Professor John Robertson OBA
From How safe is your city? in the Complete University Guide for 2025:
Above, the safest University cities in England and Wales in terms of incidents per 1 000 population.
and the most dangerous, above.
So, what do you think the data for Scotland might reveal? The stereotypes are still with us, but:
In every English university town you are significantly more likely to be a victim of violent crime than in any Scottish one.
I haven’t see this reported anywhere.
Source: https://www.thecompleteuniversityguide.co.uk/student-advice/where-to-study/how-safe-is-your-city
Talking-up Scotland 'Albatraz' 
Interesting findings. Would be worth looking at what the explanation might be. My guess would be lower social tensions from inequality.
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slightly o/t but on a recent visit to London I was flabbergasted at the number of warnings about child abduction / apparently it’s in the news almost daily – we don’t hear about it up here but another example of a dysfunctional society
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Interesting comparisons for something I had never thought of.
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