News / Police doing well
THE NUMBER of crimes committed in Shetland continues to fall while detection rates are still going up, according to latest police figures.
During the 10 months from April 2012 until the end of last month, police in the isles recorded 437 victim-based offences, a drop of 16.4 per cent compared to the same period last year.
Of these crimes, officers have been able to solve 325, equivalent to 74.4 per cent.
This represents a rise of 3.8 per cent compared to previous figures, and is also well above the Northern Constabulary average of 67 per cent.
Shetland area commander Angus MacInnes said Shetland continued to be one of the safest places to live and work in the UK.
“We are living in a nice place where people care for each other and look after each other, and are willing to tell the police if somebody has done something wrong.
“There are now fewer people becoming victims of crime, and if they have become a victim of crime there is a better chance that we detect who the offender is and he or she will be caught.”
Chief inspector MacInnes added that he had no doubts that this would continue under the single police force which is due to become operational on 1 April.
“The aim is to maintain if not improve performance. I don’t see the move from Northern Constabulary to Police Scotland having any detrimental effect of how we police here in Shetland,” he said.
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