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  1. Number of crimes in Scotland in 2023/24, by type of crime

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    Updated Jun 30, 2025
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    Statista (2025). Number of crimes in Scotland in 2023/24, by type of crime [Dataset]. https://www.statista.com/statistics/370384/crime-incidents-recorded-in-scotland-breakdown/
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    Jun 30, 2025
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    Time period covered
    Apr 1, 2023 - Mar 31, 2024
    Area covered
    Scotland
    Description

    In the 2023/24 reporting year there were 299,780 crimes recorded by the police in Scotland, with 111,054 of these crimes categorized as crimes of dishonesty, the most common crime type in this year.

  2. Crime rate in Scotland 2024, by local authority

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    Updated Jun 30, 2025
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    Statista (2025). Crime rate in Scotland 2024, by local authority [Dataset]. https://www.statista.com/statistics/370395/scotland-crime-rate-local-authorities/
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    Jun 30, 2025
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    Time period covered
    Apr 1, 2023 - Mar 31, 2024
    Area covered
    Scotland
    Description

    Dundee City's crime rate of *** crimes per 10,000 people was the highest of any region of Scotland in 2023/24. The rate for the whole of Scotland was *** per 10,000 people, which appears to be driven by low crime in places such as the Orkney and Shetland Islands, with almost all Scottish cities reporting higher than average crime rates. In Glasgow, Scotland's largest city, the crime rate was *** crimes per 10,000 people, while in the Scottish capital, Edinburgh, the crime rate was *** per 10,000 population. Comparisons with the rest of the UK When compared with the rest of the United Kingdom, Scotland has experienced a noticeable decline in its overall crime rate. In 2008/09 for example, Scotland's crime rate was higher than that of England and Wales, as well as Northern Ireland, the other two jurisdictions in the UK. In 2022/23, however, Scotland's crime rate was the lowest in the UK, with the crime rate in England and Wales rising noticeably during the same period. Scotland's homicide rate has also fallen, from being the highest in the UK in 2002/03, to the lowest as of 2022/23. Theft and fraud drive recent crime uptick There was a slight increase in the number of crimes recorded by the Scottish police in 2023/24, when compared with the previous year. Although many other types of crimes declined during this reporting year, the number of theft offences has increased, reaching ******* offences in 2023/24. Fraud crime has also increased significantly in recent years, with ****** offences in 2022/23, compared with just ***** in 2014/15. The recent uptick in fraud and theft offences is also reflected in the jurisdiction England and Wales.

  3. Gender distribution of Scottish offenders 2017/18

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    Updated May 7, 2025
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    Statista (2025). Gender distribution of Scottish offenders 2017/18 [Dataset]. https://www.statista.com/statistics/327429/offenders-in-scotland-by-gender/
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    May 7, 2025
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    Time period covered
    Apr 1, 2017 - May 31, 2018
    Area covered
    Scotland
    Description

    This statistic shows the characteristics of offenders, where the survey participant was able to give details about the crime, in Scotland in 2017/18. The overwhelming majority of all offenders were male, with 71 percent of them committing property crimes and 78 percent violent crimes.

  4. Number of fraud crimes in Scotland 2011-2024

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    Updated Oct 30, 2024
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    Statista Research Department (2024). Number of fraud crimes in Scotland 2011-2024 [Dataset]. https://www.statista.com/topics/3793/crime-in-the-uk/
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    Statista Research Department
    Description

    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.

  5. Violent crime injuries sustained in Scotland in 2017/18

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    Updated Jul 10, 2025
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    Statista (2025). Violent crime injuries sustained in Scotland in 2017/18 [Dataset]. https://www.statista.com/statistics/327652/scotland-violent-crime-injuries/
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    Jul 10, 2025
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    Time period covered
    Apr 2017 - May 2018
    Area covered
    Scotland
    Description

    This statistic shows the injuries sustained by victims of violent crime as a percentage of all violent crimes that involved injuries, as recorded by the Scottish Crime and Justice Survey in the fiscal year 2017/18. Minor bruising or black eyes were the most common injury at ** percent, followed by scratches or minor cuts and severe bruising. On the other end, * percent of victims got severe concussion or lost consciousness.

