Our Performance Summary for the financial year of April 2022 to March 2023, provides a high level and accessible overview of the performance information included in the Scottish Police Authority’s Annual Report and Accounts.

Our Annual Report of policing in Scotland, developed in collaboration with Police Scotland, is a detailed report of almost 200 pages which, while informative and of interest to many of our partners and other stakeholders, is not what everyone is looking for. This new summary format aims to present key insights in a more visual way that is of interest to a wider audience, alongside links to the full report should anyone wish to read more.

Some areas of interest include:

• Crime numbers overall are lower than the previous year, however there have been increases in some crime types including fraud (p3).
• Almost 750,000 calls to 999 were received during the year, and almost 1.5 million calls to 101. Average answer times were 9 seconds for 999 and 4.5 minutes for 101 (p5).
• Forensic Services dealt with over 23,000 cases throughout the year, while also maintaining their UKAS accreditation for the 25th consecutive year (p6).
• Links to more information about what we in SPA Corporate have been doing, including the launch of our new website and our continued public polling (p6).
• An overall underspend of £0.3m was achieved during the year (p7).

The Performance Summary document has been through a few iterations, and we hope to develop it even further next year. Any feedback received from the public and other stakeholders through our website will be very welcome and helpful in this process.