| Aim 2: Reduce crime* by 12.5% by 2008 |
| Objectives: |
2.1Reduce theft of a vehicle by 21% by 2008 |
2.2Reduce theft from a vehicle by 13% by 2008 |
2.3Reduce vehicle interference 13% by 2008 |
2.4Reduce domestic burglary 20% by 2008 |
2.5Reduce theft or unauthorised taking of a pedal cycle by 2% by 2008 |
2.6Reduce theft from person 6% by 2008 |
2.7Reduce criminal damage 10% by 2008 |
2.8Reduce common assault 9% by 2008 |
2.9Reduce wounding 15% by 2008 |
2.10Reduce personal robbery 15% by 2008 |
| Aim 1: Reduce the types of anti-social behaviour, which are of most concern to the community |
| Objectives |
1.1Enforce speed limits through use of speed detection equipment |
1.2Educate motorists about appropriate speeds by the use of interactive signs |
1.3Employ initiatives to educate drivers about road safety with an emphasis on new drivers |
1.4Use appropriate media to encourage considerate parking and driving |
1.5Use engineering/ parking controls to design out traffic problems |
1.6Develop a pound for the storage of abandoned vehicles so that they can be removed from public areas |
| Aim 3: Reduce the number of individuals who commit anti-social behaviour and have the most impact on communities |
| Objectives |
3.1Co-ordinate a multi-agency response to specific individuals’ anti-social behaviour through the CIAG (Community Incident Action Group) |
3.2Develop the partnership contribution to the CIAG through regular training and networking |
3.3Identify those individuals who are most prolific in their offending or impact on the community through the Catch and Convict strand of the PPO Strategy |
3.4Address the behaviour of those identified as prolific or priority offenders and case-manage them through the three strands of the PPO scheme |
3.5Address drug and alcohol issues relating to PPOs through the PPO scheme and make links with the Drug Intervention Programme (DIP) and the Probation Service |
3.6Prevent young people from becoming future prolific offenders using the Prevent and Deter strand of the PPO scheme. |
| National Policing Plan 2005 / 08 | · Five key national priorities for policing
1. Reduce overall crime - including violent and drug-related crime - in line with the Government’s Public Service Agreements
2. Provide a citizen-focused police service which responds to the needs of communities and individuals, especially victims and witnesses, and inspires public confidence in the police, particularly among minority ethnic communities
3. Take action with partners to increase sanction detection rates and target prolific and other priority offenders
4. Reduce people’s concerns about crime, and anti-social behaviour and disorder; and
5. Combat serious and organised crime, within and across force boundaries |
| National Drugs Strategy (updated 2002) | · Preventing today’s young people from becoming tomorrow’s problematic drug users
· Reducing the supply of illegal drugs
· Reducing drug-related crime and its impact on communities
· Reducing drug use and drug-related offending through treatment and support.
· Reducing drug-related death through harm minimisation |
| Public Service Agreements, as set out in “Confident Communities in a Secure Britain – The Home Office Strategic Plan 2004 – 08” |
Objective I: People are and feel more secure in their homes and daily lives.
1. Reduce crime by 15%, and further in high crime areas, by 2007-08.
2. Reassure the public, reducing the fear of crime and anti-social behaviour, and building confidence in the Criminal Justice System without compromising fairness.
Objective II: More offenders are caught, punished and stop offending, and victims are better supported.
3. Improve the delivery of justice by increasing the number of crimes for which an offender is brought to justice to 1.25 million by 2007-08. |
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Objective III: Fewer people's lives are ruined by drugs and alcohol.
4. Reduce the harm caused by illegal drugs (as measured by the Drug Harm Index encompassing measures of the availability of Class A drugs and drug related crime) including substantially increasing the number of drug misusing offenders entering treatment through the Criminal Justice System.
Objective V: Citizens, communities and the voluntary sector are more fully engaged in tackling social problems and there is more equality of opportunity and respect for people of all races and religions.
