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Professor John Robertson OBA

Thanks once more to rtpscott for alerting me to the above.

Surge in violent crime and drug deaths?

Inverness – from 88 cases in 2018 to 326 in 2022, a 270% increase.

Consider the contrast with large urban areas such as Glasgow which only saw a 6% increase in crimes of violence [1 563 to 1 651] to illustrate the appalling consequences of the County Lines gang penetration of small town Scotland.

Drug deaths in Highland have continued to climb, despite a national decline, from 33 in 2020 to 42 in 2022.

Source:

https://datamap-scotland.co.uk/

For more on this:

‘Highland police highlight rise in drug offending with violent English gangs from Birmingham, Derby, Liverpool and London ‘cuckooing’ vulnerable people to push heroin and crack cocaine’

BBC Scotland coverage? Nothing at all on this.