Dundee City's crime rate of 807 crimes per 10,000 people was the highest of any region of Scotland in 2022/23. The rate for the whole of Scotland was 528 per 10,000 people, which appears to be driven by low crime in places such as the Orkney Islands, with almost all Scottish cities reporting higher than average crime rates. In Glasgow, Scotland's largest city, the crime rate was 768 crimes per 10,000 people, while in the Scottish capital, Edinburgh, the crime rate was 607 per 10,000 population.
Comparisons with rest of 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 2021/22, 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 in 2021/22.
Theft and fraud drive recent crime uptick
There was an slight increase in the number of crimes recorded by the Scottish police in 2022/23, when compared with the previous year. Although many other types of crimes declined during this reporting year, the number of theft offences increased by around 10,500 offences. Fraud crime also grew in 2022/23, with 16,879 offences reported in that year. This was only a minor increase compared to the previous reporting year, but far higher than in 2014/15, when Scotland reported 6,913 fraud offences.
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Scottish Government. (July 20, 2023). Crime rate per 10,000 population in Scotland in 2022/23, by local authority [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/370395/scotland-crime-rate-local-authorities/
Scottish Government. "Crime rate per 10,000 population in Scotland in 2022/23, by local authority." Chart. July 20, 2023. Statista. Accessed July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/370395/scotland-crime-rate-local-authorities/
Scottish Government. (2023). Crime rate per 10,000 population in Scotland in 2022/23, by local authority. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/370395/scotland-crime-rate-local-authorities/
Scottish Government. "Crime Rate per 10,000 Population in Scotland in 2022/23, by Local Authority." Statista, Statista Inc., 20 Jul 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/370395/scotland-crime-rate-local-authorities/
Scottish Government, Crime rate per 10,000 population in Scotland in 2022/23, by local authority Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/370395/scotland-crime-rate-local-authorities/ (last visited July 22, 2024)
Crime rate per 10,000 population in Scotland in 2022/23, by local authority [Graph], Scottish Government, July 20, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/370395/scotland-crime-rate-local-authorities/