5. Increase voluntary and community engagement, especially amongst those at risk of social exclusion.
6. Reduce race inequalities and build community cohesionReduce crime and the fear of crime, including organised and international crime (includes specific targets for vehicle, domestic burglary, and robbery crime) |
| Alcohol Harm Reduction Strategy for England (March 2004) | · Tackle alcohol-related disorder in town and city centres
· Improve treatment and support for people with alcohol problems
· Clamp down on irresponsible promotions by the industry
· Provide better information to consumers about the dangers of alcohol misuse |
| Best Value Performance Indicators – Relevant ones current in 2004, but under review | · BV 126: Domestic burglaries
· BV 127: Violent Crimes, including violence committed by a stranger, violence in a public place, violence in connection to licensed premises, violence committed under the influence of intoxicants, robberies (nb: Surrey is not required to report on robberies, and the Police no longer have to set BVPI targets against any violent crime categories)
· BV 128: Vehicle crimes, including theft of vehicles and from vehicles
· BV 174: Number of racial incidents recorded by the authority
· BV 175: Percentage of racial incidents that resulted in further action
· BV 176: Number of domestic violence refuge places provided by the local authority |
| · BV 146: Number of malicious false alarms received by the fire service
· BV 206: Number of deliberate fires |
| National Probation Service – ‘Bold Steps’ - 2004 | · Effective implementation of the Criminal Justice Act
· Effective offender management to reduce crime
· Providing a more efficient and effective reporting service to courts
· Delivery of programmes and interventions to reduce offending
· Managing and reducing dangerousness (i.e. management of cases assessed as high risk)
· Provide a quality service to the victims of serious sexual and other violent crime
· Value and achieve diversity in the NPS and the services it provides
· Build capacity in Wales and the English regions
· Build effective support |
Youth Justice Plan 2004/05 (selected measures only)
| · Effective arrangements that ensure children and young people most at risk of offending are targeted by mainstream services
· Reduce re-offending
· Use of restorative justice processes and victim satisfaction
· 10% of young people with final warnings supported by intervention and community based penalties receive a parenting intervention
· 90% of young offenders who are supervised by the YOT are in full time education, training or employment
· Ensure all young people are screened for substance abuse and that those with identified needs receive appropriate specialist assessment
· Support CDRPs in tackling anti-social behaviour |
| South East Regional Housing Strategy 2004/05 – 2005/06 | · Key Theme 4 addresses homelessness and supported housing. This includes a requirement to consider the needs of homeless people and households, particularly those with drug and alcohol problems, domestic violence issues and debt. This requires housing authorities and Registered Social landlords to work with Local Strategic Partnerships and the Drugs Action Teams.
A draft code of guidance has also been consulted on (closed June 2004) for landlords in respect of anti-social behaviour. Housing authorities and RSLs have specific powers under the Anti-Social Behaviour Act 2003 |
Anti-Social Behaviour Act 2003
(and Together Tackling ASB) | The Act, and the developments included in the “Together” Action Plan, published in October 2003 include 9 key areas where new or improved powers are now available:
· Closure of premises where drugs are used unlawfully
· New powers for social landlords in tackling ASB
· Support to, and requirements of, parents in meeting their responsibilities to their children and community
· New powers to disperse intimidating groups
· New prohibitions on air weapons and imitation firearms
· A range of powers to improve the environment, including nuisance noise, fly tipping, litter and graffiti
· New powers to control trespass and public order
· High hedges (i.e. the effect they have on neighbours)
· A range of enforcement powers, including ASBOs, penalty notices, curfews and supervision orders |
Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Bill
2004 | The Bill, which has not yet become an Act, promises a major overhaul of the legislation regarding domestic violence. The full range of priorities and measures are yet to be clarified but are likely to include preventative, supportive and punitive measures, and specific provisions where children, alcohol or drugs, mental health or multiple needs are an issue. |
Prolific & Priority Offender Strategy 2004
| Each CDRP is expected to have a scheme in place by September 2004 in response to this Strategy, for which initial guidance has just been published. Designed to target the 10% or so of offenders who have 3 or more convictions and account for 50% of crimes committed, the strategy has three main strands:
· Prevent and Deter: Reducing the numbers of young people involved in crime and the levels of re-offending
· Catch and Convict: The development of a Criminal Justice System Premium Service to ensure prolific offenders are consistently prioritised
· Rehabilitate and Resettle: Management of offenders through support and priority access to services to deter re-offending |
| Cutting Crime, Delivering Justice – A Strategic Plan for Criminal Justice 2004-08 | The Plan includes a series of 5 visions for 2008, with identified milestones for achievement from 2004/05 onwards. These visions are:
