Justice and safer communities statistics: monthly data report summary - October 2024

Sources and further information

The data in this report is drawn from a range of Official Statistics sources. For fire and prisons statistics, more recent analysis of administrative data has been used, whilst recorded hate crime information comes from a Social Research publication.

Police activity:

• Quarterly Recorded Crime in Scotland bulletin. This contains Accredited Official Statistics on crimes and offences recorded by the police in Scotland.
• Homicide in Scotland Statistics. Annual Accredited Official Statistics on crimes of homicide recorded by the police in Scotland.
• Domestic Abuse Recorded by the Police in Scotland Statistics. Annual Official Statistics on police recorded domestic abuse in Scotland.
• Police Officer Quarterly Strength Statistics Scotland. Quarterly Official Statistics on the number of full-time equivalent police officers in Scotland.
• Characteristics of police recorded hate crime in Scotland: study. Social Research study into the nature of police recorded hate aggravated crimes in Scotland.

Courts and prisons data:

• Criminal Proceedings Statistics in Scotland. Annual Accredited Official Statistics on criminal proceedings concluded in Scottish courts and on a range of measures available as alternatives to prosecution.
• Annual Civil Justice Statistics bulletin. This contains Official Statistics on civil justice and court reform as recorded by the Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service (SCTS).
• Scottish Prison Population statistics and projections. Accredited Official statistics on Scottish prison populations, exploring population levels and composition and change over time.
• SCTS Official Statistics. Includes quarterly data on fines, financial penalty collection rates, and criminal court activity in Scotland.
• Journey Times in the Scottish Criminal Justice System. Assesses an accused person’s criminal justice journey time from offence date to case conclusion or verdict. The interactive dashboard provides quarterly updates to the experimental statistical bulletin on the length of journey times in the criminal justice system.

Other:

• The Scottish Crime and Justice Survey (SCJS) is a large-scale social survey which asks people about their experiences and perceptions of crime and the justice system in Scotland. The most recent release was for 2021-22.
• Justice Social Work Statistics in Scotland. Annual Accredited Official Statistics on justice social work activity in Scotland.