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1 North East Lincolshire Booklet 17/12/07 11:19 Page 1 Force Performance Last year (April March 2007) was challenging, but Humberside Police made sustained improvements in many areas. IMPROVEMENTS Total Recorded Crime Nationally there was a 2% reduction in crime levels. Humberside Police achieved a reduction of 2.7% (almost 3,200 less victims of crime). Vehicle Crime (Including theft of and from vehicles) Vehicle crime fell by 11.8% locally (over 1,800 less victims). This was one of the largest reductions seen nationally in 2006/07. Fear of vehicle crime also continued to fall. Burglary (from people s homes) Burglary fell by 8.0% locally (almost 600 less victims). This reduction was around twice that seen nationally in 2006/07. Sanction Detections* *Sanction detections are cases resulting in a charge, summons, caution or other formal sanction. Detections continued to increase, from 20.4% in 2005/06 to 24.5% in 2006/07 (exceeding our 23% target). The target this year is to achieve a rate of at least 27%. Police Recruitment As part of our initiative to create a workforce that is supportive of the community, we now have (at the end of 2006/07): 108 volunteers active on Neighbourhood Policing (up from 0 in 2005/06) 23.7% female officer representation (up from 21.9% in 2005/06) 344 Special Constables (up from 327 in 2005/06) Police Community Support Officers However, the proportion of police officers we recruited from ethnic communities was only 0.9%, despite events held within these communities to promote policing as a career. ISSUES Although there were some significant and sustained improvements, there were also a number of areas where performance was not so good. Violent Crime Violent crime increased by 4.9% (around 1,200 more offences). Some of this rise was due to the increased use of fixed penalty notices for disorder. Robbery (which is classified as a violent crime) rose by 20 offences in 2006/07. However, more serious violence against the person fell by over 320 offences (46.3% reduction) The aim for 2007/08 is to reduce violent crime significantly.

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3 North East Lincolshire Booklet 17/12/07 11:19 Page 3 Local Policing Summary Foreword Alene Branton, MBE, Chair of Humberside Police Authority communities and an improved response to calls for service. I am pleased to report that at the end of the year improvements have been made resulting in disengagement from the Police Standards Unit and we can look forward to the future with confidence. At the end of 2006/07 overall crime has fallen by 2.7%, detections have increased by 4.1% and calls for service are now being dealt with in an efficient and professional manner. It gives me great pleasure to be able to present you with this summary of local policing activity for your area. I have been an independent Member of Humberside Police Authority for six years now and was unanimously elected as Chair of the Authority in June this year, a position that I am proud to hold. As Chair of your local Police Authority my commitment and promise to you is that we will continue to challenge and scrutinise Humberside Police to ensure that these improvements in service are maintained and built upon to guarantee you a service that meets your needs. This summary of local policing is intended to provide you with key information regarding how your local police service is performing, plans for the future and how you can become more involved. At the start of the year Humberside Police Authority set challenging priorities and targets for Humberside Police. We wanted to see a reduction in crime, and increase in detections, dedicated neighbourhood policing teams in all

4 North East Lincolshire Booklet 17/12/07 11:19 Page 4 Local Policing Summary Foreword Local Policing Summary foreword by Chief Constable Tim Hollis. Become a Special Constable Be part of the team that makes your community feel safe. The Special Constabulary is a major part of local Neighbourhood Policing Teams. Members of the Special Constabulary are just the same as regular police officers, with similar powers and duties. The only difference is that they re volunteers. I am naturally delighted that the significant improvements in policing across Humberside have now been formally acknowledged by the Home Office and Her Majesty s Inspectorate of Constabulary. The pride and confidence is back in the force as is a real determination to continue building on those improvements. My priority for is further to develop our Neighbourhood Policing Teams across all our communities. The public feedback to the increasing numbers of Police Community Support Officers to be seen on our streets is very encouraging and they are complementing the work of regular officers, Specials and police staff in so many ways. I am confident that good times are ahead for Humberside Police. Specials assist regular officers and PCSOs in Neighbourhood Policing Teams by providing support for community engagement and problem solving activities.they also provide operational support in order to prevent or detect offences, preserve life, keep the peace and enhance the quality of life of the community. If you re 18 or over, and would like to join, you can request an application form from Humberside Police on Alternatively, find out more about what it s like being a Special Constable by visiting

