Total Crime

• Perception - believe its increased but hasn‘t and unreported crimes show the lack of faith in police
• Example 1 - Scottish crime and justice survey reported that over 500000 crimes were experienced by adults (2019-20)
• Example 1.2 - 46% decrease in crime in Scotland since 2008-09
• Example 2 - 40% of crime is reported in Scotland
• Example 3 - In 2019-20 47% of respondents said that they are confident in the ability of police to prevent crime
• USA Comparison 1 - US department of justice (2017) found that 54% of violent hate crimes go unreported in the USA
• USA comparison 2 - Cases including George Floyd (2020) explain the people’s lack of trust in the police
• New Zealand comparison - However, the New Zealand crime and justice survey found that trust and confidence in the police remains high (69%)