Documentation
Description:
The Scottish Offenders Index is a dataset that covers all convictions where a sentence was imposed since the beginning of 1989, and the main offence involved was either a crime in Groups 1-5 of the Scottish Government’s classification of crimes, or some offences in Group 6.
Is Part Of:
NOT APPLICABLE
Coverage
Spatial
Spatial Coverage:
Scotland
Geographical Levels:
country
Temporal
Start Date:
01 January 1989
End Date:
01 January 2021
Frequency:
IRREGULAR
Distribution Release Date:
28 April 2026
Provenance
Source:
OTHER
Purpose:
Administrative
Access and Governance
Usage
Condition of Access:
Access requires approval
Condition of Use:
Application of statistical disclosure control
Resource Creator:
Scottish Government
Access
Access Service:
- Access to this data is through submitting a completed application form to the mailbox: statistics.enquiries@gov.scot. The application form is available here: https://www.gov.scot/publications/scottish-government-statistics-request-our-data/
- Find out about accessing secure datasets for research at https://www.researchdata.scot/accessing-data/data-access-overview/
Jurisdictions:
GB-SCT
Data Controller:
Scottish Government
Data Processor:
Not Applicable
Format and Standards
Languages:
en
Formats:
CSV
Enrichment and Linkage
Linkage Opportunity:
This is a standalone dataset and is not linkable to any other dataset.