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    Scottish Crime and Victimisation Survey, 2004 - Dataset - B2FIND

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    Updated Oct 21, 2023
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    (2023). Scottish Crime and Victimisation Survey, 2004 - Dataset - B2FIND [Dataset]. https://b2find.eudat.eu/dataset/7c36381c-1f8d-5aff-834d-16b2fc34ea52
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    Oct 21, 2023
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    Scotland
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    Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The Scottish Crime and Justice Survey (SCJS) is a social survey which asks people about their experiences and perceptions of crime in Scotland. The survey is an important resource for both the government and public of Scotland. Respondents are selected at random from the Postal Address File and participation in the survey is entirely voluntary. The main aims of the SCJS are to:provide reliable statistics on people's experience of crime in Scotland, including services provided to victims of crimeassess the varying risk of crime for different groups of people in the populationexamine trends in the level and nature of crime in Scotland over timecollect information about people's experiences of, and attitudes on a range of crime and justice related issuesAn important role of the SCJS is to provide an alternative and complementary measure of crime to police recorded crime statistics. For further details of the scope and methodology of the SCJS, please see documentation. Information about the survey and links to publications may be found on the Scottish Government's Scottish Crime and Justice Survey webpages. Background and history of the SCJSPrevious surveys of victimisation in Scotland began with the Scottish components of the 1982 and 1988 sweeps of the British Crime Survey (BCS) (held at the Archive under SNs 4368 and 4599) The Scottish element of the 1988 BCS was also known as the Scottish Areas Crime Survey and coverage was limited in those early surveys to the areas south of the Caledonian Canal. From 2012, the BCS has been renamed the Crime Survey for England and Wales (CSEW) (held under GN 33174). The first independent Scotland-only crime survey was commissioned by the Scottish Office in 1993 under the title of the Scottish Crime Survey (SCS) and was followed by repeated sweeps in 1996 (both years held together under SN 3813), and again in 2000 (SN 4542) and 2003 (SN 5756). In 2004 the survey underwent both a name change, to the Scottish Crime and Victimisation Survey (SCVS) (SN 5757), and a major methodological change, with a move away from in-home face-to-face interviewing to telephone interviewing. However, the 2006 SCVS (SN 5784) returned to face-to-face interviewing after it was shown that the robustness of the data produced by the 2004 telephone survey could not be substantiated. From 2008-2009, the series name was changed to the present title, the Scottish Crime and Justice Survey, and it moved to a repeated annual cross-sectional schedule based on financial year. From 2012-13 the SCJS moved from annual to biennial survey covering the financial year however, the 2014-15 survey was the last biennial survey and currently the SCJS is conducted on an annual basis. See the documentation for further details. Special Licence dataFrom 2012-13 only the Main Questionnaire data are available under standard End User Licence (EUL) agreement. The Victim Form and Self-Completion data are available under Special Licence (SL). The SL data have more restrictive access conditions than those made available under the standard EUL. Prospective users of the SL version will need to complete an extra application form and demonstrate to the data owners exactly why they need access to the additional variables in order to get permission to use that version. Main Topics: The 'Main_ab' data file comprises the main questionnaire data (non-victim form). Respondents in the sample were randomly allocated to one of two sub-samples, A (MainA) and B (MainB). These groups were asked common core questions, including views on social issues, fear of crime, experience of victimisation since 1 January of the survey year, and demographics. Those in MainA were asked follow-up questions on: contact with and views of the police, and sentencing and the role of prisons. Those in MainB were asked follow-up questions on: fear of crime; home, personal and