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A Statistical Profile of

7. Community Safety

December 2016

Community Safety

Table of Contents Introduction and Summary ...... 1 Perceptions of Safety ...... 2 Household Safety ...... 4 Road Safety ...... 5 Fire ...... 6 Discrimination and Harassment ...... 7 Domestic Abuse ...... 8 Child Protection ...... 9 SIMD Crime Domain ...... 11 Offending and Criminal Justice ...... 13 Alcohol Related Incidents ...... 14 Anti Social Behaviour ...... 15 Crime and Offences ...... 18 Hate Crime ...... 20 Calls to Police ...... 22

Sources ...... 23 Community Safety 1

Community Safety East Lothian is a relatively safe place to live, with overall levels of crime Summary: that are below the Scottish average. However crime, anti-social behaviour • 97% of East Lothian residents felt very safe/fairly safe walking and the fear of crime can undermine community cohesion and have an alone in East Lothian during the day. However only 75% felt very impact upon local people’s quality of life. This section focuses not only on safe/fairly safe walking alone at night official crime statistics but also how people feel about the safety of their • area. 60% of East Lothian residents perceive dog fouling to be a problem Dog fouling and anti-social behaviour continue to persist as two of the • The imprisonment rate among East Lothian residents is 45.8% main concerns for people in East Lothian. However, more serious issues lower than the Scottish average such as sexual crimes, racist incidents and domestic abuse are also key • East Lothian historically had a lower reconviction rate than issues in East Lothian despite being low in numbers. Scotland but the figure is now at a similar level • Sexual crimes have decreased for the second consecutive year but are still 45.6% higher than in 2010/11 • Crimes of dishonesty, fire-raising, vandalism, drugs, weapons and crimes of violence have all decreased since 2010/11 • The total number of fires in East Lothian decreased by 20% between 2010/11 and 2015/16 • East Lothian historically had less racist incidents than Scotland but the figure is now at a similar level • The Domestic abuse rate has decreased over the last two years, however it is 16.7% higher than in 2006/07 • Fewer crimes are recorded per 10,000 population in East Lothian than the Scottish average • The average crime rate per 10,000 people in East Lothian has reduced from 332.3 in 2012 to 218.7 in 2016 Community Safety 2

Perceptions of Safety 18% of respondents went on to state that they felt ‘a great deal’ or ‘a fair Table 7.1 shows the responses of pupils in P6 and S2 to a number of amount’ threatened by crime in their neighbourhood. Half (54%) felt they questions relating to their perceptions of safety. Overall the respondents were not threatened by crime very much, whilst 28% stated they were not felt safe in their local neighbourhood, although a lower proportion felt safe threatened by crime at all in their neighbourhood. in the evening than during the day. Perceptions of anti social behaviour differ depending on the type of Table 7.1: Safe & Nurtured question responses 2015/16 (SEES 2016). incident. The Citizens’ Panel 2014 asked the question ‘how common would % of pupils agreeing that: P6 S2 All you say the following things are in your neighbourhood during the last Q1 they feel safe to go out in local neighbourhood year?’ The two main issues reported was dog fouling and littering or 95 97.3 95.9 during the day rubbish lying around. Q19 they feel safe to go out in local neighbourhood 75.1 83.4 78.6 60 percent of respondents thought dog fouling on footpaths was very or during the evening fairly common. 44 per cent thought rubbish or litter lying around was very Q20 they know how to keep themselves safe when 97.6 99.0 98.2 using technology or fairly common. Table 7.3 shows the percentage of respondents rating how common each issue was.

Table 7.2 displays the proportion of East Lothian residents that feel safe Table 7.3: Perceptions of how common anti social behaviour issues are in East Lothian walking in their neighbourhood during the day and after dark. 97% of (Citizens Panel 2014). people in East Lothian feel safe walking outside in their local Perceptions of antisocial behaviour in East Lothian during the last year neighbourhood during the day. However this figure decreases to 75% Don’t ASB / How Common Very Fairly Not Very Not At all when walking outside alone after dark. Know

Table 7.2: Perceptions of safety for people walking alone in their neighbourhood in East Noisy Neighbours 5 9 27 58 1 Lothian (Citizens Panel 2014). Vandalism Graffiti 2 10 32 54 1 Very Fairly A Bit Very Don’t Groups Intimidating 1 5 17 76 1 Safe Safe Unsafe Unsafe Know or Harassing you During the Day 74 23 2 1 0 Rowdy Behaviour 4 13 25 58 1 Alone After Dark 26 49 19 5 1 Rubbish or Littering 15 29 31 26 1 Dog Fouling 29 31 24 15 1

