Scottish Government · 9 June 2017 – 13 December 2019
Crimes recorded by the police in Scotland during the Conservative 2017–2019 government
↑ 2.5%+7,545 crimes
Crimes recorded by the police in Scotland rose by 2.5% over the period, from 298,154 crimes (Year ending March 2017, the level when the government took office) to 305,699 (Year ending March 2019, the last complete period before it left office).
- Inherited level Year ending March 2017: 298,154
- Level when it left Year ending March 2019: 305,699
- method: latest complete period before start / before end
Changes during this period do not by themselves show what the government caused. Statistics reflect many influences, including earlier decisions, the economy and how the data is collected.
Definition and caveats
The number of crimes recorded by the police in each Scottish council area in the financial year, by crime group and crime type, as published in Table 1 of the Recorded Crime in Scotland bulletin.
Doesn’t measure: Crime that was not reported to or recorded by the police, offences (which Scotland counts separately from crimes), convictions, or crime in England, Wales or Northern Ireland. It is not comparable with police-recorded crime in England and Wales, which is counted under different rules.