Scot Lib Dems comment on latest crime figures

Responding to new recorded crime figures for the year ending June 2024, which show that 300,070 crimes were recorded, up 3% from the previous year, including a 16% increase in robbery, a 22% increase in domestic abuse and a 34% increase in shoplifting, former police officer Wendy Chamberlain MP said:

“The decision that some crimes won’t be investigated shows the extent to which community policing has been undermined.

“Everyone deserves to feel safe in their own homes and communities, but for too many people that’s not the reality today.

“Meanwhile officers feel unsupported, overwhelmed and stretched dangerously thin. It is no surprise that so many are quitting.

“Liberal Democrats would ensure the police have the resources they need to keep people safe, including specialist mental health staff, require the banks to do more to protect people from fraud, and improve cooperation with our European neighbours on tackling cross-border crime.”