Report Summary
This report summarises the key findings of the evaluation of new policing initiatives in Irvine as part of the final phase of the SPA and Police Scotland's Community Confidence Action Research Project in Irvine Fullarton.
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Performance
Regarding the performance of police in their local area, the highest proportion of respondents selected ‘a neither good nor poor job’ across all scenarios except ‘keeping your area safe’ which scored 39% (n=7) for a ‘somewhat poor/very poor job’.
In comparison, in Feb-Mar 2023, a higher proportion of respondents selected a ‘Somewhat poor/very poor job’ for ‘tackling anti-social behaviour’ (46%, n=23) whereas in Oct-Nov 2023 a majority of respondents felt the police were doing ‘a neither good nor poor job’ (39%, n=9). Sentiments regarding policing ‘In general’ have fallen between the two timeframes, with the majority of Feb-March respondents believing the police were going a ‘Very good/somewhat good job’ (42%, n=21), and the more recent survey showing the majority think the police are doing ‘a neither good nor poor job’ (39%, n=9).
A higher proportion of respondents who were aware of one or more initiatives felt police in their local area were doing a ‘a neither good nor bad job’ across three of the five indicators. However, ‘a somewhat poor/very poor’ was the highest response across two of the indicators (‘tackling crime’ at 42% and ‘bringing the community closer together’ at 58%).
