16 h. ago Areas of Scotland with highest and lowest rates of crime 2025

Official statistics on crimes recorded by the police in Scotland have been shared.

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24 h. ago Glasgow City Council warns of parking scam messages amid ongoing cyber incident

The local authority said it was investigating the messages ‘as a matter of urgency’.

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41 h. ago Scots cops say underworld killings in Costa Del Sol "not linked" to gang war on home turf

Scotland's most senior police officer says the fatal shootings of two men in Spain were not planned in Scotland or are linked to ongoing gangland violence here.

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48 h. ago Crackdown on Scotland gang war: Police arrest 49 suspects including boy, 17, after spate of shootings, firebombings and assaults rocked Edinburgh and Glasgow

A 17-year-old boy has been arrested on suspicion of firebombing in connection with Operation Portaledge, the ongoing investigation into a spate of violent incidents in Edinburgh and Glasgow.

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48 h. ago Scottish Crime 2025: Here are the official crime stats for 32 of Scotland's local authorities

Official statistics on crimes recorded by the police in Scotland have been published.

Politics

51 h. ago Cops release images amid probe into spate of thefts in Fife and Glasgow

Images have been released by Police Scotland as they appeal for those who recognise the man to come forward.

Politics

52 h. ago Police Scotland say transgender suspects have the right to ask for a male officer to search one half of their body and a female officer to search the other half

Gender-critical campaigners have accused Police Scotland of putting female staff at risk with new rules drawn up after a recent Supreme Court verdict.

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54 h. ago Scottish Crime Rates 2025: Here are the official crime stats for all 32 of Scotland's local authorities

Official statistics on crimes recorded by the police in Scotland have been published.

Politics

3 d. ago Scots cops searches to be on 'biological sex' after Supreme Court ruling

Police Scotland has issued new interim guidance requiring certain searches to be conducted based on a person’s biological sex.

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3 d. ago Fraudster who conned luxury brands into buying fake Scottish tea jailed

Thomas Robinson, 55, claimed to have cultivated the tea at his Perthshire estate using innovative techniques but was convicted of fraud in May.

Economics

5 d. ago Police Scotland spend £332,000 on supergrasses as deadly gangland turf war erupts

EXCLUSIVE: The £332,189 spent last year was the highest for some time.

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5 d. ago Inquiry into fatal shooting of asylum seeker to last up to 12 weeks

Badreddin Abdalla Adam Bosh, 28, was shot dead in Glasgow in June 2020 after attacking six people with a knife.

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5 d. ago Almost 500 Police Scotland officers and staff currently on long

The figures released under Freedom of Information come at a time of increasing violence towards officers.

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6 d. ago Man found dead on major motorway as cops probe 'unexplained' tragedy

A man has been found dead on a major motorway in Scotland, with police treating the death as unexplained and launching an investigation into the circumstances

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6 d. ago Mystery as man found dead on major motorway with cops probing ‘unexplained’ tragedy

Police in Scotland are investigating after a man was found dead in 'unexplained' circumstances on a busy motorway - the M90 was shut in both directions as police attended

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6 d. ago Families to march against knife crime through streets of Glasgow

The march begins at Ibrox and finishes at Celtic Park.

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7 d. ago Edinburgh crime: Woman and baby taken to hospital after armed police attend disturbance in Scottish Capital

“Enquiries are ongoing to establish the full circumstances.”

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8 d. ago Cannabis plants worth £7m seized by police in raid at former college campus

A search of the property in Kirkcaldy, Fife, took place on Wednesday afternoon.

Economics

1 week ago Police investigating death of Cole Cooper, 19, rule out third

Cole Cooper’s body was found in a wooded area of Banknock, Falkirk, on June 6 with police treating his death as ‘unexplained’.

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1 week ago Cops probing Cole Cooper death insist 'no evidence of third party involvement' as mum demands answers

Police Scotland note that "at this time there is no evidence of any third-party involvement" in Cole Cooper's death.

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