· The public will have confidence that the Criminal Justice System is effective and serves all communities fairly
· Victims and Witnesses will receive a consistent high standard of service from all criminal justice agencies |
| Anti-Social Behaviour | All types of behaviour that significantly impairs the quality of life for local residents. Defined and measured under police incident classifications of community/neighbourhood problems civil disputes and disturbance. West and Farrington (1977) state that “anti-social behaviour includes acts prohibited by the criminal law. It also includes other clearly deviant acts such as bullying, reckless driving, heavy drinking and sexual promiscuity and more marginally or arguably deviant acts such as heavy gambling, employment instability and conflict with parents” (The Delinquent Way of Life. London Heinemann) |
| Best Value Performance Indicators | Councils need to show that they are providing good overall performance. This process collects data centrally from all councils and the process for producing the data is audited. Comparisons can then be made between councils to assess general performance. (Office of the Deputy Prime Minister) |
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| A closed circuit television system which is viewed only by the interested parties. |
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| Community engagement is the process of involving communities in the development and management of services such as health, education and housing. It may also involve other issues which concern us all, or it may be about tackling the problems of a neighbourhood, such as crime, drug misuse or lack of play facilities for children. |
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| Community Safety means preventing, reducing or containing the social, environmental and intimidatory factors which prevent people’s rights to live without fear of crime and which impact upon their quality of life. It includes preventative measures that contribute to crime reduction and tackle antisocial behaviour. (Community Safety, Northern Ireland) |
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| A property where presence of dealers or users of crack cocaine is evident. Legislation now enables police and local authorities to close crack houses with 48 hours |
| Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnerships (CDRPs) | Crime is tackled in every local area by Crime & Disorder Reduction Partnerships (CDRPs) – a combination of police, local authorities and other organisations and businesses who have banded together to develop and implement strategies for tackling crime and disorder on the local level. |
| There are 376 CDRPs to cover nearly every local authority area in England & Wales. Each one produces an audit and strategy for its local area. |
| Criminal Damage | Criminal damage is when someone deliberately or recklessly destroys or damages property. The damage can be to dwellings, buildings, vehicles or other property. |
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| The Criminal Justice System in England and Wales is responsible for maintaining law and order and administering justice. It aims to reduce crime and to deliver justice on behalf of victims, defendants and communities. The CJS is being reformed to help it to deliver these goals and to ensure that it provides a service in which the public can have confidence. |
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| Distraction burglary, often called ‘bogus callers’ or ‘ burglary artifice’ is a crime primarily targeted at vulnerable older people. Offenders pose as officials, including council workers, police officers and utility workers, in order to gain access to homes. Once inside the victim is distracted and the burglary is committed. |
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| A burglary is recorded when a person enters a building or part of a building as a trespasser and with intent to steal anything in the building or to cause criminal damage. This includes a crime where a trick or distraction is used on an occupant of a dwelling to gain, or try to gain, access to the premises to commit burglary. A domestic burglary is a burglary as defined above that has occurred within a premise being used for residential purposes. This includes separately lockable rooms within halls of residence, shared or sheltered accommodation, long-stay hotel rooms and caravans or houseboats used for habitation. |
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| For crime recording purposes, domestic violence is any violent crime that takes place within the context of a close relationship between adults. This includes ex-partners as well as partners who need not necessarily be living together on a full time, continuing basis and need not ever have done so. In addition, other domestic related crimes and incidents are also highlighted on the Police Crime Information System and annual returns are submitted to the Home Office. In the wider context, domestic abuse can include both physical, emotional and psychological abuse. |
| Drug Intervention Programme (DIP) | A programme which supports drug using offenders to help them break the ties of funding their class A drug addiction through crime. |
Drugs
Alcohol | Drug offences include the notifiable offences of trafficking in controlled drugs, possession of controlled drugs and other drug offences. In addition, any crime or incident that is deemed to have a drug element is flagged as such on the Police Crime Information System.
