Coronavirus (COVID-19): Justice Analytical Services data report- October 2021

This pack provides information on the impact of COVID-19 on the Justice system during October 2021.

Data has been gathered from a number of different sources and may be subject to future revision.


Incidents recorded

Weekly incident numbers have been generally similar in October 2021, compared to October 2020.

Incident levels have generally been similar in recent weeks compared to the equivalent weeks from the previous year.

Scotland entered Phase 2 of its route map on 28th May 2020. There was an increase in incidents during that week (ending Sunday 31st May). However, incident numbers remained below 2019-20 levels in the weeks that followed, and declined from November onwards. Scotland entered a new period of lockdown on 5th January 2021. Since then, there has been evidence of an increasing trend although levels remain generally lower than at the start of the pandemic.

Chart: Number of incidents
Line graph showing incidents recorded by Police Scotland in March 2019-October 2020, compared to March 2020-October 2021.

In the week ending 31st October:

31,611 incidents recorded

Up 11% compared to the equivalent week in 2020 (28,604 incidents)

Further information:

A full breakdown of calls & incident volumes is available.

Contact

Email: JusticeAnalysts@gov.scot

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