In 2021/22 the crime rate in Scotland was 524 crimes per 10,000 people, the lowest crime rate recorded in this provided time period. After peaking at 1,007 in 2004/05, the crime rate in Scotland has fallen significantly, reaching a low in the most recent reporting year.
Crime rate per 10,000 population in Scotland from 2002/03 to 2021/22
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Statistics on Crime in Scotland
Police recorded
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- Basic Statistic Number of crimes in Scotland 2002-2022
- Basic Statistic Number of crimes in Scotland in 2021/22, by type of crime
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Violent crime
5
- Premium Statistic Number of robbery offences in Scotland 2002-2022
- Premium Statistic Violent crime injuries sustained in Scotland in 2017/18
- Premium Statistic Number of serious assaults in Scotland 2006-2020
- Premium Statistic Number of common assaults in Scotland 2008-2019/20
- Premium Statistic Number of theft offences in Scotland 2002-2022
Property crime
3
Aggravation
8
- Premium Statistic Number of hate crime charges in Scotland 2012-2022
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- Premium Statistic Number of transgender hate crime charges in Scotland 2012-2022
- Premium Statistic Charges due to offensive behavior at football in Scotland 2011-2018
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Public confidence in police
6
- Premium Statistic Confidence in local police ability to prevent crime in Scotland 2008/09-2017/18
- Premium Statistic Confidence in local police response to information in Scotland 2008/09-2017/18
- Premium Statistic Confidence in local police ability to catch offenders in Scotland from 2008 to 2018
- Premium Statistic Confidence in local police ability to deal with cases in Scotland 2008/09-2017/18
- Premium Statistic Confidence in local police ability to investigate cases in Scotland 2008/09-2017/18
- Premium Statistic Number of sexual crimes in Scotland 2022, by crime
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Scottish Government. (June 28, 2022). Crime rate per 10,000 population in Scotland from 2002/03 to 2021/22 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved March 29, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/916472/crime-rate-of-scotland-uk/
Scottish Government. "Crime rate per 10,000 population in Scotland from 2002/03 to 2021/22." Chart. June 28, 2022. Statista. Accessed March 29, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/916472/crime-rate-of-scotland-uk/
Scottish Government. (2022). Crime rate per 10,000 population in Scotland from 2002/03 to 2021/22. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: March 29, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/916472/crime-rate-of-scotland-uk/
Scottish Government. "Crime Rate per 10,000 Population in Scotland from 2002/03 to 2021/22." Statista, Statista Inc., 28 Jun 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/916472/crime-rate-of-scotland-uk/
Scottish Government, Crime rate per 10,000 population in Scotland from 2002/03 to 2021/22 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/916472/crime-rate-of-scotland-uk/ (last visited March 29, 2023)
Crime rate per 10,000 population in Scotland from 2002/03 to 2021/22 [Graph], Scottish Government, June 28, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/916472/crime-rate-of-scotland-uk/