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Professor John Robertson OBA
Scotland’s media continue to utterly ignore the murder rate in Scotland falling to the lowest level ever in recorded history and 20% lower than in England and Wales.
Between 2023-24 and 2024-25, recorded crimes of Murder and culpable homicide decreased by 24% from 58 to 44 crimes [8.1 per million]. There was a 27% decrease over the 10 year period between 2015-16 and 2024-25, from 60 to 44 crimes.1
The homicide rate in England and Wales for the year ending March 2025 was 8.8 per one million people, based on 535 homicide offences recorded by the police.2
That 0.7 per million looks small as a decimal number but it represents 51 more murders in England & Wales.
How does this compare with other European countries?
Denmark’s population is 5.97 million, 9.7% greater than Scotland’s 5.44 million.
In 2024/2025, there were 44 murders in Scotland and 48 in Denmark3, 9.1% more than in Scotland.
The murder rate in Denmark, 0.804 cases per million, is lower than in Scotland, 0.808 cases per million, but not statistically significantly different.
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