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APPENDIX FOUR SUMMARY OF CASE STUDY INDICATOR CHANGES

TABLE A4.1 Summary of Case Study Indicator Changes

Indicator

Case study area

Aberdeen

Dumfries and Galloway

Dundee

East Renfrewshire

Edinburgh

Inverclyde

Orkney

Perth and Kinross

South Lanarkshire

Vandalism

Greater increase in the wardened areas than local authority. Police say increased detection rates but residents' perceptions of prevalence also increased.

NO CONCLUSION

Slight increase compared to slight decline across local authority. Perceived prevalence increased. RISE NEGATIVE.

Greater increase in the wardened areas than the local authority.

RISE NEGATIVE

Increase then decline but overall increase. No LA comparative data.

NO CONCLUSION.

Greater increase in the wardened areas than the local authority but perception data suggests vandalism declined.

RISE POSITIVE.

Increase then fall. Overall increase. No local authority data.

NO CONCLUSION.

Breach of Peace

Greater increase in the wardened areas than the local authority. .

RISE NEGATIVE

Large increase while small reduction across the local authority.

RISE NEGATIVE.

Increased then declined. Overall increase. No local authority comparator data.

NO CONCLUSION

Fire-raising incidents

Declined but no local authority comparator data.

NO CONCLUSION

Declined but data incomplete. NO CONCLUSION.

No change while increased across local authority POSITIVE INTERVENTION.

Indicator

Case study area

Aberdeen

Dumfries and Galloway

Dundee

East Renfrewshire

Edinburgh

Inverclyde

Orkney

Perth and Kinross

South Lanarkshire

Complaints of antisocial behaviour

Increased but no comparative data.

NO CONCLUSION.

Declined then increased but decline overall. No local authority data but perception data suggest antisocial behaviour is reducing.

RISE POSITIVE.

Housebreakings

Large increase while small reduction across the local authority.

RISE NEGATIVE.

Steady decrease while increase in the local authority. POSITIVE INTERVNTION.

Malicious false alarm calls

Increased but figures are small and no local authority comparator data.

NO CONCLUSION.

Declined then increased but overall decline.

No local authority comparator data. NO CONCLUSION

Cost of antisocial behaviour to council

Declined but no comparative data. NO CONCLUSION.

Environmental Street Cleanliness.

Increased then declined. Score lower in the local authority. POSITIVE INTERVENTION

Indicator

Case study area

Aberdeen

Dumfries and Galloway

Dundee

East Renfrewshire

Edinburgh

Inverclyde

Orkney

Perth and Kinross

South Lanarkshire

Detection rates for vandalism

Declined. No local authority comparator data. Perception data shows an increase.

NO CONCLUSION.

Detection rates for disorderly conduct

Slight increase but no local authority comparator data. NO CONCLUSION.

Issuing of restorative warnings

Increased but no local authority comparator data. NO CONCLUSION.

Drunk and incapable

Smaller increase than in the local authority and decline in 2 nd year.

RISE POSITIVE

Street drinking

Large increase but no local authority comparator data. NO CONCLUSION.

Racially aggravated incidents

Declined. No local authority comparator data.

NO CONCLUSION

Number of persistent offenders

Fallen but no local authority comparator data.

NO CONCLUSION

Indicator

Case study area

Aberdeen

Dumfries and Galloway

Dundee

East Renfrewshire

Edinburgh

Inverclyde

Orkney

Perth and Kinross

South Lanarkshire

Urinating in public

Increase greater than in the local authority but based on small figures. Could also be due to increased detection.

NO CONCLUSION.

Neighbourhood disputes

Decline but no local authority comparator data. NO CONCLUSION.

Assaults

Large increase while small reduction across the local authority. RISE NEGATIVE.

Shoplifting

Large increase while small reduction across the local authority.

RISE NEGATIVE.

Malicious incidents attended

Declined then increased but overall decline. No local authority comparator data.

NO CONCLUSION

Indicator

Case study area

Aberdeen

Dumfries and Galloway

Dundee

East Renfrewshire

Edinburgh

Inverclyde

Orkney

Perth and Kinross

South Lanarkshire

Incidents reported for malicious intent

Declined then increased but overall decline.

No local authority comparator data.

NO CONCLUSION

Youth Disturbance calls

Declined in parallel with decline across the local authority. NEUTRAL

Noise-related calls

Slight increase. Local authority data incomplete and confounded by introduction of noise wardens across LA. NO CONCLUSION.

Indicator

Case study area

Aberdeen

Dumfries and Galloway

Dundee

East Renfrewshire

Edinburgh

Inverclyde

Orkney

Perth and Kinross

South Lanarkshire

Break-ins to motor vehicles

Slight increase while decline across then local authority. RISE NEGATIVE.

Thefts of motor vehicles

Slight increase while decline across the local authority RISE NEGATIVE.

Vandalism to void properties

Steady decline. No local authority comparator data.

NO CONCLUSION.

Removal requests for graffiti

Steady decline. No local authority comparator data.

NO CONCLUSION.

Indicator

Case study area

Aberdeen

Dumfries and Galloway

Dundee

East Renfrewshire

Edinburgh

Inverclyde

Orkney

Perth and Kinross

South Lanarkshire

Reports of graffiti

Increased then decreased but increased overall. no local authority comparator data

NO CONCLUSION

Fly-tipping

Increase then fall. Overall increase. No local authority comparator data .

NO CONCLUSION

Overall pattern across case study area.

Very limited evidence of impact. However, residents' perception surveys show that neighbourhood quality has increased and the wardens are felt to have had an impact.

No evidence of impact but has to question whether wardens could have impacted on some of the variables. This is reinforced by positive perceptions from the survey of residents.

No evidence of impact from the crime statistics although there is from the perception surveys. Have to question whether wardens could have impacted on some of the variables.

Absence of comparative data means no firm conclusions can be drawn. However, perception surveys show positive changes.

Some evidence of impact. Perceptions of incidence of vandalism have improved.

Lack of local authority comparator data means firm conclusions cannot be drawn. However, residents' rating of the neighbourhood has increased.

Mixed picture but lack of comparative data means no conclusions can be drawn. Perception surveys show that antisocial behaviour is felt to have got worse.

Reasonable evidence of impact which is backed up by the perception surveys.

Most indicators conform to Rise and Fall pattern but lack of local authority comparator data means that it is not possible to say if the Confidence or Misplaced Confidence theories apply. Activities of wardens tend to suggest the former. This is backed up by improvements in residents' perceptions of neighbourhood quality.

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