Report Summary
This report summarises the key findings of the evaluation of new policing initiatives in Letham as part of the final phase of the SPA and Police Scotland's Community Confidence Action Research Project in Letham.
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Community Confidence Action Research – Letham Evaluation Survey 16 and Over
To gain insights into the impact of Police Scotland’s initiatives in Letham from those aged 16 and over, the Scottish Police Authority and Police Scotland designed a survey to gather views on these initiatives and views on confidence in policing (mirroring the questions asked in Sept-Nov 2022). Hosted on the Scottish Police Authority’s Citizen Space site, the survey contained 15 questions and ran from 3rd July 2023 and 20th August 2023. In total 27 responses were received.
Table 1 shows that the majority of respondents lived in the Letham area (70%, n=19). The highest proportion of respondents were aged 35-44 (41%, n=11) and the lowest aged 16-24 and 65+ (both 4%, n=1). The sample is predominantly female at 59% (n=16), and the majority had no contact with police in the six months prior to survey (56%, n=15). It should be noted however that in comparison to the survey in Sept-Nov 2022, a higher proportion had had contact – 44% (n=12) in July/August 2023 compared to 14% (n=8) in Sept-Nov 2022.
