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Aberdeen · Scotland

Crime and safety

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

Aberdeen 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

Aberdeen 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 — Aberdeen City local authority area
Periodrecorded crimes
1996/199730,794
1997/199831,725
1998/199933,963
1999/200035,708
2000/200132,948
2001/200232,041
2002/200329,691
2003/200427,780
2004/200528,781
2005/200629,055
2006/200727,525
2007/200826,007
2008/200925,518
2009/201022,906
2010/201123,316
2011/201222,500
2012/201319,911
2013/201418,926
2014/201517,413
2015/201617,612
2016/201717,217
2017/201815,558
2018/201914,261
2019/202014,326
2020/202114,281
2021/202215,781
2022/202314,807
2023/202414,857
2024/202514,319
2025/202615,461
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