What records can I find in The Mitchell: Glasgow City Archives?
Many criminal offences were recorded in the Burgh or other court records. See our guide on Courts for more information.
Glasgow City Archives holds the historical records of Strathclyde Police and its predecessor forces including the City of Glasgow Police and the County Constabularies of Ayrshire, Argyllshire, Dunbartonshire, Renfrewshire and Bute, and Lanarkshire.
A small series of police court records survive, including but not exclusive to:
A few criminal registers, photographic criminal registers and photographic convict registers survive within the police records held at Glasgow City Archives. These include:
The following for the City of Glasgow:
Crimes were also reported in police station occurrence books and sometimes include the names of prisoners retained at stations. There are no surviving station records for Glasgow but there are a number which survive within the County Constabulary records in particular for:
Records are subject to closure periods under data protection legislation.
These criminal records are not indexed and therefore you should expect a search of the records to take you some time.