Report Summary
This report provides members of the Policing Performance Committee with an update on the latest findings from the Scottish Crime and Justice Survey, covering the 2023-24 financial year. This update focuses on the latest estimates of crimes experienced in Scotland as well as results from questions relating to confidence in policing and feelings of safety.
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Meeting
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Policing Performance Committee - 16 September 2025
Date : 16 September 2025
Location : online
VIOLENT CRIME
The latest results estimate that 2.9% of adults were victims of a violent crime in 2023-24. This is an increase on the position from the previous survey in 2021-22 (1.7%), but remains at a similar level to the pre-covid position in 2019-20.
- Some key findings in relation to the increase in violent incidents include: the proportion of violence taking place in the workplace has increased from less than a quarter in 2008/09 to almost half in 2023-24.
- the proportion committed by perpetrators under 16 has increased from around one in ten in recent years to almost one in three in 2023-24.
- the proportion involving alcohol shows a long term decline (from 63% to 35% since 2008-09) while the proportion involving drugs has increased over the same period (from 29% to 45%). There is a large overlap between these – 31% of violent crime involved both alcohol and drugs.
