In 2023/24 there were 25,205 crimes against public justice recorded by the police in Scotland, with the 2020/21 figure the highest for this type of crime since 2011/12, when there were 26,635 crimes of this type recorded.
In the 2023/24 reporting year there were estimated to have been approximately 5,400 fraud offences recorded in Northern Ireland, compared with 4,671 in the previous year.
There were 16,624 fraud crimes recorded by the police in Scotland in 2023/24, a slight fall on 2022/23, but a significant increase compared with previous reporting years, such as in 2019/20 when there were 11,939 of these offences.
There were 1,064 public order offences recorded by the police in Northern Ireland between in the 2023/24 reporting year, which was a slight decrease compared with the previous year.
Between 2019/20 and 2023/24 there have been 47 homicide cases in the Glasgow City local authority area of Scotland, the most of any Scottish local authority in that time period. The City of Edinburgh had the second-highest number of homicides, at 24, while there were zero homicides in the Outer Hebrides.
In 2023, there were four homicide offences recorded in the Northern Ireland policing district of Armagh City, Banbridge & Craigavon, and one each in seven other districts. In this reporting year, there were 11 homicides in Northern Ireland, with three policing districts recording no homicide offences.
Between April 2021 and March 2022 there were over 4,000 sexual offences recorded by the police in Northern Ireland, of which 1,210 were rape offences, the most of any sexual offence in this time period.
For the year ending March 2023, there were 53,915 offences recorded by the police in England and Wales as; 'sexual assault on a female aged 13 and over', the most of any sexual offence in this reporting year.
The crime rate reported by the West Midlands Police Force in 2023/24 was 111.1 crimes per 1,000 people compared with 125.9 in the previous reporting year. West Midlands Police are responsible for policing the large city of Birmingham, as well as other settlements such as Coventry.
There were 328,180 crimes reported by the West Midlands Police Force in 2023/24, compared with 367,206 in the previous reporting year. West Midlands Police are responsible for policing the large city of Birmingham, as well as other settlements such as Coventry.
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In 2023/24 there were 25,205 crimes against public justice recorded by the police in Scotland, with the 2020/21 figure the highest for this type of crime since 2011/12, when there were 26,635 crimes of this type recorded.