Below is the police report for Kincardine & Mearns for last month.

Community Council Report

This report covers progress we have made in dealing with your priorities for the Kincardine and Mearns Community Council area for the period 1 to 31 July 2022.

The report aims to highlight emerging issues in your area, provide crime prevention advice and guidance to Community Council members and the residents you represent.  Our focus is to reduce crime and disorder, help create safer communities and respond effectively to local concerns.

Community Policing Priorities

Antisocial behaviour, Violence and Disorder:

There has been an increase in the number of Anti-social Behaviour calls within Kincardine and Mearns for the month of July, with 58 calls being received.  

There have been 5 Assault crime reports raised within July. 4 are detected and have been reported to the Procurator Fiscal. The remaining still is being investigated.

Acquisitive Crime:

There have been 6 Thefts throughout the Kincardine and Mearns area during July. 5 remain undetected and are still being investigated.

Road Safety & road crime:

Drink/Drug Driving

In June there was no drivers found to be under the influence of alcohol or drugs.

Dangerous Driving

There were 2 reported incident of dangerous driving this month, they both remain under investigation.

Careless Driving

There has been 3 reported incident of careless driving this month have been all been detected and reported.

Community Engagement & Reassurance:

During this time of year rural and wildlife crime comes back and is impactful on the entire community at large.

Please pass out the following information to all that it may assist and help with. In short it allows (once signed up) a user to receive updates and warnings of crime alerts in your area to allow you fair warning of unlawful behaviour occurring in real time. HIGHLY recommend signing up.

What is Rural Watch Scotland?

‘Rural Watch Scotland’ is an extension of the Neighbourhood Watch Scotland movement and a product of the Scottish Partnership Against Rural Crime (SPARC) aimed specifically at the rural community of Scotland and aims to bring all the benefits of Neighbourhood Watch to your community irrespective of its location, size or demographics.

The objectives of Rural Watch Scotland mirror that of Neighbourhood Watch, namely to:

• Reduce crime and the fear of crime by providing the right information, to the right people, at the right time
• Encourage people to think about safety and security for themselves, their neighbours and their community
• Improve community cohesion and well-being by supporting communities to develop ‘their watch, their way’
• Work in partnership with national and local service providers to develop more resilient communities that are better prepared against threats, intentional or unintentional, such as crime or extreme weather.

The experience of Neighbourhood Watch throughout Scotland and elsewhere across the world is that members of Rural Watch Scotland will be less likely than non-members in the rural community to be a victim of crime.

The aim of this new area of our website is to provide easy access to the latest news and information about Rural Watch and rural issues.

For those wishing to register for ALERTs or JOIN US through Rural Watch Scotland it has its own landing page at www.ruralwatchscotland.co.uk

Contact Us:

• ‘ 101 – Non emergency;
• ; Email – StonehavenLowerDeesideCPT@Scotland.police.uk
• ; Twitter – @NorthEPolice
• ; Facebook – www.Facebook.com/NorthEastPoliceDivision
• ; Web – www.scotland.police.uk
• ‘ 999 – Emergency;
• ‘ 0800 555 111 – Crimestoppers;