vehicle security measures; experience of harassment; violence at work; and views of respondent's locality. The main data file also contains incident counts for each type of crime, and prevalence flags indicating whether the respondent had experienced any incidents of each type of crime, along with the appropriate weighting variables to allow victimisation rates to be calculated and related to household and individual characteristics. The 'Short' data file comprises data from respondents who completed the short questionnaires: these were used at addresses that had been assigned to the short survey and comprised only the first eight questions of the main questionnaire. These respondents were then asked to complete the self-completion form. The 'Victim' data file includes details from the 'victim form'(s) of incidents of victimisation occurring in Scotland in the relevant survey year (i.e. 1 January-31 December 2003), financial and emotional costs of incident(s), contact with the police and other agencies in relation to the incident, evaluation of such involvement and assessment of desired punishment for offender. This version of the victim form information can be used to calculate victimisation and prevalence rates consistent with the rates calculable in the main data. The Victim file also contains a number of core demographic variables imported from the main data. The 'Adult' file contains data from the adult self-completion questionnaire, which covered respondents' experiences of drug use and domestic violence. Multi-stage stratified random sample Face-to-face interview Telephone interview Self-completion Computer Assisted Personal Interview (CAPI) and Computer Assisted Self Interview (CASI) are used for the main questionnaires/victim forms and self-completion questionnaires respectively. 2004 ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT ADMINISTRATION OF J... ADULTS AGE AGGRESSIVENESS ALCOHOL USE ALCOHOLISM AMPHETAMINES ANXIETY ARREST ASSAULT ASSISTANCE ALARM SY... ATTITUDES BICYCLES BULLYING BURGLARY CANNABIS CHILD ABUSE CHILD BEHAVIOUR CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE CHILDREN COCAINE COMMUNITIES COMMUNITY SERVICE P... COSTS CRIME AND SECURITY CRIME PREVENTION CRIME VICTIMS CRIMINAL DAMAGE CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION CRIMINALS CULTURAL GOODS Crime and law enfor... DETENTION DISABILITIES DISEASES DOGS DOMESTIC RESPONSIBI... DOMESTIC VIOLENCE DRIVING DRIVING LICENCES DRUG ABUSE DRUG ADDICTION DRUG EDUCATION DRUG TRAFFICKING DRUG USE ECONOMIC VALUE ECSTASY DRUG EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND EMOTIONAL STATES EMPLOYMENT ETHNIC CONFLICT ETHNIC GROUPS EVERYDAY LIFE EVIDENCE EXTRACURRICULAR ACT... FACILITIES FAMILIES FAMILY ENVIRONMENT FAMILY MEMBERS FEAR FEAR OF CRIME FINANCIAL COMPENSATION FINANCIAL RESOURCES FINES FRAUD FRIENDS FULL TIME EMPLOYMENT GARAGES GENDER GUNS HARASSMENT HEADS OF HOUSEHOLD HEALTH HEALTH SERVICES HEROIN HOME OWNERSHIP HOUSEHOLD HEAD S OC... HOUSEHOLDS HOUSING HUMAN BEHAVIOUR INCOME INDUSTRIES INFORMATION INJURIES INSURANCE INSURANCE CLAIMS INTERPERSONAL CONFLICT INTERPERSONAL RELAT... INTRUDER ALARM SYSTEMS JUDGMENTS LAW JURIES JUVENILE DELINQUENCY LANDLORDS LEAVING HOME YOUTH LEGAL PROCEDURE LEISURE TIME ACTIVI... LIFE STYLES LIGHTING LIVING CONDITIONS LOCATION LOCKS LSD DRUG MANAGERS MARITAL STATUS MEDICAL CARE MENTAL DISORDERS MONEY MOTOR VEHICLES OFFENCES OFFENSIVE TELEPHONE... OPEN SPACES AND REC... PARENT CHILD RELATI... PARENTAL SUPERVISION PART TIME EMPLOYMENT PEER GROUP RELATION... PERFORMANCE PERSONAL CONTACT PERSONAL FASHION GOODS PERSONAL SAFETY PLACE OF RESIDENCE POCKET MONEY POLICE CORRUPTION POLICE OFFICERS POLICE SERVICES POLICING PRISON SENTENCES PRISON SYSTEM PRISONERS PROBATION PROSECUTION SERVICE PSYCHOLOGICAL EFFECTS PUBLIC INFORMATION PUBLIC TRANSPORT QUALITY OF EDUCATION QUALITY OF LIFE RACIAL PREJUDICE RECREATIONAL FACILI... REFUSE RENTED ACCOMMODATION RESIDENTIAL MOBILITY RETIREMENT RISK ROAD SAFETY ROBBERY SATISFACTION SCHOOL PUNISHMENTS SCHOOLS SECURITY SYSTEMS SEXUAL ASSAULT SEXUAL OFFENCES SHELTERED HOUSING SHOPLIFTING SHOPS SMOKING SOCIAL ACTIVITIES L... SOCIAL CLASS SOCIAL HOUSING SOCIAL SUPPORT SOLVENT ABUSE SPOUSES STREET LIGHTING STUDENTS SUPERVISORS Social behaviour an... TELECOMMUNICATIONS TELEPHONES TENANTS HOME PURCHA... TERMINATION OF SERVICE THEFT THEFT PROTECTION TIED HOUSING TIME TRAFFIC OFFENCES TRANQUILLIZERS TRUANCY UNEMPLOYED UNEMPLOYMENT VAGRANTS VOLUNTARY WELFARE O... WEAPONS WORKPLACE YOUTH YOUTH EMPLOYMENT

