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From: the Safer Communities and Justice Statistics Monthly Data Report: February 2026, published today:

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%).

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The clear-up rates in England and Wales, for the above, were shockingly lower at 7%, 12.4%, 7% and 4.2%. Even murder, 100% clear-up rate in Scotland was only 56%.

Important:

The Safer Communities and Justice Statistics Monthly Data Report: February 2026 (published by the Scottish Government on 26 February 2026) is a summary compilation of key statistics across justice and safer communities topics. It draws from a range of official statistics sources, not just one type. It is not solely based on police reports nor on a single survey. Instead, it aggregates and updates the most recently available data from multiple official channels, including:

• Police-recorded crime statistics (from Police Scotland), which cover incidents reported to and recorded by the police (e.g., numbers of crimes recorded, trends in violent crime, hate crime, etc.).
• The Scottish Crime and Justice Survey (SCJS), a separate victimisation survey that estimates the actual prevalence of crime (including unreported incidents) based on responses from the public, not police records.
• Other administrative data sources, such as court proceedings (from COPFS/Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service), prison population statistics (from Scottish Prison Service), justice social work, reconviction rates, and potentially fire or other related areas.

Sources for England & Wales:

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/crime-outcomes-in-england-and-wales-2024-to-2025/crime-outcomes-in-england-and-wales-2024-to-2025

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6890c7aee8ba9507fc1b09cc/outcomes-mar25-tables-240725.ods

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