{"metric":"recorded_crime_scotland_per_10000","title":"Crimes and offences recorded in Scotland per 10,000 people","topic":"crime","unit":"per 10,000 population","measure_type":"rate","geography":"S92000003","comparison_method":"year_on_year","latest":{"period_start":"2025-04-01","period_end":"2026-03-31","period_label":"Year ending March 2026","value":568.528367196091,"status":"final","vintage":"2026-06-23"},"comparison":{"period_label":"Year ending March 2025","value":539.239935820008,"vintage":"2026-06-23"},"source":{"publisher":"Scottish Government","publication":"Recorded Crime in Scotland: bulletin tables","landing_url":"https://www.gov.scot/collections/recorded-crime-in-scotland/","sheet":"Table_4","table":"Table 4: Crimes and offences recorded per 10,000 population, by local authority","row":"Scotland · Total Crimes · Total","column":"2025-26","raw_value":"568.528367196091","file_url":"https://www.gov.scot/publications/recorded-crime-scotland-2025-26/","file_sha256":"67482e0a367cf604dcfb16c1ea9196b46f241104bb534dd63cd3311093cc8691","release_date":"2026-06-23","release_label":"Recorded Crime in Scotland, 2025-26"},"definition":"Crimes and offences recorded by the police in each Scottish council area per 10,000 residents in the financial year, as published in Table 4 of the Recorded Crime in Scotland bulletin, using National Records of Scotland mid-year population estimates.","does_not_measure":"Crime that was not reported to or recorded by the police, the risk to any individual, or crime in England, Wales or Northern Ireland. The denominator is the resident population, not the number of people present in an area during the day.","links":{"page":"/crime/recorded-crime-scotland-per-10000","series":"/api/metrics/recorded_crime_scotland_per_10000/series","vintages":"/api/metrics/recorded_crime_scotland_per_10000/vintages"}}