Crime recording methods were changed in April 2017 and Police Scotland say knife crime has always been accurately recorded in the country. Some of Scotland’s success in tackling knife crime is due to factors that are arguably unique to Scotland. Facebook Twitter Pinterest Police Scotland campaigned to change legislation around knife crime. That should be a manageable problem.”Nobody in Scotland would claim they have cracked the issue of knife crime. “The truth is we don’t know the reasons for the wider change around violent crime or the more specific carrying and knife crime.

Source: The Guardian December 03, 2017 13:41 UTC