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LPSA Target 10: Anti-Social Behaviour
- To provide a clean, safe and healthy street and lane scene for Wiltshire residents by reducing alcohol related reoffending and reducing Anti-social behaviour.
Confidence in achieving at least 60% stretch
Medium
Targets
A. A reduction in alcohol related re-offending by 305 (to 2750) for the three years ending March 2008. This is equivalent to a 10% reduction.
B. A reduction of 5% (to 28.9%) in people perceiving that anti-social behaviour has got worse (survey in 2008).
How and when targets are measured
- Monthly recording of alcohol related offences and re-offending rates.
- Results of survey at end of LPSA period. (Although interim surveys to be conducted through neighbourhood policing and the current People's Voice survey).
Progress planned at this stage
A. To have an agreed stretch reduction in alcohol related re-offending over the LPSA period. To pilot targeted intervention programme in custody suites, and build on acceptable behaviour contracts linked to pubwatch schemes.
B. Links to Neighbourhood Policing surveys at the very local level; run weeks of action*; communications strategy linked to other Streetscene target (street management).
* Weeks of Action is a national community safety initiative which are brief intensive activity in small areas working with the communities which aims to reduce crime and anti-social behaviour and make people feel better about the area in which they live. Benchmarking surveys will be conducted.
Progress achieved at this stage
A.
- Targetted referral programme - Habitual drinkers who re-offend and are referred to core services are included in the rates for re-offenders. These are running at 12.9% compared to 15.7% for those not completing the programme. The scheme in the north of the county has been running since mid December 2006 with group sessions offered as an alternative to one to one counselling. Evaluation and comparisons of both schemes are planned. Offenders in the Melksham scheme have not re-offended.
- Acceptable behaviour contracts - Pilot scheme in Melksham has been successful in reducing alcohol related incidents.
B. Early indicators are that NPTs are contributing to increase in public satisfaction levels.
Significant problems encountered/predicted
National initiatives e.g. penalty notices for disorder are impacting on delivery and it is unlikely that targets will be met. However, the re-offending rates for the Salisbury part of the scheme are exceeding the LPSA target as a percentate figure.
Targetted referral programme
- Number of referrals through Salisbury have decreased significantly in the past two months. This can be partially explained by a change in software used for custody records following police basic command unit merger.
- Number of referrals through the Melksham scheme is less than anticipated and this will impact on targets.
Public perception
Timing of the survey will be crucial - planned weeks of actions in the areas with the least satisfaction levels will hopefully impact although successful media coverage and community involvement is essential, as is a join up with NPT activity.
Recovery actions in hand (where applicable)
The number of street issued Penalty Notices for Disorder has now stabilised and operational officers are more familiar with the scheme and the referral process.
Re. Point 1 - Further training and Salisbury custody visits by project manager and referral worker will raise awareness of scheme and number of referrals and clarify referral routes. An evaluation is being done to compare the two routes and on completion the method identified as being most effective will be used at both sites.
Re. Point 2 - Further embedding of the process at both custody suites over the next year should ensure that Melksham results reflect those achieved at Salisbury to date. This should mean 10% reduction target is achievable overall.
External assistance required
During "weeks of action" Neighbourhood Policing Teams "joined up" involvement (including assistance with benchmarking perception surveys) and mainstream "streetscene" local authorities services co-operation is essential.
Multi-agency sign up to an agreed communication strategy including joint media messages - Communications officers assistance required.
Comments
We may have difficulty in achieving the alcohol related re-offending target due to circumstances beyond our control but with co-ordinated effort across ALL the agencies we could achieve the perception target which is worth 45% of the reward.
Contact Details
By Post
Lynn Gaskin
Head of Crime Reduction & Community Protection
Court Mills
Polebarn Road
Trowbridge
BA14 7EG
By Telephone
01225 776890
By Email
lynngaskin@wiltshire.gov.ukOpening Hours
Monday-Friday 9am to 5pm
