Crime in Broughty Ferry has dropped, making it one of the safest places to live in Dundee.
A report from the City of Dundee Local Community Planning Partnerships shows few youth incidents across the ward, 16 crimes of vandalism reported across the Broughty Ferry and Barnhill area and very little misuse of drugs.
No housebreaking was reported from August to October this year, although Police Scotland issued a warning after a spate of house and car break-ins in Broughty Ferry in recent weeks.
Three previous reports have mentioned the area around Barnhill cemetery as having a high number of calls to police.
The period August to October has seen a considerable reduction in calls, from 150 down to 61.
Lindsay Burns, Dundee community intelligence analyst, said in the report: “Police, community safety wardens and anti-social behaviour team have carried out proactive and preventive work over recent months, with the results clear to see.
“There are no areas of particular concern, there is little drugs-related activity, either incidents or crime.”
In the period covered by the report only three incidents of drug misuse were reported to police.
One resulted in a search with negative results, another report of drug use in a car could not be traced and a third resulted in the uplift of pink powder, a possible legal high.
Five drugs offences were recorded, four to a single 28-year-old female found in possession of diazepam, heroin, herbal cannabis and unidentified white tablets; a 24-year-old male was found with a small quantity of cocaine.
There were no reports of discarded needles and no drug overdoses.
Councillor for Broughty Ferry, Laurie Bidwell, praised the reductions in crime, but offered a warning.
He said: “I’m very pleased with the reduction in crime, and long may it continue.
“Clearly Police Scotland are doing well, and working well with the community safety staff who are doing good work monitoring the places where these crimes occur. I think a peaceful area like Broughty Ferry has a greater awareness of minor crimes committed on our streets, like vandalism and nuisance.
“I am interested to see the Police Scotland reports when they come out detailing the detection rate for some of these lower level crimes because in the last couple of years the detection rates have been dropping.”
News was less positive for other areas of the city:
* Strathmartine saw an increase in youth crimes, noise complaints; though drug offences and thefts saw a marked drop.
* Lochee continues to see youth calls, anti-social use of motorbikes, as well as drug offences. Three people in Lochee overdosed on drugs but survived, and a 43-year-old male fatally overdosed in Leith Walk in August.
* In the West End, instances of youth crime continue to be low, the report notes a reduction in housebreaking, drug activity has remained constant.
* Coldside has “historically low” numbers of youth calls in the last three months, but high levels of anti-social noise from the multi-storey flats at the foot of the Hilltown.
* Maryfield continues to suffer with youth calls, with youths asking adults to buy cigarettes. Sixteen crimes of possession of drugs were recorded, and 17 needles recovered from 17 locations.
* The North East ward continues to have problems with motorbikes and anti-social noise.
* Noise complaints are the biggest problem in the East End, with 36 incidents from a single hotspot area. A fatal drug overdose in Alloway Terrace underscores the drug problem, with 27 possession of drugs offences in a three-month period.