Crimes recorded by Police Scotland
1996/1997 to 2025/2026
Highland local authority area · recorded crimes
Data table and workings
Published Scottish annual recorded crimes, separately from offences. Different recording/counting rules from England and Wales; no UK crime ranking.
Council-area annual totals; not street-level mapped incidents.
Scottish crimes and offences are distinct categories. These figures are not directly comparable with England/Wales mapped crime.
| Period | recorded crimes |
|---|---|
| 1996/1997 | 13,475 |
| 1997/1998 | 11,891 |
| 1998/1999 | 12,409 |
| 1999/2000 | 13,138 |
| 2000/2001 | 13,724 |
| 2001/2002 | 14,558 |
| 2002/2003 | 14,391 |
| 2003/2004 | 14,762 |
| 2004/2005 | 16,241 |
| 2005/2006 | 15,500 |
| 2006/2007 | 17,909 |
| 2007/2008 | 17,077 |
| 2008/2009 | 17,075 |
| 2009/2010 | 15,027 |
| 2010/2011 | 14,374 |
| 2011/2012 | 14,584 |
| 2012/2013 | 12,331 |
| 2013/2014 | 10,738 |
| 2014/2015 | 9,252 |
| 2015/2016 | 10,043 |
| 2016/2017 | 10,088 |
| 2017/2018 | 10,034 |
| 2018/2019 | 9,641 |
| 2019/2020 | 9,255 |
| 2020/2021 | 9,339 |
| 2021/2022 | 9,284 |
| 2022/2023 | 10,095 |
| 2023/2024 | 11,083 |
| 2024/2025 | 10,256 |
| 2025/2026 | 10,202 |