Crime stats backdated: FOI release

Information requested

1. The Recorded Crime in Scotland statistics for the year ending September 2022 going back to the year ending September 2013,
2. The Recorded Crime in Scotland statistics for the year ending June 2022 going back to the year June 2013 and
3. The Recorded Crime in Scotland statistics for all financial years going back to the financial year 1999-00. All of this information should be provided under the new crime groupings which were first used in the Recorded Crime statistics for 2021-22.

Response

I enclose a copy of some of the information you requested.

Some of the information you have requested is available from the Scottish Government and statsistics.gov.scot websites (see details below). Under section 25(1) of FOISA, we do not have to give you information which is already reasonably accessible to you. If, however, you do not have internet access to obtain this information from the website(s) listed, then please contact me again and I will send you a paper copy.

While our aim is to provide information whenever possible, in this instance the Scottish Government does not have some of the information you have requested. The reasons why we don't have the information are explained below.

1. Recorded crime statistics for year ending September 2018 to September 2022 can be found in Table 1 of Recorded Crime in Scotland: year ending September 2022 - gov.scot (www.gov.scot). If required offences can be found in Table 2.
   
   Data for year ending September 2014 to Year ending September 2017 can be found in the attached spreadsheet. Please note that this data is not a perfect like for like match with the data provided above, as it was not extracted at an equivalent time following the end of the reporting year. However, we believe the impact this will have on any comparisons will be minor.
   
   Data is not held for year ending September 2013. This is due to the fact that this reporting year includes data from legacy police forces (before Police Scotland was formed). The way data was supplied by legacy police forces means that we can only supply pre April 2013 data on a financial year (year ending March) basis.
2. Recorded crime statistics for year ending June 2018 to June 2022 can be found in Table 1 of Recorded Crime in Scotland: year ending June 2022 - gov.scot (www.gov.scot). If required offences can be found in Table 2.
   
   Data for year ending June 2014 to Year ending June 2017 can be found in the attached spreadsheet. Please note that this data is not a perfect like for like match with the data provided above, as it was not extracted at an equivalent time following the end of the reporting year. However, we believe the impact this will have on any comparisons will be minor.
   
   Data is not held for year ending June 2013. This is due to the fact that this reporting year includes data from legacy police forces (before Police Scotland was formed). The way data was supplied by legacy police forces means that we can only supply pre April 2013 data on a financial year (year ending March) basis.
3. This information can be found at statistics.gov.scot : Recorded Crimes and Offences. A guide on how to download data from this website is available here, How to download data - statistics.gov.scot Open Data User Guides

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FOI - 202200331674 - Tables

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