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Crime and safety

City of Edinburgh council area. Every figure carries its own date.

City of Edinburgh

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

City of Edinburgh 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 — City of Edinburgh local authority area
Periodrecorded crimes
1996/199754,885
1997/199852,764
1998/199953,975
1999/200062,576
2000/200160,096
2001/200259,607
2002/200356,576
2003/200459,129
2004/200559,478
2005/200656,987
2006/200756,619
2007/200852,804
2008/200951,573
2009/201046,692
2010/201145,026
2011/201242,852
2012/201337,162
2013/201442,401
2014/201542,098
2015/201638,525
2016/201736,117
2017/201839,790
2018/201938,076
2019/202036,815
2020/202132,673
2021/202232,032
2022/202332,175
2023/202434,976
2024/202538,116
2025/202639,483
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