MORAY DIVISION PERFORMANCE REPORT Quarter 3 Financial ...

Not Protectively MarkedMORAY DIVISIONPERFORMANCE REPORTQuarter 3Financial Year - 2007/2008Produced by Robert MacPherson, Crime Analyst,& William Robertson, Researcher, Moray DivisionDocument Reference: 003/08Last Printed/Updated: 06 February 2008

Not Protectively MarkedCONTENTSIntroduction Page 3Groups 1 to 7 Crimes and Offences Page 4Groups 1 to 4 Crimes and Offences Page 5Priority Crimes and Offences Pages 6 & 7Serious and Violent Crime Pages 8 & 9Drug Supply Pages 9 & 10Domestic Housebreaking Pages 10 &11Car Crime Pages 12&13Community Wellbeing Pages 13 &14Racist Incidents Pages 14 & 15Anti Social Behaviour Page 16Road Casualty Reduction/Drink Driving Pages 17 to 19Crime Reduction Page 20Custodies Page 21Anti Social Behaviour Statistics Pages 22 to 26Community Safety Statistics Page 27 & 28Not Protectively Marked 2

Not Protectively MarkedINTRODUCTIONGrampian Police inclusive of Moray Division have adopted the National IntelligenceModel and utilised this with Intelligence Led Policing. This ensures that there is focus,direction, purpose and above all, the maintaining of a good handle on local crime trendsso that well informed decisions can be made as to how and where Police resources aredeployed to combat the issues that affect our communities.The aim of the Police in Moray is to improve the quality of life for the residents of andvisitors to the Moray area by reducing the level of reported crime, tackling anti socialbehaviour and increasing the detection of reported crime.The following Priorities have been set in the Force Control Strategy for the financial year2007/2008:-CHILD PROTECTIONCOMMUNITY WELLBEING.CONTROLLED DRUGSNATIONAL SECURITYOFFENDER MANAGEMENTROAD CASUALTY REDUCTIONSERIOUS AND VIOLENT CRIMEThe data contained within this report is based on financial year quarters and comparesthe 3rd Quarter of 2007/2008 with the previous financial years quarterly figures.The data was sourced from the Force Crimefile crime recording system and the STORMCommand and Control system by means of the Force I Kap database system.Not Protectively Marked 3

Not Protectively MarkedGROUPS 1 to 7 CRIMES AND OFFENCESAll crimes and offences statistics recorded by Grampian Police are grouped intocategories as follows: Group 1 Crimes of Violence Group 2 Crimes of Indecency Group 3 Crimes of Dishonesty Group 4 Fire-Raising, Malicious Mischief and Reckless Conduct Group 5 Other Crimes Group 6 Miscellaneous Crimes and Offences Group 7 Offences Relating to Motor VehiclesThe following table and graph shows the number of crimes and offences recorded anddetected in Groups 1 to 7 in the Moray for each quarter of the Financial Year 2006/2007up to and including and the third quarter of 2007/2008.A reduction of 15.7% in all recorded crimes and offences in this Quartercompared to Quarter 3 2006/2007. With 2,705 recorded crimes this is the lowestrecorded level of crime for any quarter since 01 April 2006.The detection rate for all crimes and offences for Quarter 3 at 65% is 5% higherthan that in the same period last year and likely to improve as there are crimesand offences still under investigation.For the financial year to 31 December 2007 a total of 8,436 crimes and offenceshave been recorded in Moray Division compared to 9624 for the same period lastyear a decrease of 12.3%. The detection rate for the FYTD 2007/2008 is 63.6%compared to 62.7% last year.Not Protectively Marked 4