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    Historic police recorded crime and outcomes open data tables

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    Updated Jan 30, 2025
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    Home Office (2025). Historic police recorded crime and outcomes open data tables [Dataset]. https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/police-recorded-crime-open-data-tables
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    Jan 30, 2025
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    Home Office
    Description

    For the latest data tables see ‘Police recorded crime and outcomes open data tables’.

    These historic data tables contain figures up to September 2024 for:

    1. Police recorded crime
    2. Crime outcomes
    3. Transferred/cancelled records (formerly ‘no-crimes’)
    4. Knife crime
    5. Firearms
    6. Hate crime
    7. Fraud crime
    8. Rape incidents crime

    There are counting rules for recorded crime to help to ensure that crimes are recorded consistently and accurately.

    These tables are designed to have many uses. The Home Office would like to hear from any users who have developed applications for these data tables and any suggestions for future releases. Please contact the Crime Analysis team at crimeandpolicestats@homeoffice.gov.uk.

  8. Number of crimes against public justice Scotland 2002-2024

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    Updated Oct 30, 2024
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    Statista Research Department (2024). Number of crimes against public justice Scotland 2002-2024 [Dataset]. https://www.statista.com/topics/3793/crime-in-the-uk/
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    Oct 30, 2024
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    Statista Research Department
    Description

    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.

  9. Number of homicide cases in Scotland 2019-2024, by local authority

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    Updated Oct 30, 2024
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    Statista Research Department (2024). Number of homicide cases in Scotland 2019-2024, by local authority [Dataset]. https://www.statista.com/topics/3793/crime-in-the-uk/
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    Oct 30, 2024
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    Statista Research Department
    Description

    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.

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    British Crime Survey, 1996 - Dataset - B2FIND

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    Updated Sep 11, 2023
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    (2023). British Crime Survey, 1996 - Dataset - B2FIND [Dataset]. https://b2find.eudat.eu/dataset/e5445302-4a9b-5dbe-bc62-eb93929e225e
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    Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The Crime Survey for England and Wales (CSEW) asks a sole adult in a random sample of households about their, or their household's, experience of crime victimisation in the previous 12 months. These are recorded in the victim form data file (VF). A wide range of questions are then asked, covering demographics and crime-related subjects such as attitudes to the police and the criminal justice system (CJS). These variables are contained within the non-victim form (NVF) data file. In 2009, the survey was extended to children aged 10-15 years old; one resident of that age range was also selected from the household and asked about their experience of crime and other related topics. The first set of children's data covered January-December 2009 and is held separately under SN 6601. From 2009-2010, the children's data cover the same period as the adult data and are included with the main study.The Telephone-operated Crime Survey for England and Wales (TCSEW) became operational on 20 May 2020. It was a replacement for the face-to-face CSEW, which was suspended on 17 March 2020 because of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. It was set up with the intention of measuring the level of crime during the pandemic. As the pandemic continued throughout the 2020/21 survey year, questions have been raised as to whether the year ending March 2021 TCSEW is comparable with estimates produced in earlier years by the face-to-face CSEW. The ONS Comparability between the Telephone-operated Crime Survey for England and Wales and the face-to-face Crime Survey for England and Wales report explores those factors that may have a bearing on the comparability of estimates between the TCSEW and the former CSEW. These include survey design, sample design, questionnaire changes and modal changes.More general information about the CSEW may be found on the ONS Crime Survey for England and Wales web page and for the previous BCS, from the GOV.UK BCS Methodology web page.History - the British Crime SurveyThe CSEW was formerly known as the British Crime Survey (BCS), and has been in existence since 1981. The 1982 and 1988 BCS waves were also conducted in Scotland (data held separately under SNs 4368 and 4599). Since 1993, separate Scottish Crime and Justice Surveys have been conducted. Up to 2001, the BCS was conducted biennially. From April 2001, the Office for National Statistics took over the survey and it became the CSEW. Interviewing was then carried out continually and reported on in financial year cycles. The crime reference period was altered to accommodate this. Secure Access CSEW dataIn addition to the main survey, a series of questions covering drinking behaviour, drug use, self-offending, gangs and personal security, and intimate personal violence (IPV) (including stalking and sexual victimisation) are asked of adults via a laptop-based self-completion module (questions may vary over the years). Children aged 10-15 years also complete a separate self-completion questionnaire. The questionnaires are included in the main documentation, but the data are only available under Secure Access conditions (see SN 7280), not with the main study. In addition, from 2011 onwards, lower-level geographic variables are also available under Secure Access conditions (see SN 7311).New methodology for capping the number of incidents from 2017-18The CSEW datasets available from 2017-18 onwards are based on a new methodology of capping the number of incidents at the 98th percentile. Incidence variables names have remained consistent with previously supplied data but due to the fact they are based on the new 98th percentile cap, and old datasets are not, comparability has been lost with years prior to 2012-2013. More information can be found in the 2017-18 User Guide (see SN 8464) and the article ‘Improving victimisation estimates derived from the Crime Survey for England and Wales’. The sixth British Crime Survey in the series aimed to: provide estimates of the numbers of crimes committed against individuals and their property in England and Wales during 1995provide details of the nature and circumstances of crime and the factors associated with the risk of crimeprovide national measures of the fear of crime, illicit drug use, contact with and attitudes to the police, knowledge of and attitudes to sentencing and punishmentThe 1996 study included an ethnic boost sample in addition to the main sample. For the fifth edition of the study (January 2007), the core sample drugs self-completion data file was replaced with a new version that includes further derived variables. The ethnic boost sample drugs data file has not been replaced.

