Professor John Robertson OBA

From the UK Government’s Serious Violence Strategy report in 2018, the above table revealing the uniquely dramatic fall in homicide in Scotland, following the election of the SNP minority government in Scotland in 2007.

Many will, correctly, point out that such change will be due to more than one factor [see below] but had this happened under a Conservative and/or Labour Government in Scotland, they’d claim credit, or had homicide surged under the SNP, they’d be blamed for it.

Even more dramatic, see below, robbery halved.

Other factors?

Crime and police staffing in Scotland – Factcheck finds more officers than under Labour and only half the crime!

Evidence reveals justice system tough on crime under SNP as absolute discharges fall by massive 11%

There is some evidence that improving health services can help reduce crime, and that the two are connected in a complex and bidirectional way: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC1124155/#:~:text=%E2%80%9COur%20lethality%20findings%20are%20strongly,courtesy%20of%20BMJ%20Publishing%20Group

Evidence for the above in Scotland:

Reporting Scotland platform Tory leadership candidate to tell whopper, unchallenged, about NHS waiting times – all factually better in Scotland on 4 key measures of A&E, cancer, 18 weeks and overall waiting list

Source: https://acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:sc:EU:c863b5ce-e254-4b6a-86e5-07db3c6de851