Intimidating Others 2 7 22 63 6 Community Safety 3

More people in East Lothian feel that crime in their local neighbourhood Figure 7.2 shows the proportion of people by their satisfaction with how (and in East Lothian as a whole) has gone up than those that feel it has local agencies (Police Scotland, Fire & Rescue Service, Council etc) are gone down. Figure 7.1 shows the proportion of people by how they feel tackling anti-social behaviour. 46% of respondents were either ‘very crime has changed over the past 12 months in both their local satisfied’ or ‘satisfied’ with efforts; a significant number didn’t know or had neighbourhood and in East Lothian. no opinion on the issue. Figure 7.2: Satisfaction with local agencies’ attempts to tackle anti social behaviour in Thirty percent of people reported having been affected personally by anti East Lothian (Citizens Panel 2014) social behaviour in the past two years. Only seven percent reported being a victim of a hate crime – crimes motivated against a person because of Proportion of people by satisfaction with what local their race, religion or belief, sexual orientation, disability, or gender agencies are doing to tackle ASB in East Lothian, 2014 Figure 7.1: Perceived change in overall amount of crime in East Lothian (Citizens Panel Very Satisfied 2014). Don't know / 3% Change in overall amount of crime in local neighbourhoods No opinion and East Lothian over 2013/14 28% 50% 45% 40% 44% 35% 38% Very 30% 33% dissatisfied % 9% 25% 30% Satisfied 43% 20% Fairly 22% 15% 19% dissatisfied 17% 10% 5% 8% 7% 0%

Gone Up Gone Down Remained the Don't know same In Your Neighbourhood In East Lothian

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Household Safety A high proportion (96.7%) of households in East Lothian have a smoke The Citizens’ Panel asked whether respondents were aware that the Fire alarm or heat detector, although a much lower proportion tests this on a and Rescue Service offers home visits for safety information and advice, weekly basis. Around half of respondents have a fire escape plan for their household and half of this number, in turn, states that their household is and can fit free smoke alarms. 80.9% of respondents in East Lothian said aware of the fire escape plan. Table 7.5 shows the percentage of ‘yes’ they were aware of this. respondents answering each of the household safety questions in the The Citizens’ Panel also asked if respondents would know how to contact Citizens’ Panel. the Fire and Rescue Service to arrange a home safety visit. 51.5% were Table 7.5: Percentage of respondents answering household safety questions in East aware of how to arrange this and 48.5% were not. Lothian (Citizens Panel 2014). Table 7.4 shows the percentage of respondents that felt various methods Doesn’t would be a good way of the Fire and Rescue Service promoting advice it Question Yes No Apply provides about home safety in East Lothian. The most popular method was Do you have a smoke / heat alarm 96.7 3.3 - by posting leaflets through front doors. Respondents could choose up to three responses. Is it tested weekly by someone in your household? 33.6 64.1 2.3 Table 7.4: Percentage of respondents identifying the best ways for the Fire & Rescue Are all doors closed before going to bed to prevent smoke Service to promote the advice it provides about home safety (Citizens Panel 2014). spreading if there is a fire? 55 44.8 0.2 Percentage of Method of promoting Fire and Rescue Service advice Respondents Are all electrical appliances switched off before going to bed? 50.8 49.2 - By handing Out Leaflets at Local Events 41.5 Do you make sure all electrical chargers (e.g. mobile phones) are switched off at night? 42.7 52.5 4.7 By displaying Leaflets in Local Venues 50.0 Do you use a multi socket electrical adapter (rather than a By knocking on front doors to provide instant advice to 25.3 block style adaptor)? 62.3 28.9 8.8 households Do you use proper candle holders when burning candles or By posting leaflets through front doors 56.6 tea lights? 75.7 3.1 21.2 Through social media 24.7 Do you leave candles unattended when you are out of the room? 17.9 61.2 20.9 Through services I already use – day centres, social work etc 12.4 Do you have a fire escape plan? 48.7 48.5 2.8 Through advertising in the local press 45.0 Are all household members familiar with your fire escape Other 3.7 plan? 45.3 30.1 24.6 Community Safety 5

Participants were asked by the Scottish Household Survey 2014 to respond Road Safety whether they had access to a range of emergency response items and Figure 7.3 shows that the number of people killed or seriously injured has whether they could locate them within five minutes in an emergency. The declined by 28.6% over the last 10 years. The figure fluctuates showing a responses are detailed in table 7.6 for East Lothian and 7.7 for Scotland. sharp increase in 2009 after a ten year low in 2008.

