Scotland winning war on crime as rate falls by almost half in 10 years

dailyrecord.co.uk:

Crime in Scotland has fallen by 45 per cent over the past decade and by 20 per cent since 2016, an official survey has found.The Scottish Crime and Justice Survey includes estimates of incidents not reported to police and is based on 5537 interviews conducted between April 2018 and May 2019.It found 87.6 per cent of adults experienced no crime, with the proportion of adults who experienced crime falling from 20.4 per cent in 2008-09 to 12.4 per cent in 2018-19.Those living in deprived areas and in cities were most likely to be victims of crime, while those aged over 60 were least likely to be affected.About 408,000 crimes were related to property, making up 71 per cent of all crimes in 2018-19.There were an estimated 165,000 violent crimes,.