
Professor John Robertson OBA
The Scotsman today has a wee go at making Scots feel included in this latest British tragedy. There not much in the way of comparative data but a 2019 report by LBC had:
The highest number of crimes were recorded in BTP’s B Division North – which covers an area including north London and East Anglia – while the fewest crimes were recorded in Scotland, the only area to show an overall decrease.
https://www.lbc.co.uk/article/crime-surges-by-12-per-cent-on-britains-railways-DWygP7_2/
In an extended, good, stats-based survey in the Daily Mail (yes), of sex and violence offences, Scotland barely figures:

Don’t worry, that’s not Johnstone near Paisley, in top spot. It’s a ‘request stop’ in Wales.
The first Scottish station other than the tiny footfall Newton-on-Ayr, is Dumbarton East at 334 at 49.7 incidents per million. Glasgow Central is at 351 with only 12.4 per million.

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