East Lothian’s results are broadly similar to those for Scotland. Table 7.6: Percentage of respondents by their ability to locate emergency response Figure 7.3: Road accident casualties by all ages seriously injured and all ages killed in items within five minutes in East Lothian (Scottish Household Survey 2014). East Lothian (Transport Scotland 2016). Yes could Not within 5 No do not Don’t East Lothian locate minutes have Know Number of people killed or seriously injured on East First-aid kit 53 10 34 4 Lothian Roads (2005-2015) Torch 87 2 11 0 50 42 Important Documents 86 11 2 1 40 Battery Powered or 31 6 61 1 38 23 Wind-up Radio 30 30 27 20 20 Table 7.7: Percentage of respondents by their ability to locate emergency response 10 items within five minutes in Scotland (Scottish Household Survey 2014). 4 3 3 Yes could Not within 5 No do not Don’t 0 Scotland locate minutes have Know 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 First-aid kit 62 6 32 0 Killed Seriously Injured Killed/Seriously Injured

Torch 84 5 11 0 Important Documents 86 11 3 0

Battery Powered or 30 6 64 0 Wind-up Radio

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Fire Figure 7.5 displays the number of deliberate fires- excluding chimney fires - Figure 7.4 provides a comparison between East Lothian and Scotland for per 100,000 dwellings. East Lothian had the 3rd lowest rate for deliberate the number of accidental dwelling fires per 100,000 dwellings. The East fires to dwelling places in 2013/14 and the 5th lowest of deliberate in Lothian 2014/15 figure was 14.8% lower than the Scottish average. 2014/15 .

Figure 7.4: Accidental dwelling fires per 100,000 population in East Lothian and Scotland 2013/14 – 2015/16 (Scottish Government 2016). Figure 7.5: Deliberate fires (excluding chimney fires) per 100,000 population in East Lothian and Scotland 2013/14 – 2015/16 (Scottish Government 2016). Accidental dwelling fires per 100,000 dwellings Deliberate dwelling fires per 100,000 dwellings

East Lothian Scotland East Lothian Scotland

25.7 195.5 198.3 24.4 185.7 23.5 178.1 172.7 159.4

10.8 6.6 4.4

2013/14 2014/15 2015/16 2013/14 2014/15 2015/16

Figure 7.6 shows the total number of fires, primary fires, and secondary fires in East Lothian over the period 2010/11 to 2015/16. In 2014/15 there were 192 primary fires with 1 fatal casualty and 8 no fatal casualties.

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Figure 7.6: Total number of fires, East Lothian, 2010/11 – 2015/16 (Scottish Government Discrimination & Harassment 2016). Figure 7.7 shows the percentage of people that have experienced discrimination in East Lothian and Scotland, by sex and by age, in 2014. Total Number of Fires in East Lothian More males and people in the 16-39 age group stated that they had Primary Fires Secondary Fires Total Fires experienced discrimination. 537 524 434 419 Figure 7.7: Percentage of people that have experienced discrimination in East Lothian 345 and Scotland, by sex and by age, in 2014 (Scottish Household Survey 2014). 315 319 337 262 222 209 218 197 Percentage of people that have experienced 186 172 192 151 153 discrimination by sex and age (2014)

East Lothian Scotland

2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14 2014/15 2015/16 10.0 8.4 7.5 Table 7.8 shows the total number of fires in East Lothian between 2010/11 7.0 6.7 7.2 and 2015/16. There has been a 20% reduction in the total number of fires 5.8 recorded over this period. 3.9 2.7 Table 7.8: Total number of fires, East Lothian, (Scottish Government 2016) * Primary Fires Secondary Fires Other Road Non Male Female 16-39 40-59 60 plus

Year Dwellings Buildings Vehicles Others Chimney Chimney Total 2010/11 88 41 42 38 286 29 524 • The base on which percentages are calculated is less than 50 and the data are judged to be insufficiently reliable for publication. 2011/12 98 41 24 55 289 30 537 2012/13 103 35 32 16 128 23 337 2013/14 83 37 19 33 237 25 434 2014/15 76 44 35 37 144 9 345 2015/16 85 35 50 27 195 27 419

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Figure 7.8 shows the percentage of people that have experienced Domestic Abuse harassment in East Lothian and Scotland, by sex and by age, in 2014. More Figure 7.9 shows that the rate of domestic abuse incidents per 10,000 females and people in the 16-39 age group stated that they had population. There was a sharp increase of 24.5% in 2008/09 in East . experienced harassment Lothian. Although the level has decreased over the last two years, it is

16.7% higher than in 2006/07. Figure 7.8: Percentage of people that have experienced harassment in East Lothian and Figure 7.9: Rate per 10,000 population of domestic abuse incidents recorded by the Scotland, by sex and by age, in 2014 (Scottish Household Survey 2014). police, East Lothian and Scotland (Scottish Government 2016) Percentage of people that have experienced harassment Recorded Domestic Abuse Incidents (rate per by sex and age(2014) 10,000 population) East Lothian Scotland 120 95 108 7 100 88 6 80 6 5 60 75 4 40 3 20 2 0 1 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 ------* * 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Male Female 16-39 40-59 60 plus East Lothian Scotland

• The base on which percentages are calculated is less than 50 and the data is

judged to be insufficiently reliable for publication.

