To ask the Scottish Government how many (a) reported incidents of, (b) prosecutions for and (c) convictions for wildlife crime there have been in each of the last five years. (a) The latest available information for Recorded crime data is for the financial year 2020-21 and is presented in the following table: Wildlife crime Recorded by Police Scotland, 2016-17 to 2020-21 Financial year Total 2016-17 231 2017-18 236 2018-19 171 2019-20 198 2020-21 308 Source: Recorded Crime in Scotland National Statistics Dataset (b)(c) The latest available information for criminal proceedings is for the financial year 2019-20 and is presented in the following table: People proceeded against in Scottish courts for wildlife crimes, where main charge, 2015-16 to 2019-20 Financial year Total prosecuted Total convicted 2015-16 25 20 2016-17 23 22 2017-18 29 25 2018-19 15 10 2019-20 12 11 Source: Scottish Government Criminal Proceedings database The statistics dealing with recorded crime and court proceedings are not directly comparable for a number of reasons.