A rise in reported sex crimes locally is because more victims now have the confidence to come forward, according to a top cop.
Chief Superintendent Lynn Ratcliff spoke at a meeting of West Dunbartonshire Council’s housing and communities committee last week, introducing a report that showed an 11.4 percent year-on-year rise in sexual crimes.
The report says: “Increased crime levels are mainly as a result of a 38.5 percent increase in sexual assaults (+20).
