May 02, 2025 | Incident and Crime Statistics , Anti-social Behaviour
Request Number: FOI-14376
Category: Incident and Crime Statistics – Antisocial Behaviour
Subject: Use Of Scramblers/Quad Bikes In The Area Of Whitespots Park
Request and Answer:
Request 1
Could you please confirm the number of incidents/crimes reported to police for off road bikes/scramblers/quad bikes being used illegally in the area of Whitespots Country Park between Newtownards and Bangor.
Request 2
I would be grateful for numbers for the past 10 years.
Answers 1 & 2
Please find below a breakdown of all incidents/crime reports reported to police involving off road/scramblers/quad bikes used in the Whitespots Country Park area for the past 10 years:
2024 – 2
2023 – 2
2022 – 2
2020 – 1
Request 3
The number of prosecutions/cautions resulting from these reports.
Answer
With the seven incidents/reports specified above there have been three official warnings issued for using these vehicles in order to cause alarm or distress but there has been no prosecutions that have resulted from these reports.
Please note that records were searched on Police IT Systems for the last 10 years for this area where the terms off road bikes, scramblers and quads were manually entered onto the system which provided the above results.