Hammersmith Area 17 th November 2015 David Millar, Chair H&F - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Hammersmith Area 17 th November 2015 David Millar, Chair H&F Safer Neighbourhood Board Chief Superintendent Gideon Springer , Borough Commander

Agenda 1. Crime Overview 2. Current situation regarding policing and crime 3. General discussion - local crime issues

Community Safety Overview 2014-15 Hammersmith Area 17 th November 2015 David Millar Duncan Smith Chair H&F Safer Neighbourhood Principal Intelligence Analyst Board Insight and Analytics Team Hammersmith and Fulham Council

Borough Overall Trend – Total Offences Over last 11 years there has been a steady decrease in the number of offences from 26,959 in 2004-05 to 20,220 in 2014-15. However there has been an 6.5% increase since 2013-14 from 18,994 to 20,220 in 2014-15.

Hammersmith Area - Total Offences 2015-16 Hammersmith Area - Total Notifiable Offences, 2010-2015 Over last 5 years there has been a steady decrease in the number of offences from 7,554 in 2010-11 to 6,459 in 2014-15. However there has been a 6% increase between 2013-14 and 2014-15 (+363 offences).

Hammersmith Area - Total Offences 2015-16 Hammersmith Area - Total Notifiable Offences, 2015-16 Compared to 2014-15 there has been slightly more offences occurring each month.

Proportion of Offences by Crime Type 2014-15 Theft & Handling offences makes up 45.8% of total crime in 2014-15, Violence Against the Person makes up 25.7% of total crime while drug offences make up 8.3%.

Total Offences 2014-15 Local Level When broken down by Ward Hammersmith Broadway had the highest total notifiable offences per 1,000 population rate (222), followed by Fulham Reach (98.4) and Ravenscourt Park (98.2)

Theft & Handling 2014-15 Breakdown of Theft & Handling Offences The biggest proportion of Theft & Handling offences are Other Theft (34.9%), Theft from a Motor Vehicle (26.7%) and Theft from Shops (14.6%) offences. When broken down by Ward the highest rate of Theft & Handling offences occurred in Hammersmith Broadway.

Motor Vehicle Crime 2014-15 Theft from Motor Vehicle Offences 2014-15 The number of theft from a motor vehicle offences have decreased by 20.2% since 2011-12 from 991 to 791 in 2014-15. However there has been a 35.2% increase since 2013-14 from 585 to 791 offences. When broken down by Ward the highest rates of Theft from Motor Vehicle offences occured in Hammersmith Broadway and Ravenscourt Park.

Motor Vehicle Crime 2014-15 Theft of Motor Vehicle Offences 2014-15 The number of theft of a motor vehicle offences have decreased by 23.3% since 2011-12 from 189 to 145 in 2014-15. However there has been a 3.6% increase since 2013-14 from 140 to 145 offences. When broken down by Ward the highest rate of Theft of Motor Vehicle offences occurred in Hammersmith Broadway .

Violence Against the Person Offences 2014-5 Violence Against the Person Offences London Boroughs Violence Against the 2014-15 Person Offences 2015-16 The number of Violence Against the Person offences has increased by 4.9% since 2010-11 from 1,576 to 1,654 in 2014-15. There has been a 25% increase since 2013-14 from 1,323 to 1,654. This has been mainly caused by changes in recording of Violent offences. When compared across London LBHF has experienced the 14 th (out of 32) smallest percentage increase.

Violence Against the Person Offences 2014-5 When broken down by Ward the highest rate of Violence Against the Person offences occurred in Hammersmith Broadway .

Burglary in Dwelling Offences 2014-15 Burglary in Dwelling Offences 2015-16 The total number of burglary offences has decreased by 49.8% since 2010-11 from 592 to 297 in 2014-15. When broken down by Hammersmith Area Wards, the highest rates of Burglary in Dwelling offences per 1,000 households occurred in Fulham Reach and Ravenscourt Park.

Other Crimes 2014-15 Theft Person Offences 2014-15 The number of Theft from a Person offences has decreased by 33.5% since 2012-13 from 283 to 188 in 2014-15. Personal Robbery 2014-15 The number of Personal Robbery offences has decreased by 41% since 2010-11 from 202 to 119 in 2014-15.

Anti Social Behaviour 2014-15 Anti Social Behaviour, 2014-15 The number of incidents of Anti Social Behaviour recorded by the Police has decreased by 30.2% from 2,695 in 2012-13 to 1,880 in 2014-15.

Noise Nuisance 2012-2015 Noise Nuisance, 2012-2015 The number of noise nuisance complaints recorded by the Council has increased by 24% from 1,912 in 2012-13 to 2,373 in 2014-15. The majority of these complaints were for Domestic Noise.

Borough Forecast 2015-16 Forecast 2015-16 – Hammersmith & Fulham Using historic data and the current level of offences in 2015- 16 a forecast for 2015-16 can be generated. This suggests that total offences in 2015-16 will be slightly higher than total offences in 2014-15.

Current Situation 1. Long term reduction in crime BUT recent trend upwards 2. Significant changes to the way the police work - Local Policing Model 3. Council fund 44 police officers 4. Government spending review, 25 th November 5. Regardless of outcome - major changes to policing 6. Crime is changing - fraud, cyber crime

Questions? 1. What does the community want / expect from it's police? 2. If neighbourhood policing continues to reduce, how should the community respond? 3. Recognise the changing face of crime Terrorism - > Cyber 4. Today - local crime issues