(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.