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North Lanarkshire Council · 28 November 2022
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Our Ref: Your Ref: Contact: Tel: Fax: E-Mail: Date: Richard Llewellyn 07939284642 llewellynr@northlan.gov.uk 17 Nov 2022 Members of the Community Safety Partnership Forum Chief Executive’s Office Archie Aitken Head of Legal & Democratic Solutions Civic Centre, Windmillhill Street Motherwell ML1 1AB DX 571701, Motherwell 2 www.northlanarkshire.gov.uk Notice is given that a Meeting of the COMMUNITY SAFETY PARTNERSHIP FORUM is to be held within Committee Room 4, Civic Centre, Motherwell on Monday, 28 November 2022 at 10:00 am which you are requested to attend. The agenda of business is attached. Head of Legal and Democratic Solutions Members: Councillors: D Ashraf, M McBride, J McLaren, C McManus, L Mitchell, A Smith, K Stevenson, N Wilson. Page 1 of 79
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AGENDA (1) Declarations of Interest in terms of the Ethical Standards in Public Life Etc. (Scotland) Act 2000 (2) Community Safety Partnership Forum - Minutes (page 5 - 8) Submit Minutes of meetings held on 28 February and 24 October 2022 (copy herewith) (3) Police Scotland - North Lanarkshire Performance Report (page 9 - 22) Submit report by the Local Police Commander providing an update in respect of policing performance and activity within North Lanarkshire for the period April to September 2022 focusing on the priorities outlined in the Local Police Plan 2020-2023 (copy herewith) (4) Scottish Fire and Rescue Service - North Lanarkshire Performance Report (page 23 - 36) Submit report by the Local Senior Officer providing an overview of Scottish Fire and Rescue Service performance within North Lanarkshire for the period July to September 2022 (copy herewith) (5) Water Safety (page 37 - 42) Submit report by the Head of Strategic Communication providing an understanding of the work ongoing in relation to the preparation of a Partnership Approach to Water Safety (PAWS) document for North Lanarkshire and agree that a finalised document will be presented at a future meeting (copy herewith) (6) Annual Review of the Community Safety Strategy 2020/21 - 2021/22 (page 43 - 79) Submit report by the Head of Strategic Communication advising the Forum of the progress made on the strategic priorities and actions in the Annual Review of the Community Safety Strategy which covers the period 2021-2022 (copy herewith) Page 3 of 79
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COMMUNITY SAFETY PARTNERSHIP FORUM - 28 FEBRUARY 2022 1 28 February 2022 at 10 am. A Remote Meeting of the COMMUNITY SAFETY PARTNERSHIP FORUM PRESENT Councillor Campbell, Convener; Councillors Hogg, Lennon and Reddin. CHAIR Councillor Campbell (Convener) presided. IN ATTENDANCE Community Partnership Manager, and Administrative Officer, North Lanarkshire Council; Chief Superintendent Alan Waddell and Superintendent Raymond Higgins, Police Scotland; Local Senior Officer, Stephen Wright and Group Commander, Martyn Brandrick, Scottish Fire and Rescue Service. APOLOGIES Councillors Douglas, Duffy, and Weir and the Head of Communities, North Lanarkshire Council. DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST IN TERMS OF THE ETHICAL STANDARDS IN PUBLIC LIFE ETC. (SCOTLAND) ACT 2000 1. No declarations were made. COMMUNITY SAFETY PARTNERSHIP FORUM - MINUTE 2. There was submitted the Minute of the meeting of the Community Safety Partnership Forum held on 13 December 2021. Decided: that the Minute be amended to reflect that Councillor Hogg was in attendance. CONTACT ASSESSMENT MODEL 3. Chief Superintendent Waddell advised that due to unforeseen circumstances the presentation on the Contact Assessment Model had been withdrawn. POLICE SCOTLAND - NORTH LANARKSHIRE PERFORMANCE REPORT 4. There was submitted a report by Police Scotland (1) outlining policing performance and activity in North Lanarkshire for the period October to December 2021 compared with the corresponding period from the previous year; (2) focusing on the priorities contained within the Local Policing Plan 2020-2023; (3) providing statistical information to assess the effectiveness of the Local Police Plan in terms of priorities, performance and community engagement, and (4) presenting some qualitive data to give an oversight of activities that had taken place across the authority area. AGENDA ITEM 2 Page 5 of 79
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COMMUNITY SAFETY PARTNERSHIP FORUM - 28 FEBRUARY 2022 2 Chief Superintendent Alan Waddell then outlined the key points of note from each of the policing priorities. Decided: that the contents of the report be noted. SCOTTISH FIRE AND RESCUE SERVICE - NORTH LANARKSHIRE PERFORMANCE REPORT 5. There was submitted a report by the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service (SFRS) providing an overview of performance for the period October to December 2021, which provided statistical information on key priority areas compared with the corresponding period from the previous year, together with the three-year average. Local Senior Officer, Stephen Wright then outlined the key points of note from each of the priority areas. Decided: that the contents of the report be noted. CONVENERS REMARKS 6. The Convener indicated that, as this was the last meeting of the Forum prior to the Council Elections, she wished to thank the Members, and the Officers for their participation and contribution to the work of the Forum. Page 6 of 79
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COMMUNITY SAFETY PARTNERSHIP FORUM - 24 OCTOBER 2022 1 Motherwell, 24 October 2022 at 10 am. A Meeting of the COMMUNITY SAFETY PARTNERSHIP FORUM PRESENT Councillors McBride and Wilson. IN ATTENDANCE Community Partnership Manager, and Administrative Officer, North Lanarkshire Council; Chief Superintendent Stephen Dolan and Superintendent Andrew Thomson, Police Scotland; Area Commander Jim Quinn and Watch Commander Martin Burns, Scottish Fire and Rescue Service. APOLOGIES Councillors Ashraf, McLaren and Smith. In the absence of the necessary quorum and in terms of Standing Order 56(I)(a), the meeting stood adjourned. Page 7 of 79
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Community Safety Partnership Forum 28th November 2022 OFFICIAL AGENDA ITEM 3 Page 9 of 79
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Introduction The Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012 provides a framework for local scrutiny arrangements between Police Scotland, the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service and the Local Authority. This report provides members of the Community Safety Partnership Forum with an update in respect of policing in North Lanarkshire and affords members the opportunity to consider how effectively the police work alongside partners to collectively improve local communities. Matters considered in this report include statistical information from Police Scotland regarding the council area to assess effectiveness of the local police plan in terms of priorities, performance and community engagement. It also includes some qualitative data to give an oversight of activities that are taking place across the local authority area. This report reviews the second quarter of what is already another challenging year for Lanarkshire Division and policing across Scotland. The resilience and dedication of our officers and staff ensured that the impact of substantial, concurrent commitments, including the passing of Her Majesty, the late Queen Elizabeth II, passed with minimal impact on our ‘business as usual’ policing service to citizens and communities across North Lanarkshire. The format of the report reflects the priorities outlined in the Local Police Plan 2020 –2023, which is summarised on the following page. OFFICIAL 2 Page 10 of 79
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Local Police Plan on a Page Public Protection and Protecting People at Risk of Harm Tackling Housebreaking and Acquisitive Crime Reducing the Harm Caused by Substance Misuse Threats to public safety and wellbeing are resolved by a proactive and responsive police service The needs of Lanarkshire’s communities are addressed through effective service delivery Lanarkshire's communities and partners are engaged, involved and have confidence in policing Our people are supported through a positive working environment, enabling them to serve the public in Lanarkshire By working collaboratively policing in Lanarkshire is sustainable, adaptable and prepared for future challenges Violent Crime Firearms and Offensive Weapons Hate Crime Anti- Social Behaviour Sexual Crime Domestic Abuse and Gender Based Violence Adult and Child Protection Domestic Housebreaking Commercial Housebreaking Rural Crime Vehicle Crime Drug Deaths Drug Supply Drug Production Alcohol Misuse Our local police priorities Our areas of focus Strategic Outcomes Reducing Violence and Disorder Road Users Partnerships and Prevention Sustainability and Wellbeing Continuous Im provem ent Safer & Healthier Com m unities OFFICIAL 3 Page 11 of 79
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Reducing Violence and Disorder Crimes of Violence reduced by 21.6% 40.4% reduction in serious assaults Serious assault detection rate 92.9% 4OFFICIAL Crimes of serious violence have decreased by 21.6% from the same period last year (66 fewer crimes). There have been no murders in this quarter and 7 fewer attempted murders. There were 4 more robberies / assaults with intent to rob this period. CID officers scrutinise all crimes of robbery to identify lines of enquiry, trends and forensic opportunities. These enquiries are often protracted, however that diligent approach has led to a 10% increase in their detection rate to 82.9%. We continue our intelligence led, high visibility patrols in hot spot areas and conduct frequent visits to licensed premises, which has contributed to a 40.4% reduction in serious assaults. The detection rate for serious assaults in North Lanarkshire has increased significantly to 92.9%. Crimes of violence remain a priority with significant resource committed to their investigation. All reports are reviewed and considerable efforts are made to bring the individuals responsible to justice whilst supporting those affected. Since June 2021 North Lanarkshire Council has been upgrading all existing public space CCTV cameras within urban housing areas to new High Definition cameras. The new cameras enhance image quality, particularly during the hours of darkness. This investment has no doubt contributed to higher detection rates across the local authority and is a three year program of work. Robbery detections increased by 10% Page 12 of 79
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Lanarkshire Division Analysts and Officers routinely review data and intelligence around violent crime to identify ‘hot spots’, repeat offenders and repeat victims. This allows focused, intelligence led proactive patrols by officers to tackle existing and emerging issues. Local warrants and bail curfew initiatives have taken place over the reporting period ensuring violent offenders are not only monitored but arrested when found to have breached bail conditions. Across Lanarkshire, 1,520 warrants were executed during this reporting period. Tackling antisocial behaviour and crimes of violence remain a priority across Lanarkshire. We recognise the impact such crimes have on victims, witnesses and the wider community. Our focus on prevention and the robust investigation of incidents has resulted in a reduction of 22.2% in respect of complaints of disorder during this reporting period. Lanarkshire Division have continued partnership working with NLC to jointly tackle and enforce legislation in respect of those committing antisocial behaviour within our communities. Daily two-way information sharing is carried out where either organisation has information suggesting antisocial behaviour has occurred. This proactive approach has an escalation process that can lead to warning notices or then eviction of individuals who repeatedly fail to respect their neighbours and communities. Lanarkshire Division adopts a zero tolerance approach to hate crime. We will take robust action and do everything we can to bring those responsible to justice. Over 64% of all hate crimes were detected and work continues to maximise investigative opportunities in the remaining cases. Our Safer Communities Officers continue to work with retail premises, staff and victims of hate crime, providing support, guidance and using social media to highlight the impact of hate crime on individuals and the wider communities. Reducing Violence and Disorder OFFICIAL 5 Vandalism and malicious mischief crimes reduced by 7.3% Common Assaults reduced by 8.1% Number of disorder complaints reduced by 22.2% Page 13 of 79
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PublicProtection and Protecting People at Risk of Harm OFFICIAL 6 There have been 5 more crimes of rape reported, when compared to the same period last year, and the detection rate has increased by 19.5%. This is expected to increase further as forensic results become available. The number of overall sexual crimes reported to police increased by 8.6%, to 466. The total number of domestic abuse incidents reported to the police has decreased by 9.1% (240 fewer) and the total number domestic abuse related crimes/offences has decreased by 12% (155 fewer). Notably almost two thirds of all crimes and offences relating to domestic abuse incidents were detected. In every case the victim is at the heart of the investigation and treated with care and compassion. Responding to reports of missing persons is one of the greatest demands on officers in Lanarkshire and not routinely reflected in performance figures. Responding to high rates of missing persons reduces our capacity to proactively police in our communities. During the period April 2022 – September 2022 Lanarkshire Division have dealt with 1,481 missing person reports: • 52.5% were male, 47.5% female • 676 (60.7%) related to young people aged 10 - 19 years • 296 (43.8%) of these reports related to looked after young people • 47 (4.2%) related to people aged 60 years or more • 92 (8.3%) were classified as High Risk missing person enquiries Rape detection rates increased by 19.5% Crimes and offences in domestic abuse incidents reduced by 12.0% Domestic abuse incidents reported reduced by 9.1% Page 14 of 79
