Crimes recorded by the police in Scotland: record highs and lows
The extremes of crimes recorded by the police in scotland as published by Scottish Government, across the 10 periods held here (Year ending March 2017 to Year ending March 2026). Each record is a published figure, not a computed one, and the scope is this series — not “ever”.
The latest figure, 315,357 in Year ending March 2026, is the highest in the whole published series of 10 periods. The rule: a period counts as beaten only when its figure is strictly below the latest, and the claim is only made when it reaches back at least five years.
Highest published
315,357Year ending March 2026
Lowest published
286,464Year ending March 2022
The full series
What a record here is, and is not
A record is the extreme of the periods this site holds for the current series, at each period’s newest published release. Earlier series measured under different methods are not compared against it. Money is in cash terms: a record set years ago stands against the money of its own year.