STV tonight in a desperate attempt to win viewers, completely misrepresent the world you live in, with this report based on anecdotal evidence only, and ignore once more the facts, the facts that matter so much to all of us if we are to live a life based on what we can expect to experience.
The facts:
Murder by minors – Only a quarter of the level 20 years ago!
The trend is clearly and definitively the other way in Scotland.
Above, the official data reveal a steady, statistically significant, falling trend in the number of homicides by minors, over four 5 years sets (more reliable than 1 year changes), plummeting from 24 under Labour to 6 under the SNP, in recent years.
While the elderly are murdering more and the middle-aged are still murdering at the same rate, the very folk who are murdering far less than in the past are ‘the youth!’ Look at the Under 16s in the above table and tell me what you think of the Herald’s rise in youth violence.
What is the long-term youth violence trend in Scotland?
The deaths of Amen Teklay, Kayden Moy and John McNab last year left many wondering whether the country was going backwards to the shameful time when Scotland endured one of the worst homicide rates in western Europe. However, the reality is that most of the publicly available statistics on youth-related violence and knife crime tell a different story. Official data shows a reduction in the number of teenagers involved in violence, caught with blades, or referred to the Children’s Reporter over knife offences. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cgk4xz8lxe2o
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A couple of very small setbacks but a substantial downward trend in all the age groups over the past twenty years. Definitely on the right path.
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