Police Scotland have reported that there were 7 detections of having a bladed/pointed article in Scottish schools in 2018/2019, up one from 2017/2018: https://www.scotland.police.uk/assets/pdf/138327/232757/554719/management-info-report-q1-2019-20 A Freedom of Information request by 5 News in August 2019 was necessary to reveal the figures for the UK as a whole. There were 1 144 cases. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/knife-crime-schools-children-blades-machetes-samurai-sword-teachers-a9075621.html The UK figure, all things being equal, should be around 80 but is more than 1 144, so the rate, per head, is around 14 times higher. Though Scotland seems to have been included in the survey, the only mention in the Independent coverage, of Scotland, was … Continue reading BBC not reporting that knife possession in UK schools is 14 times higher per head of population than in Scottish ones