Recorded crime 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 National Statistics

• 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 National Statistics

• 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

• 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

• Scottish crime recording standard: crime recording and counting rules
• User Guide to Recorded Crime Statistics in Scotland
• Recorded crime in Scotland: data sources and suitability

Archive

• Statistics prior to 2011 can be found in our archive.