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

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

Professor John Robertson OBA From Energy Statistics for Scotland – Q3 2025 published yesterday the above and: Total electricity consumption in Scotland in 2024 was 21.7 TWh. This is down 26.6% from the 2005-2007 baseline figure when 29.3 TWh of electricity was consumed (the baseline is the average consumption from 2005-2007 https://www.gov.scot/publications/energy-statistics-for-scotland-q3-2025/pages/electricity-consumption/ How much was produced? From the same source: In 2024, 51.8 TWh of electricity was generated in Scotland. Of this, 73.1% (37.9 TWh) was generated from renewable sources and 91.5% (47.4 TWh) was generated from low carbon sources (renewables + nuclear + pumped storage). In comparison, 49.9 TWh … Continue reading In 2024 alone Scotland’s surplus electricity trade was worth between £2 and £3bn

Professor John Robertson OBA From Energy Statistics for Scotland – Q3 2025 published yesterday, the above chart and: Total gas consumption in Scotland in 2024 was 41.7 TWh. This is down 30.2% from the 2005-2007 baseline figure when 59.8 TWh of gas was consumed (the baseline is the average consumption from 2005-2007; Figure 1). Gas consumption in the domestic sector in Scotland was 25.1 TWh in 2024. This is a 27.7% decrease compared to the 2005-2007 baseline when 34.7 TWh of gas was consumed (Figure 1). In 2024, 16.6 TWh of gas was consumed in the non-domestic sector. This is … Continue reading In 2024 alone Scotland’s surplus gas trade was worth between £7 and £11bn

Professor John Robertson OBA From National drug and alcohol treatment waiting times 1 July 2025 to 30 September 2025 published yesterday: 11,444 referrals were made to community-based specialist drug and alcohol treatment services: 5,369 (46.9%) were for problematic use of alcohol, 4,409 (38.5%) for problematic use of drugs, and 1,666 (14.6%) for co-dependency (problematic use of both alcohol and drugs). 7,050 referrals to community-based services started treatment. Of these, 6,674 (94.7%) involved a wait of three weeks or less. Two NHS Boards did not meet the Standard (Lothian, 88.5%; Highland, 87.6%). Nationally, the Standard was met for referrals to community-based … Continue reading 99% of drug and alcohol abusers treated within three weeks.

Professor John Robertson OBA Thanks to Graham for alerting me to this. In the P&J today, the above evidence that English drug dealers are still exploiting the vulnerable in Aberdeenshire, fuelling drug deaths and extreme violence nearly seven years after the first report in the Sunday Post: PEOPLE living in rural communities around Scotland are being targeted by ruthless “county lines” gangsters who want to take over their home to sell drugs. The criminals from the north of England use threats and violence to force vulnerable people in countryside towns and villages into helping them sell drugs. Police say the … Continue reading English drug gangs still exploiting the vulnerable to sell cheap deadly new drugs in Aberdeenshire seven years on but BBC Scotland still looking other way for the Union