As the Scottish Justice Secretary announces ”historically low’ levels of crime“, in the Express, and being widely shared by the Scottish Conservatives, this: The number of rape and attempted rape crimes recorded in 2022-23was 2,529, higher than any other year since records are publicly available going back to at least 2002-03 And there were 1,781 crimes recorded under the Domestic Abuse Act, the highest number since the legislation was introduced in 2019. https://www.scottishdailyexpress.co.uk/news/scottish-news/angela-constance-boasts-crime-figures-30276638 These figures are, of course, utterly unacceptable and the increases from 2013/2014, are shameful. However, even in the most sensitive of topics, context is required to put … Continue reading Conservative-run England and Labour-run Wales are more dangerous places for women to live, by some way.