Performance and Measurement

Summary

Staffordshire covers over 1,000 square miles, stretching from the Peak District National Park in the north to the West Midlands border in the south. It has a total population of 1.05 million and 446,000 households.

The force’s corporate strategy, A Safer Staffordshire, comprises five key strands: “our focus and how we will put citizens first; our values, including fairness, equality and integrity; our aims, including Citizen Focus and Reducing Crime; how we will achieve our aims through our resources; and our approach, including problem solving and being proactive and intelligence led”.

Neighbourhood policing was launched in Staffordshire this year with more than 528 neighbourhoods identified. This is part of a new way to bring decisions about the way crime is tackled closer to communities.

The force was a high achiever in 2005/06 in reducing and detecting crime and bringing offenders to justice. It also improved customer satisfaction levels. More than 80% of burglary, violence, car crime and road crash victims were satisfied with overall service, higher than the force’s peers. There was a focus on reducing violence around the county, with high-profile campaigns to target alcohol-related and domestic violence. The force recognises that people are its most important asset and is proud to have received reaccreditation from Investors in People.

There are major initiatives under way, including building safer communities, quality of service commitments to increase customer satisfaction, working with local communities and building relationships with the public and an ongoing ‘war on bureaucracy’ to free up officers for front-line roles.

For further information see the full baseline assessment.