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East and have a joint support agency for women, children and Child Protection young people who experience – or are at risk of experiencing – domestic According to the Scottish Children’s Reporter Administration, there were abuse and violence. Figure 7.10 shows the number of referrals and number 327 referrals to the Reporter in 2014/15 for 207 children. Both the number refuge statistics for women and children across both East and Midlothian. of children referred and the number of referrals received have fallen in These numbers have been kept together to protect from disclosure. East Lothian since 2005/06, as shown in figure 7.11. However, the number The occupancy rate for refuge accommodation during 2014/15 was 92%, of hearings taking place has not decreased in the same fashion as referrals. with women and children receiving weekly worker support on admission The number of hearings has decreased slightly across this period, from 496 and throughout their stay. in 2005/06 to 462 in 2014/15.

Fig 7.10: Number of referrals, and refuge statistics, for Women’s Aid East and Figure 7.11: Number of children referred, and number of referrals, to the Children’s Midlothian in 2014/15 (Women’s Aid East and Midlothian 2016). Reported in East Lothian 2005/06 to 2014/15 (Scottish Children’s Reporter Administration SCRA 2016). Number of WAEML Referrals and Refuge Statistics 2014/15 Number of Children Referred and number of Referrals to 600 521 the Children's Reporter in East Lothian 500 1400 400 354 1200 1143 289 1000 300 210 200 800 783 90 97 600 462 100 67 48 Women 400 0 496 327

200 Children 207 0

2005/06 2006/07 2007/08 2008/09 2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14 2014/15 WAEML

Refuge Requests No. of children Referred No. of Referrals Received Accommodation Number of Referrals

Number Supported in Supported Number No. of Hearings Held Number Supported by Supported Number

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Figure 7.12 shows that the percentage of children referred for an offence Table 7.9: Number of referrals to the Children’s Reporter by source of referral, in East decreased sharply by 15.4% from 2008/09 to 2009/10. The figure Lothian, 2014/15 (Scottish Children’s Reporter Administration SCRA 2016). Number of increased 4.9% in 2011/12 before declining over the two years to an eight % Source of referral Referrals year low of 13.3% in 2013/14. The 2014/15 increased to a similar level to Police 193 59.0 2012/13. The trend for percentage of referrals received has followed a Social Work 86 26.3 similar path to the percentage of children referred. Education 28 8.6 Court 7 2.1 Figure 7.12: Percentage of children referred, and referrals, that were for offences, in Other 7 2.1 East Lothian for 2008/09 to 2013/14 (Scottish Children’s Reporter Administration SCRA Procurator Fiscal <5 <1.5 2016). Relative <5 <1.5 Reporter <5 <1.5 Percentage of children referred, and referrals that were Total 327 100.0 for offences in East Lothian 50 Children and young people can be referred to the Children’s Reporter from 40 30 birth to 15 years. They can also be referred aged 16 and 17 years if they 20 are subject to Compulsory Supervision Orders or are remitted by a court. 10 0 Fig 7.13 shows that the majority of children and young referrals are in the 2008/ 2009/ 2010/ 2011/ 2012/ 2013/ 2014/ 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 14-15 year old age group. Children Referred for 36.2 20.8 21.4 26.3 21.4 13.3 20.8 Figure 7.13: Children and Young People referred by age (Scottish Children’s Reporter an Offence Administration SCRA 2016). Referrals Received for 41.2 24.8 25.5 28.1 27 14.5 19.9 an Offence Children and young people referred by age in

East Lothian (2014/15) Table 7.9 shows that the police are the largest source of referrals. Social 60 work and education also have considerable numbers of referrals. 41 40 31

17 14 14 15 12 14 13 20 10 5 8 10 9 6 10 5 * 0 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Age (Years)

* :- <5 to protect anonymity of the data Community Safety 11

SIMD Crime Domain The SIMD 2016 Crime domain is based on the following factors: Recorded crime rates for domestic house breaking, drug offences, common assault, crimes of violence, vandalism and sexual offences. Figure 7.14 shows the Crime Deprivation by the SIMD 2016 Scottish quintile

ranking.

