July 16, 2010
The most recent official data for crimes reported to the police in Scotland showed they fell 2% in 2008/09 from a year earlier. In Scotland, the equivalent of the British Crime Survey (which only covers England and Wales) is the Scottish Crime and Justice Survey. Its last report, for 2008/09, said the number of crimes […]
July 13, 2010
Violent crime rates in Grampian have dropped by nearly 15 per cent in the course of a year. The force’s annual report says detection rates for those types of offences now stand at nearly 80%, the best in seven years. Chief Constable Colin McKerracher said: "We are proud of the fall in serious assaults, which […]
June 30, 2010
Measures announced in the Budget sees real terms cuts across all government departments of 25 per cent over four years. This means the UK faces the longest period of cuts to public services spending for more than 50 years. Police forces north of the border will be hit as much as anyone else. Patrick Shearer, […]
June 28, 2010
Crime in Tayside is at its lowest level in a decade, the force’s chief constable has said. Justine Curran, who was appointed in February, said crime was down by 12.5% on the previous year. Tayside Joint Police Board heard that significant reductions had been made in crimes such as housebreaking and vandalism. Ms Curran said: […]
June 22, 2010
A bid by Fife police to fight anti-social behaviour has been praised by Fife’s Assistant Chief Constable Andrew Barker, who is leading Operation LASER. He said: "I am delighted that Operation LASER has not only been welcomed by our officers as a positive step towards tackling crime, but that our communities too are immensely supportive […]
June 21, 2010
New police methods have meant that in some parts of Edinburgh, crime has plummeted in the last year by as much as nearly a quarter. The average fall has been 10 per cent, and police chiefs said the figures were evidence that the force’s "proactive approach towards preventing and tackling violent crime" has produced positive […]
June 15, 2010
Edinburgh is the number one location in Scotland for identity fraud. This crime rose by 20 per cent across the UK in 2009, said Experian. In Scotland, those in the capital are most likely to suffer from scams that use their identities to steal money or anything else of value; with East Renfrewshire, Stirling, East […]
June 14, 2010
Even Royal Bank of Scotland chairman Sir Philip Hampton is not immune to fraudsters. He told shareholders at the bank’s AGM in Edinburgh how he has had his plastic cards frozen several times after it was cloned by criminals and used abroad. Sir Philip, 56, admitted: "I’ve had my credit card stopped two or three […]
June 10, 2010
Scottish Police are hunting two ram-raiders who targeted a second convenience store in Lanarkshire in the space of 24 hours. The two men smashed a stolen red Landrover Defender into the front of a Co-op store in the village of Forth at about 3am. The same vehicle was used in a similar raid on a […]
June 09, 2010
Extremely costly damage to vulnerable supermarkets or stores could be minimised with the use of a cost-effective security item from Access Control Scotland. There was a case recently of a Co-op store in Newmains, Lanarkshire, that was so badly damaged that engineers were called to check the building was still structurally safe after being hit […]