Justitie · Scotland homicide figuresScotland homicide statistics: 56 victims as deaths rise 19%Geschreven 28 oktober 2026 om 12:41 UTCKijkenTranscript0:07Partners or ex-partners killed ten of Scotland's fifteen female homicide victims.0:11That's the highest share since relationship records began in two thousand and six.0:15Across all victims, the death toll rose by almost a fifth from the previous year's0:19record low.0:20How does that increase fit with Scotland's much longer decline in homicide?0:23Police recorded fifty six homicide victims across Scotland in two thousand and0:27twenty five minus twenty six.0:29Despite the increase, that was still the fourth lowest annual total since comparable0:33records began in one thousand nine hundred and seventy-six.0:36The national figures cover deaths recorded by police during that year.0:39Forty-one victims were male and fifteen were female.0:42That's seventy-three percent and twenty-seven percent respectively after rounding.0:46But the most common relationship between victims and the people accused of killing0:49them differed sharply between those groups.0:51Ten of the fifteen female victims were killed by a current or former partner.0:55That's sixty seven percent after rounding.0:58The historical high concerns the proportion of female victims killed within those1:01relationships.1:02It doesn't measure how widespread domestic abuse is.1:05Among male victims, an acquaintance was the most common relationship.1:09That category includes friends.1:11It accounted for twenty-seven of the forty one male victims or sixty six percent.1:15Each percentage describes its own group of victims.1:18Scotland recorded one hundred and twenty one victims in two thousand six minus1:22seven.1:23By two thousand and sixteen minus seventeen, the total was sixty five.1:27The latest figures put two thousand twenty-four minus twenty-five at forty-seven,1:30followed by fifty-six in two thousand twenty-five minus twenty-six.1:33Those selected years show how the recent increase fits inside the longer fall.1:37The latest total is sixty five deaths lower than in two thousand and six - seven, a1:41reduction of fifty four percent.1:43Compared with two thousand sixteen minus seventeen, it's nine lower or fourteen1:47percent.1:47So Scotland has both a substantial long-term reduction and a one-year increase of1:51nine deaths or nineteen percent.1:53People aged sixteen to twenty four had the largest reduction over the longer period.1:57There were one hundred and thirteen victims across two thousand and six - seven to2:01two thousand and ten - eleven, compared with twenty-eight across two thousand and2:04twenty one minus twenty-two to two thousand twenty-five - twenty-six.2:08That seventy five percent fall compares two five-year totals.2:12The government originally put the two thousand and twenty four minus twenty five2:15national total at forty five when it published the figures in October two thousand2:18and twenty five.2:19It now uses forty-seven for that same year.2:21Without explaining the change, the latest annual increase of nineteen percent uses2:25that newer total of forty-seven.2:27Glasgow City's local count of twelve carries a two thousand and twenty four minus2:30twenty-five label.2:31Aberdeen, Dundee, and Edinburgh each have five under that label.2:34The year hasn't been clarified, so those numbers can't tell us where the latest2:38year's fifty-six deaths happened.2:40Sharp instruments were the main method of killing for twenty nine victims or fifty2:44two percent.2:45They've been the leading method in each of the past twenty years.2:47The category includes knives, but also broken bottles, swords, sharpened2:52screwdrivers, and other pointed or edged weapons.2:54Eighty-one people were accused of homicide, seventy five were male and six were2:58female, or ninety three percent and seven percent.3:01Some incidents involved several accused people.3:04Every incident in two thousand and twenty five minus twenty-six had one victim,3:08which helps explain the difference between those totals.3:10The government recorded the associated case as solved for each of the fifty six3:14victims.3:15Court outcomes are separate, and the figures don't tell us how many accused people3:18have been convicted.3:19Being accused doesn't mean someone has been found guilty.3:22Justice Secretary Neil Gray said the finding about female victims reinforced the3:26government's absolute determination to tackle violence against women and girls.3:30First Minister John Swinney had previously described violence against women and3:34girls as a national emergency.Lees het artikelTijdlijn van het verhaalHeyDex
