Update on Crime and Disorder Audit 20042005

Paper D Crime and Disorder Policy Development Panel SUBJECT: STATUS: REPORT OF: CONTACT: Update on Crime and Disorder Audit 2004/2005 Open Community Safety Team Zoryna O’Donnell - Telephone 01256 845399 e-mail - z.o’donnell@basingstoke.gov.uk July 2004 1. Purpose 1.1. The purpose of this report is to brief Members of the Panel on progress of the Crime and Disorder Audit 2004/2005. 2. Current Situation 2.1. Crime and Disorder Audit Working Group 2.1.1. The Audit Working Group comprising members of the Borough Community Safety Team, expert advisers representing the community, the responsible authorities (the Police Service, Probation Service, Fire and Rescue Service and Health Service) and the Youth Offending Team and Drug Action Team has held its meeting on 15 March and 28 May 2004. 2.1.2. To date the Audit Working Group has completed an initial ‘broad and shallow’ review of the levels and patterns of crime, disorder and drug misuse in the Borough during 2002/3 and 2003/4. At the meeting of the Working Group on 28 May 2004 it was agreed to present a brief overview of the initial findings to the Community Safety Forum and to the Crime and Disorder policy Development Panel. 2.2. Basingstoke & Deane – Profile of the Borough 2.2.1. The Borough of Basingstoke and Deane covers an area of over 63,000 hectares (245 square miles) within northern Hampshire, over 75% of which is agricultural land or in other non-wooded greenfield uses. A further 15% of the Borough is covered by woodland and forest, and less than 8% is built up, supporting the bulk of a population of well over 152,000 people, as recorded in the 2001 Census. 2.2.2. 60% of this population (92,000) is housed within the expanded town of Basingstoke, which has grown to more than five times its size half a century ago. The most rapid growth was in the 1960s and 1970s, but expansion is still taking place, with an increase of over 7,000 people forecast on the periphery of the town over the next 5 years. 2.2.7. 99 per cent of the resident population of the Borough lived in households at the time of the 2001 Census. The remainder of the population lived in communal establishments. Of the 61,700 households in the Borough at the 2001 Census, 73.5% live in owneroccupied accommodation and 17.4% in housing association dwellings or those provided by other registered social landlords; the remaining 9.1% reside under other forms of tenure, including private rental. Over 40,000 of the Borough’s dwellings were built in the last 40 years. 1 2.2.8. Since May 2002, the Borough has been divided into 30 wards. 2.2.9. Detailed information on the resident population of the Borough and economic activity is presented in Appendix 1 – Basingstoke and Deane – Profile of the Borough. 2.2.10. New 2004 Indices of Deprivation were published by the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister on 28 April 2004 at the level of ‘Lower Layer Super Output Areas’. The latter divide the Borough into 104 areas, up to 5 of which aggregate into each of the Borough’s wards, thus providing a more finely-grained picture of deprivation in the Borough compared with the Indices of Deprivation 2000. (The data is currently being analysed). The latest version of A Profile of Hampshire names Norden (10)1, Popley (11) and Buckskin (15) amongst 20 the most deprived wards in Hampshire. 2.3. Crime and Disorder in Basingstoke and Deane (2001-2004) 2.3.1. Changes in the crime recording system 1) In 1998, changes to the Home Office Counting Rules clarified the recording of multiple victims of related incidents and added number of new offences to the list of those crimes that the police should report in their statistics. Following a recommendation in the Home Office Review of Crime Statistics (Simmons, 2000), 2001/2002, saw the publication of the first crime volume presenting data from both the British Crime Survey and police recorded crime data together. The result has been a more holistic approach to the presentation of statistics on crime. 2) In 2002/2003 further change was introduced with the specific aim of improving the way in which the police record crime. The National Crime Recording System (NCRS) has sought to bring about a victim-centred approach to crime recording and to provide a basis for greater consistency of recording between forces. In the long term, the changes included within the NCRS will produce recorded crime data which are increasing reliable, fair and comparable. 