Agenda item

To receive a report from Rod Bennett, Community Safety Information Manager.

RECEIVED a report from Rod Bennett, Community Safety Information Manager.

NOTED:

(i)            General trends are very similar to those presented at the last meeting in January 2016;

(ii)          Anti-Social Behaviour calls (-5.3%), Burglary (-6.8%), Theft of Motor Vehicles (-17.3%) are all currently experiencing reductions in the rolling 12-months to 8^th March 2016;

(iii)         Overall, MOPAC seven recorded crime categories are experiencing a 0.6% increase in the rolling 12 months to date;

(iv)         Enfield is currently experiencing a -5.1% decrease in Serious Youth Violence Victims in the FY 15/16 to the 28^th February. London has experienced an overall increase of +4.0% in the same period

(v)          Reported Domestic Abuse Violence with Injury offences have risen by +4.4% in the FY to 2^nd March 2016. This equates to an extra 37 offences;

(vi)         Four of the seven MOPAC indicators are currently experiencing in the 12-months rolling (Robbery +18.4%, Theft from M/V +4.3%, Theft from Person +1.1% and Violence with Injury +2.4%). All of these except Violence with Injury have seen a reduction in the longer term;

(vii)        A detailed table was provided showing the performance overview for MOPAC 7 and SSCB Priorities;

(viii)      Performance tracker maps were also provided for MOPAC 7 and vehicle crimes and MOPAC 7 and robbery;

(ix)          A London Borough Ranking Table was also looked at, showing MOPAC 7 and total notifiable offences percentage changes;

(x)          Further information and figures were provided for Serious Acquisitive Crime (SAC), which includes Robbery, Vehicle Crime and Burglary;

(xi)         Information and figures were also provided on Violence Against Women & Girls (VAWG) and Serious Youth Violence.

The following questions/comments were raised:

Q:        Do you think the media has a lot to answer for as they only appear to report on the most awful of crimes yet very rarely show good news stories?

A:        Unfortunately good news isn’t really news at all, only headlines sell papers. In view of this the police put a lot of time and effort into their twitter feed and this is now one of their main areas of communication.

Q:        Is there a rise in disability hate crime and if so is it related with young people travelling to and from school?

A:        No, there has not been a particular rise in this sort of crime, but there is obviously a concern that people feel empowered enough to report this sort of crime, therefore a lot of work takes place around this issue. There is a meeting of the Hate Crime Forum tomorrow at Community House focusing on disability.

Q:        I am shocked about the number of rapes reported on. Are we doing anything specific in this area?

A:        A rape is reported to police in about 10% of cases. We have specialist investigation teams dealing with this. This is not a unique issue to Enfield though. The figures, although still shocking, demonstrate that more people are coming forward to report this type of crime. It must be remembered however that police reported figures do not clearly show the whole picture.

Q:        What work is being done around Motor Vehicle Crime?

A:        The police are constantly on alert. Operation Spider is in place to specifically deal with this type of crime.