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7OFFICIAL PublicProtection and Protecting People at Risk of Harm 14.3% decrease in people seriously injured on our roads There has been 4 fatalities as a result of a road accident and 24 people were seriously injured, compared with 5 and 28 respectively during the same period last year. 5 children were seriously injured and, thankfully, no children have been killed on our roads this reporting period. • 2.7% decrease in detections for speeding • 24.4% increase in mobile phone offences • 28.2% increase in seat belt offences • 9.9% increase in dangerous driving • 11.3% increase in insurance offences • 13.9% decrease in driving licence offences Lanarkshire’s Road Policing Officers continue to focus on driver behaviour, seeking to improve it through education and enforcement. Lanarkshire Division continues to lead the way in detections for drink and drug driving with 327 detections which can carry a 12 month driving disqualification upon conviction. The legislation also provides another tool to disrupt the criminal fraternity who often drive whilst under the influence of controlled drugs. Wishaw community officers have been working with SFRS in order to deliver the ‘Biker Down’ event which focuses on rider awareness and road safety. This has been well received by attendees and will continue. 20% decrease in People killed on our roads 25% increase in children seriously injured on our roads Page 15 of 79
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Tackling Housebreaking and Acquisitive Crime Theft by Housebreaking detections increased by 5.1% Theft by housebreaking crimes have seen an increase of 6.9% to 280, this could be attributed to more people returning to work after the pandemic and dwellings being vacant. The detection rate for housebreakings has increased by 5.1%. We have seen a significant increase in theft by shoplifting across North Lanarkshire, up by 14.2% compared to last year. This trend is likely to increase due to the pressure of the cost of living in respect of food, fuel and energy. In July 2022, Officers from the Divisional Alcohol and Violence Reduction Unit (DAVRU) conducted extensive enquires into reports of multiple thefts of motor vehicles, housebreakings and attempted housebreakings in Airdrie. Enquiries identified two males aged 44 and 45 as being responsible. These males were arrested and charged with 2 thefts of motor vehicle, 3 thefts from a motor vehicle and entering the curtilage of 8 properties with intent to commit theft. In September 2022, Wishaw officers responded to a report of a vulnerable 84 year old female who had repeatedly been the victim of the same bogus workmen. Through diligent enquires three males were arrested and enquiries are ongoing in relation to other crimes. Theft by Shoplifting increased by 14.2% OFFICIAL 8 Page 16 of 79
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Reducing Harm Caused by Substance Misuse A total of £4,100,067 worth of cash, restraints and listed assets have been seized under the Proceeds of Crime Act (POCA). In August 2022, local officers executed a search warrants at an address in Airdrie and seized 65 cannabis plants and 3.5 kg of cannabis bud, with a combined street value of £33,500. A 21 year old male was arrested and charged with being concerned in the production of controlled drugs and immigration offences. In August 2022, DAVRU officers executed a search warrant at a property in Cumbernauld. 4 kg of cannabis was recovered and along with £27,000 cash. A 33 year old male and a 26 year old female were arrested and charged with being concerned in the supply of controlled drugs. In September 2022, Cumbernauld officers executed a search warrant at a property in Gartcosh. 44g of cocaine and 400g of herbal cannabis recovered with a street value of £5,760. A 28 year old male was arrested and charged for being concerned in the supply of controlled drugs. In September 2022, DAVRU officers executed a search warrant at a commercial property in Bellshill. Almost 2,000 plants in a herbal cannabis cultivation were found within and a large quantity of cannabis bud. A 23 year old male and a 24 year old male were arrested, charged and remanded in custody for Misuse of Drugs Act offences. The scale of this operation indicates clear links to an organised crime enterprise. OFFICIAL 9 Detection rates for Drug Supply, Drug Productions and Drug Cultivations has increased by 20.4% Page 17 of 79
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Public Confidence & Local Engagement In the last quarter the Cumbernauld and Shotts Police Scotland Youth Volunteers (PSYV) have been involved in a number of events including; • Community Alcohol Partnership events in Motherwell, Kilsyth and Airdrie • Carbrain Crimestoppers campaign; due to a rise in drug offences and antisocial behaviour • Routes to Work Fun Day in Airdrie • ‘It’ll Cost You’ campaigns in Motherwell and Forgewood Lanarkshire Division continues to work collaboratively with North Lanarkshire Council’s Education Department. In August, following analysis by both partners, some campus officers were realigned to schools with the greatest need of their input. This collaborative working continues to improve the safety and wellbeing of those who work and study within educational premises across the area. OFFICIAL 10 Public Confidence Apr 2022 - Sept 2022 Apr 2021 – Sept 2021 Number of Complaints about the Police 156 173 Ratio (Complaints : 10000 Incidents) 36 37.9 Total Allegations Recorded 127 264 • On Duty 169 191 • Off Duty 0 0 • Quality of Service 67 73 Page 18 of 79
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Looking Ahead As we look ahead to the third quarter (October to December 2022) we anticipate the impact of the cost of living crisis will continue to manifest across society in myriad ways that will impact policing and the entire public sector. Policing, and indeed our officers and staff, are far from immune to the pressures of inflation and we are acutely aware of the level of support that will be required, internally and in partnership with other agencies. The welfare of our officers and staff through these most challenging times is paramount and we will continue to build on our existing support mechanisms. Concurrently, we expect there to be significant seasonal demand for policing in North Lanarkshire. Nationally, there has been a rise in football related disorder and, together with antisocial behaviour associated with fireworks in early November, we will need to deploy a significant amount of officers who would otherwise be on their rest days, at substantial detriment to the public purse and the officers’ work/life balance. We will also support the global 16 days of activism against gender based violence and work with our partners in this regard. As ever, we remain fully committed to delivering on the pledges made in our Local Policing Plan, working with our partners and communities across North Lanarkshire to maximise safety, protect the public and drive forward positive outcomes for all. OFFICIAL 11 Page 19 of 79
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OFFICIAL OFFICIAL Serious Violent Crime and Public Protection NLC April 2022 - September 2022 April 2022– Sept 2022 April 2021– Sept 2021 Victims % Change 3 year mean 3 year mean % Total No Group1: Crimes of Violence 240 306 66 fewer -21.6% 295.3 -18.7% Murder 3 1 2 more +200% 3 0 Attempted Murder 5 12 12 fewer -58.3% 9.7 -48.3% Serious Assault detection rate 92.9% 78.0% +14.8% 80.7% +12.1% Serious Assault 84 141 57 fewer -40.4% 148.7 -43.5% Robbery detection rate 82.9% 73.0% +10.0% 76.2 +6.8% Robbery 41 37 4 more +10.8 43.4 +10.8% Common assault detection rate 72.8% 68.3% +4.5% 71.4% +1.4% Common assault 1691 1840 149 fewer -8.1% 1903 -11.2% Number of Domestic Abuse Incidents Reported to the Police 2240 2480 240 fewer -9.1% 2517 -11.0% Total Crimes and offences in domestic abuse incidents 1139 1294 155 fewer -12.0% 1314 -13.3% Total crimes and offences in domestic abuse incidents detection rate 60.4% 61.7% -2.2% 65.4% -7.6% Number of Sexual Crimes 466 429 37 more +8.6% 424.3 +9.8% Sexual Crimes detection rate 45.9% 49.0% -3.1% 46.9% -1.0% Number of rapes 69 64 5 more +7.8% 65.7 +5.1% Rape detection rate 50.7% 31.3% +19.5% 43.7% +7.1% Number of statutory stop and searches conducted 2503 Number of positive statutory stop and searches 580 Number of complaints regarding disorder 6352 8169 1917 -22.2% Hate Crime and offences detection rate 64.1% 69.6% -5.5% 72.1 -8.0% Vandalism & Malicious Mischief detection rate 26.4% 25.4% +1.0% 26.4% 0.0% Vandalism & Malicious Mischief 1384 1493 109 fewer -7.3% 1506 -8.1% Number of detections for Consuming Alcohol in a designated place (where appropriate byelaws exist) 445 570 -21.9% 529.7 -16% Theft by housebreaking (including attempts) detection rate 20.4% 15.4% +5.1% 20.1% +0.3% Theft by housebreaking (including attempts) 280 262 18 more +6.9% 373.0 +6.9% Theft by shoplifting detection rate 56.9% 65.1% -8.2% 66.2% -9.3% Page 20 of 79
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OFFICIAL 2 OFFICIAL Theft by shoplifting 701 614 87 more +14.2% 757.3 -7.4% Road Safety People Killed 4 5 1 fewer -20% People Seriously injured 24 28 4 fewer -14.3% People Slightly Injured 63 100 37 fewer -37% Children (aged<16) Killed 0 1 1 fewer -100% Children (aged<16) Seriously Injured 5 4 1 more +25% Dangerous driving 122 111 +9.9% 123.7 -1.3% Speeding 549 564 -2.7% 658 -16.6% Disqualified driving 41 43 -4.7% 59.3 -30.9% Driving Licence 179 208 -13.9% 228.0 -21.5% Insurance 570 512 +11.3% 608.7 -6.4% Seat Belts 91 71 +28.2% 64.7 +40.7% Mobile Phone 51 41 +24.4% 54.3 -6.1% Number of detections for drugs supply, drugs productions, drugs cultivation 104.7 84.4 20.4% 89.6 +15.1% Public Confidence April 2022 – June 2022 Number of Complaints about the Police Number of Complaints per 10,000 Police Incidents Complaints received about the Police 156 36 On Duty Allegations Off Duty Allegations Quality of Service Allegation Total Number of Allegations Total Allegations Recorded 169 0 67 236 Page 21 of 79
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North Lanarkshire Q2 Performance Report July - September 2022 Q2 saw an increase of AGENDA ITEM 4 Page 23 of 79
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2 North Lanarkshire Performance Report Table of Contents Local Fire and Rescue Service Plan Priorities 3 North Lanarkshire Activity Summary 4 Domestic Safety - Accidental Dwelling Fires 5 Domestic Safety - Accidental Dwelling Fire Casualties 6 Unintentional Injury and Harm 7 Deliberate Fire Setting 8 Non-Domestic Fire Safety 9 Unwanted Fire Alarm Signals 10 CommunityEngagement 11 Community Engagement 12 Incidents of Note / Looking Forward 13 Page 24 of 79
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7 0 7 64 1 56 8 0 7 54 5 61 6 2 4 54 5 49 9 1 6 53 3 74 1 0 1 11 1 2 14 0 3 124 5 62 0 0 1 5 0 10 1 0 4 49 2 23 5 0 1 55 0 37 51 3 34 469 22 374 -20% -43% 16% 43% -21% 15% -6% -23% -26% 19% -1% 0% 3 Q2 2021/22 Comparison 3 Year Average Change Airdrie Community Board Bellshill Community Board Coatbridge Community Board Cumbernauld Community Board Kilsyth Community Board Total Incidents Motherwell Community Board North Corridor Community Board Shotts Community Board Wishaw Community Board Accidental Dwelling Fires Deliberate Fire Setting Non- Domestic Fire Safety Accidental Dwelling Fire Casualties Unintentional Injury and Harm Unwanted Fire Alarm Signals Local Fire and Rescue Service Plan Priorities This report provides an overview of Scottish Fire and Rescue Services (SFRS) performance for reporting period July - September 2022/23 for the local authority area North Lanarkshire (NL). We are committed to ensuring that the resources serving the communities within NL are maximised and focused on the delivery of positive outcomes at every opportunity. Thisapplies to allour activitiesincluding operationalincidentsand communitysafetyengagement. NL's Local Fire and Rescue Plan sets out how the SFRS will meet the Strategic Aims as defined within the SFRS Strategic Plan 2019-2022. This plan is aligned to the Community Planning Partnership (CPP) structures within NL and will complement the localtargetedactivitiesfocusedonbythe CommunitySafety Sub Groups (CSSGs)and LocalArea Teams(LATs). The outcomes detailed within this report are based on SFRS identified operational demand within our 9 Community Boards, which require a targeted approach by all relevant partners to deliver a joint solution and reduce the impact of fire in each board. The current commitment to our stakeholders will continue to improve through the support and drive of all NL partners,to providea betterstreamlinedjoint approachto improvingoutcomesfor thepeopleand communitiesofNL. About the statistics within this report The activity totals and other statistics quoted within this report are published in the interests of transparency and openness. They are provisional in nature and subject to change as a result of ongoing quality assurance and review. Because all statistics quoted are provisional there may be a difference in the period totals quoted in our reports after local publication which result from revisions or additions to the data in our systems. The Scottish Government publishes officialstatistics eachyearwhich allowforcomparisonstobe made overlongerperiodsoftime. Activity levels have reduced Activity levels have remainedlevel Activity levels have increased Page 25 of 79
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North Lanarkshire Activity Summary 4 0 500 1000 1500 2000 2017/18 2018/19 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23 North Lanarkshire Operational Trends Total Incidents All Fires All Special Services All False Alarms 33% 15% 52% 41% 13% 47% All Fires All Special Services All False Alarms Annual Average 3 Year Average 24.97% 16.49% 15.75% 11.82% 10.81% 3.60% 3.47% 3.27% 2.20% 1.74% 1.47% 1.47% 1.34% 0.80% 0.80% False Alarm (UFAS) Refuse Fire Outdoor Fire False Alarm (Dwelling) False Alarm (Good Intent) Dwelling Fire Special Service -… Vehicle Fire Other Primary Fire Special Service - Assist… Other Building Fire Special Service - No… Special Service - RTC Special Service - Flooding Special Service - Other… Top 15 Incidents Types by % 00:00 01:00 02:00 03:00 04:00 05:00 06:00 07:00 08:00 09:00 10:00 11:00 12:00 13:00 14:00 15:00 16:00 17:00 18:00 19:00 20:00 21:00 22:00 23:00 Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun 642 Fires Primary & Secondary Special Services197 False Alarms 732 11% TotalNumber of Incidents 1306 15% Fire & Non-Fire Casualties 43 -9% Economiccost of UFAS Incidents £736,780 Activityby Time of Day -3% Incidents by Classification *data above is year on year change 00:00 01:00 02:00 03:00 04:00 05:00 06:00 07:00 08:00 09:00 10:00 11:00 12:00 13:00 14:00 15:00 16:00 17:00 18:00 19:00 20:00 21:00 22:00 23:00 Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun 00:00 01:00 02:00 03:00 04:00 05:00 06:00 07:00 08:00 09:00 10:00 11:00 12:00 13:00 14:00 15:00 16:00 17:00 18:00 19:00 20:00 21:00 22:00 23:00 Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun 00:00 01:00 02:00 03:00 04:00 05:00 06:00 07:00 08:00 09:00 10:00 11:00 12:00 13:00 14:00 15:00 16:00 17:00 18:00 19:00 20:00 21:00 22:00 23:00 Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun 00:00 01:00 02:00 03:00 04:00 05:00 06:00 07:00 08:00 09:00 10:00 11:00 12:00 13:00 14:00 15:00 16:00 17:00 18:00 19:00 20:00 21:00 22:00 23:00 Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun 00:00 01:00 02:00 03:00 04:00 05:00 06:00 07:00 08:00 09:00 10:00 11:00 12:00 13:00 14:00 15:00 16:00 17:00 18:00 19:00 20:00 21:00 22:00 23:00 Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun 00:00 01:00 02:00 03:00 04:00 05:00 06:00 07:00 08:00 09:00 10:00 11:00 12:00 13:00 14:00 15:00 