3) In the short term, however, the cost of introducing these changes has been to inflate artificially estimates of the increase in the number of crimes recorded by the police by at least 7% from 2001/02. This stands in stark contrast to the overall trends in the British Crime Survey, which show a decrease of 2% from 2001/02 to 2002/03 When the effect of the NCRS is taken into account, police recorded crime decreased by 3% overall from 2001/2002 to 2002/2003. 2 4) A chart below shows a long term national recorded crime trend, which reflects implementation of the new crime recording system: 1 2 Rank from 1 to 20. (1=most deprived) Sourse: Simmoms, J. et al. National Crime Recording Standard (NCRS): an analysis of the impact on recorded crime. On-Line Report 31/03 2 Source: Research Development and Statistics (RDS) Home Office 5) Hampshire adopted the National Crime Recording Standard (NCRS) in April 2002. The new system has affected all incident data, and this is clearly visible in the charts presented in Appendix 2. 6) The above changes of the crime recording standards make impossible an accurate estimation of whether or not, and to what extend the targets set up in the Community Safety Strategy 2002/2005 have been achieved. 2.3.2. Overall crime in Basingstoke and Deane 1) Trends in breakdown of recorded crime in Basingstoke and Deane since the new NCRS was implemented (2002/2003 and 2003/04) were analysed by the Community Safety Team. It shows a 5.3% increase in share of the violence against the person in overall recorded crime, whilst shares of the other types of crime remains about the same or going down. (See Appendix 2 for more details). 2) Interim findings of the audit show that Basingstoke and Deane borough is much safer place to live and work than the average for the whole England and Wales. This trend is evident during the whole period covered by the new audit. 3) For the audit purposes the Basingstoke and Deane data would be compared not only with the national statistics, but also with a ‘family group’ of the community safety partnerships across England and Wales, which have broad similarities in population, geography etc. Basingstoke and Deane belongs to a ‘Family Group 11’. Whilst the collected data show a clear and increasing NCRS impact, figures for Basingstoke and Deane are lower than average for our Family Group 11 and Hampshire. (See Appendix 2 for more details) 4) Data on different types of crime collected during the ‘broad and shallow’ stage of the audit are presented in Appendix 2. 3 2.3.3. Anti-social behaviour 1) Data on anti-social behaviour as a separate category have not been collected and analysed by single agency in the past. The first attempt to estimate an extent and impact of anti-social behaviour was undertaken by the Home Office on 10th September 2003. Between midnight on Tuesday and midnight on Wednesday 10/09/2003, many public services in England and Wales took part in the one-day count of anti-social behaviour. This included reports on grafitti, noise, litter, begging and abandoned cars. Responses were received from every Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnership area. 2) The results of the day count nationally:  66,107 reports of anti-social behaviour were recorded by participating service providers in one day;  a report of anti-social behaviour every 2 seconds;  a total cost of around £3.4 billion a year to public services. 3) Some 126 incidents of anti-social behaviour were recorded in Basingstoke on 10 September 2003. Detailed information about results of the one day count for our borough and findings of the BVPI General Survey 2003 on perceived extent of anti-social behaviour problems in Basingstoke and Deane are presented in Appendix 2. 2.3.4. The fear of crime 1) A comprehensive Fear of Crime Survey has not been conducted in Basingstoke and Deane previously. Therefore there is no data available for comparison. The Community Safety Survey 2004 will establish a baseline data on the fear of crime for further references. 2) The Survey was commissioned to the Priority Research LTD and is ongoing now. The survey will cover general public as well as hard to reach groups. It is anticipated that the survey will provide us with reliable, statistically robust means of ascertaining residents’ views, opinions and levels of support for new initiatives for the next three years of the Crime and Disorder Strategy. The survey will inform the Community Safety partnership about public opinion regarding both current and projected work across the borough in relation to the following themes:  Volume and Violent crime  Youth Crime  Drugs Misuse  Anti-Social Behaviour  Fear of crime  Community Development  Partnership Working 3) The Community Wardens were trained by the Priority Research LTD to assist with the survey in non-warden areas. 