Not Protectively MarkedGROUPS 1 to 4 CRIMES AND OFFENCESThe table and graph shows the number of crimes and offences recorded and detected inGroups 1 to 4 in the Moray for each quarter of the Financial Year 2006/2007 up to andincluding the third quarter of 2007/2008. 20.4% decrease in Group 1 to 4 crime compared to the third quarter of 2006/2007and for first three quarters of this financial year recorded Group 1 to 4 crime inMoray Division is 10.8% lower than that recorded in the same period last yearcompared to a reduction of 5% at the end of last quarter. The 3rd quarter of 2007/2008 has seen the lowest level of recorded Group 1 to 4crimes of any quarter since 01 April 2006. The detection rate at 31.4% this quarter is 1.8% higher than that recorded inQuarter 3 2006/2007. The detection rate for the financial year to date 2006/2007 was 30.5% comparedto 32.2% for the first three quarters of this year.Not Protectively Marked 5

Not Protectively MarkedPRIORITY CRIMES AND OFFENCESPerformance targets are set annually by the Moray Division Policing Plan 2007/2008 forspecific priority crime categories such as Serious and Violent Crime, DomesticHousebreaking, Drug Supply, Car Crime, Domestic Housebreaking and Vandalism.These targets are reviewed on a quarterly basis by analysis of current crime trends toensure that the set performance targets are being met and that resources can bedeployed to tackle any identified crime trends or hot spots.The following table details the recorded priority crime recorded in Moray Division for eachfinancial Quarter since 1 April 2006 .Qtr 106/07Qtr 206/07Qtr 306/07Qtr 406/07Qtr 107/08Qtr 207/08Qtr 307/08Serious/Violent 15 14 23 20 28 24 19CrimeDomestic 32 31 44 39 19 17 26HousebreakingDrugs Supply 13 8 24 14 20 21 10Car Crime 91 84 120 125 97 75 67Vandalism 443 451 517 479 474 418 460Totals 594 588 728 677 638 555 582Detection Rate 34% 27% 23% 26% 29% 30% 27%(Qtr 3 07/08 detection rates are likely to improve due to crimes still being investigated) Overall decrease this quarter of 25.5% in priority crimes compared to Quarter 3 of2006/2007. The three areas which have shown the biggest decrease are carcrime in particular theft of motor vehicles, domestic housebreaking and vandalism. The current detection rate for Quarter 3 2007/2008 is 27% which is 4% above thatrecorded in the same period last year.The individual crime classes are dealt with in more detail later in this reportMoray Division, for crime recording and overall supervision, is split into what is referred toas Inspector areas where a Police Inspector is responsible for the day to day running ofthe respective areas. These areas are as follows :-Buckie Inspector Area consists ofareas. – Inspector Derek SparkBuckie Cullen and Keith and surrounding ruralElgin Inspector Area consists of the town of Elgin and rural areas around Elgin-Inspector Colin MowatForres Inspector Area consists of Forres, Aberlour, Rothes, Dufftown and Tomintouland rural areas around these towns. – Inspector Craig DonaldLossiemouth Inspector Area consists of Lossiemouth, Hopeman, Burghead,Lhanbryde, Fochabers and rural areas around these towns.Inspector Alistair RobertsonNot Protectively Marked 6

Not Protectively MarkedWithin the above Inspector areas reported crime is recorded on the Grampian PoliceCrimefile system using a beat code identifier to establish the location of crimes andoffences. The beat code identifiers used in the Moray Division at present are as follows:-Buckie InspectorAreaElginInspectorAreaForres Inspector AreaLossiemouth Inspector AreaM2A M2 B M2C M3D M3A M3C M3H M3J M4A M3E M3F M4B M4CBuckie Cullen Keith Elgin Aberlour Dufftown Rothes Tomintoul Forres Fochabers Lhanbryde Hopeman LossiemouthThe following table details the level of priority crimes and offences recorded and detectedin each of the Inspector areas in Moray Division for the third quarter of the financial year2007/2008.( Some of the above detection rates are above 100% due to crimes detected within this period which wererecorded in other quarters.)Not Protectively Marked 7