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6 North East Lincolshire Booklet 17/12/07 11:19 Page 6 Humberside Force Independent Advisory Group Get Involved. Humberside Police Authority support and administer the Force Independent Advisory Group. This group is made up of members from diverse communities across Humberside representing the six strands of diversity. Their role is to ensure that the policies, strategies and practices of Humberside Police do not have an adverse effect on any of the communities in Humberside. They can also be called upon to act as critical friends and advisors to Humberside Police in difficult situations when dealing with community tensions. The six strands of diversity are: Gender Age Disability Sexual Orientation Ethnicity Religion If you have strong links to your diverse community and are interested in becoming a group member please download an application form from our website or call Victoria Wise for a chat on

7 North East Lincolshire Booklet 17/12/07 11:19 Page 7 Policing North East Lincolnshire - A Division Inspector Neil Pattison Inspector for the Immingham and Grimsby North Area. Contact Details for Humberside Police Our single non-emergency telephone number Emergencies only Crimestoppers To find out when you can visit someone at your local Police Station please log on to or call the single non-emergency number.

8 North East Lincolshire Booklet 17/12/07 11:19 Page 8 For Non-Emergencies Contact Inspector Andy Biggs Inspector for the Cleethorpes North and South Area. Inspector Tracey Bradley Inspector for the Grimsby South and Central Area. Numbers of Staff in A Division Current numbers as of 1st April 2007 Police Officers (Inc PCs, Sgts and Insps) 342 Police Community Support Officers 51 Police Civilian Support Staff 106

9 North East Lincolshire Booklet 17/12/07 11:19 Page 9 Local Policing Summary Chief Superintendent Kevin Sharp a 9% reduction in the number of homes broken into, 17% fewer cars stolen and 600 more offenders brought to justice. However, despite these successes there were also real concerns over the level of certain types of crime, such as: About policing in NE Lincs North East Lincolnshire covers an area of 192 square kilometres. Living within it are 157,500 residents, 60% of whom are of working age, 20% below 16 years and a further 20% aged 55 years or over. 3.6% of the population are from black and other ethnic minority communities. For a variety of reasons, including the decline in the traditional fishing industry, some real challenges have been brought to the area in terms of deprivation and low aspirations. Indeed, nearly 30% of residents of North East Lincolnshire live in 10% of the most deprived boroughs in England. Partially, it is as a consequence of the social decline, that our area suffers a disproportionately high level of crime and disorder. To illustrate the point, last year there were in excess of 27,000 crimes in North East Lincolnshire. This equates to 41.5 crimes per 1,000 residents per quarter, compared to the national average which would be just over 28 crimes. Last year, the Division produced some significant successes, when compared to the previous twelve months, such as: 500 more people assaulted, a thousand more offences of criminal damage and over 10,000 reports of anti social behaviour. Over recent years the concentration of crime reduction effort has been on those crimes deemed to have greatest importance. These are burglary in homes, vehicle crime, violence in the night time economy and street robbery. There have been notable successes against these, but nevertheless in some of our neighbourhoods the volume of crime remains unacceptably high, particularly for crimes associated with unacceptable behaviour e.g. damage, common assault and woundings. The good news is that it there is a real drive and commitment across all agencies and the voluntary sector that 2007 will be the year when things start to improve in our most challenging neighbourhoods, with crime and anti social behaviour being one of the key issues to tackle. This opportunity must be grasped with both hands and the increased profile of Neighbourhood Policing must become the catalyst for making these neighbourhoods better places in which to live, work and play. All staff within A Division are committed to making our area safer. This leaflet provides the overview of what needs to be done and

10 North East Lincolshire Booklet 17/12/07 11:19 Page 10 Local Policing Summary how it will be achieved over the next twelve months. About our local priorities and objectives The key priorities and objectives set for 2007/8 are: REDUCTIONS Dwelling Burglary to be no more than 1362 offences (5% reduction) Theft From Vehicles no more than 2400 offences (6% reduction) Theft Of Vehicles no more than 978 offences (6% reduction) Robbery by 6% (no more than 15 per month) Violence by 16.7% (no more than 429 per month) Damage by 30% (no more than 433 per month) Reduce the number of people killed or seriously injured on our roads REASSURE THE COMMUNITY Build respect in communities and reduce anti-social behaviour. Reduce the fear of crime and anti-social behaviour. Empower local people to have a greater say and influence over local decision making. DETECTIONS 19.3% of Dwelling Burglary 12% of Vehicle Crime 23% of Robbery 48.5% of Violence 24.4% of All Crime

