Crime in Scotland 2023

There were 289,352 crimes recorded by the police in Scotland in 2022/23, a similar figure to the previous year, when there were 286,464 crimes reported. During this time period there is a clear trend of falling crime, with 2004/05 having the highest number of crimes, and 2021/22 the fewest.

Number of police recorded crimes in Scotland from 2002/03 to 2022/23

Characteristic	Number of crimes
2002/03	473,237
2003/04	471,569
2004/05	511,834
2005/06	490,066
2006/07	497,424
2007/08	459,032
2008/09	451,563
2009/10	410,336
2010/11	394,155
2011/12	383,936
2012/13	334,613
2013/14	331,629
2014/15	315,779
2015/16	306,274
2016/17	298,154
2017/18	304,215
2018/19	305,699
2019/20	305,220
2020/21	299,452
2021/22	286,464
2022/23	289,352

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Release date

June 2023

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Region

United Kingdom (Scotland)

Survey time period

April 1, 2002 to March 31, 2023

Supplementary notes

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

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