"EDINBURGH'S city centre is the crime capital of Scotland, according to detailed new figures.
The area between Princes Street and the New Town tops the league table for offences committed last year. Almost 5,000 crimes were reported in the area, which includes Rose Street and George Street, two of the city's most popular nightlife locations.
Most were crimes of dishonesty, such as shoplifting. But the city centre also had the country's third-highest rates for murder and violence, plus high levels of public disorder and drug offences. Motherwell South, in Jack McConnell's constituency, recorded the country's second highest level of anti-social behaviour, behind the centre of Aberdeen. The First Minister made tackling anti-social behaviour one of the cornerstones of his administration.
However, more murders, attempted murders, serious assaults and robberies were committed in the centre of Glasgow than anywhere else. The city's Anderston North district had the highest number of sexual crimes, including indecent assault and rape."
Neither newspaper seems to know the meaning of all this. Does it say anything other than the fact that reported crimes tend to occur when more people are around?
As an inhabitant of Edinburgh's new town, I don't feel any less safe than I did on Saturday.
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