Confidence and Trust in Police

Confidence

Figure 2 shows that across the range of indicators a higher proportion of respondents scored ‘Low’ confidence for:

Providing an appropriate and timely response (43%, n=43)

Being there when you need them (45%, n=45)

Keeping your area safe (44%, n=44)

Tackling antisocial behaviour (49%, n=49)

Preventing crime (44%, n=44)

Tackling crime (42%, n=42)

Responding quickly (44%, n=44)

With the exception of ‘In general’, ‘Being there when you need them’ and
‘Keeping your area safe’, the next most common score across all indicators was ‘Medium’. For ‘Keeping your area safe’, ‘Medium’ and ‘High’ each scored 28%.

Ward 21: Leven, Kennoway and Windygates, Lundin Links and Largos

In Ward 21, across the range of indicators a higher proportion of respondents scored ‘Low’ confidence for:

Responding Quickly (45%, n=19)

Tackling Crime (38%, n=16)

Preventing Crime (48%, n=20)

Tackling Anti-Social Behaviour (45%, n=19)

Keeping Your Area Safe (43%, n=18)

Being there when you need them (43%, n=18)

Providing an appropriate and timely response (45%, n=19)

‘General’ was the only indicator in which a higher proportion scored ‘High’ than ‘Low’ (40%, n=17).

Ward 22: Buckhaven, Methil, Methilhill, Wemyss Villages

In Ward 22, across the range of indicators a higher proportion of respondents scored ‘Low’ confidence for:

Responding Quickly (43%, n=25)

Tackling Crime (45%, n=26)

Preventing Crime (41%, n=24)

Tackling Anti-Social Behaviour (52%, n=30)

Keeping Your Area Safe (45%, n=26)

Being there when you need them (47%, n=27)

Providing an appropriate and timely response (41%, n=24)

‘General’ was the only indicator in which a higher proportion scored ‘High’ than ‘Low’ (43%, n=21).

Trust

Regarding trust, Figure 3 shows the highest proportion of respondents across three of the four categories scored ‘High (for ‘In general’, the trend mirrors that with confidence with the second most common being ‘Low’).

For ‘To listen to and respond to your needs’, the most common score was ‘Low’.

With the exception of ‘To listen to and respond to your needs’, the second most common score was ‘Low’. The second most common score for ‘To listen to and respond to your needs’ was ‘High’.

Ward 21: Leven, Kennoway and Windygates, Lundin Links and Largos

A higher proportion of respondents scored ‘Low’ for:

To care about people like you (38%, n=16)

To listen and respond to your needs (38%, n=16)

A higher proportion of respondents scored ‘High’ for:

In general (45%, n=19)

For ‘To protect you’, 38% scored ‘Low’ and ‘High’ (n=16).

Ward 22: Buckhaven, Methil, Methilhill, Wemyss Villages

A higher proportion of respondents scored ‘Low’ for:

To listen and respond to your needs (40%, n=23)

A higher proportion of respondents scored ‘High’ for:

In general (48%, n=28)

To protect you (43%, n=25)

To care about people like you (41%, n=24)

Performance

Regarding the performance of police in their local area, Figure 4 shows ‘A very good/somewhat good job’ received the highest proportion of responses in ‘In general’ (40%, n=40) and ‘Tackling crime’ (40%, n=40) scenarios. In SPA national polling conducted in Jan/Feb 2023 a higher proportion of respondents also selected ‘A very good/somewhat good job’ for these scenarios.

Again, chiming with the SPA national polling, ‘A very poor/somewhat poor job’ received the highest proportion of responses for ‘Tackling anti-social behaviour’ (48%, n=48) and ‘Bringing the community closer together’ (43%, n=43) scenarios.

37% of respondents selected ‘A very good/somewhat good job’ and ‘a somewhat poor/very poor job’ for the ‘Keeping your area safe’ scenario, whereas in the SPA national polling in Jan/Feb 2023 these were 38% and 27% respectively.

Ward 21: Leven, Kennoway and Windygates, Lundin Links and Largos

A higher proportion of respondents felt police were doing a ‘very good/somewhat good job’ for the following scenarios:

Policing in general (40%, n=17)

Tackling crime (40%, n=17)

Keeping your area safe (40%, n=17)

A higher proportion scored a ‘somewhat poor/very poor job’ for:

Tackling anti-social behaviour (43%, n=18)

Ward 22: Buckhaven, Methil, Methilhill, Wemyss Villages

A higher proportion of respondents felt police were doing a ‘very good/somewhat good job’ for the following scenarios:

Policing in general (40%, n=23)

Tackling crime (40%, n=23)

A higher proportion scored a ‘somewhat poor/very poor job’ for:

Tackling anti-social behaviour (45%, n=26) - Keeping your area safe (38%, n=22)