  11. Victims' emotions caused by violent crimes in Scotland 2017/18

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    Updated Jul 31, 2024
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    Statista (2024). Victims' emotions caused by violent crimes in Scotland 2017/18 [Dataset]. https://www.statista.com/statistics/327866/scotland-violent-crime-emotional-reaction/
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    Jul 31, 2024
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    Time period covered
    Apr 2017 - May 2018
    Area covered
    Scotland
    Description

    This statistic shows the emotional responses of victims of violent crime offences in Scotland in the year 2017/18 who also participated in the annual Scottish Crime and Justice Survey. Half of the victims said their emotional response was anger, at 45 percent of them stating so. Annoyance was the next most common feeling at 44 percent and fear was the least common one, at 19 percent.

  12. British Crime Survey Experimental Data: Children Aged 10-15 Years,...

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    Social Research BMRB; Research Home Office (2020). British Crime Survey Experimental Data: Children Aged 10-15 Years, January-December, 2009 [Dataset]. http://doi.org/10.5255/ukda-sn-6601-1
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    UK Data Servicehttps://ukdataservice.ac.uk/
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    Social Research BMRB; Research Home Office
    Description

    The Crime Survey for England and Wales (CSEW) asks a sole adult in a random sample of households about their, or their household's, experience of crime victimisation in the previous 12 months. These are recorded in the victim form data file (VF). A wide range of questions are then asked, covering demographics and crime-related subjects such as attitudes to the police and the criminal justice system (CJS). These variables are contained within the non-victim form (NVF) data file. In 2009, the survey was extended to children aged 10-15 years old; one resident of that age range was also selected from the household and asked about their experience of crime and other related topics. The first set of children's data covered January-December 2009 and is held separately under SN 6601. From 2009-2010, the children's data cover the same period as the adult data and are included with the main study.

    The Telephone-operated Crime Survey for England and Wales (TCSEW) became operational on 20 May 2020. It was a replacement for the face-to-face CSEW, which was suspended on 17 March 2020 because of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. It was set up with the intention of measuring the level of crime during the pandemic. As the pandemic continued throughout the 2020/21 survey year, questions have been raised as to whether the year ending March 2021 TCSEW is comparable with estimates produced in earlier years by the face-to-face CSEW. The ONS Comparability between the Telephone-operated Crime Survey for England and Wales and the face-to-face Crime Survey for England and Wales report explores those factors that may have a bearing on the comparability of estimates between the TCSEW and the former CSEW. These include survey design, sample design, questionnaire changes and modal changes.

    More general information about the CSEW may be found on the ONS Crime Survey for England and Wales web page and for the previous BCS, from the GOV.UK BCS Methodology web page.

    History - the British Crime Survey

    The CSEW was formerly known as the British Crime Survey (BCS), and has been in existence since 1981. The 1982 and 1988 BCS waves were also conducted in Scotland (data held separately under SNs 4368 and 4599). Since 1993, separate Scottish Crime and Justice Surveys have been conducted. Up to 2001, the BCS was conducted biennially. From April 2001, the Office for National Statistics took over the survey and it became the CSEW. Interviewing was then carried out continually and reported on in financial year cycles. The crime reference period was altered to accommodate this.

    Secure Access CSEW data
    In addition to the main survey, a series of questions covering drinking behaviour, drug use, self-offending, gangs and personal security, and intimate personal violence (IPV) (including stalking and sexual victimisation) are asked of adults via a laptop-based self-completion module (questions may vary over the years). Children aged 10-15 years also complete a separate self-completion questionnaire. The questionnaires are included in the main documentation, but the data are only available under Secure Access conditions (see SN 7280), not with the main study. In addition, from 2011 onwards, lower-level geographic variables are also available under Secure Access conditions (see SN 7311).

