Violence, sexual and hate crime on the up in South Ayrshire
dailyrecord.co.ukViolence, sexual assault, traffic offences and hate crime in South Ayrshire have increased significantly over the last year.
However, there have been drops in the other areas, such as drug dealing, robbery and antisocial behaviour.Police Scotland will present their latest report to South Ayrshire Council’s Service and Performance Panel next week.The report provides comparative figures for the first quarter of 2023/24, the same period in 2022/23 and the five-year average, which are listed in the table below.
The report says the increase in violence, which includes more serious violent crime and lesser offences "is due to the number of minor assaults both on emergency workers and the public".
However, it adds that there has been a decrease in more serious assaults in recent years.The number of murder and attempted murder charges remained the same as last year.
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