Crimes in Scotland by region 2023

In the 2022/23 reporting year, there were 50,126 crimes recorded in Glasgow City, the most of any local authority in Scotland. The Orkney Islands by comparison had just 514 crimes recorded in 2022/23.

Number of police recorded crimes in Scotland 2022/23, by local authority

Characteristic	Number of crimes and offences
Glasgow City	50,126
City of Edinburgh	32,175
Fife	20,554
North Lanarkshire	18,751
South Lanarkshire	15,769
Aberdeen City	14,811
Dundee City	12,547
Highland	10,093
West Lothian	9,216
Renfrewshire	9,146
Aberdeenshire	8,048
Falkirk	7,813
Dumfries & Galloway	7,721
North Ayrshire	6,851
East Ayrshire	6,182
Perth & Kinross	5,904
South Ayrshire	5,418
West Dunbartonshire	5,180
Angus	4,635
East Lothian	4,595
Scottish Borders	4,562
Midlothian	4,454
Inverclyde	4,238
Moray	3,957
Stirling	3,679
Argyll & Bute	3,186
East Dunbartonshire	2,771
Clackmannanshire	2,696
East Renfrewshire	2,303
Na h-Eileanan Siar	820
Shetland Islands	637
Orkney Islands	514

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Release date

June 2023

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United Kingdom (Scotland)

Survey time period

April 1, 2022 to March 31, 2023

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This statistic using original data from the Scottish Government and includes copyright material licensed under © Crown, the Open Government License v3.0

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