    New methodology for capping the number of incidents from 2017-18
    The CSEW datasets available from 2017-18 onwards are based on a new methodology of capping the number of incidents at the 98th percentile. Incidence variables names have remained consistent with previously supplied data but due to the fact they are based on the new 98th percentile cap, and old datasets are not, comparability has been lost with years prior to 2012-2013. More information can be found in the 2017-18 User Guide (see SN 8464) and the article ‘Improving victimisation estimates derived from the Crime Survey for England and Wales’.

    Extending the BCS to Children
    Following the 'Smith Review', 'Crime statistics: an independent review', the BCS has included children aged 10-15 years, through screening at sampled addresses. The British Crime Survey Experimental Data: Children Aged 10-15 Years, January-December, 2009 comprises the first set of BCS children's data to become available.

    The primary aim of extending the BCS to children is to provide estimates of the levels of crime experienced by children and their risk of victimisation. In addition to questions about experience of crime, the BCS children's survey also gathers information on a number of crime-related topics such as perceptions and attitudes to the police, anti-social behaviour, crime prevention and personal security. It is therefore envisaged that the BCS children's survey will also provide a rich source of data to assist in understanding the nature and circumstances of crimes experienced by children aged 10 to 15 years.

    Estimates published based on these data have been published as 'Experimental Statistics'. In accordance with the Code of Practice for Official Statistics, 'Experimental Statistics' are new official statistics undergoing evaluation and published to involve users and stakeholders in their development as a means to build in quality at an early stage. As such, these data are subject to future revision and change.

    Comparing the children's data with the adult BCS
    The BCS children's experimental dataset has been developed as an extension to the existing adult BCS to children aged 10 to 15 years. However, methodological differences between the adult and child BCS mean that direct comparisons cannot be made between the adult and child data. That said, while the questions asked and levels of detail collected differ between the data sources there is a common approach to the classification of incidents to offences in law. For further details of the methodology, see documentation.

    Findings publication
    The findings from the first set of children's data have been published as:
    Millard, B. and Flatley, J. (ed.) (2010) Experimental statistics on victimisation of children aged 10 to 15: findings from the British Crime Survey for the year ending December 2009 England and Wales, Home Office Statistical Bulletin 11/01, London: Home Office. Retrieved October 26, 2010 from http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/pdfs10/hosb1110.pdf

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    Supplementary file 1_Associations between significant head injury and...

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    Updated Mar 19, 2025
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    Tom M. McMillan; Hira Aslam; Abi McGinley; Vicky Walker; Sarah J. E. Barry (2025). Supplementary file 1_Associations between significant head injury and cognitive function, disability, and crime in adult men in prison in Scotland UK: a cross-sectional study.docx [Dataset]. http://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2025.1544211.s001
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    Tom M. McMillan; Hira Aslam; Abi McGinley; Vicky Walker; Sarah J. E. Barry
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    Area covered
    Scotland, United Kingdom
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    BackgroundAlthough a history of head injury is common in prisoners, little is known about its impact in relation to disability and potential associations with other health problems. This is relevant to the development of effective management and interventions targeted towards health or reducing recidivism. This study investigates effects of significant head injury (SHI) on disability, cognitive function, and offending in adult male prisoners and considers relationships with common comorbidities.MethodsIn this cross-sectional study, adult male prisoners in Scotland were recruited from Her Majesty’s Prisons Low Moss and Shotts. To be included, prisoners had to be men in adult custody, fluent in English, able to participate in assessment, provide informed consent, and not have a severe acute disorder of cognition or communication. History of head injury, cognition, disability, history of abuse, health, and problematic substance use were assessed by interview and questionnaire. Comparisons were made between prisoners with and without a history of SHI.ResultsThe sample of 286 was demographically representative of approximately 8,000 adult men in prison in Scotland. Severe head injury (SHI) was found in 245/286 (86%) and was repeated over periods of time in 151/245 (62%). Disability was associated with SHI in 85/245 (35%) and was significantly associated with problematic drug or alcohol use, clinical anxiety, and clinical depression. Significant associations between SHI and cognitive test outcomes were not found. Prisoners with SHI had more arrests, charges, and convictions and at younger ages, and were at greater risk of involvement in violent and property offences.ConclusionsA history of repeated SHI is very common in adult men in prison and is associated with a greater risk of crime including violence. Disability after SHI often affects social relationships and is associated with multiple health problems. There is a need for policy and interventions to account for the “weave” of multiple health needs of people in prison, which includes history of SHI.

