Examination of Crime Statistics
Examination of crime statistics received from MOPAC to include:
(a) Recorded Crime
(b) Anti-Social Behaviour (ASB)
(c) Public Confidence & Victim Satisfaction
(d) Complaints against Borough Officers/Staff
(e) Stop and Search
(f) Taser Deployment
Minutes:
Jenny Barnett, Superintendent, provided the following crime statistics:
a) Recorded Crime
There is a 15.1% decrease in all recorded crime in the last 12 month rolling period. Over the last 12-month period there have been the following changes:
· 10.4% decrease in burglaries
· 2.5% decrease in robbery
· 2% increase in criminal damages
· 6.5% increase in theft
· 2% decrease in violence with injury
b) Anti-Social Behaviour (ASB)
There has statistically been an increase in the reporting of ASB, although this is due to how its logged. Calls will initially be logged as ASB but after investigation be found to be something else. As the statics are produced by what the call is initially logged as ASB reports look higher than they are.
c) Public Confidence & Victim Satisfaction
Enfield is still low in the London rankings of victim satisfaction. There has been some improvement on following up incidents with victims of crime. Victims are now being provided with a 24-hour phone number to contact officers regarding their case.
d) Complaints against Borough Officers/Staff
No update on complaints was available.
e) Stop & Search
The Stop & Search Monitoring Group has held three meetings since it has been established. A future meeting has been scheduled for the end of April. It is hoped the Group will have around 8-10 people attending and is being supported by the police.
20% of all searches have led to an arrest. New Officers are receiving 5 weeks of extra training to raise awareness of the processes.
f) Taser Deployment
Tasers are available to 4 Officers in every team. Following the attacks in Westminister, the maximum number of Officers were deployed with tasers, however, this has now been reduced.
The following questions were taken from the Board and members of the public:
Q) How long is it before a case of crime is closed?
A) Depending on the evidence and whether there is a suspect. If neither of these are available a case will be closed, although would be reopened if a led was to come up. Crimes are always investigated as public and private CCTV has increased.
ACTION: Tim Fellows and Jenny Barnett to discuss putting together a new crime pack to be sent out before each meeting.
Q) Is ASB a council responsibility or a police responsibility?
A) What the ASB is depends on whether it is a council or police responsibility. Often a joint response is produced by both the organisations. Criminal acts will always be a police responsibility.
Q) Has there been an increase in moped thefts and crimes?
A) There have been three moped thefts in Enfield which is an increase for the borough. Mopeds are travelling from Camden and Islington where this has become a bigger issue. A squad has been put together to deal with moped enabled crimes and prevention work is taking place with designers to make mopeds more difficult to steal. This is not considered a major issue for Enfield.