From the Scottish govt's stats for 2011 there were 95 murders in Scotland of which 61 were in the Strathclyde Police Force area. The city of Glasgow with an estimated 12% of the population of Scotland itself had about 27% of the total murders. There were 97 victims (not quite sure why the discrepency of 2) and 61 of the vicitms died from a sharp instrument. Only 2 from firearms! You are seemingly twice as likely to knifed to death in Scotland than you are in England. However the stats also show that 88% of people are killed by people they know and not strangers. Scotland is a pretty safe place to visit. It doesn't break it down further as far as areas go but I'd imagine the real hot spots are the real urban areas close to Glasgow rather than the more rural parts of Strathclyde much of which is idyllic.