Making Glenrothes Safer

Residents in the central Fife town believe their neighbourhood is a 'fairly safe' place to live.

A recent survey found that 83% feel at ease when home alone at night.

There's been an increase in the use of community warden patrols and CCTV use in a bid to tackle anti-social behaviour, whilst a scheme to tackle bogus callers is also in place.

Councillor Altany Craik, Chair of Glenrothes Area Committee, said: "Glenrothes area has so many good examples of how community safety services and organisations work together, through responding to immediate problems such as neighbour disputes to pro-actively addressing wider issues such as home safety for families and vulnerable adults. This approach means we not only tackle crime, antisocial behaviour and injury, but help people feel safer and more secure in their homes and neighbourhoods."

In addition to area-specific work a number of Fife-wide initiatives have been highlighted including home and business security surveys carried out by police officers, Safe, Secure and Supported at Home, a scheme whereby vulnerable victims of domestic abuse receive advice and equipment to help them stay in their own homes, joint fire safety and home safety visits, and the 12th year of Safe Drive Stay Alive to raise awareness of the consequences of careless and dangerous driving.

Councillor Kenny Selbie, chair of the Safer Communities Committee, added: "Fife is committed to dealing with problems as they arise at a neighbourhood level and developing longer-term projects to address the causes of crime, antisocial behaviour and injury. We are heartened by the progress made across Fife towards our strategy of making Fife's communities safer."