Not Protectively MarkedSERIOUS AND VIOLENT CRIMEThe following graph and table shows the statistics for recorded and detected priorityserious and violent crime for the Moray Division for the each Quarter of the financial year2006/2007 up to third quarter of 2007/2008.A decrease of 4 recorded priority serious and violent crimes this quarter comparedto the same quarter last year and for the financial year to the end of December2007 there is currently a 36.5% increase on last years recorded crime figures.The above figures for Quarter 3 of 2007/2008 are further broken down into each of thecrime categories.No Murder or Attempted Murders were recorded in the Division in the past quarter.11 Serious assault charges recorded which is an increase of 1 on the samequarter last year. Serious Assault crimes this quarter were spread throughout theDivision with the Elgin area recording the most with 4. The Detection rate forserious assault charges for this quarter is 90.9%. For the financial year to the endof December 2007 32 serious assault charges have been recorded with an 84.4%detection rate compared to 26 for the same period last year with an 80.8%detection rate.4 Assault and Robbery charges recorded this quarter in the Division, two of whichwere detected. This is the same level as that recorded in Quarter 3 last year. Forthe FYTD 2007/2008 10 assault and robberies have been recorded compared to 6for the same period last year. The FYTD detection rate this year is 70% up from33.3% last year.2 Rape and 2 assault w.i. to ravish charges recorded in the Division for thisquarter with a 100% detection rate. 16 rape charges recorded in the Division thisfinancial year with a 93.8% detection rate. 5 assault w.i. to Ravish chargesrecorded with a 40% detection rate.Not Protectively Marked 8

Not Protectively MarkedPriority Serious and Violent Crime Moray Division Inspector AreasBuckie Elgin Forres Lossiemouth TotalsQtr 1 2006/2007 2 3 2 8 15Qtr 2 2006/2007 5 6 3 0 14Qtr 3 2006/2007 9 7 5 2 23Qtr 4 2006/2007 7 5 8 0 20Qtr 1 2007/2008 4 14 6 4 28Qtr 2 2007/2008 7 11 2 4 24Qtr 3 2007/2008 4 10 2 3 19Moray FY 2006/2007 52Moray FY 2007/2008 71% Increase 37%DRUGS SUPPLYThe above table and graphs details the number of drug supply charges recorded in theDivision per quarter since 1 April 2006.Quarter 3 2007/2008 has shown a decrease of 14 recorded charges compared tothe same quarter last year. However overall figures for the FYTD there has been51 recorded charges for drugs supply compared to 45 for the same period lastyearThe following table shows the levels of drugs supply charges recorded for each of theInspector areas in Moray Division on a quarterly basis for the financial year 2006/2007and the first three quarters of 2007/2008Not Protectively Marked 9

Not Protectively MarkedMoray Division Drugs Supply Charges Inspector AreasBuckie Elgin Forres Lossiemouth TotalsQtr 1 2006/2007 2 7 3 1 13Qtr 2 2006/2007 3 1 1 3 8Qtr 3 2006/2007 6 10 7 1 24Qtr 4 2006/2007 2 12 0 0 14Qtr 1 2007/2008 6 8 4 2 20Qtr 2 2007/2008 4 15 2 0 21Qtr 3 2007/2008 6 2 0 2 10Moray FY 2006/2007 45Moray FY 2007/2008 51% Increase 13% 5 males and 2 females were dealt with for supply offences and of these only 3males and 1 female were 24 years or under. Supply quantities of heroin valium and cannabis resin were seized. A total of 22 Drug Search warrants were executed in Moray Division in the pastquarter of which 12 yielded a positive result where drugs were seized which is asuccess rate of 55%. There has been no drugs related deaths recorded in Moray Division this quarterand there has been a total of three drug related deaths in Moray since 01 April2007. All were males aged 31,33 and 34 years of age and all were heroin related.DOMESTIC HOUSEBREAKINGNot Protectively Marked 10

