Scottish Government · 5 July 2024 – present
Crimes recorded by the police in Scotland during the Labour 2024– government
↑ 5.2%+15,567 crimes
Crimes recorded by the police in Scotland rose by 5.2% over the period, from 299,790 crimes (Year ending March 2024, the level when the government took office) to 315,357 (Year ending March 2026, the latest available).
- Inherited level Year ending March 2024: 299,790
- Latest Year ending March 2026: 315,357
- 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.