Scottish Government · 9 June 2017 – 13 December 2019
Crimes and offences recorded in Scotland per 10,000 people during the Conservative 2017–2019 government
↑ 2.2%+12.1 per 10,000 population
Crimes and offences recorded in Scotland per 10,000 people rose by 2.2% over the period, from 554.8 per 10,000 population (Year ending March 2017, the level when the government took office) to 566.9 (Year ending March 2019, the last complete period before it left office).
- Inherited level Year ending March 2017: 554.8
- Level when it left Year ending March 2019: 566.9
- method: latest complete period before start / before end
Changes during this period do not by themselves show what the government caused. Statistics reflect many influences, including earlier decisions, the economy and how the data is collected.
Definition and caveats
Crimes and offences recorded by the police in each Scottish council area per 10,000 residents in the financial year, as published in Table 4 of the Recorded Crime in Scotland bulletin, using National Records of Scotland mid-year population estimates.
Doesn’t measure: Crime that was not reported to or recorded by the police, the risk to any individual, or crime in England, Wales or Northern Ireland. The denominator is the resident population, not the number of people present in an area during the day.