Recorded Crimes and Offences Involving Firearms, Scotland, 2020-21 and 2021-22

Recorded Crimes and Offences Involving Firearms, Scotland, 2020-21 and 2021-22

This Official Statistics bulletin provides new information for the reporting years of 2020-21 and 2021-22, on crimes and offences recorded by the police in which a firearm was alleged to have been involved or where a firearm was stolen.

Statistics for the seven years of 2015-16 to 2021-22 are provided using the improved data collection process that was highlighted in the previous bulletin. That change increased the accuracy of this information by reducing the risk that a police recorded offence involving a firearm has not been included in the data.

The statistics in this bulletin cover recorded crimes and offences involving firearms which occurred between 1 April 2020 and 31 March 2022. The first COVID-19 lockdown started in Scotland on 24 March 2020; therefore statistics in this bulletin relate entirely to offences involving firearms recorded during the first and second year since the start of the COVID-19 outbreak in the UK.