Not Protectively MarkedThe third quarter of 2007/2008 has seen a reduction of 18 recorded crimes overthe same period last year and for the financial year there is a reduction of 42% inrecorded domestic housebreaking in the Division.The overall detection rate for the FYTD is at 19.3% compared to 24.2% last year.Of the 26 recorded crimes of domestic housebreaking in the three month period14 had property stolen. The area recording the most domestic housebreakingthis period was the Lossiemouth Inspector area which recorded 54% of this crimetype. This was due to an identified series of housebreakings in the Fochabersarea in November and December 2007. Moray Division continues to have a verylow rate of domestic housebreaking compared to other Divisions in the GrampianPolice area.Domestic Housebreaking Moray Division Inspector AreasBuckie Elgin Forres Lossiemouth TotalsQtr 1 2006/2007 9 9 4 10 32Qtr 2 2006/2007 9 10 6 6 31Qtr 3 2006/2007 10 13 6 15 44Qtr 4 2006/2007 11 17 9 2 39Qtr 1 2007/2008 5 11 0 3 19Qtr 2 2007/2008 2 9 3 3 17Qtr 3 2007/2008 4 6 2 14 26Moray FY 2006/2007 107Moray FY 2007/2008 62% Decrease 42%Not Protectively Marked 11

Not Protectively MarkedCAR CRIMECar crime is broken down into the categories of:- Unlawful Removal Attempted Unlawful Removal of motor vehicle Theft by OLP from motor vehicles OLP with intent of motor vehicles Attempted OLP with intent of motor vehicles Theft from motor vehicles.The following table and graph shows the total number of car crime recorded on quarterlybasis for each quarter of the financial year 2006/2007 and the first three quarters of thisyear.Quarter 3 2007/2008 has seen a 44% decrease in the car crime in the Divisioncompared to the same quarter last year. The detection rate has also increased by20.1%. The level of car crime for the financial year to date has seen 56 fewer carcrimes being recorded than the same period last year.31 of the 67 recorded crimes relate to theft or attempted theft of motor vehicleswith a detection rate of 61.7%. Thefts of motor vehicles in Moray are down by 25%this year compared to the 2006/2007 figures.Not Protectively Marked 12

Not Protectively MarkedCar Crime Moray Division Inspector AreasBuckie Elgin Forres Lossiemouth TotalsQtr 1 2006/2007 11 38 14 28 91Qtr 2 2006/2007 15 33 14 22 84Qtr 3 2006/2007 34 46 17 23 120Qtr 4 2006/2007 34 47 24 20 125Qtr 1 2007/2008 30 50 7 10 97Qtr 2 2007/2008 18 29 12 16 75Qtr 3 2007/2008 19 29 8 11 67Moray FY 2006/2007 295Moray FY 2007/2008 239% Decrease 19%COMMUNITY WELLBEINGThe following table and graph shows recorded vandalism offences in Moray Division ineach quarter of the financial year 2006/2007 and the first three quarters of 2007/2008. Vandalism offences have decreased by 57 recorded offences this quartercompared to the same period last year with a 2.5% increase in the detection rate. For the financial year to date at the end of the third quarter there is a 4.3%decrease in recorded vandalism in the Division.Not Protectively Marked 13

Not Protectively MarkedVandalism Offences Moray Division Inspector AreasBuckie Elgin Forres Lossiemouth TotalsQtr 1 2006/2007 91 185 97 70 443Qtr 2 2006/2007 109 178 94 70 451Qtr 3 2006/2007 145 167 86 119 517Qtr 4 2006/2007 135 183 67 94 479Qtr 1 2007/208 106 210 74 84 474Qtr 2 2007/2008 142 135 77 63 417Qtr 3 2007/2008 120 171 92 77 460Moray FY 2006/2007 1411Moray FY 2007/2008 1351% Decrease 4.3%Moray Division for the financial year to date at the end of this quarter has gonefrom a 0.5% increase in vandalism offences at the end of Quarter 2 to a 4.3%decrease .Buckie Inspector area shows a 17.2% decrease this quarter compared to thesame quarter 2006/2007. For the financial year vandalism offences in Buckie isup by 6.6% compared to an increase of 25.6% at the end of last quarter.Elgin Inspector area shows a 3.9% decrease in recorded vandalism this quartercompared to the same period last year and for the financial year is down by 2.6%.Forres Inspector area shows an increase of 6 recorded vandalism offencescompared to Quarter 3 last year and is showing a 12.2% decrease for the financialyear.Lossiemouth Inspector area shows a 35.2% decrease this quarter compared tothe same period last year and is down by 13.5% or 35 offences for this financialyear. This compares to a slight increase at the end of Quarter 2.RACIAL INCIDENTSNot Protectively Marked 14

