About this data

Source: Scottish Government, Recorded Crime in Scotland 2025-26 (Table 4)

• Scotland has its own police service, laws and crime statistics. Crimes are counted under the Scottish Crime Recording Standard and grouped differently from England and Wales and Northern Ireland, so rates are not directly comparable between the nations.
• Scotland's statistics count crimes and, separately, less serious offences (such as speeding and breach of the peace-type conduct). This chart shows crimes only. Unlike the England and Wales local figures, crimes include fraud.
• The Scottish Government publishes rates per 10,000 people; they are shown here per 1,000, like the rest of the site. Rates for 2025-26 use mid-2024 population estimates, as mid-2025 estimates were not yet available.
• Rates are per resident, so areas that draw in many visitors, such as city centres, have higher rates than the risk to residents alone would suggest.

This chart appears in Crime.