11 North East Lincolshire Booklet 17/12/07 11:19 Page 11 Local Policing Summary Working in partnership The Police in North East Lincolnshire are just one of many agencies with a role to play in making our area a safer place to live and work. In order to better work together to meet the needs of residents, the Safer Communities Partnership was formed. As well as the Police this partnership includes the Local Authority, Primary Care Trust, Probation, Fire and Rescue, Shoreline housing, the Police Authority and the Voluntary Sector. The partnership meets monthly and its primary role is to co-ordinate the actions of all the services involved in community safety. More information on the Safer Communities Partnerships are given later on in this leaflet. However some of the activities involving the Police are: Neighbourhood Safety Scheme many residents in our more deprived areas have already noticed the increase in visible presence with both Police Community Support Officers (PCSOs), Local Neighbourhood Wardens and other agencies such as Shoreline, now jointly operating to tackle issues such as antisocial behaviour, graffiti and underage drinking. The scheme is driven by the needs of the local community, and shortly both the Forward community groups and local Neighbourhood Watch groups will be more involved in the process of identifying what issues need to be tackled. Weeks of action residents of the East Marsh, West Marsh, Nunsthorpe and Immingham have all experienced weeks of action in recent months. Here the authorities use a saturation approach and concentrate resources into a smaller area in need of intervention. The results have been widely welcomed and have had a noticeable impact on levels of crime, anti-social behaviour and vandalism. Neighbourhood Renewal Fund millions of pounds handed down by Government to tackle deprivation in North East Lincolnshires most challenging neighbourhoods is now being spent and community safety is its key focus. Examples of investment include money spent on a Family Intervention Project to focus on our most problematic families,

12 North East Lincolshire Booklet 17/12/07 11:19 Page 12 Local Policing Summary and the purchase and staffing of a Respect Car to target anti-social behaviour hotspots. There has been investment in Neighbourhood Watch schemes, investment in home security schemes for vulnerable homes, and covert equipment for tackling theft from vehicles, plus much more. Many of the schemes have already had an effect in bringing down burglary and car crime in hotspot areas. Neighbourhood Policing 2007 is an exciting time for Neighbourhood Policing in North East Lincolnshire. Almost two in every three crimes in the region are committed in just three relatively small neighbourhoods (East Marsh, West Marsh, Nunsthorpe/Bradley). In response the Police have been, and continue to focus resources in these areas. The arrival of a new wave of Police Community Support Officers has allowed us to increase visible patrols to the streets in which they are most needed. Numbers are set to treble in the coming months, in addition to the influx of new Local Authority Community Wardens, and other partners now dedicated to making our streets safer. This is a golden opportunity to turn the tide of antisocial behaviour and lower level crime that blights some of our communities. In 2007/8 plans are in place to scale up the focus on these high crime neighbourhoods. Safety Schemes in each area. This will mean a dedicated team of professionals from all agencies with the range of skills needed to tackle problems of all forms, be it anti-social neighbours, problems with groups of youths, fly-tipping, patterns of crime such as recurring criminal damage and many other community safety issues. The early signs are that both of these schemes can have a substantial effect on both numbers of crimes committed, and on how reassured you feel living, working and playing in our communities. East Marsh Project This project was funded by the Home Office with the aim of bringing together a multi agency team to tackle some of the causes of the disproportionately high levels of crime and disorder in this part of Grimsby. The project commenced in July 2005 and was originally intended to run for one year concentrating on reducing violent crime, vehicle crime and burglary of private homes. The success of this project led to agreement from the Police Authority to mainstream fund the project after the initial year long Home Office funding and secure the role of a coordinator to oversee the project. The project now focuses its efforts on violence, damage and theft from motor vehicles. The table overleaf highlights the successes with the target offences for the period the project covered. Joint action between the police and partners is already planned, including weeks of action, but also extension of the Neighbourhood

13 North East Lincolshire Booklet 17/12/07 11:19 Page 13 Local Policing Summary East Marsh Violence against Theft of Theft Robbery Burglary Criminal ALL Person MV from MV Dwelling Damage Crime July 04 - Jun July 05 - Jun DIFFERENCE % CHANGE The project has been used by the local authority as a model on which to develop its Neighbourhood Management Structure and similar projects have now been rolled out in the Nunsthorpe and West Marsh areas of the City.

