Month All Business Incidents Monthly Data 1/1/2024 -31/8/24 and 2025 Comparison January 2024/2025 254/129 February 2024/2025 115/222 March 2024/2025 363/293 April 2024/2025 265/246 May 2024/2025 266/186 June 2024/2025 242/104 July 2024/2025 261/136 August 2024/2025 225/96 Yearly Totals 1991/1412 579 fewer incidents Comparison figures 2024/25 29% reduction 9 CJ/S6/25/26/1 HSCS/S6/25/26/1 SJSS/S6/25/25/1 Month/Year Needle Recoveries/ASB Monthly Data 1/1/2024 -31/8/24 and 2025 Comparison January 2024/2025 20/6 February 2024/2025 11/Zero March 2024/2025 76/2 April 2024/2025 30/2 May 2024/2025 16/Zero June 2024/2025 19/Zero July 2024/2025 40/2 August 2024/2025 30/2 Yearly Totals 242/14 228 fewer recoveries Comparison figures 2024/25 94% Reduction Local Authority Needle Bin Month Recoveries May 2025 14 June 19 July 36 August 27 Total 96 Example Incidents of Anti Social Behaviour linked to Drug Use Raised via OneTouch: 10/02/2024 06:00:00 1 Came in for my shift and there was blood and a used syringe next to staff entrance, upon viewing CCTV I saw 3 x users come along at 5 past midnight and start to shoot up Raised via OneTouch: 13/02/2024 15:45:00 1 Security officer 22205, used syringe with blood in it found by staff member on a trolley in trolley bay Raised via OneTouch: 10/06/2024 13:21:00 1 2 syringe found at parent + child parking area 10 CJ/S6/25/26/1 HSCS/S6/25/26/1 SJSS/S6/25/25/1 Raised via OneTouch: 04/10/2024 13:15:00 1 ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOUR, security officer 22205, used syringe found in disabled toilet by store cleaner Cleaner approached security about needles and syringes found 13/11/2024 09:00:00 1 outside the store, in the car park, used by drug users to inject heroin.