Introduction

This report provides a general overview of a number of important justice and safer communities statistics. Data has been gathered from mainly Scottish Government statistics and may be subject to future revision as more recent data becomes available. The document is reviewed every month to keep it as up to date as possible. Please note that some justice and safer community partners publish their own statistics that are not covered in this compendium. These may provide more current information.

Any newly updated summary statistics for the month are preceded by * New *

Changes to the frequency of this publication

This is the final monthly publication of this series. Going forward, the compendium of statistics will be published on a quarterly basis. The first quarterly publication is scheduled for 24 September 2026 and will be titled Safer Communities and Justice Statistics Quarterly Report.

The majority of the information included in the report is drawn from previously published justice statistics, as announced in the Scottish Government’s Official statistics: forthcoming publications. Prison management information will, in future publications, cover three months of data rather than a single month.

The decision to reduce the publication frequency to quarterly has been taken to ensure more efficient use of resources and to support wider justice statistics priorities. The impact on users should be minimal as the statistics this compendium draws upon are published no more frequently than quarterly (with many only published on an annual basis).

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These statistics are official statistics. Official statistics are statistics that are produced by crown bodies, those acting on behalf of crown bodies, or those specified in statutory orders, as defined in the Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007.

Scottish Government statistics are regulated by the Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR). OSR sets the standards of trustworthiness, quality and value in the Code of Practice for Statistics that all producers of official statistics should adhere to.

More information about Scottish Government statistics is available on the Scottish Government website.

Report published on 25 June 2026.

Includes information published up to 23 June 2026.