Progress on ending youth violence in Glasgow slows due to lack of safe spaces

Study finds that lockdowns and cuts to local services are partly to blame

Progress on tackling youth violence in Scotland is slowing as young people struggle to access safe spaces", according to a new report.

The study, by researchers at the Universities of Glasgow, Edinburgh, and the Open University, examined the past, present and future of violence reduction in Scotland and found that while incidences of serious violence had dramatically decreased over the last two decades, the reduction has slowed in recent years following Covid-19 lockdowns and cuts to local services.