Not Protectively Marked The number of recorded racial incidents in Moray Division this quarter is down by6 on the same quarter last year with 10 recorded with a 50% detection rate. For the financial year 2007/2008 there is also a reduction of 8 recorded racialcrimes in the Division. The detection rate for racial crime in the Division for the FYTD is currently 74.4%compared to 66.6% for the same period last year.Not Protectively Marked 15

Not Protectively MarkedANTI SOCIAL BEHAVIOURBreach of the Peace, Wilful Fireraising, Drinking in a Public Place, Youth Disorder,Underage Drinking, Noise Complaints and Neighbour Disputes are closely linked tovandalism and other antisocial behaviour in the Division. The following table details thelevels of these types of incidents and offences recorded in Moray Division for Quarter 32007/2008 compared to the same period last year.Qtr 306/07Qtr 307/08%Increase/DecreaseFY06/07FY07/08%Increase/DecreaseBreach of thePeace501 408 14% ⇓ 1508 1247 17% ⇓WilfulNo14 14Fireraisingchange53 41 23% ⇓Drinking in aPublic Place24 8 67% ⇓ 107 35 67% ⇓Youth Disorder 531 395 26% ⇓ 1467 1213 17% ⇓UnderageDrinking43 60 39% ⇑ 218 196 10% ⇓NoiseComplaints159 141 11% ⇓ 566 535 5% ⇓NeighbourDisputes20 25 5% ⇑ 100 138 38% ⇑( The data for Breach of the Peace , Wilful Fireraising and Drinking in a Public Place is sourced from theForce Crimefile system. The figures for Youth disorder, underage drinking, noise complaints and neighbourdisputes are incidents recorded on the Force STORM command and control system )16 Calls have been made to Moray Council Anti Social Behaviour Helpline downfrom 23 last quarter. 2 incidents have been reported through the Moray Councilwebsite compared to 12 the previous quarter and 66 complaints of anti socialbehaviour were made direct to Moray Council down from 72 last quarterThere were 48 acknowledgement letters sent out by Moray Council re Anti SocialBehaviour in the period 1 September 2007 to 31 December 2007 compared to107 last quarter.Not Protectively Marked 16

Not Protectively MarkedROAD CASUALTY REDUCTIONThe following table show a comparison between the casualty figures for the financial year2007/2008 to the end of the third Quarter compared to the same period last financialyear:Financial YearMoray%2006/2007 2007/2008 DecreaseKSI 43 23 -47%Child KSI 6 3 -50%Slight Injury 154 101 -34%(KSI – Killed or Seriously Injured)For the third quarter of the financial year 2007/2008 within Moray Division therewere no fatalities from road traffic collisions which compares to 5 for the thirdquarter of 2006/2007.For the FYTD 2007/2008 there has been a total of 3 fatalities in road trafficaccidents compared to 7 for the same period last year.Overall for the financial year to date 2007/2008 there is a 47% decrease inpersons killed or seriously injured in road traffic collisions in Moray and a 34%decrease in slight injuries.Number of Collisions involving young drivers in Moray Division this Quarter.During 3rd Quarter 2007/08 51 (inc Damage only collisions) young drivers 16-25years old have been recorded as being involved in collisions in the Moray area.Not Protectively Marked 17

