Recorded Crime in Scotland, 2023-24

Footnotes

1. Recorded crime in Scotland: 'Other sexual crimes', 2013-2014 and 2016-2017

2. While most victims of these crimes will be persons aged 16 or over, the provisions of these sections will also cover offences against children aged 13 or over where the perpetrator is under the age of 16.

3. Crime in England and Wales - Office for National Statistics (ons.gov.uk)

4. Police Recorded Crime Statistics | PSNI

5. Recorded crime in Scotland: 'Other sexual crimes', 2013-2014 and 2016-2017

6. The ethnicity analysis for victims and comparisons with census findings exclude the Highlands & Islands division due to some missing data within the research.

7. Comparable clear up rates for the present crime groups are not available prior to 1976.

8. Comparable clear up rates for the present crime groups are not available prior to 1976.

9. Supporting documents - Recorded crime in Scotland: handling offensive weapons

10. Correct closure means either that (a) the incident was closed as non-crime related and contained sufficient information to dispel any inference of criminality; or (b) the incident indicated a crime had occurred and a crime record was traced.

11. A course of conduct involves behaviour on at least two occasions.

12. HMICS | Crime Audit: 2016

13. A report summarising the responses received through this earlier engagement was published in June 2021, following some delay due to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and the resultant increase in demand for associated analysis.