Violent crime down by two fifths in just over a decade, study shows
The number of violent crimes fell by almost 40% between 2008-09 and 2019-20 (Andrew Milligan/PA)
Violent crime in Scotland has fallen by 39% since 2008, new Scottish Government figures have shown.
There were an estimated 194,000 violent crimes committed in Scotland, of the 563,000 total offences, in 2019-20, according to the Scottish Crime and Justice Survey, accounting for 34% of all crimes.
The survey spoke to 5,568 people in Scotland between April 2019 and March 2020, meaning the figures referenced in the 232-page report are estimates with “relatively wide margins of error”.
Violent crime fell from 317,000 in 2008-09, while the proportion of adults who were the victims of crime fell from 20.4% to 11.9% in the same period.