Report Summary
This report outlines key findings from the joint SPA and Police Scotland survey conducted as part of the first phase of the Community Confidence Action Research Project work in Irvine Fullarton.
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Confidence and Trust in Police
Confidence
Figure 2 shows that a high proportion of respondents scored ‘Medium’ confidence across a range of indicators:
Preventing crime (46%, n=23)
Keeping your area safe (42%, n=21)
Being there when you need them (40%, n=20)
Tackling crime (40%, n=20)
General (40%, n=20)
Responding quickly (38%, n=19)
Lower levels of confidence can be observed in the following two indicators, where a higher proportion of respondents scored a lower response:
Tackling antisocial behaviour (54%, n=27)
Providing an appropriate and timely response (36%, n=18)
Trust
A higher proportion of respondents scored a ‘High’ degree of trust across two indicators as seen in Figure 3:
To care about people like you (46%, n=23)
In general (42%, n=21)
When asked about trust in the police ‘To listen and respond to your needs’, and ‘To protect you’, the most common response was ‘Medium’.
Performance
Figure 4 shows that 42% (n=21) respondents thought that ‘In general’ the police are doing ‘A very good’ or ‘somewhat good job’. In relation to ‘Tackling anti-social behaviour’ the most common response was that the police were doing ‘A somewhat poor’ or ‘Very poor job’ – with Figure 4 showing 46% (n=23) of responses holding this sentiment. These results are similar to SPA national polling conducted in Jan/Feb 2023.
Respondents felt the police were doing ‘A neither good nor poor job’ at ‘Keeping your area safe’ (38%, n=19) and in ‘Bringing the community closer together’ (48%, n=24). This contrasts with SPA national polling where a higher proportion selected ‘A very good/somewhat good job’ for ‘Keeping your area safe’ and ‘A somewhat poor/very poor job’ for ‘Bringing the community closer together’.
Responses relating to police ‘Tackling crime’ were equally split across the 3 aggregated indicators; with 32% (n=16) of people thinking the police are doing ‘A very good/somewhat good job’, ‘A neither good nor poor job’, and ‘A somewhat poor/very poor job’ at equivalent measures. In SPA national polling a higher proportion of respondents selected ‘A very good/somewhat good job’ for this indicator in Jan/Feb 2023.