2.3.5. Community engagement 1) Data on Voluntary/Community Sector involvement in delivering the Community Safety Strategy was supplied by the Basingstoke Voluntary Services (Project MERLIN). 4 2) According to MRLIN estimates there are some 1,000 voluntary/community organisations operating in Basingstoke and Deane. Around 11% of them were surveyed by the MERLIN to date. Around 28% of all surveyed organizations (31 organisations) are contributing towards delivery of different objectives outlined in the Community Safety Strategy 2002/2005. 3) During the audited period the Community Safety Team have identified increase in number of Voluntary/Community organizations receiving community safety grants for different projects contributing towards delivery of the Community Safety Strategic Objectives. (See Appendix 2 for more details) 2.3.6. The cost of crime 1) The Home Office Research Study 217 provides estimated costs of different kinds of crime. The research has looked at three kinds of costs: - Security and insurance - Damage to property, victims, lost output, victim services, and health services - Criminal Justice system Cost – Police, Courts, Probation etc. and attached an average for some crime types, based on 1999 prices. 2) Using our local crime figures and the Home Office costings, it was estimated that the cost of crime in Basingstoke and Deane only in year 2003/2004 has exceeded £56 million (See Appendix 2 for more details). 3. Recommendations 3.1. To note the report and the progress made at this stage. 3.2. The Audit Working Group to continue a ‘deep and narrow’ stage of the audit and report to the Forum about the outcomes on 11 October 2004. Appendix 1 – Basingstoke and Deane – Profile of the Borough Appendix 2 - Crime and Disorder in Basingstoke and Deane – Interim Findings None Appendices: Background Papers: 5 Appendix 1 Basingstoke & Deane – Profile of the Borough 3 The Borough of Basingstoke and Deane covers an area of over 63,000 hectares (245 square miles) within northern Hampshire, over 75% of which is agricultural land or in other nonwooded greenfield uses. A further 15% of the Borough is covered by woodland and forest, and less than 8% is built up, supporting the bulk of a population of well over 152,000 people, as recorded in the 2001 Census. 60% of this population (92,000) is housed within the expanded town of Basingstoke, which has grown to more than five times its size half a century ago. The most rapid growth was in the 1960s and 1970s, but expansion is still taking place, with an increase of over 7,000 people forecast on the periphery of the town over the next 5 years. The second largest settlement in the Borough is the Tadley/Baughurst/Pamber Heath area, on the northern Hampshire boundary, with a population of nearly 16,000. This area grew rapidly from the 1950s, following the arrival of the Atomic Weapons Establishment just over the border in neighbouring West Berkshire. The western half of the Borough is dominated by the sparsely populated North Wessex Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, on the periphery of which are a number of settlements of 3,000-5,000 population, such as Overton and Whitchurch, both of which lie within the upper valley of the River Test. The River Loddon, which rises in Basingstoke, flows through Old Basing and Sherfield-onLoddon in the eastern part of the Borough. Elsewhere, numerous smaller villages and hamlets are scattered throughout the Borough, whose attractive rural environment and historic significance is characterised by 45 Conservation Areas and 1800 Listed Buildings. With regard to health care, most of the Borough lies within the area covered by the North Hampshire Primary Care Trust (PCT); the exception is Whitchurch Ward, which is covered by the Mid Hampshire PCT. Since May 2002, the Borough has been divided into 30 wards. 1. People Statistics4 1.1.. Resident Population and Age (Resident population (percentage) Basingstoke and Deane 21.2 4.5 12.3 England and Wales 20.2 4.9 12.6 Under 16 16 to 19 20 to 29 3 Prepared by Geoff Gosling, BDBC Senior Policy Officer 4 Copyright. Much of this material is Crown Copyright, reproduced with permission via ‘Click-Use Licence’ obtained from HMSO. Gcg/may2004 6 30 to 59 60 to 74 75 and over Average age 45.1 11.4 5.5 37.2 41.5 13.3 7.6 38.6 Source: 2001 Census, ONS 1.2. Marital Status (Resident population aged 16 and over (percentage) Basingstoke and Deane 27.2 55.4 2.3 8.6 6.6 England and Wales 30.1 50.9 2.4 8.2 8.4 Source: 2001 Census, ONS Single (never married) Married or re-married Separated Divorced Widowed 1.3. Ethnic Group (Resident population (percentage) Percentage of resident population in ethnic groups: White of which White Irish Mixed Asian or Asian British Indian Pakistani