User Guide to Recorded Crime Statistics in Scotland
Provides detailed information on the Recorded Crime in Scotland statistical bulletin series. It is designed to be a useful reference guide with explanatory notes regarding issues and classifications which are crucial to the production and presentation of crime statistics in Scotland.
Footnotes
1 There were previously fourteen local divisions, with Aberdeen Division merging with Aberdeenshire and Moray Division to form the current North East Division as of 1 January 2016.
2 HMICS - Crime Audit 2014 “The SCRS notes that the crime registrar should not be placed in a position where he or she is directly responsible for performance or reducing crime or is answerable to a line manager who has such responsibility.” HMICS Crime Audit 2020.
3 There were previously fourteen local divisions, with Aberdeen Division merging with Aberdeenshire and Moray Division to form the current North East Division as of 1 January 2016.
4 The Scottish Government’s Statistical Bulletin Recorded Crime in Scotland provides more contextual detail, especially relating to the Scottish Crime and Justice Survey that paints a fuller picture of crime as perceived by victims (both recorded and non-recorded).
5 The three tier system for defining the level of assurance appropriate for a particular set of statistics.
6 UKSA AR
7 A course of behaviour involves behaviour on at least two occasions
Contact
Email: justice_analysts@gov.scot
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