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Publication - Statistics

Safer Communities and Justice Statistics Quarterly Report: September 2026

Published
24 September 2026
From
Cabinet Secretary for Justice, +4 more … Minister for Victims and Community Safety, Lord Advocate, Chief Statistician, Director-General Education and Justice
Directorate
Safer Communities Directorate, +2 more … Justice Directorate, Children and Families Directorate
Topic
Communities and third sector, Law and order, Public safety and emergencies

This report contains summary statistics covering a number of important justice and safer communities areas. It is updated with the most recently published statistics

Supporting documents

Statistics on policing

  • * New *  There were 16,402 full-time equivalent (FTE) police officers in Scotland on 30 June 2026. This was 168 (+1.0%) more officers compared to the position on 31 March 2007, but 25 (-0.2%) fewer than on 30 June 2025.

 

Chart 4: Number of police officers (FTE) - Quarter 1 2006 to Quarter 2 2026

Chart 4 - Number of police officers (full-time equivalent) since 2006 Quarterly number of police officers (full-time equivalent), quarter 1 2006 to quarter 2 2026.

 

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