Agenda item

It was noted that the County Council Quarterly Performance Report had not been received despite efforts to contact Mike Soper and his team.

However, Inspector Chris Savage provided an update from the list of crime figures used to write the report.

The figures show that overall crime has reduced by 13.5%.

Serious Acquisitive Crime- reduction of 19%

Criminal Damage- reduction of 25%

Racially Aggravated Crime- reduction of 45%

Drug Offences- reduction of 25%

Detection rate (all categories)- 21%

Inspector Savage also reported that there had been a rise in Serious Sexual Offences, Shoplifting and Theft ‘other’ offences.

Simon Kerss explained that the rise in Serious Sexual Assault offences correlates with the creation of the Independent Sexual Assault Advocacy Group post at the County Council. A more pro-active response has been the focus and so the rise may be due to the improved methods for reporting such incidents.

Action: Helen Turner to obtain and circulate the Quarterly report.

Priority 1- Reducing Serious Acquisitive Crime

Chief Inspector Dave Sargent

No quarterly report was provided as the task group meeting was disbanded. See agenda item 8.

Action: Inspector Savage to request a report on burglary from Chief Inspector Sargent, despite the group being disbanded.

Priority 2- Reducing Re-Offending

Jenny Jolley

Philip Aldis provided an update in Jenny Jolley’s absence.

The PPO Coordinators for Southern and Central Divisions of Cambridgeshire Constabulary, along with Dick Moore (Head of ONS) have been proactively working to reduce reoffending. There has been a 46% reduction in offending across the divisions.

Action: Helen Turner to send Bridget Fairley a more in-depth report about reducing re-offending, which indicates value for money and savings made.

Priority 3- Reduce Domestic Violence

Chief Inspector Dave Sargent

The Group NOTED the recommendations.

Priority 4- Anti-Social Behaviour Q4

Inspector Savage

The Group NOTED the content of the report and acknowledged the good work put in to a complex case in Cambourne, which has now been closed, and positive feedback from residents has been received.

Update- Drugs and Alcohol Q4

Laura Hutson

The Group NOTED the content of the report but expressed concern at the lack of experienced representation at the meeting, to explain key areas of concern such as substance misuse.

Action: Helen Turner to request that experienced representation is made at meetings and that the quality of reports is improved upon to give more detail/context.

Update- Road Safety Partnership Q4

Matt Deacon

Matt Deacon explained that the 2010 casualty reduction targets were met, and a breakdown of stats and issues for South Cambridgeshire is to be presented at the next executive group meeting.

The Partnership is working to set up a Road Victims Trust for the South Cambridgeshire area though it was recognised that a lot of accidents involve residents of other counties, or ‘imported’ accidents.

State of the Partnership Briefing: Q4 2010/11

Simon Kerss, Domestic Abuse Partnership Manager

Simon Kerss reported that the NI32 repeat rate for Cambridgeshire performance target may be replaced with two targets, the first to increase engagement from 58% to 64% and the second, to maintain repeat referrals to the service.

A full evaluation of the pilot will come to the next CDRP meeting.

The Group NOTED the recommendations.