Violent Crime

• Perception 1 - Rates of violent crime are seen as higher than what they actually are
• Perception 2 - That gender (women) is connected to violent crime but rates of violent crime are more because of deprivation
• Example 1 - The Scottish crime and justice survey reported that the number of adult victims of crime dropped 4.1% since 2008
• Example 2 - The Scottish crime and justice survey estimated that the number of violent crime victims in Scotland has dropped 39% since 2008
• Example 3 - The Scottish crime and justice survey found that 90% of men and 65% of females feel safe to walk alone at night
• USA comparison - In 22 of 26 Gallop Surveys, at least 60% of those US voters said there was more crime nationally than year before despite the downward trend in national violent crime during that period