Report Summary
This report provides members of the Policing Performance Committee with highlights and insights arising from routine public polling conducted in August 2025.
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Meeting
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Policing Performance Committee - 16 September 2025
Date : 16 September 2025
Location : online
Key Highlights for August 2025
43% of respondents report having a high level of confidence in policing in Scotland, up from 37% in January 2025. A further 34% of respondents report a medium level of confidence in policing.
Levels of trust in the police have also risen between January 2025 and August 2025, with 57% of respondents reporting a high level of trust in the police, up from 39%.
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We believe that these increases in trust and confidence may be partly because clear definitions about what the Authority means by trust and confidence are now included as part of the questions being asked of respondents. This belief is strengthened by looking at the size of the ‘don’t know’ response component to the two questions -where we can see there has been a notable reduction.
