Police Scotland: Terror attack is Scottish peoples’ biggest fear

The survey has now been live for three months and was completed by more than 10,000 people between 7th April and 30th June 2016.

Analysis of the results, which are published on the Police Scotland website and are broken down by division, show that the main issue of concern at a local level is split between anti-social behaviour, housebreakings and drug dealing or misuse.

Assistant chief constable Kate Thomson, who launched the Polish language version of the survey in Dundee earlier this month, said: “I am delighted with the response we have received so far.

“We recently announced an increase of 124 armed officers, to ensure we have the capacity and capability across Scotland to respond to any emerging threat, and the use of our armed officers will be a critical factor in our response.

“Violent Crime was the second highest priority nationally. There are many aspects to violent crime, which take place in both public and private areas, and include robbery, domestic abuse and sexual crime.

“We are seeing an increase in reporting of some aspects of these crimes, which we understand from partners to be an indication of confidence in our approach and support of victims.

As well as giving their view on the national priorities the public are also commenting on priorities for their local areas. While there is some variation of local priorities across Police Scotland’s 13 divisions, there are recurring themes of anti-social behaviour, homes being broken into and drug dealing or misuse.

The five top national and local priorities identified by the 10,075 people who responded to the survey can be found on the consultation section of the Police Scotland webiste .