(8 April 2025) The Scottish Government hosted a responsible dog ownership summit with key stakeholders on approaches to dog control and dog welfare on 20 September 2024. This report contains key outputs and recommendations from the summit.

(27 March 2025) This report contains summary statistics covering a number of important justice and safer communities areas. It is published with up to date statistics every month.

(26 March 2025) Police officers in Tayside became the first to be equipped with new body-worn video (BWV) cameras as a national rollout of the technology began today.

(25 March 2025) The Domestic Homicide Project released on 25th March reported that 262 people in England and Wales died as a result of domestic abuse in the previous year. This update includes the report's recommendations and the police response.

(12 March 2025) His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary in Scotland has published its latest scrutiny plan, setting out HMICS' inspection priorities for the period April 2025 to March 2028. The plan (as defined in Section 75 of the Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012) has a dual purpose – to contribute to improving policing in Scotland and to fulfil our statutory obligation to inquire into the state, efficiency and effectiveness of both the Police Service of Scotland (Police Scotland) and the Scottish Police Authority (SPA). HMICS will keep this scrutiny plan under regular review, publishing any revisions as appropriate.

(12 March 2025) This revised framework sets out what HMICS expect to find when they inspect Police Scotland’s custody services, and will be the basis for their inspection programme. It reflects Police Scotland’s current policies and guidance in respect of custody service delivery, as well as international human rights standards as they apply to police custody.

(06 March 2025): The aim of this inspection, undertaken jointly by HM Inspectorate of Constabulary in Scotland (HMICS) and Healthcare Improvement Scotland (HIS), was to assess the treatment of, and conditions for, individuals detained in the police custody centres at London Road, Govan and Cathcart in Greater Glasgow. 

(27 February 2025) This report contains summary statistics covering a number of important justice and safer communities areas. It is published with up to date statistics every month.

(25 February 2025) Review of antisocial behaviour with recommendations for strategic and sustainable cross-cutting approaches focusing on prevention and early intervention resolutions; partnerships; and support for victims, communities and people involved with antisocial behaviour (ASB).

(25 February 2025) Statistics on crimes and offences recorded by the police in Scotland in the year ending December 2024, split by crime or offence group and by local authority.

(12 February 2025) HM Inspectorate of Constabulary in Scotland (HMICS) has committed to conduct a number of short, frontline focused reviews throughout the period of the HMICS Scrutiny Plan 2022-2025.

(12 February 2025) In a joint submission with the Northern Ireland Commissioner for Children and Young People and the Children’s Commissioner for Wales, the Commissioner made a written submission to the UN Committee against Torture.

(2 February 2025) This policing hub will support forces with specialist knowledge and training. It will lead on the national approach to preventing VAWG offences.

(31 January 2025) Using the 4Ps (Prevent, Protect, Pursue, Prepare), Crest Advisory have developed actions to drive forward a unified response to VAWG. This is the fourth in a series of reports produced by Crest Advisory.

(30 January 2025) This report contains summary statistics covering a number of important justice and safer communities areas. It is published with up to date statistics every month.