Agenda item

Report attached.

The report before Members provided information on performance against the indicators previously requested by the Crime and Disorder Overview and Scrutiny Sub-Committee during Quarter 2 (July to September 2020).

Response time to Immediate (I) and Significant (S) Grade Incidents

The MPS had a target to reach 90% of “Immediate” (I) graded calls within 15 minutes of the call being made. The MPS target for “Significant” (S) grade calls was to reach 90% within one hour of the call being made.

The table contained within the report showed the weekly response times for Q2 of 2020-21 compared to the same period in 2019.

The average % of calls responded to within the target in Havering in Q2 was 76.83%, a reduction of 7.62% compared to the same period in 2019.  This was also below the BCU average of 77.42%.

The table shown in the report showed the weekly response times in Q2 of 2020-21 compared to the same period in 2019.

The average % of calls responded to within the target in Havering in Q2 was 65.05%, a reduction of 9.31% compared to the same period in 2019.  This was also above the BCU average of 62.44%.

Violence

Havering had seen an 18% reduction in Non DA VWI during Q2 2020 compared to the same period in 2019, a reduction of 89 crimes.

The table in the report compared level of non-domestic abuse violence with injury (Non DA VWI) experienced within Havering in Q2 of 2020-21 compared to the same period in 2019-20.

Many London Boroughs had seen an increase in Domestic Abuse during the period of Lockdown. To address this, Havering moved its DV Multi-Agency Risk Assessment Conference (MARAC) to a weekly virtual meeting to ensure that risk was adequately managed. This had been well attended and effective.

Burglary

Residential burglary had reduced during lockdown, as the majority of homes remained occupied as many people continued to work from home. Officers had seen a month on month rise as more people returned to the workplace.

The table in the report compared the level of burglary experienced within Havering in quarter 2 of 2020-21 compared to the same period in 2019-20, which showed a reduction of 141 burglaries, 37%.

The Council continued to support the police in providing crime prevention advice to residents and businesses in Havering through the use of e-newsletters, twitter, Facebook and Living in Havering.

ASB Calls

The introduction of Covid19 restrictions had seen a dramatic increase in reported ASB to the police .This was mainly due to complaints of non-compliance with government guidance.

There had been  an increase of 547 ASB, 32%. Over the same peiod last year.

During discussions Members agreed to the following changes to the performance reporting information.

The following indicators would be reported at future meetings:

I grade call response times

Violence with Injury

Robbery of Personal Property

Burglary - Residential

Burglary - Business and Community

Artifice Burglary

Domestic Abuse

Domestic Abuse VWI

Gun Crime Lethal Barrelled Discharged

Knife Crime

Knife crime with injury

TNO

ASB

It was agreed that S calls (Significant Calls) be removed from future performance reporting.

In reply to a question regarding people street drinking, Members were advised that a report had been taken to Cabinet the previous month for the extension of the Romford town centre PSPO which prevented people from drinking openly in the town centre outside of licensed premises.

In response to a question relating to Covid street marshalls, Members were advised that tolerance levels had been good and although some members of the public were not supportive of local restrictions there had been no resistance to the marshalls.

Members were advised that Fixed Penalty Notices (FPN) issued for Covid restriction breaches were advised to local authorities but there was no general reporting to individual requests for the data.

Members were updated regarding the Section 35 act that had been put in place relating to Havering Sixth Form College, that the police were aware of the problems that had been taking place and a patrol plan was in place that was addressing the issues in conjunction with the Principal and the Council.

The Sub-Committee; noted the contents of the report; and considered  the performance information required going forward.