Scottish Government · Change over a year: Year ending March 2025 to Year ending March 2026 · Local authority
How much crime does each Scottish council area record?
Crimes and offences recorded by the police in each Scottish council area per 10,000 residents, as the Scottish Government publishes them. Scotland counts crime under its own law and its own rules, so this is a different measure from the England and Wales map, not the same one extended north.
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Highest areas
| # | Area | change |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dundee City · profile | +18.3% |
| 2 | East Lothian · profile | +16.8% |
| 3 | East Dunbartonshire · profile | +16.4% |
| 4 | Inverclyde · profile | +16.3% |
| 5 | Shetland Islands · profile | +13.5% |
| 6 | Stirling · profile | +13.4% |
| 7 | Falkirk · profile | +10.0% |
| 8 | Fife · profile | +8.1% |
| 9 | Aberdeen City · profile | +8.0% |
| 10 | Perth and Kinross · profile | +7.8% |
Lowest areas
| # | Area | change |
|---|---|---|
| 32 | North Ayrshire · profile | −4.1% |
| 31 | East Renfrewshire · profile | −3.0% |
| 30 | Highland · profile | −0.5% |
| 29 | South Ayrshire · profile | +0.3% |
| 28 | Midlothian · profile | +0.7% |
| 27 | Aberdeenshire · profile | +1.5% |
| 26 | East Ayrshire · profile | +1.6% |
| 25 | Clackmannanshire · profile | +2.3% |
| 24 | West Lothian · profile | +2.7% |
| 23 | South Lanarkshire · profile | +3.6% |
All 32 areas, ranked
| # | Area | change |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dundee City · profile | +18.3% |
| 2 | East Lothian · profile | +16.8% |
| 3 | East Dunbartonshire · profile | +16.4% |
| 4 | Inverclyde · profile | +16.3% |
| 5 | Shetland Islands · profile | +13.5% |
| 6 | Stirling · profile | +13.4% |
| 7 | Falkirk · profile | +10.0% |
| 8 | Fife · profile | +8.1% |
| 9 | Aberdeen City · profile | +8.0% |
| 10 | Perth and Kinross · profile | +7.8% |
| 11 | Na h-Eileanan Siar · profile | +7.3% |
| 12 | West Dunbartonshire · profile | +6.2% |
| 13 | Moray · profile | +5.9% |
| 14 | Glasgow City · profile | +5.3% |
| 15 | Scottish Borders · profile | +4.9% |
| 16 | Orkney Islands · profile | +4.7% |
| 17 | North Lanarkshire · profile | +4.6% |
| 18 | Angus · profile | +4.2% |
| 19 | Renfrewshire · profile | +4.2% |
| 20 | Argyll and Bute · profile | +3.9% |
| 21 | Dumfries and Galloway · profile | +3.7% |
| 22 | City of Edinburgh · profile | +3.6% |
| 23 | South Lanarkshire · profile | +3.6% |
| 24 | West Lothian · profile | +2.7% |
| 25 | Clackmannanshire · profile | +2.3% |
| 26 | East Ayrshire · profile | +1.6% |
| 27 | Aberdeenshire · profile | +1.5% |
| 28 | Midlothian · profile | +0.7% |
| 29 | South Ayrshire · profile | +0.3% |
| 30 | Highland · profile | −0.5% |
| 31 | East Renfrewshire · profile | −3.0% |
| 32 | North Ayrshire · profile | −4.1% |
Ranked by change over a year, per cent, highest first; ties in alphabetical order. Areas without a value are not ranked.
What this map shows
32 of 32 local authority areas have a current value for all recorded crime and offences (change over a year, per cent), Change over a year: Year ending March 2025 to Year ending March 2026. Classes are quantiles of the areas with data, computed on the server, so the same link always gives the same legend.
Every crime and offence group the bulletin counts, as its Total Crimes row.
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- Data
- Recorded Crime in Scotland: bulletin tables (Scottish Government).
- Denominator
- None is applied here. The Scottish Government divides its own count by the National Records of Scotland mid-year population estimate and publishes the rate; this layer draws that published figure. Recorded Crime in Scotland: bulletin tables.
- Boundaries
- ONS Open Geography Portal generalised boundaries, Open Government Licence v3.0 (2025-05 BGC v2 LAD_MAY_2025_UK_BGC_V2).
- Basemap
- None. No third-party tiles are loaded; the map draws official boundaries on a plain background.
- Formula
- (newest published rate − the rate a year earlier) ÷ the rate a year earlier
- Stale areas
- An area whose newest published year is earlier than the newest any area carries is shown as no current data, with both years named. Nothing is carried forward.
- Method
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