Public reports pack PDF 6 MB - East Lindsey District Council

• Domestic abuse incidents reported to the police have increased year on year ineach district over the last three years. The increase recorded in both areasover the three years is inline with that recorded at county level (countyincrease 31.3%).• Substance misuse is a significant contributor to crime in both districts. Alcoholis identified as a contributing factor in over 10% of all crime in each area; withover a quarter of violence identified as related to alcohol. Alcohol is also acontributory factor in relation to other offences such as criminal damage,driving and vehicle crime offences and theft.• Drug offences are low in volume, accounting for 4-5% of all crime in the lastyear in both districts. Although it must be remembered that serious acquisitivecrime, which has strong links to substance misuse, accounts for a far higherproportion of all crime (12-14%).• In total 101 Prolific and Priority Offenders (PPOs) were identified within theLincolnshire cohort, 34 within the East Basic Command Unit (BCU) cohort. 17resided in Boston and 17 in East Lindsey. Their average time on the PPOscheme was inline with the average for the county, around 2 ½ years.• The countywide reduction in PPO re-offending at the end of 2009-10 measured43.0%, 142 fewer offences. In relation to the PPO cohort for the East BCU thelevel of reduction was greater than that achieved at county level with a totalreduction of 51.1%, 48 fewer offences. In 2008-09 similar although greaterlevels of reduction were recorded of 67.5%, 56 fewer offences for the Eastcohort.• The average number of proven offences per PPO for the East Lincolnshire areafell from 2.8 in the baseline period (2008-09) to 1.4 in 2009/10; for Bostondistrict PPOs it fell from 2.4 to 0.8, while in East Lindsey it fell from 3.2 to 1.9.Key Findings – Public Consultation• People tend to feel safer during the day than they do after dark with themajority of answers changing from very safe during the day to fairly safe afterdark. A third of people felt unsafe (fairly or very) walking in their town centreafter dark.• 57% of respondents reported that they were not worried about being a victim ofcrime in their local area, although 43% were worried. The top three crimespeople were worried about becoming a victim of were burglary, followed bymugging and violent assaults.• Almost a quarter of respondents said that they had been a victim of crime inthe last year. Offences of which they had been victims varied in seriousnessfrom burglary theft and violence to anti-social behaviour.• When asked what the top three priorities respondents felt the partnershipshould tackle, the most important were: anti-social behaviour, burglary androad safety.• The most important anti-social behaviour issues identified for the partnershipto tackle were: vehicle nuisance, drug and alcohol misuse and dealing, anddrinking on the streets, in parks and other public places.• 39% of respondents agreed (strongly or tend to) that crime and anti-socialbehaviour was being dealt with successfully by the police and other publicservices.Page 433