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Scotland’s 2025–26 homicide count

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DevelopingNext check Oct 29: Any primary-table or methodological clarification of the changed 2024-25 comparator, relationship-series record and solved-case definition.

Where it stands

Scotland recorded 56 homicide victims in 2025–26, up nine (19%) from the previous year’s record low of 47. Ten of the 15 female victims were killed by a current or former partner—the highest share, 67%, since records began in 2006; the reporting period’s figures have not yet been finalized.

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