16:00 17:00 18:00 19:00 20:00 21:00 22:00 23:00 Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun 00:00 01:00 02:00 03:00 04:00 05:00 06:00 07:00 08:00 09:00 10:00 11:00 12:00 13:00 14:00 15:00 16:00 17:00 18:00 19:00 20:00 21:00 22:00 23:00 Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun 00:00 01:00 02:00 03:00 04:00 05:00 06:00 07:00 08:00 09:00 10:00 11:00 12:00 13:00 14:00 15:00 16:00 17:00 18:00 19:00 20:00 21:00 22:00 23:00 Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun 00:00 01:00 02:00 03:00 04:00 05:00 06:00 07:00 08:00 09:00 10:00 11:00 12:00 13:00 14:00 15:00 16:00 17:00 18:00 19:00 20:00 21:00 22:00 23:00 Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun 00:00 01:00 02:00 03:00 04:00 05:00 06:00 07:00 08:00 09:00 10:00 11:00 12:00 13:00 14:00 15:00 16:00 17:00 18:00 19:00 20:00 21:00 22:00 23:00 Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun 00:00 01:00 02:00 03:00 04:00 05:00 06:00 07:00 08:00 09:00 10:00 11:00 12:00 13:00 14:00 15:00 16:00 17:00 18:00 19:00 20:00 21:00 22:00 23:00 Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun 00:00 01:00 02:00 03:00 04:00 05:00 06:00 07:00 08:00 09:00 10:00 11:00 12:00 13:00 14:00 15:00 16:00 17:00 18:00 19:00 20:00 21:00 22:00 23:00 Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun 00:00 01:00 02:00 03:00 04:00 05:00 06:00 07:00 08:00 09:00 10:00 11:00 12:00 13:00 14:00 15:00 16:00 17:00 18:00 19:00 20:00 21:00 22:00 23:00 Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun 00:00 01:00 02:00 03:00 04:00 05:00 06:00 07:00 08:00 09:00 10:00 11:00 12:00 13:00 14:00 15:00 16:00 17:00 18:00 19:00 20:00 21:00 22:00 23:00 Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun 00:00 01:00 02:00 03:00 04:00 05:00 06:00 07:00 08:00 09:00 10:00 11:00 12:00 13:00 14:00 15:00 16:00 17:00 18:00 19:00 20:00 21:00 22:00 23:00 Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun 00:00 01:00 02:00 03:00 04:00 05:00 06:00 07:00 08:00 09:00 10:00 11:00 12:00 13:00 14:00 15:00 16:00 17:00 18:00 19:00 20:00 21:00 22:00 23:00 Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun 00:00 01:00 02:00 03:00 04:00 05:00 06:00 07:00 08:00 09:00 10:00 11:00 12:00 13:00 14:00 15:00 16:00 17:00 18:00 19:00 20:00 21:00 22:00 23:00 Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun 00:00 01:00 02:00 03:00 04:00 05:00 06:00 07:00 08:00 09:00 10:00 11:00 12:00 13:00 14:00 15:00 16:00 17:00 18:00 19:00 20:00 21:00 22:00 23:00 Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun 00:00 01:00 02:00 03:00 04:00 05:00 06:00 07:00 08:00 09:00 10:00 11:00 12:00 13:00 14:00 15:00 16:00 17:00 18:00 19:00 20:00 21:00 22:00 23:00 Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun 29% Page 26 of 79
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-20% -6% 5 Main Source of Ignition Q2 2022/23 3 Year Average 63% Detection Actuated Automatic Detection & Actuation Domestic Safety - Accidental Dwelling Fires Dom Detection Present 80% Calls Made via Linked Alarms 100% 33 23 14 9 5 Cooking appliance Not known Electricity supply Other domestic style appliance Vehicles only Main Source of Ignition 84 62 61 64 51 2018/19 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23 31% 24% 47% 25% No Firefighting Action Direct Firefighting NoHeat/Smoke Damage No FireDamage Alcohol/Drug Impairment 24% Distraction 25% 14% Bellshill 16% 12% Coatbridge Cumbernauld Kilsyth Motherwell North Corridor Shotts 18% 2% 27% 2% 10%0% Wishaw Airdrie Performance Summary Severity of Accidental Dwelling Fires Human Factors AccidentalDwelling Fires Activity by Board Area (% share) There has been a reduction in the number of Accidental Dwelling Fires (ADFs) this reporting period. Against Q2 2021/22 we have seen a decrease of 20%, along with a decrease of 6% against the 3 year average. From the 51 ADFs recorded in NL, the highest percentage (27%) was recorded in the Motherwell Community Board Area, followed by Cumbernauld Community Board Area 18% and Bellshill Community Board Area 16%. The main source of all ADF incidents are cooking appliances. Distraction and drug/alcohol impairment was a factor in 49% of all recorded ADFs. Detection was present at 80% of all ADF's. Earlydetectionhasplayeda key rolein minimising damagetopropertywith 72%ofattendancesrecordingno damage. Accidental DwellingFires 0 50 100 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Accidental Dwelling Fires Page 27 of 79
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-43% -23% 6 Q3 2020/21 3 Year Average Domestic Safety - Accidental Dwelling Fire Casualties Overcome by gas, smoke or toxic fumes Not known Other Burns - slight Smoke inhalation 43% 0% 14% 14% 14% 14% 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 - 9 10 - 19 20 - 49 50 - 79 80+ Male 40% Female 60% 22 14 14 14 8 2018/19 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23 Accidental Dwelling Fires Casualties Airdrie 0% Bellshill 0% 67% Coatbridge Cumbernauld Kilsyth Motherwell North Corridor Shotts 33% 0% 0% 0% 0%0% Wishaw Unin First Aidat Scene Hospital -Serious Injuries Hospital-Slight Injuries 0% 14% 71% Fatality 14% Performance Summary Nature of Injury Extent of Harm Age / Gender Profile AccidentalDwelling Fire Casualties by Board Area (%share) SFRS in NL have recorded a 43% reduction in Accidental Dwelling Fire Casualties against last years figures as well as a 23% reduction against the3 yearaverage. There was a total of 8 casualties recorded within NL in total, with 5 of those requiring first aid at the scene and 1 being hospitalised with only slight injuries. Sadly 1 fatality was recorded in Cumbernauld as a result of an ADF during Q2 2022/23. An extensive Post Domestic Incident Response (PDIR) was carried out on the back of the Cumbernauld incident to offer reassuarance to the Cumbernauld Community andto ensure they had smoke detection. SFRS engaged with 86 people during thisPDIR, resultingin 46 HFSV's. 0 10 20 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Accidental Dwelling Fires Casualties Page 28 of 79
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16% -26% 7 Q3 2020/21 3 Year Average Unintentional Injury and Harm Fracture Collapse Not known Cuts/Lacerations Other physical Back / Neck injury (spinal) 24% 15% 12% 9% 9% 9% 0 4 9 7 01 0 4 4 7 0 - 9 10 - 19 20 - 49 50 - 79 80+ Male 56% Female 44% Airdrie Bellshill 21% 12% Coatbridge Cumbernauld Kilsyth Shotts 18% 3% 9% 12% 3%3% 21% North Corridor Motherwell Wishaw Road Traffic Collision Water Rescue Assisting Other Agencies 29% 0%71% First Aid at Scene Hospital -Serious Injuries Hospital -Slight Injuries 18% 44% 26% Fatality 12% ies 65 78 47 32 37 2018/19 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23 Deliberate PerformanceSummary Nature of Injury Extent of Harm Non-FireEmergency Activity Age / Gender Profile Non-FireCasualties by Board Area (% share) Non-Fire Casualties 0 20 40 60 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Unintentional Injury + Harm NL has recorded 37 Non Fire Casualties this quarter which is aslight increaseon thefigure reportedin Q2 2021/22. Sadly we recorded 4 fatalities in NL. 1 as the result of an RTC on the A725 Bellshill, the other 3 fatalities were discovered whilst assisting partner agencies to gain access to properties. From the 37 casualties recorded as unintentional harm, 29% occurred when SFRS were attending road traffic collisions. 71% of the casualties were recorded whilst providingassistanceto otheragencies. Page 29 of 79
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43% 19% 8 Q3 2020/21 3 Year Average Deliberate Fire Setting Airdrie Bellshill 12% 12% Coatbridge Cumbernauld Kilsyth Motherwell North Corridor Shotts 11% 2% 26% 10% 12%1% 14% Wishaw 394 296 303 327 469 2018/19 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23 23% 16% 17% 16% 15% 12% 77% 84% 83% 84% 85% 88% 2017/18 2018/19 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23 Primary Secondary 5% 7% 43% 45% Other Buildings Dwellings Vehicles Other Primary 55% 45% Refuse Other Secondary 1275 1401 1364 1343 1361 1571 209 330 245 255 278 413 2017/18 2018/19 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23 All Incidents Deliberate Secondary Fires PerformanceSummary Deliberate Fires by Classification Primary Fire Ratio by Activity Type Secondary Fire Ratio by Activity Type Deliberate Fires Compared to OperationalActivity Deliberate Fires by Board Area (% share) SFRS in NL has recorded a 43% increase this quarter compared to Q2 2022/23. Against the 3 year average, we have also recorded an increase of 19%. From the 413 deliberate fires in NL, Motherwell Community Board Area recorded 27% and Airdrie Community Board recorded 13% of all incidents ofthis type. 81% of all deliberate fires attended were secondary fires with primary fires making up the other 19%. During Q2 2022/23 we have attended 177 deliberate secondary fires, 62% of these where recorded as refuse fires, whilst 38% have been recorded as other secondary fires. Vehicle fires remain the main target of primary fires (45%) and dwelling fires account for26% ofour total. We continue to work with Police Scotland and partner agencies to tackle deliberate fire setting. We currently have 13 Young people participating in our Fire setters programme. Deliberate Fires 0 100 200 300 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Deliberate Fire Setting Page 30 of 79
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-21% -1% 9 Q3 2020/21 3 Year Average Non Domestic Fire Safety 38 23 27 28 22 2018/19 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23 Non Domestic Fires Airdrie Bellshill 23% 23% Coatbridge Cumbernauld Kilsyth Motherwell North Corridor Shotts 14% 5% 23% 9% 0%0% 5% Wishaw 73% 18% 9% Accidental Deliberate Not Known 36% 14% 32% 41% No Firefighting Action Direct Firefighting Heat/SmokeDamage No FireDamage 4 3 3 2 2 2 1 1 Non Residential, Private Garden… Non Residential, Private garage Warehouses and bulk storage,… Other Residential, Hotel/motel Food and Drink, Takeaway, fast… Non Residential, Other private… Residential Home, Nursing/Care Non Residential, Sports… Performance Summary Non-Domestic Fires by Nature of Origin Non-Domestic Fires by Board Area (% share) Severity of Non-DomesticFires Non-Domestic Fires by Main Premises Type NL has recorded 22 fires within non-domestic buildings during Q2 2022/23 which is a decrease of 6 against Q2 2021/22. The 3 year average has seen a reduction of 1%. Of the 22 total incidents attended, 41% recorded having had no fire damage tothe premisesand 6 requiredno firefighting actionbetaken. SFRS attended 4 incidents at non residential, private garden sheds, with the majority of all incidents of this type occuring in Bellshill, Coatbridge and Motherwell Community Board Areas. We continue to engage with duty holders, education premisesand thewider communityto provideguidance to reduce attendancesto thesetypesofincidents. 21 22 23 24 25 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Non Domestic Fire Safety Page 31 of 79
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15% 0% 10 Q3 2020/21 3 Year Average Unwanted Fire Alarm Signals 299 376 362 326 374 2018/19 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23 Airdrie Bellshill 16% 13% Coatbridge Kilsyth Motherwell North Corridor Shotts 20% 1% 17% 6% 10%3% 15% Cumbernauld Wishaw 8% 8% 8% 6% 6% Offices and call centres, Purpose built office Residential Home, Nursing/Care Warehouses and bulk storage, Warehouse Industrial Manufacturing, Factory Education, Secondary school 24% UFAS Percentage Against all Incidents UFAS Percentage Against all False Alarms 51% Human Influenceand Alarm Activations 87% 0.0 1.0 2.0 3.0 4.0 5.0 6.0 Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun Performance Summary Unwanted Fire Alarm Signals Unwanted Fire AlarmSignals by Board Area (% share) UnwantedFire Alarm Signals - Top 5 Premises Unwanted Fire Alarm Signals Activity Ratios Average UnwantedFire Alarm Signals per Day Compared against Q2 2021/22, SFRS in NL has recorded an increase of 15% in the number of UFAS incidents that we have attended. We are also level against the 3 year average. UFAS incidents made up 24% of all incidents fire crews in NL attendedwithinQ2 2022/23. UFAS incidents made up 51% of all false alarms that we attended, with human influence affecting 87% of all false alarms. We actively work towards our UFAS demand reduction targets and encourage crews and enforcement staff to engage in proactive interventions whilst in attendance at these incidents. We continue to work closely with local schools, industry and residentialhomesalongwithourongoingcommitmentto reducing attendancesto ourlocalhospitals. 0 100 200 300 400 500 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 UFAS Page 32 of 79
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High 203 Medium 256 Low 183 Stepps 13 Shotts 4 Kilsyth 15 Motherwell 161 Cumbernauld 193 Coatbridge 177 Bellshill 75 11 Community Engagement In Q2 2022/23, SFRS in NL continued to adopt our covid safety measures, enabling us to carry out HFSV's to those most at risk through our engagementworkand partnerreferrals. NL fire crewsand prevention& protectionstaff completed 638 HFSV's during Q2 2022/23, 32% of which recorded a high risk rating. This showcases our commitment to ensuring we continue to engage with the most vulnerable members of our community. We actively promote our #Make the Call campaign. High 32% Medium 40% Low 28% Home Fire Safety Visit Risk Ratings 13 4 15 161 193 177 75 0 50 100 150 200 250 Stepps Shotts Kilsyth Motherwell Cumbernauld Coatbridge Bellshill Home Fire Safety Visits Completed by Community Fire Station Home Fire Safety Visits 638 Page 33 of 79
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12 Community Engagement Motherwell Fire Station Open Day Motherwell Fire Station hosted an Open day in August. This was a very well attended event. The event was supported by Police Scotland, Scottish Ambulance Service, NL Council, NHS and a widerangeoflocalcharities. We were able to offer a free fun day for the local community whilst targeting some of our important safety messages around water safety, road safety and also promote Home Fire Safety Visits. Wealso raised£500forThe Firefighterscharityand Familysupporttrust. Campus Advocate Lanarkshire are trialling a Campus Advocate within Calderhead High School in Shotts. The aim of this is to embed an SFRS contact within the school to build up a rapport with pupils to try and reduce Secondary Fires and anti-social behaviour across the Fortissat Ward. The Fortissat Ward statistically has the highest number of secondary fires within the Lanarkshire Area. The programme is set out to reduce secondary fires/anti-social behaviour. We also deliver Water Safety and Road Safety messages to young people in the community as well as promoting the Youth Volunteer Scheme. Page 34 of 79
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13 Road Safety Crews and members of the Community action team have been at Secondary Schools across North Lanarkshire. They have been talking to young people that are at the age where they are about to start driving, teaching themaboutroadsafetyand the hazardsthey couldfaceonthe road. Our community action team have all now received the training onour VR headsets. This is a fantastic tool for promoting road safety as it puts the wearer in the vehicle as a passenger at the scene of a roadtrafficcollision. Page 35 of 79