Figure 7.14: East Lothian Crime Deprivation by Scottish Quintile Ranking (SIMD2016)

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Figure 7.15 shows the datazones in East Lothian which are amongst 11 of the 132 datazones had data suppressed due to low figures. Figure the 10%, 15% and 20% most deprived in Scotland. East Lothian has 7.16 shows each of the other 121 datazones in East Lothian in order of 3 datazones in the10% most crime deprived datazones, 8 in the 15% crime rates per 10,000 population. Datazone S01008203 : High most crime deprive and 11 in the 20% most crime deprived St. East / Robertson Ave has the highest rate of 853 crimes per 10,000 datazones. (1,591 per 10,000 in 2012). S01008294 Kellie Rd/Middlemas Rd has the lowest rate of 33. The average rate across all 121 datazones in 2016 is The most crime deprived datazone in East Lothian is located in 218.7 (47 datazones lie above this and 74 below), compared with 332.3 in Preston Seton Gosford’s High St East / Robertson Av area. The 2012. other two datazones amongst the 10% most crime deprived in Scotland are Hight St/ Northfield and Milhill/ Eskside East Figure 7.16: Crime Rates per 10,000 Population in each East Lothian datazone (SIMD (). 2016).

Figure 7.15: East Lothian Most Deprived Datazones (SIMD 2016). Crime Rates per 10,000 Population in East Lothian Datazones, 2016 900 800 700 600 500 400 300 200 100 0

S01008294 S01008252 S01008274 S01008232 S01008275 S01008245 S01008266 S01008248 S01008191 S01008244 S01008230 S01008208 S01008281 S01008254 S01008202 S01008206 S01008211 S01008214 S01008253 S01008228 S01008187 S01008175 S01008201 S01008184 S01008203

Crime Rate Average Across Datazones

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Offending & Criminal Justice Fig 7.18 shows the overall re-conviction in East Lothian and Scotland. The Fig 7.17 shows the total number of residents in custody per 100,000 East Lothian rate increased by 19.6% between 2004/05 and 2009/10, population from East Lothian and the comparator local authorities of before decreasing sharply by 23.5 % over the next two years to a ten year , , , & Bute, Angus, , and low of 22.4. The figure has since increased to a similar level to Scotland. Midlothian. The Overall Scottish rate has decreased by 12.7% over the ten year period. East Lothian was at a similar level to Argyll & Bute, Highland and Angus. There were 34.5% fewer people in custody in East Lothian than in Stirling Figure 7.18: East Lothian and Scotland overall re-conviction rate (Scottish Government and 45.8% less than the Scottish average. However the East Lothian figure 2016). was 32.9% higher than the Scottish Borders and 34.7% higher than Moray. Overall Re-conviction Rate 2004/05 to 2013/14 Figure 7.17: Number of people in custody per 100,000 population (Scottish Government 35.0 2016) 30.0 Number of people (per 100,000 population) in custody 25.0 on 30th June 2013 20.0 200 148 179 150 15.0 101 98 97 96 10.0 100 73 72 50 5.0

0 0.0 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 Stirling Argyll & Highland East Angus Scottish Moray /05 /06 /07 /08 /09 /10 /11 /12 /13 /14 Bute Lothian Borders East Lothian 24.5 25.7 26.9 26.7 27.8 29.3 25.1 22.4 29.0 28.2 Imprisonment Rate per 100,000 population Scottish Average Scotland 32.4 32.5 32.4 31.2 31.5 30.6 30.1 29.6 28.9 28.3

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Table 7.10 shows that 83.2% of offenders in East Lothian are male, and Alcohol Related Incidents that they have a higher reconviction rate than females. Figure 7.19: Total alcohol related incidents in each Police beat area 2012/13 (Police Scotland 2013). Table 7.10: Reconviction Rates by gender in East Lothian, 2013/14 (Scottish Government 150 2016). 125 100 Number of 75 Number of offenders Reconviction 50 Gender offenders reconvicted Rate 25

All 483 136 28.2 0

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Male 402 116 28.9

Female 81 20 24.7 Gifford Dunbar Dunbar Dunbar Tranent Direlton

Macmerry East Cockenzie / Haddington Haddington Haddington Elphinstone Seton / Prestonpans Musselburgh Musselburgh Musselburgh Musselburgh Table 7.11 shows that the reconviction rate is lower after the age of 40 for North Berwick

both East Lothian and Scotland Figure 7.20: Percentage of total number of recorded incidents that are alcohol related in Table 7.11: Reconviction Rates by age in East Lothian, 2013/14 (Scottish Government each Police beat area 2012/13 (Police Scotland 2013).

