Scottish crime recording standard: crime recording and counting rules

Footnotes

1. The police service will determine this based on their knowledge of the law and counting rules.

2. A serious incident is one that has led/is intended to lead/is likely to lead/or threatened to lead to serious harm or loss to any school child in the view of the child, parent or child's representative. Any Assault meeting the definition of Serious Assault should be classed as a serious incident which should be dealt with by Police.

3. Supporting evidence relates to a statement/document which may be recorded in the police officers' notebook/PDA or other related document.