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North Lanarkshire Council Report Community Safety Partnership Does this report require to be approved? ☐ Yes ☒ No Ref SP/MC Date 28/11/22 Water Safety Report From Stephen Penman, Head of Strategic Communication E-mail costellom@northlan.gov.uk Telephone 07725289551 1. Background 1.1 PAWS is a multi-agency approach to improving water safety that encompasses the knowledge and experience of individuals and organisations in our communities that best understand, and can manage, risks in and around water in the area It is a Partnership of equals sharing the responsibility for identifying and addressing water safety risks in the area. PAWS looks at three aspects of water safety: Prevention Executive Summary Board to understand the work ongoing in relation to the preparation of a Partnership Approach to Water Safety (PAWS) document for North Lanarkshire and agree that a finalised document will be presented at a future meeting. Recommendations It is recommended that the Community Safety Committee: Recognise the partnership work undertaken to date and agree to participate in further consultation and the work on the document progresses.. The Plan for North Lanarkshire Priority Improve the health and wellbeing of our communities Ambition statement (17) Ensure we keep our environment clean, safe, and attractive AGENDA ITEM 5 Page 37 of 79
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Pro-active activities that reduce the likelihood of a water emergency occurring by raising awareness of safety issues, and by educating the public on how to be safe in and around water in our communities Improved Response Effective response to water emergency incidents through multi-agency exercises and training the public how to react to incidents safely. Review Implementation of the Drowning & Incident Review (DIR) after significant incidents to ensure learning from water emergency incidents to gain an understanding of the contributory factors and make interventions that may prevent similar events from occurring. Water safety is a complicated subject that will require the input and co-operation of many organisations and individuals to address. PAWS provides a clear framework to assist in this area of partnership working. 2. Report Lanarkshire PAWS Group 2.1 A Lanarkshire PAWS Group has been set up and has to date had 2 meetings. Members of the group include:- Local Authority Scottish Fire and Rescue Police Scotland Water Safety Scotland Scottish canals 2.2 A draft document has been created in line with best practice and this document, on completion of the draft, will be shared more widely as part of local consultation. The document has been shared with council colleagues, Police Scotland and SFRS to date and wider partners will be consulted in due course. 2.3 The PAWS Group aims to build upon existing good practices currently undertaken by partner agencies across NL and to allocate responsibilities in a clear framework agreeable to all agencies concerned and formalise them into agreed actions that are reported into the Community Planning Partnership. This co-ordinated and proactive approach will assist in the delivery of emergency response to, and education in the prevention of, water emergency incidents and is consistent with the targets of Scotland’s Drowning Prevention Strategy 2.4 A pan Lanarkshire approach has been considered best practice and this has been the approach taken initially to the development of the PAWS and colleagues from South Lanarkshire have engaged initially in the project and further work will be undertaken in relation to progressing this approach, however, a NLC version of this document seems to most likely outcome. Page 38 of 79
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3. Measures of success 3.1 Creation of a Partnership Approach to Water Safety document and a representative group to promote this are of work following consultation with all partners as required 4. Supporting documentation 4.1 N/A Stephen Penman Head of Strategic Communication Page 39 of 79
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5. Impacts ( http://connect/report-template-guidance ) 5.1 Public Sector Equality Duty and Fairer Scotland Duty Does the report contain information that has an impact as a result of the Public Sector Equality Duty and/or Fairer Scotland Duty? Yes ☐ No ☒ If Yes, please provide a brief summary of the impact? If Yes, has an assessment been carried out and published on the council’s website? https://www.northlanarkshire.gov.uk/your-community/equalities/equality-and-fairer- scotland-duty-impact-assessments Yes ☐ No ☐ 5.2 Financial impact Does the report contain any financial impacts? Yes ☐ No ☒ If Yes, have all relevant financial impacts have been discussed and agreed with Financial Solutions? Yes ☐ No ☐ If Yes, please provide a brief summary of the impact? 5.3 HR policy impact Does the report contain any HR policy or procedure impacts? Yes ☐ No ☒ If Yes, have all relevant HR impacts have been discussed and agreed with People and Organisational Development? Yes ☐ No ☐ If Yes, please provide a brief summary of the impact? 5.4 Legal impact Does the report contain any legal impacts (such as general legal matters, statutory considerations (including employment law considerations), or new legislation)? Yes ☐ No ☒ If Yes, have all relevant legal impacts have been discussed and agreed with Legal and Democratic Solutions? Yes ☐ No ☐ If Yes, please provide a brief summary of the impact? 5.5 Data protection impact Does the report / project / practice contain or involve the processing of personal data? Yes ☐ No ☒ If Yes, is the processing of this personal data likely to result in a high risk to the data subject? Yes ☐ No ☐ If Yes, has a Data Protection Impact Assessment (DPIA) been carried out and e- mailed to dataprotection@northlan.gov.uk Yes ☐ No ☐ 5.6 Technology / Digital impact Does the report contain information that has an impact on either technology, digital transformation, service redesign / business change processes, data management, or connectivity / broadband / Wi-Fi? Yes ☐ No ☒ If Yes, please provide a brief summary of the impact? Page 40 of 79
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Where the impact identifies a requirement for technology, has an assessment been carried out (or scheduled) by the Enterprise Architecture Governance Group (EAGG)? Yes ☐ No ☐ 5.7 Environmental / Carbon impact Does the report / project / practice contain information that has an impact on any environmental or carbon matters? Yes ☐ No ☒ If Yes, please provide a brief summary of the impact? 5.8 Communications impact Does the report contain any information that has an impact on the council’s communications activities? Yes ☒ No ☐ If Yes, please provide a brief summary of the impact? Work has been ongoing with Corporate Communications throughout the development of the PAWS approach and will continue through the consultation and engagement process 5.9 Risk impact Is there a risk impact? Yes ☐ No ☒ If Yes, please provide a brief summary of the key risks and potential impacts, highlighting where the risk(s) are assessed and recorded (e.g. Corporate or Service or Project Risk Registers), and how they are managed? Page 41 of 79
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North Lanarkshire Council Report Community Safety Partnership Forum Does this report require to be approved? ☒ Yes ☐ No Ref MC/SP/BL Date 02/09/22 Annual Review of the Community Safety Strategy 2020/21-2021/22 From Stephen Penman, Head of Strategic Communication E-mail penmanste@northlan.gov.uk Telephone 07947 997750 1. Background 1.1 An all-encompassing Community Safety Strategy was approved at the Community Empowerment Committee in February 2021. The strategy covers a broad range of community safety activity, building on the existing community partnership arrangements which are in place within North Lanarkshire. The strategy also fulfilled the requirement to publish an Antisocial Behaviour Strategy. This integrated approach Executive Summary Effective community safety partnership arrangements have been in place for some time in North Lanarkshire to make communities safe and feel safer for everyone to prosper. These partnership arrangements adopt a holistic, integrated approach to improving community safety in North Lanarkshire, recognising the interconnectedness of the various aspects of community safety which align with The Plan for North Lanarkshire. The Community Safety Strategy is the overarching strategy on community safety issues and comprises the requirements set out in the Antisocial Behaviour etc. (Scotland) Act 2004, which places a duty on local authorities and the relevant chief constable to publish a strategy setting out how it will tackle antisocial behaviour in its area. The purpose of this report is to advise the Forum of the progress made on the strategic priorities and actions in the Annual Review of the Community Safety Strategy, which covers the period 2021-2022. Recommendations It is recommended that the Community Safety Partnership Forum: (1) Note the progress made to date in relation to the actions in the Community Safety Strategy for the period 2021-2022. (2) Approve the Annual Review of the Community Safety Strategy 2021-2022. The Plan for North Lanarkshire Priority All priorities Ambition statement All ambition statements AGENDA ITEM 6 Page 43 of 79
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is intended to better utilise and target resources and community safety activity through North Lanarkshire Partnership to improve outcomes for individuals and communities in North Lanarkshire. 2. Report 2.1 The vision for community safety set out in the strategy is to: ‘Make North Lanarkshire a better place to live, work and visit through integrated partnership working to build strong, inclusive, vibrant, engaged communities, where homes, workplaces, and public spaces are safe and feel safe for everyone to prosper’. 2.2 This vision is aligned with the ambition set out in the Plan for North Lanarkshire and requires a partnership approach to deliver the actions and priorities set out in the strategy. 2.3 The annual review of the Community Safety Strategy 2021-2022 has now been prepared on progress in relation to the corresponding actions. Community Safety Strategy Priorities 2.4 The Community Safety Strategy 2020-2025 set out five key strategic priorities which are underpinned by the following five key themes: • Effective Community Involvement, Influence and Ownership; • Strong Partnership Working, Governance and Decision Making; • Tackling Inequalities; • Prevention and Early Intervention; and • Place Based Approach. 2.5 These themes, developed through consultation with stakeholders and the community, set out the fundamental aspects of the approach to be taken by community planning partners to improve community safety in North Lanarkshire. The five priority areas for action in the Community Safety Strategy are to: • Effectively tackle antisocial behaviour; • Reduce serious violence and disorder; • Reduce harm from unintentional injury and fire; • Tackle Gender Based Violence and protect people at risk of harm; and • Improve road safety. Progress on the Community Safety Strategy Actions Performance Indicators 2.6 A range of corresponding actions are set out within the strategy to achieve the five strategic priorities. There are 57 actions agreed which involve North Lanarkshire Council (including Housing, Transportation and Education), Police Scotland, Fire and Rescue Service, North Lanarkshire Health and Social Care Partnership and North Lanarkshire Violence Against Women Partnership. Of these actions 42 actions are on track (Green), 11 actions have minor delays (Amber), there are no actions which have significant delays (Red) and one action requires further partnership discussion. Three actions to improve road safety are no longer progressed within North Lanarkshire Council, following the removal of the Road Safety Education Team in April 2020 approved by council. Page 44 of 79
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2.7 The COVID-19 pandemic presented significant challenges on the delivery of services and now as services have resumed in operation following the COVID-19 restrictions, demand has heightened, contributing to delays and placing capacity pressures on services. Nonetheless, creativity has been demonstrated in responding to community safety issues such as providing online platforms to report hate crime, using telephone contact in the prevention of accidental dwelling fires and developing online Suicide ALERT awareness training during lockdown restrictions which will now continue on an ongoing basis. 2.8 Performance indicators are presented in the Annual Review of the Community Safety Strategy 2021-2022. The key indicators and changes in the past year as well as some notable trends are summarised as follows: • The pattern of antisocial behaviour contacts has decreased in the past year following a period of an increasing trend at the time of writing the strategy. • Overall crime has continued to decrease in the past year, which has been the pattern over the past five years. • Hate crime has reduced in the past year, following a previous increase in trend. • The number of detections for drugs has continued to decrease in the past year. • Accidental dwelling fires decreased in the past year and causalities in accidental dwelling fires have reduced by 30.4% from 2020/21 to 2021/22. • In the past year, the rate of falls has decreased, although the long-term trend has increased from 2011/12 to 2020/21. • There had been a long-term increasing trend in the number of emergency admissions due to unintentional injury, however, in the past year, there has been a decrease of 16.7% due to a direct impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. • The suicide rate is above the national level in Scotland. • The number of domestic abuse cases reported to Police Scotland have decreased slightly by 3% in the past year. • Referrals to Violence Against Women Partnership have continued to increase, 12.8% over the past three years (2019/20 to 2021/22). • There has been an increase of 19.6% in the number of people seriously injured by road accidents. • Dangerous driving convictions have decreased by 25.3% in the past year. • The number of people charged for disqualified driving, driving without a licence, driving without insurance, driving whilst using a mobile have all decreased in the past year. • Driving without a seatbelt has increased in the past year. 2.9 Over the period of the strategy, significant work has been undertaken to improve Contextual Safeguarding in North Lanarkshire. Contextual Safeguarding is an approach to protecting young people who are at risk of extra-familial abuse. It supports a shift in practice in which child protection professionals and partners actively take steps to make the places in which young people have experienced abuse, safer. Such places include transport hubs, schools, communities and online. It also supports agencies develop practice, systems and structures for identifying, assessing and intervening with contexts and groups in which young people are at risk of significant harm. Three new actions have been included in the Community Safety Strategy Action Plan in relation to Contextual Safeguarding: • We will undertake multi-agency training in contextual safeguarding to ensure that staff are confident in assessing and intervening within contexts and groups where young people are at risk of significant harm in the community. Page 45 of 79
