Alcohol-fueled crime at a three year low

Your next hangover probs won’t arrive with a criminal record

Alcohol related crime stirling

Let’s be honest, Stirling could be a soap opera with the amount of crime going on, even in the last year alone.

Last year saw 310 documented cases of intoxicated crime in the city of Stirling. This is higher than 2012’s 294 reported cases of drunken misbehaviour.

However, 2011 takes the hungover biscuit for the highest number of drink-related crime at 394 cases.

Think of all the jägerbombs!

They’re at it again…

But so far 2014 has had only 264 cases of pissed anti-social activity – the lowest figure in the last three years. One of these 264 will have been the drunken attack on the owner of local corner-shop Sunny’s.

the customer damaged several areas of the shop before taking his anger out on Mr Hussein

A report from Police Scotland states: “The figures above are all alcohol related crimes. These are detected cases where the officer has assessed the accused as having been drinking. Levels of drunkenness are not recorded.”

Aidan Inglis, third year Psychology, said: “I remember last semester seeing this underager absolutely wrecked, passed out outside Jimmy Chungs and the police were trying to bring him round. After I went into Sunny’s, I came out and seen him swinging for a female police officer.”

“I don’t think alcohol related crime will ever stop being an issue, it was bizarre seeing it first hand though.”

Michael Tunnicliffe, third year Criminology and Law student said: “Because I live on Barnton Street, with my bedroom window facing out towards Fubar, it’s easy to be disturbed by the sound of something smashing or someone hurling abuse at another in the wee hours of the morning!

“Most of the time it is nothing too serious, just scuffles that we have all experienced on a night out to one extent or another.

“However, after only living here for less than six months, there are more common trends in vandalism such as marked cars, broken windows etc.”

Has Stirling’s tolerance for intoxicated crime lowered? Or is the end of the year going to prevail in a massive crime chunder? Only time will tell.