  14. UK crime rate by country 2002-2024

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    Updated Jun 30, 2025
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    Statista (2025). UK crime rate by country 2002-2024 [Dataset]. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1030625/crime-rate-uk/
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    Jun 30, 2025
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    Time period covered
    Apr 1, 2002 - Mar 31, 2024
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    United Kingdom
    Description

    The crime rate in the United Kingdom was highest in England and Wales in 2023/24, at **** crimes per 1,000 people, compared with Scotland which had ** crimes per 1,000 population and Northern Ireland, at **** crimes per 1,000 people. During this time period, the crime rate of England and Wales has usually been the highest in the UK, while Scotland's crime rate has declined the most, falling from **** crimes per 1,000 people in 2002/03, to just **** by 2021/22. Overall crime on the rise In 2022/23 there were approximately **** million crimes recorded by the police in England and Wales, with this falling to **** million in 2023/24. Although crime declined quite significantly between 2002/03 and 2013/14, this trend has been reversed in subsequent years. While there are no easy explanations for the recent uptick in crime, it is possible that reduced government spending on the police service was at least partly to blame. In 2009/10 for example, government spending on the police stood at around **** billion pounds, with this cut to between ***** billion and ***** billion between 2012/13 and 2017/18. One of the most visible consequences of these cuts was a sharp reduction in the number of police officers in the UK. As recently as 2019, there were just ******* police officers in the UK, with this increasing to ******* by 2023. A creaking justice system During the period of austerity, the Ministry of Justice as a whole saw its budget sharply decline, from *** billion pounds in 2009/10, to just **** billion by 2015/16. Although there has been a reversal of the cuts to budgets and personnel in the justice system, the COVID-19 pandemic hit the depleted service hard in 2020. A backlog of cases grew rapidly, putting a strain on the ability of the justice system to process cases quickly. As of the first quarter of 2023, for example, it took on average *** days for a crown court case to go from offence to conclusion, compared with *** days in 2014. There is also the issue of overcrowding in prisons, with the number of prisoners in England and Wales dangerously close to operational capacity in recent months.

  15. Crime rate in England and Wales in 2024/25, by police force area

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    Statista (2025). Crime rate in England and Wales in 2024/25, by police force area [Dataset]. https://www.statista.com/statistics/866788/crime-rate-england-and-wales-by-region/
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    Jul 24, 2025
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    Apr 1, 2024 - Mar 31, 2025
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    Wales, England
    Description

    With a crime rate of 122.1 per 1,000 population, Cleveland, in North East England, had the highest crime rate of all the police force areas in England and Wales in 2024/25. High crime rates are evident in other areas of northern England, such as West Yorkshire and Greater Manchester at 114.5 and 108.2, respectively. In the English capital, London, the crime rate was 105.5 per 1,000 people. The lowest crime rate in England was in the relatively rural areas of Wiltshire in South West England, as well as North Yorkshire. Overall crime in England and Wales The number of crimes in England and Wales reached approximately 6.74 million in 2022/23, falling slightly to 6.66 million in 2023/24. Overall crime has been rising steadily across England and Wales for almost a decade, even when adjusted for population rises. In 2022/23, for example, the crime rate in England and Wales was 93.6, the highest since 2006/07. When compared with the rest of the United Kingdom, England and Wales is something of an outlier, as crime rates for Scotland and Northern Ireland have not followed the same trajectory of rising crime. Additionally, there has been a sharp increase in violent crimes and sexual offences since the mid-2010s in England and Wales. While theft offences have generally been falling, the number of shoplifting offences reached a peak of 440,000 in 2023/24. Troubled justice system under pressure Alongside rising crime figures, many indicators also signal that the justice system is getting pushed to breaking point. The percentage of crimes that are solved in England and Wales was just 5.7 percent in 2023, with sexual offences having a clearance rate of just 3.6 percent. Crimes are also taking far longer than usual to pass through the justice system. In 2023, it took an average of 676 days for a crown court case to reach a conclusion from the time of the offence. This is most likely related to the large backlog of cases in crown courts, which reached over 62,200 in 2023. Furthermore, prisons in England and Wales are dangerously overcrowded, with just 1,458 spare prison places available as of June 2024.