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• We will create a system where protective actions are taken in respect of locations where young people have been or may be harmed. • We will work with local communities to make places for young people safer. 2.10 The Community Safety Strategy is a five-year plan, progress on the new actions and existing actions will continue to be reviewed and reported annually through the Community Safety Partnership, People and Communities Committee and existing community planning structures, including the Community Boards. 3. Measures of success 3.1 Approval of the Community Safety Strategy Annual Review and the continued delivery of the actions and priorities set out within the Community Safety Strategy. 4. Supporting documentation 4.1 Appendix - Annual Progress Review of the Community Safety Strategy 2021-2022. Stephen Penman, Head of Strategic Communication 5. Impacts ( http://connect/report-template-guidance ) 5.1 Public Sector Equality Duty and Fairer Scotland Duty Does the report contain information that has an impact as a result of the Public Sector Equality Duty and/or Fairer Scotland Duty? Yes ☒ No ☐ If Yes, please provide a brief summary of the impact? The equality impact assessment for the Annual Review of the Community Safety Strategy 2020/21-2021/22 has identified a positive impact associated with all protected characteristics given the broad scope of the strategy and corresponding actions If Yes, has an assessment been carried out and published on the council’s website? https://www.northlanarkshire.gov.uk/your-community/equalities/equality-and-fairer- scotland-duty-impact-assessments Yes ☒ No ☐ 5.2 Financial impact Does the report contain any financial impacts? Yes ☐ No ☒ No financial impact has been identified in relation to this strategy at this time. If Yes, have all relevant financial impacts have been discussed and agreed with Financial Solutions? Yes ☐ No ☒ Page 46 of 79
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If Yes, please provide a brief summary of the impact? 5.3 HR policy impact Does the report contain any HR policy or procedure impacts? Yes ☐ No ☒ No HR policy impacts in relation to this strategy have been identified at this time. If Yes, have all relevant HR impacts have been discussed and agreed with People and Organisational Development? Yes ☐ No ☒ If Yes, please provide a brief summary of the impact? 5.4 Legal impact Does the report contain any legal impacts (such as general legal matters, statutory considerations (including employment law considerations), or new legislation)? Yes ☐ No ☒ No legal impact has been identified in relation to this strategy at this time. If Yes, have all relevant legal impacts have been discussed and agreed with Legal and Democratic Solutions? Yes ☐ No ☒ If Yes, please provide a brief summary of the impact? 5.5 Data protection impact Does the report / project / practice contain or involve the processing of personal data? Yes ☐ No ☒ If Yes, is the processing of this personal data likely to result in a high risk to the data subject? Yes ☐ No ☒ No data protection impact has been identified in this strategy at this time. If Yes, has a Data Protection Impact Assessment (DPIA) been carried out and e- mailed to dataprotection@northlan.gov.uk Yes ☐ No ☒ 5.6 Technology / Digital impact Does the report contain information that has an impact on either technology, digital transformation, service redesign / business change processes, data management, or connectivity / broadband / Wi-Fi? Yes ☐ No ☒ No technology/digital impact has been identified in this strategy at this time. If Yes, please provide a brief summary of the impact? Where the impact identifies a requirement for technology, has an assessment been carried out (or scheduled) by the Enterprise Architecture Governance Group (EAGG)? Yes ☐ No ☒ Page 47 of 79
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5.7 Environmental / Carbon impact Does the report / project / practice contain information that has an impact on any environmental or carbon matters? Yes ☐ No ☒ No environmental/carbon impact has been identified in this strategy at this time. If Yes, please provide a brief summary of the impact? 5.8 Communications impact Does the report contain any information that has an impact on the council’s communications activities? Yes ☐ No ☒ No communication impact has been identified in this strategy at this time. If Yes, please provide a brief summary of the impact? 5.9 Risk impact Is there a risk impact? Yes ☐ No ☒ There are no significant or moderate risks identified in relation to this report and any risks associated with the strategy are recorded on the council’s risk register and managed accordingly. If Yes, please provide a brief summary of the key risks and potential impacts, highlighting where the risk(s) are assessed and recorded (e.g., Corporate or Service or Project Risk Registers), and how they are managed? Page 48 of 79
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Improving Community Safety in North Lanarkshire – A Strategy to Improve Lives 2 Contents 1. Introduction 3 Strategic Context 3 Local Context 3 Measuring and Reporting on Progress 4 2. Our Strategic Priorities, Actions and Progress 4 Strategic Priority 1: To effectively tackle antisocial behaviour 4 Strategic Priority 2: To reduce serious violence and disorder 7 Strategic Priority 3: To reduce harm from unintentional injury and fire 10 Strategic Priority 4: To tackle Gender Based Violence and protect people at risk of harm 15 Strategic Priority 5: To improve road safety 18 3. Annex – Progress on Community Safety Strategy Indicators and Actions 21 Page 50 of 79
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Improving Community Safety in North Lanarkshire – A Strategy to Improve Lives 3 Introduction Strategic Context The Scottish Government’s vision for a Safer and Stronger Scotland provides the national context for all community safety activity to help local communities to flourish, becoming stronger, safer places to live, offering improved opportunities and a better quality of life. The National Performance Framework (2018) provides the mechanism for directing and monitoring progress on community safety in Scotland with the Community Safety Strategy specifically contributing to “we live in communities that are inclusive, empowered, resilient and safe”. The Community Safety Strategy also aligns with the Justice in Scotland: Vision and Priorities (2017) and the Scottish Government’s Building Safer Communities (BSC) Partnership Programme. Our Community Safety Strategy also fulfils the requirement under The Antisocial Behaviour etc. (Scotland) Act 2004 which places a duty on local authorities and the relevant chief constable to publish a strategy setting out how it will tackle antisocial behaviour in its area. Given this national context, the Community Safety Strategy now tackles a broader range of community safety issues such as effective safeguarding, Gender-Based violence, community justice, counterterrorism, unintentional harm, home and fire safety while encompassing early intervention, prevention and empowerment of communities. Local Context Our vision for community safety is to: ‘Make North Lanarkshire a better place to live, work and visit through integrated partnership working to build strong, inclusive, vibrant, engaged communities, where homes, workplaces, and public spaces are safe and feel safe for everyone to prosper’. This is aligned with our overarching ambition set out in The Plan for North Lanarkshire. Community safety is pivotal to achieving our vision for North Lanarkshire and contributes to all five high level strategic priorities set out in The Plan. Community safety at a local level within North Lanarkshire is coordinated through the community safety sub-groups with representation from a wide range of partners as well as community involvement. The Community Safety Strategy 2020-2025 has five strategic priorities and corresponding actions. These strategic priorities are: • Priority 1: To effectively tackle antisocial behaviour Page 51 of 79
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Improving Community Safety in North Lanarkshire – A Strategy to Improve Lives 4 • Priority 2: To reduce serious violence and disorder • Priority 3: To reduce harm from unintentional injury and fire • Priority 4: To tackle Gender Based Violence and protect people at risk of harm • Priority 5: To improve road safety Measuring and Reporting on Progress This is the first Annual Review of the Community Safety Strategy since the production of Improving Community Safety in North Lanarkshire A Strategy To Improve Lives 2020-2025. This Annual Review is an update on progress on meeting these priorities and the corresponding actions highlighting successes and challenges, particularly the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic over the past two years on the delivery of services. The attached performance indicators highlight changes in performance over the two-year period 2020/21 to 2021/22. The action plan indicates the status of each action using green (on track), amber (minor delays) and red (significant delay). Our Strategic Priorities Priority 1: To effectively tackle antisocial behaviour Evidence tells us1: • Anti-social behaviour (ASB) contacts have decreased by 0.16% from 2020/21 to 2021/22. The ASB service changed in 2020/21, complaints where a tenant was involved were recorded but not included in the figure. Whereas in 2021/22, all complaints were progressed, for all tenures. As such, the decrease is anticipated to be higher than the reported figure. • Two-thirds (68.1%) of ASB contacts relate to domestic noise accounting for the majority of callouts, with 14.8% due to criminal activity and 12.4% as a result of harassment. • The top three categories of domestic noise complaints are loud music (29.7%), banging (24.6%) and shouting and swearing (20.2%). • Misuse of drugs (22.3%), violence (20.6%) and vandalism (18.4%) are the top three categories of criminal activity complaints. In addition, threats account for 15.8% of criminal activity complaints. 1 All evidence based on 2021/22 data available from Housing Solutions, North Lanarkshire Council Page 52 of 79
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Improving Community Safety in North Lanarkshire – A Strategy to Improve Lives 5 • 58.5% of ASB complaints are made from North Lanarkshire Council tenants, one-fifth (21.3%) are made from owner occupiers, 6.2% are from private sector tenants and 1.1% are by housing association tenants. • The majority of ASB subjects (those who are the subject of the complaint) are tenants living in council housing (68.2%). Owner occupiers account for 11.4% of ASB, 6.6% are private sector tenants, 3.7% are people living in homeless temporary accommodation and 1.6% are housing association tenants. • 9.3% of ASB contacts were from tenants in multi-storey towers. • Motherwell/Bellshill had the greatest ASB contacts in 2021/22 accounting for 33.3% of all ASB contacts. Just over one-quarter were in Coatbridge/Kilsyth at 26.1% of all contacts. • The majority of ASB contacts during 2021/22 were repeat contacts relating to a subject who had been reported on at least one other occasion. • Most ASB contacts were made out of hours, 59.4% compared to 40.4% contacts made during daytime hours. • The summer months of July and August have the highest numbers of ASB contacts, with 2021/22 experiencing a higher proportion during these months than the previous year. Progress on our Key Actions Antisocial Behaviour Response Service The Antisocial Behaviour Response Service has been reviewed to ensure efficacy in meeting local needs. The service is now located within the wider Community Safety Hub, recognising the inter-connectedness of the Antisocial Behaviour Response Service and alignment with other wider activity areas of the Community Safety Hub. Service level agreements have also been reviewed with RSL partners ensuring ASB services are being delivered across tenures. Environmental Changes in Public Spaces We work collaboratively to implement environmental changes to minimise antisocial behaviour in public spaces. We ensure that all new-build housing proposals must satisfy the principles of ‘Secure by Design’ achieving certification from Police Scotland and the provision of open space is reviewed as part of the planning application process. Page 53 of 79
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Improving Community Safety in North Lanarkshire – A Strategy to Improve Lives 6 In conjunction with partners the CCTV provision has been enhanced in areas across North Lanarkshire benefitting community safety in local communities. Through the Local Development Programme additional CCTV has been provided in Plains, Cumbernauld, Kilsyth, Bargeddie, Bellshill and Shotts. We developed the Juniper Initiative in response to antisocial behaviour in the Viewpark area. A partnership approach was adopted to tackle deliberate fire raising such as wheely bin fires. Additional Police patrols, use of CCTV cameras and engagement activity with local young people was undertaken. The initiative targeted the provision of wheely bin chains, padlocks and information leaflets to local people to help prevent wheely bin fires and reduce antisocial behaviour. This has been a positive partnership approach working in conjunction with local people. Evidence and Intelligence to Target Resources Police Scotland has positive partnership working with social work, Community Partnership Team, analytical department and the wider council to identify and challenge residents causing antisocial behaviour (ASB), providing additional support to victims of ASB, as well as offering intervention support to perpetrators of ASB which may assist prevention of future issues of ASB and crime from occurring. ASB disorder plans are in place which detail problematic locations, reflective of housing disclosures, police incidents and local intelligence received. Diversionary Activities We regularly visit the Saturday Night Project at various locations in North Lanarkshire to identify any new issues in order to deter and detect ASB. Relevant intelligence is shared as required and calls to premises such as nightclubs, pubs, convenience stores etc. are monitored daily with joint visits conducted in order to proactively address challenges around problematic premises. Following on from the lifting of COVID-19 restrictions, there has been a vast increase in persons returning to social events which has been a challenge. Serving and Proxy Purchasing of Alcohol Police Scotland gathers information and intelligence linked to serving and proxy purchasing of alcohol for underage persons to act against individuals and locations. Premises are targeted via weekend disorder plans and enquiry conducted by local community officers on a day-to-day basis. Community Alcohol Partnerships are being introduced at various locations around North Lanarkshire with the focus on problem locations including direct engagement with licensed premises. Page 54 of 79
