Professor John Robertson OBA From Safer Communities and Justice Statistics Monthly Data Report: July 2025 published today, some key points getting no media attention: Police recorded crime changed little between 2023-24 and 2024-25, decreasing by less than 1%. The recording of crime remains below the position immediately prior to the pandemic (2019-20) and is down 51% from its peak in 1991. Property and violent crime has fallen by 37% since 2008-09 https://www.gov.scot/publications/safer-communities-and-justice-statistics-monthly-data-report-july-2025/pages/statistics-on-crime-in-general/ Some will say, of course, not all crime is reported, but two other sources triangulate with the above to reveal that crime really is falling. For proof, see … Continue reading Crime plummets in years since Labour were last in power in Scotland