Edinburgh crime: Edinburgh's 17 'most dangerous' areas named as data shows crime hotspots

Official figures have revealed the 17 Edinburgh neighbourhoods with the highest levels of crime

Churchill Support Services have studied the latest crime statistics from the Scottish Government to reveal which areas of Edinburgh have the highest crime rates per 10,000 people.

Edinburgh, which was ranked 7th among the most dangerous areas in Scotland, saw 34,976 crimes over the course of 2023 into 2024. A deeper dive into the figures shows significant rates of crimes of dishonesty (17,099 incidents), road traffic offences (8,439 incidents) and violent crime (7,278 incidents), all of which underscore the need for effective security in the Scottish capital.

A Churchill Support Services spokesperson said: “We’ve opted to break down Edinburgh by its local council wards. We’ve then displayed this as a ratio of the number of crimes per 1000 people living in that area. This allows us to take into account the size of the area, as well as crucial variables like population and area density.”

Scroll through our picture gallery to see the 17 ‘most dangerous areas’ of Edinburgh for crime, according to official figures.

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