Weapons crime remains a "concern" in Ayrshire
Get the stories that interest you straight to your inbox every day with our personalised newsletterAyrshire’s top cop has welcomed a new report which shows that serious assaults are down across the region.However, Ayrshire’s Divisional Commander, Faroque Hussain, has also expressed concerns about the rise in reports of weapons offences.The latest figures were released by Police Scotland last week and cover the period between April 1 and September 30 this year.Serious assaults have reduced from 51 to 36, while sexual assaults are down from 128 to 74, when compared to the previous year.And detection rates for Group 1 Crime are up from 68.4% to 78% against the same period.There have, however, been more crimes of carrying offensive weapons-