Number of violent crimes in Scotland 2002-2024

Published by D. Clark, Jun 30, 2025

In 2023/24 there were 71,463 non-sexual violent crimes recorded by the police in Scotland. The number of violent crimes in Scotland has generally fallen throughout this period, from a peak of 92,266 in 2002/03, to a low of 61,913 in 2020/21.

Number of police recorded non-sexual crimes of violence in Scotland from 2002/03 to 2023/24

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June 2024

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United Kingdom (Scotland)

Survey time period

April 1, 2002 to March 31, 2024

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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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