Not Protectively MarkedDrink DrivingThe above graph and table shows number of drink driving offences recorded in MorayDivision for each quarter of the financial year since 1 April 2006. Decrease of 13recorded offences from 58 in Quarter 3 last year to 45 this quarter. 20% reduction inrecorded charges for the first three quarters of this financial year to date compared tolast year.Qtr 3 Qtr 3 % FYTD FYTD2006 2007 inc/dec 06/07 07/08 % inc/decMoray Division Detections 58 45 -22% 157 125 -20%The following table shows the number of drink driving offenders recorded in each of theInspector areas for the second quarter of this financial year.BuckieInspAreaQtr 306/07BuckieInspAreaQtr 307/08BuckieInc/DecElginInspAreaQtr 306/07ElginInspAreaQtr 307/08ElginInc/DecForresInspAreaQtr 306/07ForresInspAreaQtr 307/08ForresInc/DecL/mouthInspAreaQtr 306/07L/mouthInspAreaQtr 307/08L/mouthInc/DecDrinkDriving9 6 - 3 20 26 + 6 12 8 - 4 11 5 - 6 In Moray Division for the third quarter of 2007/2008 35 males and 8 females werereported for drink driving offences. The male age range was between 17 and 66 years with 12 young drivers aged 25or under reported. This is 34% of all male drivers reported for drink drivingoffences and is a drop of 10% on last quarters figures. The female age range was between 22 and 42 years with two young drivers aged25 years and under being reported.Not Protectively Marked 18

Not Protectively Marked2 of the 43 persons reported for this type of offence were of Eastern Europeanorigin and this is a reduction of 4 on the previous quarter figures.The only Inspector areas showing an increase in drink driving offences this quartercompared to the same quarter last year is Elgin.Only two of the persons reported for drink driving offences this quarter wereunemployed and a high proportion of the persons reported would have required adriving licence in their employment. The two occupation groups which recordedthe most offences this quarter were Service Personnel and Offshore Workers.Not Protectively Marked 19

Not Protectively MarkedCRIME REDUCTIONThe following are the main crime reduction initiatives held during the thirds quarter of thisfinancial year.• Safer Scotland Warrants Operation – Five day operation in October duringwhich 26 warrants were cleared of which 9 were Safer Scotland Warrants.• Safer Scotland Knife Initiative – Between 01 to 19 October 2007 bins situatedat Elgin, Buckie, Forres and Keith Police Offices collected 189 Knives as partof the initiative.• Community Warden Home Security Awareness Training – all currently activeWardens were given training at a vacant Council house in home security.• Operation Star - Patrols this year ran from 1 December until the 22December and were primarily undertaken by the Retail Crime Officer. Thissaw the number of reported shopliftings reduce from 23 during the sameperiod last year to 15 this year.• Safer Scotland - Phase 2 'Alcohol Fuelled Violence' ran from 3 Decemberuntil 24 December and focused on, enforcement of local bye laws in respectof the consumption of alcohol, the illegal purchase of alcohol, visits tolicensed premises and seizures. As a result Moray detected more offencesand carried out more visits to licensed premises than any of the otherlandward Division in the Force and seized more alcohol than anywhere elsein GrampianNot Protectively Marked 20

Not Protectively MarkedCUSTODIESThe Force Cellfile system has been fully operational in the Moray Division since the endof 2005 Elgin is the main station for receiving custodies and the only one in the Divisionat present operating the Cellfile system. Custodies who are kept for short periods of timecan be taken to Buckie, Keith and Forres stations where paper records are kept for theirdetention. The number dealt with at these stations is minimal.Between 1 October 2007 and 31 December 2007 a total of 905 persons were dealt withas custodies on the Force Cellfile system at the Divisional Office in Elgin. This is a12.8% increase on the same period last year. For the Financial year 2007/2008 to the31 December 2007 a total of 1,904 custodies have been dealt with at Elgin which is a10% increase on the same period last year.Not Protectively Marked 21

