Crimes recorded by Police Scotland
1996/1997 to 2025/2026
Fife 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.
| Period | recorded crimes |
|---|---|
| 1996/1997 | 27,736 |
| 1997/1998 | 26,047 |
| 1998/1999 | 26,420 |
| 1999/2000 | 30,859 |
| 2000/2001 | 29,743 |
| 2001/2002 | 31,461 |
| 2002/2003 | 33,390 |
| 2003/2004 | 36,563 |
| 2004/2005 | 40,539 |
| 2005/2006 | 35,696 |
| 2006/2007 | 36,011 |
| 2007/2008 | 30,792 |
| 2008/2009 | 29,743 |
| 2009/2010 | 26,092 |
| 2010/2011 | 23,450 |
| 2011/2012 | 22,623 |
| 2012/2013 | 19,400 |
| 2013/2014 | 20,966 |
| 2014/2015 | 18,729 |
| 2015/2016 | 18,201 |
| 2016/2017 | 18,054 |
| 2017/2018 | 18,699 |
| 2018/2019 | 18,728 |
| 2019/2020 | 17,718 |
| 2020/2021 | 18,244 |
| 2021/2022 | 19,154 |
| 2022/2023 | 20,553 |
| 2023/2024 | 19,892 |
| 2024/2025 | 18,901 |
| 2025/2026 | 20,437 |