Support Talking-up Scotland’s work to counter the lies and get you the facts, daily, at: https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/checkout/help-talking-up-scotland-tell-truth-about-scotland/payment/nBQxjVzq/details Professor John Robertson OBA In a BBC UK extended report on shoplifting in England and Wales, we see only 18.3% of shoplifting offences were cleared up? That’s a shockingly low figure. From Recorded Crime in Scotland, 2024-25 published in June 2025: Shoplifting had the largest decrease, from 50.3% to 49.0%. https://www.gov.scot/publications/recorded-crime-scotland-2024-25/ So the shoplifting clear-up rate in Scotland is nearly three times greater than in England & Wales. Why might that be? 241 police officers per 100 000 people in England and Wales but 317 per … Continue reading Shoplifting – nearly three times the clear-up rate in Scotland with 31% more police officers