2016). 8 6 Age Group East Lothian Scotland 4 All 28.2 28.3 2 Under 21 30.0 34.1

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21 to 25 28.9 29.3

26 to 30 31.6 31.0 North Gifford Dunbar Dunbar Gullane Tranent Direlton Aberlady Ormiston Wallyford

31 to 40 32.8 30.2 East Linton Longniddry Cockenzie / Haddington Pencaitland Haddington Elphinstone Seton Sands Whitecraig / Prestonpans Musselburgh Musselburgh Musselburgh

Over 40 18.3 20.5 North Berwick

Figure 7.19 displays the total number of alcohol related incidents recorded by the Police in each police ‘beat’ area in East Lothian. 64% of the total number of alcohol related incidents recorded in East Lothian are concentrated in 5 of the 25 beat areas. Figure 7.20 shows the percentage of the total number of incidents recorded in each area that are alcohol related. Community Safety 15

Anti Social Behaviour (ASB) The total number of calls made to Police Scotland in East Lothian in ASB incidents are defined as Complaint Disturbance, Noise, Neighbour 2013/14 was 24,654. A quarter (26.2%) of this was anti social behaviour Dispute, Drinking in Public, Communications and Vandalism. The last three incidents. Table 7.12 shows the breakdown of anti social behaviour calls by categories are in addition to those that define Disorder Incidents. type in each area of East Lothian as a proportion of the total number of Figure 7.21 shows that in 2015/16 the number of Disorder incidents calls in each area. Street disorder and noise complaints are the most decreased by 4.9% and the number of anti social behaviour incidents common type of incident reported.

increased by 2.3%, with both categories under the 5 year average. The last Table 7.12: Proportion of Anti Social Behaviour calls by type in East Lothian police areas three categories of Drinking in Public, Communications and Vandalism 2013/14 (Police Scotland 2014). have therefore undergone a 30.6% increase. Street Noise Neighbour Other ASB Total No. Station Area Figure 7.21: Number of disorder and anti social behaviour incidents in East Lothian Disorder Complaints Disputes Categories ASB 2015/16 (Police Scotland Scrutiny Report 2016). Musselburgh 67.0 23.7 7.6 1.7 2,267

East Lothian Disorder & Anti Social Behaviour Incidents Prestonpans 68.2 20.1 9.3 2.5 1,253 Tranent 68.6 19.7 10.1 1.6 1,204 Disorder Incidents ASB Incidents North Berwick 58.2 29.4 9.7 2.6 342

5009 Haddington 70.9 22.1 5.4 1.7 779 4894 4847 4792 Dunbar 61.2 25.0 12.0 1.8 622 3897 3707

Figure 7.22 shows the number of anti social behaviour incidents recorded by Police Scotland in East Lothian during 2013/14, as well as the number of these which are categorised as youth incidents. One quarter (26.8%) of anti social behaviour incidents were related to youths. The majority of recorded anti social behaviour incidents in East Lothian are street disorder 2014/15 2015/16 5 year average incidents (66.9%). Noise complaints make up 22.5%, followed by neighbour

disputes at 8.7%. Figure 7.23 shows each type of anti social behaviour as a

percentage of the total number of recorded crime incidents.

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Figure 7.22: Number of total, and youth, anti social behaviour incidents in East Lothian The west of East Lothian sees the most incidents of anti social behaviour. by town 2013/14 (Police Scotland 2014). Just over one third (35.3%) of all incidents were recorded in the Musselburgh area. A similar proportion of youth incidents occurred in the Anti Social Behaviour Incidents in East Lothian 2013/14 2500 2,267 Musselburgh area. 2000 Generally the number of anti social behaviour incidents being reported in 1500 1,253 1,204 East Lothian has decreased in each cluster area from 2008/09 to 2013/14. 1000 779 Across East Lothian there was a 15.8% reduction in incidents reported 577 622 361 393 342 ranging from: a 27.1% reduction in North Berwick to a 9.2% reduction in 500 175 146 83 Haddington. Importantly, no area saw an increase. Figure 7.24 shows the 0 number of annual reports of anti-social behaviour in East Lothian by town cluster from 2008/09 to 2013/14.

Figure 7.24: Annual reports of anti social behaviour in East Lothian by town cluster All ASB Youth ASB 2008/09 to 2013/14 (Police Scotland 2014). Figure 7.23: Percentage of Anti Social Behaviour calls by type in East Lothian 2013/14 (Police Scotland 2014). Annual reports of anti social behaviour in East Lothian by Percentage of Anti-Social Behaviour calls by type in East town cluster 2008/09 to 2013/14 Lothian 2013/14 3000 1.9 2500

8.7 2000

Street Disorder 1500 22.5 Noise Complaints 1000

Neighbour Disputes 500 % Others 66.9 0 2008/09 2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14

Musselburgh Tranent Prestonpans North Berwick Haddington Dunbar

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Reports of youth incidents of anti social behaviour have fallen more Figure 7.26: Percentage of people that have experienced anti social behaviour problems significantly across East Lothian and in town areas as well. 57.6% fewer in their neighbourhood, in East Lothian and Scotland, 2013 (Scottish household Survey 2014). incidents were reported in 2013/14 than in 2009/09. Figure 7.25 shows the number of youth related reports of anti social behaviour across this period Percentage experiencing these problems in their by town cluster area. neighbourhood (2014)

