Professor John Robertson OBA
From the Ben Kinsella Trust, a charity that tackles knife crime through education and campaigning, yesterday:
New figures [England & Wales] show a 5% drop in knife-enabled offences, with 51,527 incidents recorded in the year ending June 2025… Down from 54,215 the previous year and 7% lower than pre-pandemic levels.
https://benkinsella.org.uk/knife-crime-offences-hit-their-lowest-level-since-before-pandemic/
The comparable figure in Scotland, 5% up, on the previous year, was 1 958.
All things being equal, you’d expect the figure for England & Wales to be 11 times greater, 21 538 but was, in fact, 51 527, between two and three times higher!
How ‘your’ media, for example the Express and Scotsman, cover this favourable contrast:
Talking-up Scotland 'Albatraz' 
Knife deaths in London went up 200. Austerity
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