How much crime does each Scottish council area record?

Highest areas

Lowest areas

Ranked by recorded crimes and offences per 10,000 residents, 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 (recorded crimes and offences per 10,000 residents), Latest published: 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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Source and method

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

Ordnance Survey Maps API (Light), used under the OS Data Hub terms.

Formula

the rate per 10,000 the Scottish Government publishes for the area, unchanged

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

Methodology

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