North Berwick saw the largest decrease of 72.3%, but has the lowest Scotland East Lothian number of incidents consistently. Musselburgh saw the largest drop in numbers of reported incidents – down by 695. Abandoned or burnt out vehicles 1 0

Figure 7.25: Annual reports of youth anti social behaviour in East Lothian by town Vehicles cluster 2008/09 to 2013/14 (Police Scotland 2014). Animal nuisance such as noise or dog 31 fouling 25 Annual reports of youth anti social behaviour in East Lothian Fouling Rubbish or litter 27 by town cluster 2008/09 to 2013/14 and Rubbish 15 1500

Neighbour disputes 6 4 1000

Problems 11 Neighbour Neighbour Noisy neighbours / parties 500 6

12 0 Rowdy behaviour 10 2008/09 2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14

Musselburgh Tranent Prestonpans Drugs 11 7 North Berwick Haddington Dunbar

People intimidating or harassing others 6 General ASB 3 Figure 7.26 looks at the percentage of people that have experienced anti social behaviour problems in their neighbourhood – both for East Lothian Vandalism 8 2 and Scotland. Dog fouling and littering are by far the most common complaints.

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Crimes and Offences Figure 7.28: Breakdown of recorded crime by crime group in East Lothian (Scottish Government 2016) Fig 7.27 shows the total number of recorded crimes per 10,000 population in East Lothian and the comparator local authorities of Moray, Stirling, Recorded Crimes and Offences By Group 2015/16 Scottish Borders, Argyll & Bute, Angus, Highland, and Midlothian. 1.0% 1.6% There were 32.5% more crimes in East Lothian than in the Scottish Group 1 Non-sexual Borders, however the East Lothian figure was 28.4% lower than crimes of violence 16.5% Midlothian, 21.4% lower than Stirling and 26.1% lower than the Scottish Group 2 Sexual crimes average. 30.5% Group 3 Crimes of Fig 7.27: Total number of recorded crimes per 10,000 population (Scottish Government dishonesty 2016). Group 4 Fire-raising, vandalism, etc. Total Crime per 10,000 Population by Similar Local 25.6% Group 5 Other crimes Authority (2015/16)

2015/16 Scotland Average Group 6 Miscellaneous 473 14.2% offences 431 458 10.6% Group 7 Motor vehicle 339 323 320 303 299 256 offences

Figure 7.29 shows the five-year trend for sexual and non sexual crimes of violence occurring in East Lothian. • Group 1, which includes murder, attempted murder and serious assault, has decreased for the past 5 consecutive years with an overall decrease of 56.1% between 2010/11 and 2015/16.

Figure 7.28 shows that crimes of dishonesty, miscellaneous and motor • Group 2, which includes rape, indecent assault and sexual assault vehicle offences accounted for 72.6% of recorded crime in East Lothian in increased by 92.6% between 2010/11 and 2013/14. The figure has 2015/16. Crimes of violence and non violent sexual crime accounted for decreased for the second consecutive year but is still 45.6% higher than in 2010/11. 2.6% Community Safety 19

Figure 7.29: Five year trend for Sexual (Crime Group 1) and Non Sexual Crimes of Figure 7.30: Five year trend for Crimes of Dishonesty (Crime Group 3), Fire-raising Violence (Crime Group 2) in East Lothian (Scottish Government 2016) vandalism (Crime Group 4) and Other Crimes (Crime Group 5) in East Lothian (Scottish Government 2016) 5 Year Trend (By crime Groups 1 and 2) 5 Year Trend (By crime Groups 3 to 5) 160 2500 140 120 2000 100 1500 80 60 1000 40 500 20 0 0 2010- 2011- 2012- 2013- 2014- 2015- 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 11 12 13 14 15 16 Group 3 Crimes of Group 1 Non-sexual 2027 1940 1662 1866 1838 1841 139 98 84 78 70 61 dishonesty crimes of violence Group 4 Fire-raising, 1244 1057 843 763 784 854 Group 2 Sexual crimes 68 95 97 131 112 99 vandalism etc.

