From Safer Communities and Justice Statistics Monthly Data Report: May 2026 published yesterday, the above graph and:

Number of victims of homicide at the lowest level since 1976. There were 45 homicide victims recorded by the police in Scotland in 2024-25, a 21% decrease from 2023-24 and a 24% decrease from 2015-16.

https://www.gov.scot/publications/safer-communities-and-justice-statistics-monthly-data-report-may-2026/pages/statistics-on-crime-in-general/

All things being equal with 11 times population you might expect England and Wales to have had 495 but the equivalent figure was 522, 27 more, 5.4% more.

https://www.bing.com/ck/a?!&&p=dc22c4cd59914421eb573e9096017b41e7f889377ded8e03d5883c7f9beef0d2JmltdHM9MTc3OTkyNjQwMA&ptn=3&ver=2&hsh=4&fclid=040f0c0f-8f6f-69bb-36d4-18948ed46872&u=a1aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cub25zLmdvdi51ay9wZW9wbGVwb3B1bGF0aW9uYW5kY29tbXVuaXR5L2NyaW1lYW5kanVzdGljZS9hcnRpY2xlcy9ob21pY2lkZWluZW5nbGFuZGFuZHdhbGVzL2xhdGVzdA&ntb=1

Scotland’s homicide rate was, as recently as 2023/2025, higher than in England and Wales, but has since been lower due to targeted interventions (e.g., Violence Reduction Unit focusing on knife crime and young men). https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5537570/