14 North East Lincolshire Booklet 17/12/07 11:19 Page 14 The Safer Communities Partnership Target Hardening - The partnership has fitted over 1000 properties with additional home security free of charge during the 2006/07 period. This work will continue during 2007/08 with a target of 1500 properties to be visited. Safer Communities Partnership is the statutory crime & disorder reduction partnership for North East Lincolnshire and has a range of responsibilities around reducing crime and tackling illegal drug use. The partnership, which is made up of all the responsible authorities and key agencies such as the Police, Local Authority, Fire & Rescue Service, Probation Service, Primary Care Trust and Police Authority is responsible for implementing the Community Safety Strategy 2005/08 and the Safer & Stronger Communities block of the Local Area Agreement 2007/10. The partnership is given Government set targets to reduce crime, anti-social behaviour and the harm caused by illegal drug use. Safer Communities Partnership has delivered a number of excellent initiatives during the 2006/07 period which include: Smartwater - This partnership funded initiative to prevent burglary has approximately 1500 properties across North East Lincolnshire equipped with Smartwater. The unique DNA type property marking system traces property back to the household and can place offenders at the scene of the crime if traces are found on them and has a 100% conviction rate. The partnership plan to equip a further 7500 properties during the 2007/08 period due to the success of the project. Alleygate Schemes - The partnership installed over 15 gates in residential alley ways during 2006/07, helping local residents to feel safer in their own homes. A further 50 schemes are planned for 2007/08. Domehawk Mobile Cameras - The partnership has continued to deploy Domehawk mobile CCTV cameras in hot spot areas in order to reduce anti-social behaviour and give support to local residents and businesses. Calls for service have significantly reduced in areas where the cameras have been deployed. Further investment will see 6 additional cameras deployed during 2007/08. Talking Signs - The partnership has installed a number of Talking Signs in both residential areas and car parks across the borough. The signs which are activated by sensors warn motorists not to leave valuables on display. The signs have proved very popular and effective. Neighbourhood Wardens - The newly formed Neighbourhood Safety Scheme, combining Council Wardens and Police Community Support Officers (PCSOs) has also been established during 2007/08. This new initiative has enabled a whole range of partnership working to evolve at a neighbourhood level and has resulted in

15 North East Lincolshire Booklet 17/12/07 11:19 Page 15 The Safer Communities Partnership an increase in the visibility of PCSOs and Community Wardens. Actions include Speedy Graffiti removal, Community Clean ups, Junior Warden Schemes and the removal of rubbish as a result of fly tipping. Safer Streets Safer People - Partners worked together with Humberside Fire & Rescue Service in the run up to Bonfire Night removing combustible materials to reduce the numbers of arson related incidents across the streets of North East Lincolnshire. Think Safe Drink Safe - The partnership ran a successful campaign during 2006/07 in conjunction with Grimsby Telegraph to highlight some of the dangers around excessive drinking, drink spiking and bogus taxi drivers. 2007/08 will see Night Safe Wardens assisting Police Officers at pub closing times and Police Officers using Headcams to both deter violent related incidents and record offences as they happen to use as evidence in court. Anti Social Behaviour - The partnership has continued to tackle the issue of anti social behaviour through a range of measures which include the deployment of 2 Anti Social Behaviour (ASB) Respect Response Vehicles that are deployed into hotspot areas to alleviate community concerns and tackle issues speedily. The ASB team has also continued to use the legislative powers at their disposal to reduce offending. Young People - The partnership recognise that involving young people is central to developing safer neighbourhoods and have trailed a number of projects during 2006/07, such as Football In The Community schemes, the use of remote control cars and Nintendo WIIs and the setting up of other activities through local community groups. Domestic Violence Strategy - The partnership launched a Domestic Violence Strategy for North East Lincolnshire which sets out how the issues of Domestic Violence will be tackled over the next three years. Early actions have seen the deployment of a Police Domestic Violence Response Vehicle, a Home Sanctuary Scheme to prevent victims of Domestic Violence becoming homeless and a Directory for Victims informing them of local agencies that can offer support.

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