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Our Ref: IM-FOI-2020-2238 Date: 07 January 2021

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION () ACT 2002

I refer to your recent request for information which has been handled in accordance with the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002.

For ease of reference, your request is replicated below together with the response.

You would like statistics for crimes taken place in your area, your road, and nearby. You would then like to set up a petition to install CCTV cameras on your road Torsonce Road, and Road. It will also give you the idea of the area since you moved in, in October 2020.

Clarification from you

I would like the full data on the area in the last 3 years to date and my immediate vicinity as well the same please. I am not sure what BEAT area statistics are? and I would like the most comprehensive data on theft and other related crimes.

We can provide you with the following statistics for the BEAT ME01 area. This area covers Torsonce Road, and Newbattle Road, and included in the area is from the A7 to the West to Newbattle Road in the East, and covers the Eskbank area bordering the Esk River to the North, and Newtongrange Football Ground to the south.

Crime Categories 2017 2018 2019 2020 1

Serious Assault (incl. culpable & reckless conduct - causing injury) 0 0 0 2 Robbery and assault with intent to rob 0 0 0 1 Cruel & Unnatural treatment of children 1 0 0 0 Group 2 - Sexual Crimes 5 0 2 0 Housebreaking (incl. attempts) - dwelling house 11 2 4 2 Housebreaking (incl. attempts) - non-dwelling 13 7 4 2 Housebreaking (incl. attempts) - other premises 2 4 2 3 Opening Lockfast Places - Motor Vehicle 0 1 0 0 Theft of a motor vehicle 6 2 2 6 Theft from a Motor Vehicle, Insecure etc 5 5 3 1 Attempt theft of motor vehicle 1 1 0 0 Opening Lockfast Places - NOT Motor Vehicle 1 2 0 0 Common theft 42 20 20 21 Theft by shoplifting 77 61 58 51

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Fraud 6 6 4 8 Other Group 3 crimes 4 10 6 7 Fireraising 1 1 0 0 Vandalism (incl. reckless damage, etc.) 16 19 15 9 Culpable & reckless conduct (not firearms) 5 0 2 2 Other Group 4 crimes 0 1 0 1 Carrying offensive weapons (incl. restriction)* 3 1 2 0 Handling bladed/pointed instrument* 1 2 3 0 Bladed/pointed instrument (used in other criminal activity) 0 0 1 1 Supply of drugs (incl. possession with intent) 0 1 1 1 Possession of drugs 61 41 70 17 Bail offences (other than absconding) 1 4 8 1 Other Group 5 crimes 24 19 32 17 Common Assault 10 9 20 12 Common Assault (of an emergency worker) 21 15 19 3 Breach of the Peace 1 1 3 2 Threatening and abusive behaviour 36 26 43 21 Stalking 0 0 1 0 Racially aggravated harassment/conduct 1 3 1 0 Drunk and incapable 1 3 0 0 Consume alcohol in designated place local bye-law 0 0 1 0 Other Group 6 offences 6 2 4 9 Dangerous driving offences 1 2 0 5 Drink, Drug driving offences incl. Failure to provide a specimen 36 29 15 17 Driving while disqualified 2 2 0 2 Driving without a licence 5 8 3 3 Failure to insure against third party risks 12 17 13 22 Driving Carelessly 3 3 1 5 Using a motor vehicle without test certificate 8 10 6 1 Other Group 7 offences 28 29 26 24 Total 457 369 395 279

1 - Calendar year 2020 has date from January to November. All statistics are provisional and should be treated as management information. All data have been extracted from internal systems and are correct as at 30/12/2020.

You request for full data on the Dalkeith area in the last 3 years to date we are unable to provide you with as this request would need to be more specific. To give more accurate measurement we would require a Police BEAT area such as the one specified above, a postcode, or a council area, to map the request against. We are therefore not refusing your request however if you provide us with a more specific area as the examples given, we can process this as a separate request in the future.

Should you require any further assistance please contact Information Management - Edinburgh on 0131 311 3901, quoting the reference number given.

If you are dissatisfied with the way in which Police Scotland has dealt with your request, you are entitled, in the first instance, to request a review of our actions and decisions.

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Your request must specify the matter which gives rise to your dissatisfaction and it must be submitted within 40 working days of receiving this response - either by email to [email protected] or by post to Information Management (Disclosure), Police Scotland, Clyde Gateway, 2 French Street, Dalmarnock, G40 4EH.

If you remain dissatisfied following the outcome of that review, you are thereafter entitled to apply to the Office of the Scottish Information Commissioner within six months for a decision. You can apply online, by email to [email protected] or by post to Office of the Scottish Information Commissioner, Kinburn Castle, Doubledykes Road, St Andrews, Fife, KY16 9DS.

Should you wish to appeal against the Office of the Scottish Information Commissioner's decision, there is an appeal to the Court of Session on a point of law only.

As part of our commitment to demonstrate openness and transparency in respect of the information we hold, an anonymised version of this response will be posted to the Police Scotland Freedom of Information Disclosure Log in seven days' time.

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