Bangladeshi Other Asian Black or Black British Caribbean African Other Black Chinese or Other Ethnic Group Basingstoke and Deane England 96.6 90.9 1.1 1.3 1.0 1.3 1.2 4.6 0.8 2.1 0.1 1.4 0.2 0.6 0.1 0.5 0.6 2.1 0.4 1.1 0.2 1.0 0.0 0.2 0.6 0.9 Source: 2001 Census, ONS 1.4. Religion (Resident population (percentage) Basingstoke and Deane 74.0 0.2 0.4 0.1 England and Wales 71.8 0.3 1.1 0.5 7 Christian Buddhist Hindu Jewish Muslim Sikh Other religions No religion Religion not stated 0.5 0.2 0.3 17.0 7.2 3.0 0.6 0.3 14.8 7.7 Source: 2001 Census, ONS 1.5. Health and provision of care 1) The 2001 Census asked people to describe their health, over the preceding 12 months as 'good', 'fairly good' or 'not good'. Resident population (percentage) Good Fairly good Not good Basingstoke and Deane England and Wales 74.3 68.6 19.7 22.2 6.0 9.2 Source: 2001 Census, ONS 2) It also asked questions about any limiting long-term illness, health problem or disability which limited peoples daily activities or the work they could do. Resident population (percentage) Basingstoke and Deane England and Wales 13.1 18.2 Source: 2001 Census, ONS Had a long-term illness 3) For the first time, the 2001 Census asked a question about any voluntary care provided to look after, or give any help or support to family members, friends, neighbours or others because of long term physical or mental ill-health or disability, or problems relating to old age. Resident population (percentage) Basingstoke and Deane England and Wales 8.3 10.0 Source: 2001 Census, ONS Provided unpaid care 4) There are two main benefits associated with health that are paid to people needing help with personal care. They are the 'Disability Living Allowance' and the 'Attendance Allowance'. The Disability Living Allowance is a benefit paid to people under 65, who are disabled, and need help with personal care, and/or getting around. In August 2000, 3,085 people in Basingstoke and Deane received this benefit. Source: Department for Work and Pensions, 2000. The Attendance Allowance is paid to people over the age of 65, who are so severely disabled, physically or mentally, that they need supervision or a great deal of help with personal care. In May 2000, 1,545 people in Basingstoke and Deane received this benefit. Source: Department for Work and Pensions, 2000 8 1.6. Economic Activity 1) Basingstoke’s strategic location on the national road and rail networks has contributed to its success as an employment centre, with over 90% of the Borough’s jobs located in the town. Finance and business services are strongly represented, together with distribution and catering, other services and manufacturing, resulting in a thriving and wide-ranging local economy, and a ‘Claimant Count’ unemployment rate of only 1.1% at March 2004. The number of people commuting out of the Borough to work in the larger commercial centres of London, Reading, etc is matched by in-commuters from other parts of Hampshire and surrounding counties. 2) The figures below show the percentages of the population who indicated that their economic status was as stated at the time of the 2001 Census. This tends to produce a higher unemployment figure compared with the ‘Claimant Count’ unemployment rate published monthly on the ‘Nomis’ section of the ONS website. Resident population aged 16 to 74 (percentage) Basingstoke and Deane England and Wales 71.6 60.6 2.0 3.4 2.4 2.6 11.1 13.6 2.2 4.7 6.0 6.5 2.8 5.5 1.9 3.1 Source: 2001 Census, ONS Employed Unemployed Economically active full time students Retired Economically inactive students Looking after home/family Permanently sick or disabled Economically inactive 1.7. Students and Qualifications (Students and schoolchildren aged 16 to 74) Basingstoke and Deane Total number of full-time students and 5,042 schoolchildren aged 16 to 74 Percentage of total resident population 3.3 Total number aged 16 to 17 2,863 Total number aged 18 to 74 2,179 Note : Students and schoolchildren were counted at their term-time address. England and Wales 2,648,992 5.1 1,014,284 1,634,708 Source: 2001 Census, ONS Had no qualifications Qualified to degree level or higher Resident population aged 16 to 74 (percentage) Basingstoke and Deane England and Wales 22.1 29.1 21.5 19.8 Source: 2001 Census, ONS 9 1.8. Housing and Households 1) 99 per cent of the resident population of the Borough lived in households at the time of the 2001 Census. The remainder of the population lived in communal establishments. 