Police Report
- 2009 February
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Community and Neighbourhood
Watch News - Issue 54 - February 2009
Divisional
Commander's Message
This month I was pleased to attend the launch
of the Edinburgh Community Safety Partnership ‘Take Control’
strategy- a joint venture between Lothian and Borders Police, Edinburgh
City Council, and voluntary organisations to tackle the issue of hate
crime. The publicity surrounding the launch highlighted the many varied
sites across the city where anyone who has been a victim of hate crime
can report it without having to engage directly with the police, which
we understand can sometimes be difficult to do. Hate crime takes on a
variety of different forms, and I believe education is key to eradicating
this type of emotive and socially damaging crime. A list of all the remote
reporting sites is available from our website – www.lbp.police.uk.
The lighter nights will soon be coming
in, and as such we would ask you to take the necessary precaution to ensure
your property is safe. Over the winter months we have seen a sustained
reduction in the overall number of recorded crimes, and our solvency rate
is up 3% through November, December, and January. While this is encouraging,
we must continue to focus on prevention and encourage vigilance by everyone
all year round to make sure we don’t give criminals any opportunities
to act.
Chief Superintendent Colin Campbell
HOT
TOPICS
In recent months there has been a notable rise in the number of incidents
of vehicles being stolen with their true key.
Vehicles registered after 1996 (P registered)
have been fitted with immobilisers as standard, making them virtually
impossible to steal without the key. A thief wishing to steal a newer
car generally has to get his hands on the key. Car keys are known to have
been stolen from the workplace, the gym, schools and house parties. Are
your car keys safe?
Many criminals wishing to steal cars break into houses with the sole intention
of stealing car keys making it easy to steal your car from the driveway
or the street outside. Cars have also been known to disappear from petrol
stations when drivers leave keys in the ignition when paying for fuel.
You can limit the chances of this happening
to you by following this advice:
> If you have a garage, use it to store your vehicle.
> Ensure your home security is up to scratch. Use your locks and alarm
system.
> Do not leave your car keys near the door of your house.
> Do not use an obvious key box/rack to store keys.
> Take your car keys to your bedroom with you at night.
> Ensure your spare car key is in a safe, secure place.
> Never ever leave your car keys in your ignition or hidden within
your car.
Ward 10 Beat
47
This is the February edition of your monthly newsletter.
There were 31 reported crimes in respect of your ward for the month of
January 2009.
DOMESTIC
HOUSEBREAKING
There were three domestic housebreakings.
On the 19th Jan premises at Rochester Terrace
were entered by exerting bodily pressure to the main door, entering and
stealing.
On the 29th Jan premises at Bruntsfield Place
were entered by exerting bodily pressure to the main door, entering and
stealing.
On the 29th Jan an attempt was made to
enter premises at leamington Terrace by attempting to force open a ground
floor window. No property was stolen.
.
BUSINESS
HOUSEBREAKING
There was one business break in this month.
Overnight between the 19th-20th Jan premises at Bruntsfield Place was
entered by forcing open a previously boarded window and entering. Electrical
items were stolen from within.
Two 18 year old males have since been reported
for this business break in.
THEFT MOTOR
VEHICLE
There was one theft of a motor vehicle.
Overnight between
the 16th-17th Jan a Volkswagen motor car was stolen from Polwarth Terrace.
The vehicle was stolen by use of the
true key. The key having been stolen
from an earlier theft.
VEHICLE CRIME
There were just two break ins to vehicles.
On 19th-20th Jan at Montpelier Park a Volkswagen
was entered by smashing a window and SAT NAV equipment was stolen.
On 27th-28th Jan at Gillespie Crescent
a Vauxhall was entered by smashing a window and a nail gun was stolen.
Serious Assualt
On 1st January 2009, approximately 0400 hours,
a 41 year old male was making his way home in Viewforth when he was attacked
for no apparent reason. The attack consisted of being punched to the face
and knocked to the ground. The result of this attack was that the injured
male sustained a broken jaw and a broken tooth. His attacker made off
and at the time of writing is still undetected.
The suspect
for this attack is described as Male, white skinned with a tanned complexion,
20-30 years old , medium build and about 5 feet tall. He had short dark
brown hair with a slight fringe and was described as wearing a light coloured
jacket with possibly a hood.
If you have any information
in relation to this incident or if you know the identity of the suspect
then please contact St Leonards Police Station on 0131 662 5000 (or your
local station).
ARRESTS/
REPORTS
A 35 year old male was reported for breach
of the peace, assault and malicious damage at Bruntsfield Place on the
5th Jan.
A 39 year old male was reported for assalt and
breach of bail at Thornybauk on the 11th Jan.
A 17 year old male was reported for theft of
keys and the subsequent theft of a motor vehicle at Polwarth terrace on
the 16th Jan.
A 21 year old male was reported for theft
at Home Street on the 21st Jan.
TAGGED INCIDENTS
During the month there were 168 incidents
logged by the police in respect of your ward. Of these only 11 were graded
1, i.e. emergencies; 50 were Graded 2 i.e. not emergencies but should
be responded to within one hour. The remainder were dealt with by the
Community Beat Officer or patrol officers.
AND FINALLY
It seems strange to be still talking about
Christmas in February, but formal evaluation of the operations we put
in place over the festive period have now been completed and I’m
delighted it shows that the efforts of your local police officers paid
off with a reduction in crime
by 2%, and increase in detections
by 4%.
Over the next month we look forward to
our first ‘Week of Action’, based around the Nicolson Street
corridor. I am delighted that we can work alongside the City of Edinburgh
Council, the South Central Neighbourhood Partnership, local Community
Councils and others to proactively improve our communities. Our approach
to Nicolson Street should hopefully be a model example of how we should
be working in partnership with other agencies to tackle root cause issues
and one we can replicate in other areas.
Alan Hopper 3521
St Leonards Police Station.
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