Current status: Answered by Angela Constance on 10 March 2026
To ask the Scottish Government how many assaults on police officers have been recorded by Police Scotland in each year since the creation of Police Scotland.
The production of the Accredited Official Statistics on recorded crime in Scotland was amended to allow the separate identification of assaults against police officers/staff from the reporting year of 2024-25 onwards. These can be further broken down into Serious assault, Common assault (with injury) and Common assault (without injury).
The number of these crimes recorded in 2024-25 is provided below. The next full year will be available in June 2026 as part of the Recorded Crime in Scotland 2025-26 Accredited Official Statistics.
Police recorded crimes of assaults on police officer/staff, by type, 2024-25, Scotland.
Crime; assault on police officer/staff | 2024-25 |
Serious assault | 20 |
Common assault (with injury) | 1,123 |
Common assault (without injury) | 6,098 |
Total | 7,241 |