2) Of the 61,700 households in the Borough at the 2001 Census, 73.5% live in owner-occupied accommodation and 17.4% in housing association dwellings or those provided by other registered social landlords; the remaining 9.1% reside under other forms of tenure, including private rental. Over 40,000 of the Borough’s dwellings were built in the last 40 years. Number of households (percentage) Basingstoke and England and Deane Wales 25.4 30.0 10.7 14.4 8.1 9.4 31.6 29.5 5.2 6.5 73.5 68.9 0.7 13.2 16.7 9.1 2.8 0.4 16.0 43.8 2.4 5.8 6.0 11.9 8.5 0.5 26.8 29.4 2.4 5.3 One person households Pensioners living alone Other All Pensioner households Contained dependent children Lone parent households with dependent children Owner occupied Rented from Council Rented from Housing Association or Registered Social Landlord Private rented or lived rent free Without central heating Without sole use of bath, shower or toilet Have no car or van Have 2 or more cars or vans Average household size (number) Average number of rooms per household Source: 2001 Census, ONS 1.9. Deprivation 1) New 2004 Indices of Deprivation were published by the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister on 28 April 2004 at the level of ‘Lower Layer Super Output Areas’. The latter divide the Borough into 104 areas, up to 5 of which aggregate into each of the Borough’s wards, thus providing a more finely-grained picture of deprivation in the Borough compared with the Indices of Deprivation 2000. (The data is currently being analysed). 2) The latest version of A Profile of Hampshire names Norden (10)5, Popley (11) and Buckskin (15) amongst 20 the most deprived wards in Hampshire. 5 Rank from 1 to 20. (1=most deprived) 10 Appendix 2 Crime and Disorder in Basingstoke and Deane - Interim Finding 1. Overall crime in Basingstoke and Deane 1) Table below shows a 5.3% increase in share of the violence against the person in overall recorded crime, whilst shares of the other types of crime remains about the same or going down. Types of recorded crime Share in overall recorded crime (%) 2002/2003 2003/2004 14.9 20.2 0.9 1.1 0.6 0.8 4.9 5.0 8.5 7.6 4.4 3.9 10.1 8.0 16.6 16.2 7.7 5.4 5.0 4.9 22.5 22.7 1.8 2.5 2.2 1.9 Change Violence against the person Sexual offence Robbery House burglary Other burglary Taking a motor vehicle Theft from motor vehicle Other theft Theft from a shop Fraud and forgery Damage and arson Drugs Miscellaneous Increase 5.3% Increase 0.2% Increase 0.2% Increase 0.1% Decrease 0.9% Decrease 0.5% Decrease 2.1% Decrease 0.4% Decrease 2.3% Decrease 0.1% Increase 0.2% Increase 0.7% Decrease 0.3% 2) The incidents of several major crime types in 2000/2001 included in table below. This data will be used as a baseline data for the current crime and disorder audit with adjustments required due to the new crime recording standards. Notifiable offences recorded by the police. April 2000 - March 2001. Violence Sexual Robbery Burglary Theft of a Theft from against the offences from a motor a motor person dwelling vehicle vehicle Total number of offences recorded Basingstoke and Deane Rate per 1,000 population Basingstoke and Deane Rate per 1,000 population England and Wales 1,133 89 62 395 506 1,085 7.6 0.6 0.4 2.6 3.4 7.3 11.4 0.7 1.8 7.6 6.4 11.9 Source: Home Office 11 3) The table above shows that for the most crime types, Basingstoke and Deane was much safer than the average for the whole England and Wales in 200/01. This trend is also evident during the whole period covered by the new audit. As an example, relevant data for 2002/2003 aree shown in a chart and a table below. All crime for Basingstoke & Deane Apr 2002 - Mar 2003 Month Total number of offences Offences per 1000 population Offences per 1000 England/Wales population 28.9 28.1 27.7 27.9 Apr-Jun 2002 Jul-Sep 2002 Oct-Dec 2002 Jan-Mar 2003 2767 2904 3025 3230 18.1 19.0 19.8 21.2 Source: www.crimeststistics.org.uk 4) For the audit purposes the Basingstoke and Deane data should be compared not only with the national statistics, but also with a ‘family group’ of the community safety partnerships across England and Wales, which have broad similarities in population, geography etc. Basingstoke and Deane belongs to a ‘Family Group 11’. Charts below show how we did compare with the Hampshire and Family 11 in all crimes during the audit period. 12 Source – IQuanta (Home Office Police Performance Tool) 5) Whilst the above data show a clear and increasing NCRS impact, figures for Basingstoke and Deane are lower than average for our Family Group 11 and Hampshire. 