Police Report
- 2009 May
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Community and Neighbourhood
Watch News - Issue 57 - May 2009
Divisional
Commander's Message
The months of May and June will see us starting
to enact our plans for the busy summer months ahead. With the range of
activities that take place throughout the city, we find
ourselves facing a hugely challenging set of policing issues whilst maintaining
business as usual. We police a huge and growing number of events which
are of great importance to local communities and the city as a whole in
terms of tourism. Our crime prevention advice and local activities will
help keep safe people and property alike, and such advice is accessible
through a variety of ways. As well as this newsletter, you can check our
website at www.lbp.police.uk
or visit your local police station. In addition your local Community Beat
Officer can meet with you as individuals or groups and I would encourage
you to make contact with them in your particular area of Edinburgh.
Chief Superintendent Colin Campbell
HOT
TOPICS
Despite all the work that goes on to keep Edinburgh safe, for some people,
the fear of crime and the threat of harassment can still be very real.
Hate crimes can sometimes be the cause of this unrest.
Hate crime is a crime or incident committed against a person that is motivated
by an offender’s hatred of someone because of their perceived age,
disability, faith, gender, race or sexual orientation. Between January
2006 and September 2007, 2194 hate crime offences were reported and more
than 50% (1372) of these were racially aggravated.
In an attempt to tackle this type of crime, the Edinburgh Community Safety
Partnership recently launched a Hate Crime Strategy in partnership with
the police, voluntary sector and the City of Edinburgh Council.
Police input in combating this nature of a crime is vital, therefore the
police felt that something must be introduced to improve the reporting
of crime which is where ‘Remote Reporting’
comes in.
Remote Reporting allows victims or witnesses of a hate crime or incident
to report the matter to a third party who is not the police, known as
a Remote Reporting Centre. In turn the Remote Reporting Centre will forward
the report to the police on your behalf. This will be done either anonymously
for recording purposes only, or for appropriate police action at your
discretion.
There are over 40 centres across Edinburgh where you can report an incident
- from outreach centres such as the Salvation Army to the Council’s
local offices.
Ward 10 Beat
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This is the May edition of your monthly newsletter.
There were 34 crimes in respect of your ward for the month of April 2009.
DOMESTIC
HOUSEBREAKING
There were four attempted domestic housebreakings.
On the 7th April attempts were made to enter premises at Viewforth and
Montpelier Park by trying to force open the front doors. No entry was
gained to the premises at Montpelier Park. A 23 year old male has been
reported for the crime at Viewforth after gaining entry to the premesis
but being disturbed by the owner.
On the 8th April an attempt was made to enter premises at Viewforth Square
by inserting a jemmy or similar between the lock and door frame. No entry
was gained. A 23 year old male has been reported for this crime.
Between the 16th -17th April an attempt was made to enter premises at
Grays Loan by trying to force the hasp of a garden shed lock. No entry
was gained.
BUSINESS
HOUSEBREAKING
There was one business break in this month.
On the 3rd April premises at Bruntsfield
Place were entered by smashing an upper pane of glass and climbing in,
stealing cash.
THEFT MOTOR
VEHICLE
There were no vehicles stolen this month.
VEHICLE CRIME
There were no thefts from vehicles
this month.
ARRESTS/
REPORTS
A 23 year old male was reported for two
attempted housebreakings at Viewforth on the 7th April and Viewforth Square
on the 8th April.
A 39 year old male was reported for assault and breach of the peace at
Thornybauk on the 10th April.
An 18 year old male was reported
for urinating at Lochrin Terrace on the 11th April.
A 20 year old male was reported for theft from a bank autoteller at Leven
Street on the 18th April.
REPORTS/CRIMES
There was a significant decrease in the
number of crimes recorded this month in comparison to last month. There
was a crime reduction of over 50%.
Most significant was the fact there was no autocrime committed. There
is no reason why there was no autocrime but this is obviously welcomed.
TAGGED INCIDENTS
During the month there were 159 incidents
logged by the police in respect of your ward. Of these only 2 were graded
1, i.e. emergencies; 40 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
After last year's successful joint Police and City of Edinburgh
Council summer operation in and around the Meadows and Bruntsfield Links,
we have finalised plans to repeat the endeavour this year.
Operation Artisan will see Council and Police resources target violent
crime, anti-social behaviour and other issues in the area.
Much has been made nationally of the potential for an increase in acquisitive
crime (theft of property) as a result of the ‘credit crunch’.
Think about your property, if you feel
you could benefit from free crime prevention advice, please e-mail or
telephone us and we will arrange an officer to visit you at a convenient
time.
Alan Hopper 3521
St Leonards Police Station.
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