Not Protectively MarkedANTI SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR STATISTICSRowdy BehaviourBuckieInspAreaQtr 306/07BuckieInspAreaQtr 307/08Inc/DecElginInspAreaQtr 306/07ElginInspAreaQtr 307/08Inc/DecForresInspAreaQtr 306/07ForresInspAreaQtr 307/08Inc/DecL/mouthInspAreaQtr 306/07L/mouthInspAreaQtr 307/08Inc/DecDrunk &IncapableBreach ofPeace8 5 -3 15 8 - 7 5 3 -2 0 1 + 1154 90 - 64 203 189 - 14 68 68 - 76 61 - 15Urinating 2 8 + 6 13 6 - 7 2 3 +1 4 2 -2Total 164 103 - 61 231 203 -28 75 74 -1 80 64 -16 For Moray Division as a whole for all the above charges relating to rowdybehaviour for Quarter 3 of 2007/2008 there is an 18% decrease compared to thesame period last year.Not Protectively Marked 22

Not Protectively MarkedNeighbourhood DisputesBuckieInspAreaQtr 306/07BuckieInspAreaQtr 307/08Inc/DecElginInspAreaQtr 306/07ElginInspAreaQtr 307/08Inc/DecForresInspAreaQtr 306/07ForresInspAreaQtr 307/08Inc/DecL/mouthInspAreaQtr 306/07L/mouthInspAreaQtr 307/08Inc/DecNeighbourDisputesNoisyMusic3 4 +1 4 7 +3 6 7 +1 7 7 =19 33 +14 79 52 - 27 33 25 - 8 28 31 + 3Wilful FireraisingBuckieInspAreaQtr 306/07BuckieInspAreaQtr 307/08Inc/DecElginInspAreaQtr 306/07ElginInspAreaQtr 307/08Inc/DecForresInspAreaQtr 306/07ForresInspAreaQtr 307/08Inc/DecL/mouthInspAreaQtr 306/07L/mouthInspAreaQtr 307/08Inc/DecRecorded 2 3 + 1 6 4 - 2 1 5 + 4 5 2 - 3 Recorded wilful fire-raising for Quarter 3 2007/2007 within Moray Division was 14crimes which was the same level as the corresponding quarter last year. For theFinancial year to date there has been a 23% decrease in recorded wilful fireraisingin Moray.Not Protectively Marked 23

Not Protectively MarkedCommunity WardensMorayElginAcademyElginHighForres Lossie Milnes Buckie Keith Speyside TotalQtr 3 Joint07/08 Patrols12 2 4 2 3 0 0 1 24LitterComplaints2 1 12 3 0 0 2 0 20Dog Foulingincidents4 1 5 14 0 2 0 2 28Fly Tippingincidents1 0 6 0 1 0 0 1 9No of ASBincidents13 11 67 27 19 0 26 4 167Totals 32 15 94 46 23 2 28 8 248Anti Social Behaviour OrdersA total of 12 anti social behaviour orders are currently in force in Moray. In thepast quarter Grampian Police have reported 1 offence of Breach of Anti SocialBehaviour Order and a further 2 offences were reported as aggravations of othercrimes and offences.Drinking in Public PlacesBuckieInspAreaQtr 306/07BuckieInspAreaQtr 307/08Inc/DecElginInspAreaQtr 306/07ElginInspAreaQtr 307/08Inc/DecForresInspAreaQtr 306/07ForresInspAreaQtr 307/08Inc/DecL/mouthInspAreaQtr 306/07L/mouthInspAreaQtr3207/08Inc/DecRecorded 6 1 - 5 8 5 -3 10 2 - 8 0 0 -Not Protectively Marked 24