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Improving Community Safety in North Lanarkshire – A Strategy to Improve Lives 7 Effective use of Legislation Police Scotland has a Disclosure Unit and Local Authority Liaison Officer who are in daily contact with partners and appropriate orders applied for and issued where possible. Currently, there are not many CRASBOs in use within North Lanarkshire, however, Local Community Policing Teams now have a good awareness of the process to introduce CRASBOs at point of case reporting for consideration. Priority 2: To reduce serious violence and disorder Evidence tells us: • Overall crime in North Lanarkshire has decreased by 8.6% in the past year from 2020/21 to 2021/22 which has been the pattern over the past five-year period2. • Serious assaults have decreased by 5% over the 2020/21 to 2021/22 period. • Robberies have dropped by 12.8% during the period 2020/21 to 2021/22. • Hate crime decreased by 6.4% - was previously increasing from 2017/18 to 2018/19. • The number of vandalism and malicious mischief crimes have increased slightly by 1.3% over the 2020/21 to 2021/22 period. • Housebreaking thefts have decreased by 12% between 2020/21 and 2021/22. • There has been a reduction of 25.4% in the number of detections for drugs over the 2020/21 and 2021/22 period. • There has been an increase in the number of people charged with driving without a seat belt in the past year from 2020/21 to 2021/22. Progress on our Key Actions Complainers of Violence We are in regular contact with the victims of crimes regardless of crime type, to obtain as much evidence as possible whilst offering support, with the intention of gleaning information which would lead to the successful arrest or remand of subjects and to obtain any further intelligence that could be linked to further acts of violence. Full arrest protocol and safeguarding explained to victims of violence 2 Police Scotland data for 2020/21, 2021/22 Page 55 of 79
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Improving Community Safety in North Lanarkshire – A Strategy to Improve Lives 8 and the ASSIST system is in place to appropriately support victims through the courts process. We provide appropriate support to any victims or repeat victims to ensure all joint services are aware and utilised. Sometimes, victims are unwilling to accept police assistance due to fear of repercussions from persons involved. Therefore, offering the appropriate support and safeguarding is key to obtaining the trust and confidence of victims and the wider community. Indoor Violence Police Officers are briefed daily regarding the latest bail curfews and domestic bail conditions, which highlight the most prolific offenders and locations to reduce residential indoor violence. Locations are monitored, addresses, streets or premises are visited. Weapons and Serious Violent Crime We use local intelligence, dedicated patrol plans and effective days of partnership action to make progress within some of the more troublesome communities in North Lanarkshire to reduce the number of people carrying weapons and serious crimes involving the use of weapons. A proactive approach is taken where intelligence exists regarding carrying weapons. Social media and school presentations with partners from Medics Against Violence and No Knives Better Lives are a key tool used by Police Scotland to educate and inform the wider community of the consequences of certain actions and how to report behaviour in confidence. Serious Organised Crime Robust policing and partnership intervention have resulted in numerous arrests linked to people involved in serious and organised crime (SOC) within the Wishaw area. Incidents of a serious nature have decreased significantly within Craigneuk since the beginning of the operation. Police Scotland uses APMIS to record all operational activity in relation to Organised Crime Groups and to understand what tactics have previously proved effective. Robust management of risk is undertaken. Hate Crime We have deployed our school based and Safer Communities Officers to provide inputs, open dialogue and understanding across educational settings in relation to hate crime. We have also participated in a range of anti-hate crime initiatives to raise awareness in a broader sense and relentlessly pursue those that commit such crimes. Page 56 of 79
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Improving Community Safety in North Lanarkshire – A Strategy to Improve Lives 9 We will continue to utilise social media to encourage the use of the 'Contact Us' feature via the Police Scotland website, or local agencies such as 'Stop Hate UK', the citizens advice bureau or community voluntary services, all who can report on behalf of victims. During COVID-19 restrictions, the focus of this activity was very much focused online. Housebreaking Housebreaking incidents are captured daily, discussed with SMT and actioned for review by DAVRU/community officers, which ensures a collective approach toward each incident. The use of DAVRU/community officers to assist response officers with their enquiries, allows swift progression of forensic opportunities, CCTV and door to door. Local days of action have been carried out with successful results, specifically to target repeat offenders of housebreaking and other dishonesty. Warrants and bail curfews are reviewed and robustly policed. Vehicle Crime We ran a significant campaign to promote prevention through protection of property in vehicle and trailers to reduce vehicle crime. We monitor via our Intelligence on an ongoing basis in relation to serious organised crime groups who exploit young people to commit high value vehicle crime. Where this activity does occur interventions will be made, and relevant partner agencies involved to safeguard any young person being exploited. Drug Use We have School campus officers and Safer Communities officers who continue to play a significant part in educating young people on the harm caused by drug misuse. This approach is complemented through social media platforms and pop-up stalls. Supply of Drugs We have Intelligence led drugs packages which are compiled, allocated and executed by local DAVRU and community officers. Good practice is captured and discussed after each operation to enhance learning and any further intelligence gleaned is submitted for consideration. There have been numerous examples of significant drug seizures across North Lanarkshire. The interception of large quantities of such substances before they circulate in the community will undoubtedly make a positive impact and reduce the harm caused by drug misuse. Page 57 of 79
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Improving Community Safety in North Lanarkshire – A Strategy to Improve Lives 10 Priority 3: To reduce harm from unintentional injury and fire Evidence tells us: • There has been a decrease in accidental dwelling fires down by 12.2% over the period 2020/21 to 2021/22. Over the five-year period 2017/18-2021/22, accidental dwelling fires reduced by 6.5%, although there have been some significant fluctuations.3 • The main source of ignition from accidental dwelling fires is cooking food and the main factor is distraction with alcohol/drug impairment accounting for 21.9% of these. • Most accidental dwelling fires (11.6%) were Motherwell South-East and Ravenscraig. • Accidental fire dwelling causalities have continued to reduce which in the past year 2020/21-2021/22 has been by one-third (30.4%). • Fire fatalities continue to remain low. • Most injuries from accidental fires are minor with most people, 45% receiving first aid at the scene and 29% of people affected who attended hospital had slight injuries. • Most casualties in North Lanarkshire have been children in the 0-9 age group and those aged 40-49 years, albeit numbers are very low. • 3,299 Home Fire Safety Visits have been conducted during 2021/22. • Deliberate fires (primary) have been reducing while deliberate fires (secondary) have been increasing and most deliberate fires are secondary. • Fires in non-domestic properties have decreased by 9.5% in the past year from 2020/21 to 2021/22. • The number of malicious calls has increased by 16% in the past year from 2020/21-2021/22. • Children and the elderly are the most vulnerable to unintentional injuries. • Since 2011/12 to 2020/21 the rate of falls in the over 65s has overall increased. However, there has been a decline in the rate of falls in the over 65s in the past two years in North Lanarkshire.4 • The number of emergency admissions in North Lanarkshire due to unintentional injury has decreased by 16.7% in the past year from 2020/21-2021/22 due to the direct impact of COVID-19 pandemic as this has followed a long-term increasing trend.5 • Falls account for the largest proportion of unintentional injury emergency hospital admissions in North Lanarkshire, which is 59.9% of all injuries.6 3 Data from Scottish Fire and Rescue Service for 2017/18, 2018/18, 2019/20, 2020/21 and 2021/22 period 4 Public Health Scotland, Unintentional Injuries -Hospital admissions year ending 31 March 2021 and deaths year ending 31 December 2020 5 Data from Scottish Fire and Rescue Service for 2020/21, 2021/22 6 Public Health Scotland, Unintentional Injuries - Hospital admissions year ending 31 March 2021 and deaths year ending 31 December 2020 Page 58 of 79
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Improving Community Safety in North Lanarkshire – A Strategy to Improve Lives 11 • Hospital admissions due to falls is most common in North Lanarkshire amongst those aged 75 and over, which accounts for 39.4% of all falls.7 • Deaths by unintentional injury in North Lanarkshire have increased by 18.5% over the past 3 years, which is a higher increase compared to Scotland at 9.8%. • The suicide rate in North Lanarkshire is higher than Scotland at 15.2 per 100,000 population over 2016-2020 period, whilst Scotland is 14.1.8 However, the suicide rate has decreased slightly in North Lanarkshire between 2000-2004 and 2016-2020, which has also been decreasing in Scotland.9 • In 2020, the suicide rate for males is more than twice the rate for females.10 • In Scotland, highest suicide rates are now in males aged 45-54 years.11 Progress on our Key Actions: Accidental Dwelling Fires High Risk Home Fire Safety Visits continue to be prioritised and the supply and fit of appropriate smoke/heat detection as required. Cook Safe will recommence shortly. COVID-19 provided significant challenges, High Risks visits were prioritised during the pandemic and a system was in place to make contact via telephone during the worst parts of the pandemic. The Global shortage of Smoke/Heat alarms due to the new change in Scottish Government Legislation increased the impact on the Fire and Rescue Service in terms of enquires and requests. Antisocial Fire Related Behaviour Partner working continues utilising Community Intelligence reports. Hotspot areas for illegal fly tipping have been identified involving local environmental teams to arrange uplift encouraging responsible waste disposal. Fire related Antisocial Behaviour talks have been given to over 2,500 children and young people in the Lanarkshire area. 7 Public Health Scotland, Unintentional Injuries - Hospital admissions year ending 31 March 2021 and deaths year ending 31 December 2020 8 The Scottish Public Health Observatory (ScotPHO), Suicides registered in Scotland, 2016-2020, by local authority 9 NRS Probable Suicides 2020 – probable suicides include deaths from intentional self-harm and events of undetermined intent 10 ScotPHO 11 ScotPHO Page 59 of 79
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Improving Community Safety in North Lanarkshire – A Strategy to Improve Lives 12 Fire Reach Programme for Young Adolescents We recommenced our Fire Reach Programme in spring 2022 as COVID restrictions held this back. The programme will continue to target schools with a high instance of secondary fires focusing on care experienced groups in areas of deprivation during the school holidays. We have adapted our delivery model to support the Third Sector Care. Junior Fire Reach Programme We aim to start the Junior Fire Reach Programme for S1 pupils across all secondary schools in North Lanarkshire by the end of the 2022 school term as potential young people have now been identified. This training offers a flexible approach to education for children and young people who display an interest in fire, are involved in fire-related antisocial behaviour or have deliberately set fires. Juvenile Fire setter Intervention Programme We support the Juvenile Fire setter Intervention Programme through the specialised work of the Community Action Team whose members have received training on the Fire Safety Support and Education course. This training offers a flexible approach to education for children and young people who display an interest in fire, are involved in fire-related antisocial behaviour or have deliberately set fires. These courses are now fully operational after individuals are identified, utilising our Youth Engagement Officer. Fire Safety for Specialist Housing We are currently providing Fire Risk Awareness training with Lanarkshire housing officers, sheltered housing wardens/retirement officers and various partner agencies. Courses are only reopening now following the COVID-19 pandemic. Emergencies Attended The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service has seen a growing trend on entry to premises due to falls. As a result, we have seen an increase in slips, trips and falls referrals. Page 60 of 79
