Professor John Robertson OBA From Safer Communities and Justice Statistics Monthly Data Report: December 2025 published yesterday: Property and violent crime has fallen by 37% since 2008-09. Increase in crime clear up rate. 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%). Number of victims of homicide at the lowest level since 1976. There were 45 homicide victims recorded by the police … Continue reading Since SNP came to power, massive reductions in property and violent crime, with increases in clear-up and confidence walking home