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Crime and safety

Glasgow City council area. Every figure carries its own date.

Glasgow City

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

Glasgow City 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 — Glasgow City local authority area
Periodrecorded crimes
1996/199798,626
1997/1998100,095
1998/1999104,976
1999/200098,039
2000/200195,732
2001/200294,492
2002/200393,551
2003/200486,173
2004/200591,045
2005/200688,563
2006/200788,394
2007/200881,782
2008/200981,524
2009/201074,661
2010/201170,399
2011/201274,122
2012/201364,016
2013/201460,831
2014/201557,504
2015/201652,777
2016/201753,990
2017/201854,447
2018/201955,081
2019/202053,286
2020/202152,053
2021/202248,846
2022/202350,128
2023/202450,558
2024/202552,406
2025/202655,193
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