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Improving Community Safety in North Lanarkshire – A Strategy to Improve Lives 13 Falls Strategy We produced an Implementation Plan for 2021/22 as part of the Falls Strategy to reduce the number of slips and trips in the home. Ongoing capacity pressures resulting from the pandemic has limited progresses across the workstreams in this Implementation Plan. Harm Reduction and Drug Related Deaths We developed a final draft North Lanarkshire Alcohol and Drug Partnership (NLADP) Strategy and key actions, which promotes harm reduction and the reduction of drug related deaths in our communities. Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) standards implementation, delivery capacity across statutory and voluntary sector services and reaching those who are still not known to services continues to be challenging. Assertive outreach, overdose response pathways and early intervention measures will continue to be strengthened through workforce development and closer working via ADP structures. New ADP investment is to be targeted to these areas in 2022/23. Risk of Suicide We have a Targeting High Risk Group meeting which convenes every six weeks, whereby current data, themes and trends are discussed. Decisions are made on the facts provided. We are currently undertaking practice research into suicide in homelessness and care experienced young people. It is challenging in balancing the messages of suicide prevention and suicide promotion. Too much publicity may have the opposite effect, and we are continually vigilant of this fact. Suicide Awareness in Education Establishments We have developed Lifelines’ procedures and a training programme has been completed in our education establishments including primary school staff. Our next steps are widening out the suicide awareness training to other providers supporting younger people, starting with the children's houses staff. There are a regular Suicide Prevention Children and Young People meetings, which focuses on all under 18s or under 26 for care experienced young people only and discusses promotional campaign, self-harm and contextual safeguarding. Suicide awareness training is only provided to school pupils over the age of 14 due to the lack of understanding of the subject for younger people. Page 61 of 79
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Improving Community Safety in North Lanarkshire – A Strategy to Improve Lives 14 ASIST and Safe TALK Suicide prevention awareness training, ASIST and Safe TALK was stopped during Covid 19 lock down. We recently recommenced the face-to-face programme of suicide prevention awareness training, ASIST and Safe TALK following the COVID-19 restrictions and offer a monthly training session for all Health and Social Care staff as well as wider partners. We developed Suicide ALERT as an online awareness training through the lockdown period, which will now continue to be offered with a training for trainers’ programme being launched to encourage smaller agencies to deliver in the heart of the community. There are ASIST training capacity issues in North Lanarkshire. Active Health Recovery of the specialist health classes, and the Active Health programme took place in line with Covid restrictions. Promotion of the strength and balance classes has been vital to address the deconditioning that has occurred across the population which has increased the risk of falls. Promotional activities continue to increase participation. Get Walking Lanarkshire programme continues to be promoted and well attended across North Lanarkshire along with a range of complementary physical activity programmes including green health opportunities. Feedback from a range of professionals has highlighted a loss of functional capacity across all sections of the population, but particularly those who were shielding due to their vulnerability, which has increased the risk of falls. Home Safety We continue to work with Early Years establishments and parents to raise awareness of the importance of home safety. Health Visitors and Family Nurses discuss home safety at all home visits within the Universal Health Visiting Pathway. Parent and carers are signposted to the Safety section on the Ready Steady Baby book and receive a ROSPA height chart at 13-15months which details more home safety information. Lanarkshire’s Tobacco Control Strategy We continue to implement the actions contained in Lanarkshire’s Tobacco Control Strategy to reduce the prevalence of smoking in North Lanarkshire and in doing so, reduce the risk of unintentional fire and injury. We have reduced the smoking prevalence in the general population with targets exceeding in year one of the pandemic. Quit rates have increased with heavier smokers having better quit rates and younger people are making more quit attempts. We have updated Lanarkshire’s smoke-free policy. We have completed Tobacco and Cannabis consultation. Local communications and Partnerships have been formed with other topic areas such as green Page 62 of 79
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Improving Community Safety in North Lanarkshire – A Strategy to Improve Lives 15 health and financial inclusion. Ongoing Partnerships have continued with other boards, HSCPs and Community Planning Partnerships. There are persistent and increased inequalities in smoking and the prevalence of smoking remains higher in deprived areas. People who smoke are more at risk of contracting COVID. Targets will not be achieved in year two of pandemic. The National Tobacco Control Programme continues to be paused. North Lanarkshire Council has signed up to the Smoke Free Lanarkshire Charter along with other partners such as NHS Lanarkshire. Drug Related Litter Group We will explore creating a drug related litter group to effectively address and reduce the amount of needles and other drug related litter inappropriately disposed of. Further discussion is planned with partners and communities to identify areas of focus. Priority 4: To tackle Gender Based Violence and protect people at risk of harm Evidence tells us: • The number of domestic abuse incidents reported to Police Scotland have decreased by 3% between 2020/21 to 2021/2212. • Female victims represent the highest proportion of domestic abuse incidents (4 out of every 5 incidents which Police Scotland attend there is a female victim and male perpetrator). • Violence Against Women Working Group (VAWG) provides services which include NHS Lanarkshire, Gender Based Violence Services, Women’s Aid, ASSIST, Social Work and Housing. VAWG reported 5473 referrals in 2021/22, which is an increase of 12.8% in referrals to these services over the past three years.13 Progress on our Key Actions: Disclosure Scheme for Domestic Abuse We continue to work with partner agencies to ensure that those at risk of harm from domestic abuse perpetrators are provided with a timely disclosure under the provisions of the Disclosure Scheme for Domestic Abuse Scotland (DSDAS). We have a regular 12 Police Scotland data 2020/21, 2021/22 13 North Lanarkshire Council provided data for VAWG Page 63 of 79
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Improving Community Safety in North Lanarkshire – A Strategy to Improve Lives 16 Decision-Making Forum (DMF), whereby police and partner agencies discuss DSDAS submissions and arrange their subsequent disclosure. Domestic Abuse and Gender Based Violence Awareness Lanarkshire Division of Police Scotland continues to work with partner agencies including Violence Against Women (VAW), ASSIST and Women's Aid to support vulnerable victims and improve reporting of domestic offending and Gender-Based violence. Domestic Abuse (Scotland) Act 2018 We continue to utilise the Domestic Abuse (Scotland) Act 2018 legislation when reporting offenders to COPFS. Police Scotland supports the continuous professional development of all staff in this business area ensuring they are equipped to effectively investigate these crimes. Mentors in Violence Prevention We now have a Development Plan in place and all secondary schools in North Lanarkshire have teachers trained in Mentors in Violence Prevention. COVID-19 has caused some disruption to schools while undertaking this training. Safe and Together We have secured funding in the past year from Scottish Government’s Delivering Equally Safe Fund. A Safe and Together Co- ordinator is now in post and a schedule of training is in place which will provide core training for social workers in Children, Families and Justice Services. An overview course will be delivered to a multi-agency audience including Police Scotland, NHS Lanarkshire, third sector organisations and Education. A baseline evaluation is currently being carried out together with the Improvement Service. Equally Safe at Work We have achieved Bronze Accredited Status for leadership, data collection and use, flexible working, occupational segregation workplace culture, violence against women. A working group has been established to progress towards Silver Standard. The roll out across the public sector is currently underway. Page 64 of 79
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Improving Community Safety in North Lanarkshire – A Strategy to Improve Lives 17 MARAC During 2021, North Lanarkshire Chief Officers Public Protection agreed just over £111,000 of additional funding to support the MARAC process across Lanarkshire as a result of increased demand. The funding secured additional MARAC Co-ordinators, secretarial support and dedicated chairing of MARAC. Virtual meetings have worked well with better attendance. Violence Against Women Strategy We have prepared a Draft Violence Against Women Strategy and Action Plan for 2022-2025, which was prepared in spring 2022. The key actions contained in the VAW Strategy are to improve trauma informed practice across partnership agencies, develop and roll out quality assurance processes for North Lanarkshire MARAC to ensure the effectiveness of the process and continue the implementation of the Safe and Together model across North Lanarkshire to improve outcomes for children experiencing domestic abuse. Contextual Safeguarding Contextual Safeguarding is an approach to protecting young people who are at risk of extra familial abuse. It supports a shift in practice in which child protection professionals and partners actively take steps to make the places in which young people have experienced abuse, safer. Such places include parks, transport hubs, schools, communities and online. It also supports agencies develop practice, systems and structures for identifying, assessing and intervening with contexts and groups in which young people are at risk of significant harm. As such it is based on multi-agency working, not only between the core partners to child protection work, but also with agencies such as Housing, Leisure, and Community Learning and Development. As an integrated approach to practice, it also aligns with co-ordinating support around Empowering Clusters and an emphasis on relationship-based practice that meets the needs of young people in their communities. Children and young people who are impacted by wider adversities including poverty are often more vulnerable to extra familial risks and therefore this work supports the council and partner agencies in addressing inequalities. North Lanarkshire Child Protection Committee has already endorsed the further development of this approach, assuming wider agreement to move forward with a contextual safeguarding approach. Governance arrangements to oversee its implementation will be established and will focus on the following areas: Page 65 of 79
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Improving Community Safety in North Lanarkshire – A Strategy to Improve Lives 18 • We will undertake multi-agency training in contextual safeguarding to ensure that staff are confident in assessing and intervening within contexts and groups where young people are at risk of significant harm in the community • We will create a system where protective actions are taken in respect of locations where young people have been or may be harmed • We will work with local communities to make places for young people safer These actions will be included in the Community Safety Strategy Action Plan as new actions for 2022/23 going forward and progress reported on through future Annual Progress Reviews. Priority 5: To improve road safety Evidence tells us: • The number of people seriously injured in road accidents has increased by 19.6%. • There has been a 14.1% increase in people slightly injured in North Lanarkshire. • The number of children (under 16 years) killed and seriously injured has decreased since 2019/20 to 2021/22.14 • Number of people convicted of dangerous driving has decreased by 25.3% between 2020/21 and 2021/22.15 • There has been a 34.9% reduction in the number of people charged for disqualified driving during the period 2020/21 to 2021/22. • Number of people charged of driving licence offences has reduced by 13.7% between 2020/21 and 2021/22. • A reduction of 30% in the number of people charged of driving without insurance was seen during the period 2020/21 and 2021/22. • An increase of two-thirds (69.4%) in the number of people charged of driving without a seat belt over 2020/21 and 2021/2022 period. • Number of people charged of driving whilst using a mobile phone decreased by 38.6% between 2020/21 and 2021/2022. 14 Data on people seriously, slightly injured; children killed, seriously injured provided by North Lanarkshire Council for 2019/20, 2020/21, 2021/22 15 Data from Police Scotland for 2020/21, 2021/22 Page 66 of 79
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Improving Community Safety in North Lanarkshire – A Strategy to Improve Lives 19 Progress on our Key Actions: Innovative Methods to Reduce Speed We have progressed the development of several road safety improvement schemes to reduce speed within our communities and are at various stages of consultation, design and implementation. Local Development Programme We have invested in a number of projects across North Lanarkshire, which have contributed to a more positive road safety environment such as environmental improvements and additional car parking. Poor Driver Behaviour We are working in collaboration with Police Scotland to report poor driver behaviour and request enforcement. Online School Travel Plan The Active Schools Team is working with schools offering the opportunity to support an Active Travel Plan. A survey was carried out to ascertain which schools were interested in supporting Active Travel and schools have started working on plans which include cycling and walking. Walking To School We work with schools to encourage Walking Buses, an organised walk to and from school with volunteers and pupils and other walking initiatives. On-road cycle training in schools We offer Bikeability 2 to all primary schools in the North Lanarkshire, which has a high uptake. This road cycle training enables pupils to cycle safely on the road. Page 67 of 79
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Improving Community Safety in North Lanarkshire – A Strategy to Improve Lives 20 Active Travel Strategy We are progressing the delivery of North Lanarkshire’s Active Travel Strategy which is aimed at improving pedestrian connectivity and provision at our town centres, hubs, schools and communities. The main challenges are the availability of land or road space to provide improved walking and cycling facilities. Page 68 of 79
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Improving Community Safety in North Lanarkshire – A Strategy to Improve Lives 21 Annex – Summary of Progress on Community Safety Strategy Indicators Priority 1: To effectively tackle anti-social behaviour Indicators Frequency 2020/21 2021/22 Change 2020/21 to 2021/22 Lead Source Number of antisocial contacts Annual 9111 9096 North Lanarkshire Council Number of antisocial contacts resolved Annual 9073 At 31/3/21 9018 At 31/3/22 North Lanarkshire Council Number of antisocial contacts due to domestic noise Annual 6267 6198 North Lanarkshire Council Number of antisocial contacts due to criminal activity Annual 1647 1348 North Lanarkshire Council Number of antisocial contacts due estate issues Annual 124 189 North Lanarkshire Council Number of antisocial contacts due to harassment Annual 921 1128 North Lanarkshire Council Number of antisocial contacts due to non-domestic noise Annual 25 53 North Lanarkshire Council g Page 69 of 79
