What is the crime rate in Moray?

Police Scotland recorded 4,190 crimes in Moray in 2025-26, 44 per 1,000 residents, against a Scottish average of 57 (Scottish Government recorded crime statistics).

In Moray, about 2.3% of homes are in areas where road or rail noise reaches 65 dB Lden or more, against 6.9% across Great Britain (strategic noise maps, Defra, Natural Resources Wales and SEPA).

How many homes in Moray are near a park?

54% of homes in Moray are within 400 m of a public park or garden and 69% are within 400 m of a children's play space (OS Open Greenspace), against 56% and 60% across Great Britain.

How does Moray compare with the UK average for social housing?

The UK average is 17.5% of households. At 19.3%, Moray is close to the national average (+1.8 percentage points) and ranks 93rd of 374 UK local authorities.

Living in Moray

Q: How much social housing is there in Moray?

19.3% of households in Moray are social housing — 8,301 of 43,117 households rent from a council or housing association, according to the 2021–22 Census.

Police Scotland recorded 44 crimes per 1,000 residents in Moray in 2025–26, well below the Scottish average of 57. 19.3% of households rent from the council or a housing association, close to the UK average of 17.5%. About 2.3% of homes are in areas where road or rail noise reaches 65 dB, against 6.9% across Great Britain. 54% of homes are within a five-minute walk of a public park (Great Britain: 56%).

Moray at a glance

Moray compared with the rest of the country. Crime rates are per resident; see each section below for sources and periods.
Measure	Moray	Comparison	Rank
Social housing (share of households)	19.3%	UK 17.5%	93rd highest of 374
Recorded crime per 1,000 residents	44	Scotland 57	21st highest of 32 in Scotland
Homes in areas with 65 dB+ road or rail noise	2.3%	GB 6.9%	16th quietest of 363
Homes within 400 m of a public park	54%	GB 56%	180th of 363
Homes within 400 m of a play space	69%	GB 60%
Median broadband speed available	1,000 Mbit/s	Council median 1,000 Mbit/s

How much crime is there in Moray?

Police Scotland recorded 4,190 crimes in Moray in 2025–26 — 44 per 1,000 residents, well below the Scottish average of 57 and the 21st highest of 32 Scottish councils. The largest groups were non-sexual violence (30%), theft, fraud and other dishonesty (26%) and drugs, weapons and other crimes against society (22%).

Scotland is not on data.police.uk, so these figures come from the Scottish Government's recorded crime statistics. Scotland counts and groups crimes differently, so they are compared only with other Scottish councils.

How much social housing is there in Moray?

19.3%Social housing

8,301Social homes

43,117All households

Moray ranks 93rd of 374 UK local authorities by social-housing share. Of its 43,117 households, 8,301 are social homes (19.3%) — renting from the council or a housing association, according to the 2021–22 Census.

Moray19.3%

UK average17.5%

How does Moray compare with the UK average?

At +1.8 percentage points versus the UK average of 17.5%, Moray sits close to the national level.

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How noisy is Moray?

In Moray, about 2.3% of homes are in areas where modelled road or rail noise reaches 65 dB L_den or more — the level Defra and the WHO treat as high. The Great Britain average is 6.9%, and Moray is the 16th quietest of 363 councils mapped.

Estimated from the official strategic noise maps: the share of each census area at 65 dB or more, weighted by its households. See noisy roads and railways on the map →

How close are parks in Moray?

54% of homes in Moray are within 400 m — about a five-minute walk — of a public park or garden, and 69% are that close to a children's play space. Across Great Britain the figures are 56% and 60%, which puts Moray 180th of 363 councils for access to a park.

Straight-line distance from the centre of each census area to the edge of the nearest site in OS Open Greenspace, weighted by households. See parks and play spaces on the map →

Schools, prices and more in Moray

What the map's other datasets say about Moray.

Broadband

Median available download speed is about 1,000 Mbit/s — what can be ordered, not what residents have bought (Ofcom Connected Nations).

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Areas with a similar share of social housing

“Social housing” means households renting from a council/local authority or a housing association, counted on census day (2021 in England, Wales & Northern Ireland; 2022 in Scotland). Local-authority figures are aggregated by this site from small-area data and may differ from official totals. Crime rates use Census 2021 population (NISRA mid-2021 estimates in Northern Ireland) and exclude crimes police.uk publishes without a location. All sources are open data under the Open Government Licence v3.0; see the methodology.
Sources: 2021–22 Census (social housing); Scottish Government recorded crime, 2025–26 (crime); strategic noise maps, Round 4 (noise); OS Open Greenspace (parks) · Page updated 27 September 2026 · Download the data (CSV, all 374 councils).