Not Protectively MarkedA total of 8 offences relating to consuming alcohol in a public place recorded in theDivision for the second quarter of 2007/2008 compared to 24 for the same period lastyear. The Lossiemouth area does not at present have an offence to cover this hence thenil report for this area.A total of 8 offences relating to consuming alcohol in a public place recorded in theDivision for the third quarter of 2007/2008 compared to 24 for the same period last year.A total of 12 Operation Avons, this Quarter in Moray Division some of which were withother partner agencies were carried out targeting underage drinking and associated antisocialbehaviour of youths under the substance misuse heading.In total, 1120 youths were spoken to, and 48 found to be have been involved withalcohol in one of the following categories: possessing alcohol, to being under theinfluence, to being in the company of others who fitted the aforementioned categories, tobeing in the area where alcohol had been found secreted.Alcohol was seized on 61 occasions, this total being a combination of that foundsecreted, and that confiscated from youths.There were 7 letters sent out re anti social behaviour in the period 1 October 2007 to 30December 2007. In addition a further 21 letters were sent to parents regarding theirchildren cycling without lights on their bicycles.34 letters were sent to parents regarding their children's' involvement in underagedrinking in the last quarter. These covered range of actions from possessing alcohol, tobeing under the influence, to being in the company of others who fitted theaforementioned categories, to being in the area where alcohol had been found secreted.Of these underage drinking letters, 4 were at least the second occasion in which thatchild had been found in such circumstances, and resulted in a referral to Moray Drug andAlcohol Services.Over the period of the 3rd Quarter 2007/2008 Police received a total of 65 reports frommembers of the public across Moray Division of alleged underage drinking, namely:Elgin Inspector area: 28, of which 18 were credible.Forres/Speyside Inspector area: 12, of which 8 were credible.Buckie Inspector area: 15, of which 9 were credible.Lossiemouth Inspector area: 10, of which 5 were credible.Not Protectively Marked 25

Not Protectively MarkedDuring the quarter, the Moray Mobile Police Office was deployed on 21 occasions toschools throughout the area in support of the Nitelight initiative. This was essentially aninteractive road show aimed at promoting the visibility of young cyclists at night by way ofencouraging parent's and young people to come along, learn about road safety issuesand have their cycles checked for roadworthiness. In addition cycle light sets wereavailable and given away free of charge. The events attracted over 470 persons.Not Protectively Marked 26

Not Protectively MarkedCOMMUNITY SAFETY STATISTICSNumber of Collisions where Drink / Drugs is a factorQtr 1 Qtr 2 Qtr 3 Qtr 4 Qtr 1 Qtr 2 Qtr 3 Qtr 4 Qtr 1 Qtr 2 Qtr 305/06 05/06 05/06 05/06 06/07 06/07 06/07 06/07 07/08 07/08 07/087 9 9 10 10 6 14 8 8 5 4Number of Drink / Drunk Driving initiativesNumber of Driving Ambition CoursesNo. of Drink Driving InputsQtr 1 06/07 11Qtr 2 06/07 22Qtr 3 06/07 21Qtr 4 06/07 24Qtr 1 07/08 4Qtr 2 07/08 6Qtr 3 07/08 30No. of Driving Ambition DaysQtr 1 06/07 2Qtr 2 06/07 0Qtr 3 06/07 4Qtr 4 06/07 3Qtr 1 07/08 2Qtr 2 07/08 1Qtr 3 07/08 4Number of young persons reported for Drugs OffencesThe following table shows the number of young persons aged 24 years or under reportedfor drugs offences in the Division for the third quarter of this financial year compared tothe same period 2006/2007.BuckieInspAreaQtr 306/07BuckieInspAreaQtr 307/08Inc/DecElginInspAreaQtr306/07ElginInspAreaQtr 307/08Inc/DecForresInspAreaQtr 306/07ForresInspAreaQtr 307/08Inc/DecL/mouthInspAreaQtr 306/07L/mouthInspAreaQtr 307/08Inc/DecRecorded 0 3 + 3 20 15 - 5 4 6 + 2 1 1 -During the past quarter 22 persons in Moray Division under the age of 24 yearswere reported for drugs offences compared to 25 for the same period last year4 offenders in this age group this quarter were reported for drug supply offences.Not Protectively Marked 27

Not Protectively MarkedThe Number of young people recorded as having been drunk, had been drinking,or had taken drugs, at the time of offending.The following table show the number of persons reported or warned in each of the agegroups for 24 years and under in Moray Division for Quarter 3 of 2007/2008Not Protectively Marked 28