Alcohol offences include the non-crime incidents of drunk and disorderly, drunk and incapable and driving while unfit through drink. Other crimes and incidents that are considered to have an alcohol element are also highlighted on the Police Crime Information System. |
| Hate Crime | Hate crime can be any crime that has racially or religiously motivating factors. Such crimes include racially or religiously aggravated wounding, common assault, harassment and criminal damage. Such racially aggravated offences are recorded by the Home Office. In addition, homophobic related crimes are recorded on many police crime information systems although this is not currently counted separately by the Home Office. |
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| These signs are radar controlled to appear when triggered by drivers exceeding the posted speed limit. They are sited some 150m inside a speed limit, usually one entering a village of town. If a driver is exceeding the speed limit the sign lights up with a copy of the speed limit sign and is accompanied with yellow flashing lights above and below the sign. |
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| A tool for analysing and disseminating Performance Management Information, using the crime and detections data submitted monthly by all 43 forces in England. |
Key Performance Indicators (KPI)
| Key Performance Indicators, also known as KPI or Key Success Indicators (KSI), help an organisation define and measure progress toward organizational goals. They are quantifiable measurements, agreed to beforehand, that reflect the critical success factors of an organisation. They will differ depending on the organization.
Once an organisation has analysed its mission, identified all its stakeholders, and defined its goals, it needs a way to measure progress toward those goals. Key Performance Indicators are those measurements. (About Business Management) |
| Prolific Priority Offenders (PPO) | Prolific and Priority Offenders (PPO) are persistent offenders, who frequently have drug problems and commit crime to support their drug habit. The Home Office criteria to be used locally by the Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnerships in selecting these offenders should be:
- the nature and volume of the crimes they are committing; |
| - the nature and volume of other harm they are causing (e.g.
by virtue of their gang leadership or anti-social behaviour);
- other local criteria based on the impact of the individuals
concerned on their local communities. |
| Public Service Agreement (PSA) | The Government introduced PSAs following the 1998 Comprehensive Spending Review, setting out publicly clear targets showing what departments aimed to achieve in terms of public service improvements for the first time. Progress against those targets has been reported every year in departmental reports. |
Registered Social Landlords
| Registered Social Landlords (RSLs) are independent housing organisations registered with the Housing Corporation under the Housing Act 1996. Most are housing associations, but there are also trusts, co-operatives and companies. |
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| Surrey Crime and Disorder Information System (Surrey County Council) |
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| Theft from shops. Does not include theft by employees from shops |
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| A set of objectives to be pursued by the responsible authorities, by co-operating persons or bodies or, under agreements with the responsible authorities, by other persons or bodies; and long-term and short-term performance targets for measuring the extent to which such objectives are achieved. |
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| Drug and alcohol misuse. |
| Total Crime | If someone reports to the police that a crime has been committed or the police observe or discover a crime, the police should register a crime-related incident, and then decide whether to record it as a crime. From April 2002, the police comply with the National Crime Recording Standard in making this decision, although generally the police would record these reports of crime if they amount to a ‘notifiable’ offence and there is no credible evidence to the contrary. The total ‘notifiable’ offences recorded by the police does not necessarily mean all criminal offences, as almost all the more minor summary offences are excluded (even though the police may record them for their own investigations). The significance of the term ‘notifiable’ is that all these offences are notified to the Home Office, and they are collectively known as ‘recorded crime’ (Home Office, 2004). |