  16. Number of homicide offences in the UK 2024, by region

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    Updated Jul 1, 2025
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    Statista (2025). Number of homicide offences in the UK 2024, by region [Dataset]. https://www.statista.com/statistics/288221/number-of-homicides-uk-by-region/
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    Jul 1, 2025
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    Apr 1, 2023 - Mar 31, 2024
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    United Kingdom
    Description

    In 2023/24 there were 116 homicide offences recorded in London, the most of any region of the United Kingdom during that time period. North West England, which includes the large city of Manchester had 71 homicides, and had the second-highest number of homicides. In the same reporting period, the constituent countries of Northern Ireland and Wales reported the fewest homicides, at 24 each. Homicides in the UK falling despite recent uptick Since 2002/03, all three jurisdictions of the UK; England and Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland, have seen their homicide rates fall, with Scotland seeing the steepest decline. The most significant decline in homicides in this period occurred between 2002/03 and 2014/15, which saw the annual number of homicides in England and Wales half from over 1,000 to 500. This trend was suddenly reversed from 2015/16 onwards, with homicides rising to around 700 per year between 2016/17 and 2019/20. While homicides fell back to 583 in 2023/24, it remains to be seen if this pattern will continue. Knives used in almost half of all murders In 2022/23 a knife or other sharp instrument was used in over 41 percent of all murders in England and Wales, making this, by far, the most common method of killing in that reporting year. The overall number of knife homicides reached 244 in 2022/23, compared with 282 in the previous year, and just above the 281 reported in 2017/18. Firearm homicides were much rarer than knife homicides, with 29 taking place in the same reporting year, and homicides caused by shooting only accounting for 4.9 percent of homicides overall.

  17. Number of drug offences in Scotland 2002-2024

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    Updated Jul 23, 2025
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    Statista (2025). Number of drug offences in Scotland 2002-2024 [Dataset]. https://www.statista.com/statistics/328079/drug-crime-scotland/
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    Jul 23, 2025
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    Apr 1, 2002 - Mar 31, 2024
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    Scotland
    Description

    In 2023/24 there were ****** drug offences recorded by the police in Scotland. Between 2002/03 and 2023/24 the number of drug offences in Scotland has fluctuated, peaking in 2005/06 at ****** and falling to its lowest figure in the most recent year.

  18. Number of public order offences in Northern Ireland 2002-2024

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    Updated Oct 30, 2024
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    Statista Research Department (2024). Number of public order offences in Northern Ireland 2002-2024 [Dataset]. https://www.statista.com/topics/3793/crime-in-the-uk/
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    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.

  19. Number of homicide offences in Northern Ireland 2023, by policing district

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    Updated Oct 30, 2024
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    Statista Research Department (2024). Number of homicide offences in Northern Ireland 2023, by policing district [Dataset]. https://www.statista.com/topics/3793/crime-in-the-uk/
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    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.

  20. Number of homicides in England and Wales 2002-2025

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    Statista (2025). Number of homicides in England and Wales 2002-2025 [Dataset]. https://www.statista.com/statistics/283093/homicides-in-england-and-wales/
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    Jul 24, 2025
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    Apr 1, 2002 - Mar 31, 2025
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    Wales, United Kingdom, England
    Description

    There were 535 homicides recorded in England and Wales in 2024/25, the fewest number of homicides in a reporting year since 2013/14, when there were 533. Between 2002/03 and 2013/14, the number of homicides in England and Wales fell significantly before rising again in the late 2010s. This increase in homicides occurred alongside an increase in the overall number of crimes, with police officials linking this to long-term cuts to their manpower and resources. Knives involved in over 40 percent of homicides In the 2022/23 reporting year, homicides involving a sharp instrument were involved in 244 incidents, a decline on the previous reporting year, when there were 282 such homicides. As a proportion of all homicides, sharp instruments were the main method of killing, and were used in 41.4 percent of all homicides in 2022/23. Firearm homicides are quite rare in England and Wales with shooting homicides only accounting for 4.9 percent of all homicides in the same reporting year. Between 2011/12 and 2022/23, there were 347 firearm homicides in England and Wales, compared with 2,785 knife homicides in the same period. Homicide rate highest in North East England Although London, with 124 homicides, was the UK region with the highest number of homicides in 2022/23, it was behind North East England when it came to the homicide rate. At 15.9 homicides per one million people, the North East was ahead of London at 12.9, and the rest of England and Wales, at 10.1. When compared with the rest of the UK, the homicide rate in England and Wales was above that of Scotland, which was 9, but below Northern Ireland at 12.6. Although Scotland's homicide rate is currently lower than that of England and Wales, before 2015/16 it was consistently higher, particularly in 2004/05 when it was 27, compared with 16.4 in England and Wales.

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Number of crimes in Scotland in 2023/24, by type of crime

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Apr 1, 2023 - Mar 31, 2024
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Scotland
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In the 2023/24 reporting year there were 299,780 crimes recorded by the police in Scotland, with 111,054 of these crimes categorized as crimes of dishonesty, the most common crime type in this year.

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