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From the Scottish Government yesterday:

The police in Scotland recorded 302,076 crimes in the year ending December 2023. This was 5% higher than the 287,678 crimes recorded in the year ending December 2022, but 2% lower than the 308,434 crimes recorded in the year ending December 2019.

https://www.gov.scot/publications/recorded-crime-scotland-year-ending-december-2023

I’ve had to get the above graph from June 2023 to reveal the trends – more than 300 000 fewer crimes per year reported than at the end of Thatcherism and around 150 000 fewer since the SNP took the reins.

https://www.gov.scot/publications/recorded-crime-scotland-year-ending-december-2023

Our media coverage has none of the above but, to help you remember life in Scotland is not improving as the above evidence tells you, just this:

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