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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Trust: Geographic Differences
Trust in the police continued to vary by geographic factors.
SIMD
Trust in the police was also related to respondents’ SIMD areas, as was found in previous waves. Residents of the most deprived areas (SIMD 1) were most likely to have low trust in the police, especially compared to those in than those in the least deprived areas (SIMD 5) (24%; 11%). And again, residents in SIMD 5 areas were more likely than those in SIMD 1 areas to have high trust in the police (59%; 50%).
Parliamentary region
There were also regional differences in trust in the police. Two in three (65%) respondents from the Highlands and Islands Scottish Parliamentary region rated their trust high, especially more than those in the North East Scotland region (49%). In contrast, those in the North East Scotland region were more likely to rate their trust as medium compared to those in the Highlands and Islands Scottish Parliamentary region (36%; 20%).
