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Crime and safety

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

Dundee 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

Dundee 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 — Dundee City local authority area
Periodrecorded crimes
1996/199724,171
1997/199820,572
1998/199919,617
1999/200019,266
2000/200118,097
2001/200219,127
2002/200318,535
2003/200418,601
2004/200519,147
2005/200617,744
2006/200718,264
2007/200816,867
2008/200915,643
2009/201014,225
2010/201114,785
2011/201212,041
2012/201311,142
2013/201411,473
2014/201510,780
2015/201611,207
2016/201711,065
2017/201811,036
2018/201911,099
2019/202012,083
2020/202112,735
2021/202212,004
2022/202312,543
2023/202412,573
2024/202511,771
2025/202613,924
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