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Improving Community Safety in North Lanarkshire – A Strategy to Improve Lives 22 Priority 2: To reduce serious violence and disorder Indicators Frequency 2020/21 2021/22 Change 2020/21 to 2021/22 Lead Source Number of overall crimes recorded Annual 16386 14971 Police Scotland Number of serious assaults Annual 243 231 Police Scotland Number of murders Annual 7 3 Police Scotland Number of robberies Annual 78 68 Police Scotland Number of hate crimes Annual 346 324 Police Scotland Number of vandalism and malicious mischief crimes Annual 2855 2891 Police Scotland Number of housebreaking thefts Annual 644 566 Police Scotland Number of detections for drugs, Annual 2891 2156 Police Scotland Page 70 of 79
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Improving Community Safety in North Lanarkshire – A Strategy to Improve Lives 23 Priority 3: To reduce harm from unintentional injury and fire Indicators Frequency 2020/21 2021/22 Change 2020/21 to 2021/22 Lead Source Number of accidental dwelling fires Annual 279 245 Scottish Fire and Rescue Service Number of fire fatalities Annual 2 1 Scottish Fire and Rescue Service Number of fire casualties Annual 92 64 Scottish Fire and Rescue Service Number of deliberate primary fires Annual 211 189 Scottish Fire and Rescue Service Number of deliberate secondary fires Annual 1313 1479 Scottish Fire and Rescue Service Number of fires in non- domestic buildings Annual 105 95 Scottish Fire and Rescue Service Number of malicious calls Annual 75 87 Scottish Fire and Rescue Service Number of emergency hospital admissions due to unintentional injury (total) Annual 96 80 NHS Lanarkshire Page 71 of 79
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Improving Community Safety in North Lanarkshire – A Strategy to Improve Lives 24 Number of emergency hospital admissions due to unintentional injury (under age 15 years) Annual 8 3 NHS Lanarkshire Number of emergency hospital admissions due to unintentional injury (aged 65 and over) Annual 23 32 Number of emergency hospital admissions aged 65 and over due to falls Annual 1140 Unavailable yet NHS Lanarkshire Number of suicides Annual 259 2016-2020 NHS Lanarkshire Page 72 of 79
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Improving Community Safety in North Lanarkshire – A Strategy to Improve Lives 25 Priority 4: To tackle Gender Based Violence and protect people at risk of harm Indicators Frequency 2020/21 2021/22 Change 2020/21 to 2021/22 Lead Source Number of domestic abuse incidents reported to Police Scotland Annual 4893 4748 Police Scotland Number of referrals to VAWG specialist services Annual 5375 5473 Violence Against Women Working Group Page 73 of 79
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Improving Community Safety in North Lanarkshire – A Strategy to Improve Lives 26 Priority 5: To improve road safety Indicators Frequency 2020/21 2021/22 Change 2020/21 to 2021/22 Lead Source Number of people seriously injured Annual 56 67 Scottish Government, Transportation Number of people slightly injured Annual 156 178 Scottish Government, Transportation Number of children killed* Annual 0 1 Scottish Government, Transportation Number of children seriously injured* Annual 14 8 Scottish Government, Transportation Number of people convicted of dangerous driving Annual 253 189 Police Scotland Number of people charged for disqualified driving Annual 123 80 Police Scotland Number of people charged of driving licence offences Annual 431 372 Police Scotland Number of people charged of driving without insurance Annual 1355 949 Police Scotland Number of people charged of driving without a seat belt Annual 62 105 Police Scotland Number of people charged of driving whilst using a mobile phone Annual 114 70 Police Scotland s Page 74 of 79
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Improving Community Safety in North Lanarkshire – A Strategy to Improve Lives 27 Status of Action Key Indicator Definition On track, budget, within scope and likely to deliver expected benefits Minor delays, cost overruns, changes to scope or reductions in benefits Significant delays, cost overruns, changes to scope or reductions in benefits Strategic Priority 1: To effectively tackle antisocial behaviour Lead Partner Status of Action We will better use evidence and intelligence collaboratively to identify key areas of focus to target resources and activity to effectively tackle antisocial behaviour Police Scotland North Lanarkshire Council Scottish Fire and Rescue Service We will review the Antisocial Response service to ensure the service is fit for purpose, targets resources efficiently and effectively and meets local needs North Lanarkshire Council We will adopt a preventative approach by delivering local based initiatives to address and prevent antisocial behaviour Police Scotland North Lanarkshire Council Scottish Fire and Rescue Service We will work collaboratively to implement environmental changes to minimise anti-social behaviour in public spaces North Lanarkshire Council We will work in partnership to proactively address challenges around problematic premises Police Scotland We will decrease the sale of alcohol to young people, focussing on the providers and facilitators of alcohol provision Police Scotland We will increase the effective use of existing legislation e.g., CRASBO, Fixed Penalty Notices for Environmental Offences, Anti-Social Behaviour Orders Police Scotland North Lanarkshire Council Strategic Priority 2: To reduce serious violence and disorder Lead Partner Status of Action We will increase positive engagement with complainers of violence to maximise accurate reporting and investigating Police Scotland Page 75 of 79
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Improving Community Safety in North Lanarkshire – A Strategy to Improve Lives 28 We will reduce residential indoor violence by targeting repeat locations and offenders Police Scotland We will reduce the number of people carrying weapons and serious violent crimes involving the use of weapons through a range of tactics including prevention, early intervention and enforcement Police Scotland We will increase the disruption of persons involved in serious and organised crime and reduce the number of violent crimes linked to feuds between crime groups Police Scotland We will reduce hate crime through effective engagement, education and enforcement Police Scotland North Lanarkshire Council We will ensure effective use of third-party reporting tools for hate crime Police Scotland North Lanarkshire We will commit specialist officers to investigate patterns of housebreaking and target recidivist offenders Police Scotland We will increase the use of mobile automatic number plate recognition to reduce road crime Police Scotland We will encourage prevention activity such as removal of property tools from vehicle and trailers to reduce vehicle crime Police Scotland We will tackle Serious Organised Crime groups who exploit young people to commit high value vehicle crime Police Scotland We will collaboratively support education in relation to the risks of drug use, including multi-substance use Police Scotland We will increase intelligence and detection in relation to the supply of all drugs Police Scotland Page 76 of 79
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Improving Community Safety in North Lanarkshire – A Strategy to Improve Lives 29 Strategic Priority 3: To reduce harm from unintentional injury and fire Lead Partner Status of Action We will provide ‘Cook Safe’ presentations and Home Fire Safety Visits to address the main causality factor of accidental dwelling fires and to reduce resulting casualties and fatalities Scottish Fire and Rescue Service We will tackle anti-social fire related behaviour through effective use of intelligence and working collaboratively across organisations and partners Scottish Fire and Rescue Service North Lanarkshire Council We will continue to deliver our Fire Reach Programme to support our personnel to engage effectively with young adolescents Scottish Fire and Rescue Service We will continue to roll out the new Junior Fire Reach Programme for S1 pupils across all secondary schools in North Lanarkshire Scottish Fire and Rescue Service We will support the Juvenile Fire setter Intervention Programme through the specialised work of the Community Action Team Scottish Fire and Rescue Service We will continue to implement the range of fire stopping and active and passive fire safety measures in NLC multi-storey tower blocks Scottish Fire and Rescue Service North Lanarkshire Council We will work with housing organisations that provide specialist housing to improve fire safety for vulnerable groups using the new national fire safety guidance for specialist housing Scottish Fire and Rescue Service North Lanarkshire Council Registered Social Landlords We will increase the number and variety of emergencies attended by Scottish Fire and Rescue Service to support partner agencies in protecting the community Scottish Fire and Rescue Service We will implement a Falls Strategy to reduce the number of slips and trips in the home Health and Social Care NHS Lanarkshire We will work with the Alcohol and Drug Partnership to promote harm reduction and reduce drug related deaths in our communities North Lanarkshire Council Health and Social Care NHS Lanarkshire Police Scotland We will proactively target groups at most risk of suicide through effective social media campaigning Health and Social Care Page 77 of 79
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Improving Community Safety in North Lanarkshire – A Strategy to Improve Lives 30 We will improve awareness of suicide amongst our education establishments and consider further how to sensitively increase awareness amongst primary education settings Health and Social Care We will continue to carry out a range of tailored training on suicide prevention including Suicide Talk, Safe Talk, ASIST and Storm Training. Health and Social Care We will increase participation in physical activity opportunities recommended to improve bone health and strength, and raise awareness of active health opportunities such as ‘get walking’ North Lanarkshire to improve health and reduce risk of falls Health and Social Care NHS Lanarkshire We will continue to improve home safety for young children through working with our early year providers to raise awareness of home safety with parents Health and Social Care NHS Lanarkshire We will explore creating a drug related litter group to effectively address and reduce the amount of needles and other drug related litter inappropriately disposed of North Lanarkshire Council Requires further partnership discussion We will continue to implement the actions contained in Lanarkshire’s Tobacco Control Strategy to reduce the prevalence of smoking in North Lanarkshire and in doing so reduce the risk of unintentional fire and injury Health and Social Care NHS Lanarkshire Strategic Priority 4: To tackle Gender Based Violence and protect people at risk of harm Lead Partner Status of Action We will promote the use of the Disclosure Scheme for Domestic Abuse to prevent repeat patterns of abuse occurring Police Scotland We will increase awareness of domestic abuse and Gender-Based violence to discourage offending and increase reporting Police Scotland We will champion awareness and effective application of the domestic Abuse (Scotland) act 2018 Police Scotland We will progress the accreditation of NLC to become an Equally Safe at Work accredited employer and encourage other public sector organisations to gain accreditation following wider roll out by Scottish Government North Lanarkshire Council We will promote respectful relationships via promotion of Mentors in Violence Prevention in secondary schools across North Lanarkshire North Lanarkshire Council NHS Lanarkshire We will Implement Safe and Together, a model of work with domestic abuse cases where there are children North Lanarkshire Council We will continue to develop best practice in delivering MARAC, a domestic homicide prevention model in North Lanarkshire North Lanarkshire Council Page 78 of 79
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Improving Community Safety in North Lanarkshire – A Strategy to Improve Lives 31 We will develop and implement a Violence Against Women Strategy and Action Plan for North Lanarkshire North Lanarkshire Council We will work with North Lanarkshire Adult and Child protection committees to increase awareness of adult and child protection amongst individuals and communities North Lanarkshire Council We will work with North Lanarkshire Adult and Child Protection Committees and MAPPA Strategic Oversight Group to continue to improve strategic linkages across the Public Protection agenda in North Lanarkshire North Lanarkshire Council Strategic Priority 5: To improve road safety Lead Partner Status of Action We will implement 20mph zones in Town Centres and main shopping centres and continue to review and deliver 20mph zones on an annual basis North Lanarkshire Council We will continue to explore innovative methods to reduce speed within our communities and respond to complaints of speeding through education and engineering North Lanarkshire Council We will continue to improve our annual older pedestrian campaign and develop a new inter-generational resource to be delivered at home by school children to their older relatives North Lanarkshire Council No longer progressed within NLC We will work collaboratively with partner organisations to address poor driver behaviour North Lanarkshire Council We will continue to support regional and national initiatives on car safety and to improve training for staff to provide specialist advice on in-car safety North Lanarkshire Council No longer progressed within NLC We will continue to provide a dedicated road safety engineering section to investigate accident trends and implement road safety engineering measures where appropriate North Lanarkshire Council We will support staff in all education establishments across North Lanarkshire to improve awareness of road safety and develop and online school travel plan North Lanarkshire Council We will encourage and actively promote the benefits of walking to school North Lanarkshire Council We will target parents of children in education to deliver key messages on safe transportation and seat belt wearing North Lanarkshire Council No longer progressed within NLC We will support the delivery of on-road cycle training in schools North Lanarkshire Council We will continue to invest in the infrastructure of roads to improve cycling and walking safely and improve connectivity within North Lanarkshire North Lanarkshire Council Page 79 of 79