2. Domestic Burglary 1) Chart below shows a clear link between the crime figures and detection/arrest of prolific burglars operating in Basingstoke. This data will be further analysed during the ‘deep and narrow’ stage of the audit. Source – IQuanta (Home Office Police Performance Tool) 13 3. Vehicle Crime 1) Figures for vehicle crime in Basingstoke and Deane are lower than the family average. Source – IQuanta (Home Office Police Performance Tool) 4. Violent Crime 1). The chart below shows a considerable increase in the number of recorded crimes from the beginning of implementation of the new NCRS in April 2002. This process was completed in Hampshire only in the last quarter of the recording year 2002/2003. After adopting a new system some ‘incidents’ were now recorded as ‘crimes’. This led to an increase in crime figures that did not reflect reality and made comparison with previous years difficult. Source – IQuanta (Home Office Police Performance Tool) 5. Drugs 1) Chart and table below show that number of drug offences for Basingstoke & Deane (April 2002 - March 2003) in lower that the national average. 14 The population of Basingstoke & Deane is 152,591 Month Total number of offences Offences per 1000 population Offences per 1000 England/Wales population 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.7 Source: www.crimeststistics.org.uk 2) Chart below compares level of drug offences in Basingstoke and Deane with such offences in Family 11 and in Hampshire. Apr-Jun 2002 Jul-Sep 2002 Oct-Dec 2002 Jan-Mar 2003 43 46 71 55 0.3 0.3 0.5 0.4 Source – IQuanta (Home Office Police Performance Tool) 15 3) Further analyses of drug problem in Basingstoke and Deane will be undertaken during the ‘deep and narrow’ stage of the audit 6. Alcohol misuse 1) National figures suggest that up to 90,000 people in Hampshire could benefit from alcohol services. 2) For Basingstoke and Deane the following figures were publicized in a special report prepared by the Alcohol Concern Consultancy for HCC and Hampshire DAT in 2004: District: Population over 16 Drunk over 6/8 units on at least one day in the last week 14,427 Number of people dependent on alcohol Basingstoke and Deane 120,227 8,055 3) The link between alcohol and crime and disorder is well established and widely recognized. It has been estimated that the following proportion of crimes were committed while offender is under influence of alcohol:6 - criminal damage – 88% - all violent crime – 40% - assaults – 78% - domestic violence – 40% of recorded incidents - stabbing and beatings – 70% 7. Racially Aggravated Crime 1) The racially aggravated crime/harassment is interpreted as any incident where victim or any other person, believes that the perpetrator had a racial motives. 2) The greatest incidence of racial crime is white on ethnic, also there have been incidents of crime by ethnic person upon other members of the same group. There is no evidence to suggest that world tension is affecting the stability of society on a local level. The hate crime is dealt with robustly by Basingstoke police. All these crimes are recorded on ACR and monitored by the Divisional Chief Inspector. Police and BDBC encourage the reporting of racial crime through dissemination of special information leaflets. 6 Home Office – Tackling alcohol related crime, disorder and nuisance – Action Plan – August 2000 16 Source – IQuanta (Home Office Police Performance Tool) 8. Arson 1) Whilst the trend in scale and profile of arson in Basingstoke and Deane area complies with such in Hampshire as a whole, the share of arson and damage in overall crime is increasing (from 16% in 2000/2001 to 22.5% in year 2002/2003 and to 22.7% in year 2003/2004) much faster than in Hampshire or England and Wales. 2) In result of the mapping exercise conducted in May 2003 several arson and related environmental ‘hot spots’ have been identified in the borough, namely Oakridge, Popley, South Ham, Tadley/Pamber/Baughurst and Bishops Green. Community wardens are working close with HFRS in those areas to reduce risk of arson and tackle young people at risk of becoming arsonists. 3) Chart below shows a scale of arson in Basingstoke and Deane during the audited period. Source – IQuanta (Home Office Police Performance Tool) 17 9. Crime by, and against young people 1) Figures on crime by, and against young people shown in table below. It is important to note that the numbers relevant to detected crimes only (where identity and age of the offender were confirmed). 2001/2002 Total Percentage number 12,837 100% 332 920 2.6% 7.2% 2002/2003 Total Percentage number 14,989 100% 564 1,016 3.8% 6.8% 2003/2004 Total Percentage number 17,083 100% 707 1,459 4.1% 8.5% All crimes Offenders under 18 (detected) Victims under 18 2) Whilst the above data show a clear and increasing NCRS impact, YOT statistics indicates a significant reduction in youth re-offending across the Hampshire. The same tendency is identified in Basingstoke and Dean Borough. 3) Further analyses of crime by, and against young people will be undertaken during the ‘deep and narrow’ stage of the audit. 