Professor John Robertson OBA From Safer Communities and Justice Statistics Monthly Data Report: December 2025 The clear up rate for all recorded crimes was 56.0% in 2024-25, up from 54.1% in 2023-24. Crimes against society (93.8%), non-sexual crimes of violence (68.4%) and sexual crimes (56.9%) continued to have higher clear up rates in 2024-25 than crimes of dishonesty (35.1%) and damage and reckless behaviour (31.0%).1 For England, from: By specific crime types (year ending March 2025)2: Theft offences: 7.3% charge/summons rate. Violence against the person: around 5-6%. Sexual offences: 4.2%. Burglary (residential): around 4.7%. Robbery: 7.5%. Not all the categories match … Continue reading Crime clear-up in Scotland around 12 times better per head than in England