Scotland: April 2020
Research publications
- Hate crimes recorded by the police in Scotland, 2022-23
- Police recorded hate crime - characteristics: updated study
- Recorded crime in Scotland: 'Other sexual crimes', 2013-2014 and 2016-2017
- Recorded crime in Scotland: handling offensive weapons
- Recorded crime in Scotland: attempted murder and serious assault, 2008-2009 and 2017-2018
- Recorded crime in Scotland: robbery 2008-2009 and 2017-2018
- Characteristics of police recorded hate crime in Scotland: study
Supporting documents
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