10. Anti-social behaviour 1) Data on anti-social behaviour as a separate category have not been collected and analysed by single agency in a past. The first attempt to estimate an extent and impact of anti-social behaviour was undertaken by the Home Office on 10th September 2003. Between midnight on Tuesday and midnight on Wednesday 10/09/2003, many public services in England and Wales took part in the one-day count of anti-social behaviour. This included reports on grafitti, noise, litter, begging and abandoned cars. Responses were received from every Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnership area. 2) The results of the day count nationally:  66,107 reports of anti-social behaviour were recorded by participating service providers in one day;  a report of anti-social behaviour every 2 seconds;  a total cost of around £3.4 billion a year to public services. 3) The results of the day count for Basingstoke and Deane are shown in a table below. Police Drugs & Substances Begging & drinking Indecent behaviour (Sexual) Vehicle nuisance BDBC Voluntary Organisations Housing Associations Education Health Total 0 3 0 1 1 3 1 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 1 18 18 Abandoned vehicles Noise Rowdy behaviour Nuisance Hoax calls Animal related Harassment Vandalism Rubbish 5 4 1 7 0 0 8 3 0 32 3 3 2 6 2 2 6 3 6 54 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 10 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 9 7 0 1 2 3 4 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 8 13 21 2 3 18 12 10 126 TOTAL: 4) Findings of the BVPI General Survey 2003 on perceived extent of anti-social behaviour problems in Basingstoke and Deane shown below: Problem A Very Big Problem A Fairly Big Problem Not a very Big Problem Not a Problem at all Don’t Know Total: 1,110 Noisy neighbours or loud parties Teenagers hanging around on the streets Vandalism, graffiti and other deliberate damage People being attacked because of skin colour, ethnic origin or religion People using or dealing drugs People being drunk or rowdy in public People sleeping rough Rubbish/litter Abandoned or burnt out cars Fear of crime % 3 9 8 % 6 24 22 % 16 21 23 % 75 45 45 % 1 1 2 1 3 8 73 15 7 5 1 5 5 6 14 13 4 18 16 17 10 20 8 28 20 25 55 58 80 47 57 51 15 5 8 1 2 1 11. Community engagement 1) Data on Voluntary/Community Sector involvement in delivering the Community Safety Strategy was supplied by the Basingstoke Voluntary Services (Project MERLIN). 19 2) According to MRLIN estimates there are some 1,000 voluntary/community organisations operating in Basingstoke and Deane. Around 11% of them were surveyed by the MERLIN to date. Around 28% of all surveyed organizations (31 organisations) are contributing towards delivery of different objectives outlined in the Community Safety Strategy 2002/2005. 3) Table below shows increase in number of Voluntary/Community organizations receiving community safety grants for different projects contributing towards delivery of the Community Safety Strategic Objectives. 2001/2002 Statutory Agencies (i.e. Police, Youth Service, Parish Council) 2002/2003 Statutory Agencies (i.e. Police, Youth Service, Parish Council) 2003/2004 Statutory Agencies (i.e. Police, Youth Service, Parish Council) 4 4 4 Voluntary Groups / Charities Voluntary Groups / Charities Voluntary Groups / Charities Other (i.e. Schools) Other (i.e. Schools) Community Safety Grants awarded to 3 4 4 6 6 3 7 Projects contributed to delivery of the Community Safety Strategic Objectives: Reduction in crime by and against young people Reduction in Violent Crime Create Safer Communities Reduce the Fear of crime 3 1 1 4 3 5 2 3 4 4 5 6 2 3 6 2 3 4 4 6 5 2 6 12. The cost of crime 1) The Home Office Research Study 217 provides estimated costs of different kinds of crime. The research has looked at three kinds of costs: - Security and insurance - Damage to property, victims, lost output, victim services, and health services - Criminal Justice system Cost – Police, Courts, Probation etc. and attached an average for some crime types, based on 1999 prices. 2) Using our local 2003/2004 crime figures and the Home Office costings, the following table was constructed: 20 Other (i.e. Schools) 2 2 2 Crime Type Average Cost – Home Office No. Recorded cases in our Borough 2003/2004 2,851 153 112 710 1,073 762 693 3,198 9,552 Total Cost Violence against person Sexual offences Robbery Dwelling burglary Other burglary Theft from a shop Fraud and forgery Criminal damage and arson £13,000 £19,000 £4,700 £2,300 £2,700 £50 £15,000 £700 TOTAL: £37,063,000 £2,907,000 £526,400 £163,000 £2,897,100 £38,100 £10,395,000 £2,238,600 £56,228,200 21