Group 5 Other crimes 1090 666 653 655 611 636

Figure 7.30 shows the five-year trend for crimes of dishonesty, fire-raising, Figure 7.31 shows the five-year trend for crimes of dishonesty, fire-raising, vandalism and other crimes in East Lothian. vandalism and other crimes in East Lothian. • • Group 3, which includes housebreakings, shoplifting and theft of Group 6, which includes common assault, breach of the peace and /from vehicles, decreased by 18% between 2010/11 and 2012/13 drunkenness & other disorderly conduct peaked in 2013/14 when before increasing by 12.3% the following year. The figure has there was an unusually high figure for breach of the peace. remained relatively stable over the last 3 years. • • Group 4, which includes vandalism and fire-raising decreased by Group 7 motor vehicles includes dangerous driving, driving under 38.7% between 2010/11 and 2013/14, the figure has increased by the influence, speeding, unlawful use of vehicle, vehicle defects, 18.9% over the last 2 years. seat belt and mobile phone offences. The 62% decline since 2013/14 has been due to decreases in speeding, seat belt and • Group 5, which includes drugs and weapons offences decreased sharply by 38.9% between 2010/11 and 2011/12, this was due to mobile phone offences. Motor vehicle offences cannot be an unusually high drugs figure in 2010/11, the number has since compared historically prior to 2013/14, as changes were made to returned to a more stable level offence categories.

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Figure 7.31: Five year trend for Miscellaneous (Crime Group 6) and Motor Vehicle Hate Crime Offences (Crime Group 7) in East Lothian (Scottish Government 2016) Hate Crime is a crime motivated by race, sexual orientation, religion/faith, 5 Year Trend (By Offences 6 & 7) disability or transgender/gender identity. Hate Crime is a priority in East 3000 Lothian and there are 9 Third Party Reporting sites across the local 2500 authority area. 2000 Figure 7.32 shows that in 2015/16 the number of Hate incidents and Hate 1500 Crimes in East Lothian decreased by 42.2% and 35.6% respectively when 1000 compared to the previous year. 500 Figure 7.32: Number of Hate Crime in East Lothian (Police Scotland 2016). 0 2010- 2011- 2012- 2013- 2014- 2015- East Lothian Hate Incidents/Crimes 11 12 13 14 15 16 Group 6 Miscellaneous Hate Incidents Hate Crimes 1742 1746 1789 2100 1750 1544 Offences 83 Group 7 Offences Relating 2616 1674 993 75.2 to Motor Vehicles 73

60.2

48 47

2014/15 2015/16 5 year average

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Racist Incidents Fig 7.34 shows the total number of recorded racist incidents per 10,000 population in East Lothian and the comparator local authorities of Moray, Fig 7.33 shows the number of racist incidents in East Lothian and Scotland Stirling, Scottish Borders, Argyll & Bute, Angus, Highland, and Midlothian. over the last 10 years. The number of recorded racist incidents in East Lothian has nearly trebled over this period. East Lothian historically had Figure 7.34: Number of recorded racist incidents in Similar Local Authorities (Scottish less racist incidents than Scotland but the figure is now at a similar level. Government 2016).

Figure 7.33: Number of recorded racist incidents in East Lothian and Scotland (Scottish Racists Incidents by Similar Local Authority per 10,000 Government 2016). population (2013/14)

Racists Incidents in East lothian and Scotland (per 10,000 Scottish Average population) 12.2 12.0 9.4 8.9 10.0 7.2 9.0 8.0 4.3 3.9 3.7 3.4 6.0 4.0

2.0 0.0 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 Angus Moray /05 /06 /07 /08 /09 /10 /11 /12 /13 /14 Stirling Highland

East Lothian Midlothian 3.0 4.1 6.8 5.7 3.6 3.6 4.7 5.3 5.6 8.9 Lothian East Argyll & Bute Scotland 8.9 10.0 10.4 10.1 9.9 9.5 9.3 10.2 8.7 9.0 Scottish Borders

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Calls to Police Scotland Two thirds (66.5%) of calls to Police Scotland were made between 12:00 and 23:59 in East Lothian during 2013/14. There is an increase in the number of calls between 18:00 and 23:59 on Friday and Saturday evenings, and again between 00:00 and 05:59 on Saturday and Sunday mornings. Table 7.13 shows the number of calls made in East Lothian by time as well as that number as a percentage of the total calls made. 15 (0.1%) of calls did not have a time recorded. Figure 7.35 shows the percentage of calls made by time across police areas in East Lothian for 2013/14.

Figure 7.35: Percentage of calls made to Police Scotland by time and location in East Lothian, 2013/14 (Police Scotland 2014).

Number of Calls to Police Scotland by time and location in 2013/14 50.0% 40.0% 30.0% 20.0% 10.0% 0.0%

00:00 to 05:59 06:00 to 11:59 12:00 to 17:59 18:00 to 23:59 Table 7.13: Number of calls made in East Lothian to Police Scotland by time, and time as a percentage of total calls made in 2013/14 (Police Scotland 2014). 00:00 – 05:59 06:00 – 11:59 12:00 – 17:59 18:00 – 23:59 No. of Calls 3,350 4,923 8,457 7,909 % of Total No. 13.6% 20.0% 34.3% 32.1%

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