Here's what North Glasgow police responded to last week
This resulted in 176 crime reports being created.
Among them was one road traffic collision and 57 reports if antisocial behaviour, five of which involved drugs.
Police attended 20 reports of disturbances and dealt with 72 requests to assist locals.
22 concerns for persons were reported and at least 54 entries were created in the force's vulnerable persons database.
Officers were called to 22 domestic incidents and 7 people were reported missing, all of whom were returned home.
Here's what North Glasgow police responded to last week (Image: Mark F Gibson / Gibson Digital)
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The update added: "Community officers in Springburn attended the African Challenge Scotland community event and had a great day promoting inclusion, diversity and culture in Glasgow and beyond.
"We appreciate all those who came up to us to have a chat and hope they enjoyed the day as much as we did."
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