Performance and Measurement

National Performance Indicators

Tackling Crime	2006/07	2007/08	2006/07 to 2007/08
Tackling Crime	National average		Change from
4a Comparative risk of personal crime	7%	6%	Statistically significant decrease
4b Comparative risk of household crime	19%	17%	Statistically significant decrease
5b Violent crime rate (excluding Harassment PNDs) [1]	20.7	19.0	8.6% reduction
Violent crime rate [2]	22.1	20.1	8.8% reduction
5f Acquisitive crime rate [3]	25.2	22.3	11.4% reduction
6b Offences brought to justice rate [4]	26.6%	29.6%	3.1 point increase
7a Overall sanction detection rate	25.7%	27.7%	2.0 point increase

1 Rate per 1,000 population. Definition now excludes bigamy and concealing an infant death close to birth, in both years.

2 Rate per 1,000 population

3 Rate per 1,000 population

4 Figures of offences brought to justice include those attributed to the British Transport Police in that force area, This national figure is provisional and subject to change.

Serious Crime & Public Protection	2006/07	2007/08	2006/07 to 2007/08
Serious Crime & Public Protection	National average		Change from
5e Life threatening and gun crime rate	0.52	0.48	7.5% reduction
8a Domestic violence arrest rate [5]	31.3%	30.1%	1.3 point reduction
8c Value of cash and confiscation orders [6]	£1,875	£2,949	57.3% increase
9a Road traffic safety (casualty rate) [7]	6.2	6.0	3% reduction

5 Data is missing for South Wales for both 2006/07 and 2007/08.

6 Rate per 1,000 population

7 Calendar year data for 2006 and 2007. Number of people killed or seriously injured in road traffic collisions per 100 million vehicle kilometres travelled. Reduction shown is in number of people killed or seriously injured.

Satisfaction & Fairness	2006/07	2007/08	2006/07 to 2007/08
Satisfaction & Fairness	National average		Change from
1a Satisfaction with making contact	89.6%	92.0%	2.4 point increase
1b Satisfaction with action taken	77.9%	78.3%	0.4 point increase
1c Satisfaction with progress updates	63.3%	65.2%	1.9 point increase
1d Satisfaction with treatment by staff	90.1%	91.7%	1.6 point increase
1e Satisfaction with overall service	80.3%	81.1%	0.8 point increase
3a Satisfaction of victims of racism	73.8%	75.8%	2.1 point increase
3b Comparative satisfaction of minority ethnic groups	74.9%	75.8%	no change in disparity
	80.0%	80.9%
3c Parity of arrests arising from stop and search between ethnic groups [8]	12.4%	11.6%	Disparity narrowed by 0.5 points
	11.8%	11.7%
3d Parity of detections for violent crime between ethnic groups [9]	31.1%	32.5%	Disparity widened by 0.5 points
	41.0%	42.8%

8 Percentage of stop-searches leading to arrest for minority ethnic / white persons. The figures presented are provisional, and as such may differ from the final quality-assured data published in the Section 95 report 'Statistics on Race and the Criminal Justice System'.

9 Percentage of offences of violence against the person resulting in a sanction detection for minority ethnic / white victims. Derbyshire provided no data in 2006/07. Excluding data from this force (with the aim of strict comparability between years) reduces the 2007/08 detection rate for white victims, and the observed disparity, by 0.1 points.

Local Priorities	2006/07	2007/08	2006/07 to 2007/08
Local Priorities	National average		Change from
2a Residents’ perception of police performance	51%	53%	Statistically significant increase
10a-i Residents’ fear of crime – burglary	13%	12%	Statistically significant decrease
10a-ii Residents’ fear of crime – car crime	13%	12%	Statistically significant decrease
10a-iii Residents’ fear of crime – violent	17%	15%	Statistically significant decrease
10b Perceptions of anti-social behaviour	18%	16%	Statistically significant decrease
10c Perceptions of local drug use	28%	26%	Statistically significant decrease

Resources & Efficiency	2006/07	2007/08	2006/07 to 2007/08
Resources & Efficiency	National average		Change from
3e Minority ethnic officer recruitment [10]	6.7%	7.4%	0.6 point increase
	8.0%	8.0%
3g Female officer representation	23.3%	24.2%	0.9 point increase
11a Front line policing [11]	64.2%	-
	64.0%	64.9%	0.8 point increase
12a-i Delivery of total efficiency savings	6.3%	6.7%	0.4 point increase
12a-ii Delivery of cashable efficiency savings	3.4%	4.0%	0.6 point increase
13a Officer sick absence [12]	3.9%	3.9%	No change
13b Staff sick absence [13]	4.5%	4.5%	No change

10 Percentage of all police recruits from minority groups / percentage of people from minority ethnic groups in the economically active population. SPI 3e varies slightly in definition from the data published as part of the 'Policing Minister's Assessment of Minority Ethnic Recruitment, Retention and Progression in the Police Service'. The two sets of data are consistent but the SPI definition excludes, for example, those rejoining the police service.

11 Activity analysis not provided by Staffordshire in 2007/08. Calculated for 42 forces, excluding Staffordshire

12 Percentage of available hours lost to sickness

13 Percentage of available hours lost to sickness