Number of crimes in Scotland 2023/24, by local authority

Published by D. Clark, Apr 14, 2025

In the 2023/24 reporting year, there were 50,558 crimes recorded in Glasgow City, the most of any local authority in Scotland. The Orkney Islands by comparison had just 521 crimes recorded in the same period.

Number of police recorded crimes in Scotland 2023/24, by local authority

CharacteristicNumber of crimes and offences
Glasgow City 50,558
Edinburgh, City of 34,976
Fife 19,892
North Lanarkshire 19,501
South Lanarkshire 16,327
Aberdeen City 14,855
Dundee City 12,571
Highland 11,082
West Lothian 10,187
Renfrewshire 9,499
Falkirk 8,062
Dumfries & Galloway 7,881
Aberdeenshire 7,741
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Created with Highcharts 7.2.2Number of crimes and offences50,55850,55834,97634,97619,89219,89219,50119,50116,32716,32714,85514,85512,57112,57111,08211,08210,18710,1879,4999,4998,0628,0627,8817,8817,7417,7417,7327,7326,5706,5706,0936,0935,9365,9365,6075,6075,2135,2134,7114,7114,6694,6694,5934,5934,3864,3864,2684,2683,8843,8843,4643,4642,8732,8732,6232,6232,3792,379630630521521496496Glasgow CityEdinburgh, City ofFifeNorth LanarkshireSouth LanarkshireAberdeen CityDundee CityHighlandWest LothianRenfrewshireFalkirkDumfries & GallowayAberdeenshireNorth AyrshireEast AyrshirePerth & KinrossWest DunbartonshireSouth AyrshireEast LothianAngusMidlothianScottish BordersInverclydeStirlingMorayArgyll & ButeClackmannanshireEast DunbartonshireEast RenfrewshireNa h-Eileanan SiarOrkney IslandsShetland Islands
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Release date

June 2024

Region

United Kingdom (Scotland)

Survey time period

April 1, 2023 to March 31, 2024

Supplementary notes

This statistic using original data from the Scottish Government and includes copyright material licensed under © Crown, the Open Government License v3.0

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