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Crime and safety

Perth and Kinross council area. Every figure carries its own date.

Perth and Kinross

Official council-area annual series; ward-level Police Scotland crime is not available through the Police UK API.

Source and coverage explanation →

Police.uk street records do not cover ordinary Police Scotland crime. Scottish recorded-crime figures use their own definitions and are shown separately where available.

Crimes recorded by Police Scotland

1996/1997 to 2025/2026

Perth and Kinross local authority area · recorded crimes

Data table and workings

Published Scottish annual recorded crimes, separately from offences. Different recording/counting rules from England and Wales; no UK crime ranking.

Council-area annual totals; not street-level mapped incidents.

Scottish crimes and offences are distinct categories. These figures are not directly comparable with England/Wales mapped crime.

Crimes recorded by Police Scotland — Perth and Kinross local authority area
Periodrecorded crimes
1996/199710,716
1997/19989,395
1998/19999,285
1999/20008,731
2000/20018,141
2001/20028,868
2002/20039,254
2003/20048,954
2004/20059,728
2005/20069,239
2006/20079,085
2007/20088,178
2008/20098,246
2009/20107,159
2010/20116,826
2011/20126,387
2012/20136,319
2013/20146,324
2014/20156,149
2015/20166,164
2016/20175,517
2017/20185,276
2018/20195,088
2019/20205,438
2020/20215,928
2021/20225,882
2022/20235,903
2023/20246,092
2024/20256,069
2025/20266,544
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