Lead: Police Neighbourhood Safety Inspector
Deputy: ASB Team Manager
Named Contact: Senior Community Safety Officer Claire Sills - Claire.Sill@Stockton.Gov.Uk
Other Agencies: Fire Service, Tristar Homes Ltd, RSL's
Our objective is to reduce all criminal damage and this includes reducing actual incidents as well as bogus reports of Criminal Damage.
Background
This is the first time that Criminal Damage has been identified as a Key Priority. It was the fourth overall priority with a net ranking of 13.6% of respondents. Billingham North, Billingham West, Northern Parishes, Norton North, and Village ward all ranked it as the third most importnat key priority.
Between April 2005 and March 2008 damage to dwellings was the main category of damage representing 38% of offences of criminal damage. Damage to vehicles was the next highest category representing 32%. Within this category there were also 617 offence of arson.
From April to March 2008 the Council's Neighbourhood Enforcement Service (NES) removed 1,247 combustible items and attended 137 fire incidents to support the Fire Service.
Crime analysis of offenders tells us that young men aged 11 to 20 are the most common offenders, with 54% of detected offences being in this category. We also know that repeat victims tend to be organisations rather than individuals.
Often a report of criminal damage tells us about an incident that has happened but not been witnessed so detection is difficult. the sanction detection rate is the percentage of crimes for which someone is charged, summonsed, recieves a caution or other formal sanction. The sanction detection rate has increased by 3.3% from 10.5% in 2005/06 to 14.5% in 2007/08.
The chart shows the rate of criminal damage per 1000 population by ward.
| Ward | 2005/06 | 2006/07 | 2007/08 Projected |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stockton Town Centre | 92.3 | 94.5 | 90.0 |
| Hardwick | 66.9 | 76.0 | 61.1 |
| Norton North | 48.0 | 60.2 | 59.0 |
| Newtown | 57.7 | 53.8 | 54.9 |
| Stainsby Hill | 50.0 | 34.5 | 52.3 |
| Billingham East | 38.3 | 44.5 | 49.3 |
| Mandale and Victoria | 40.8 | 36.0 | 43.9 |
| Parkfield and Oxbridge | 31.1 | 32.7 | 40.1 |
| Norton South | 33.9 | 35.8 | 32.2 |
| Village | 25.3 | 26.3 | 31.7 |
| Billingham Central | 33.7 | 26.8 | 28.1 |
| Billingham South | 30.8 | 34.3 | 27.2 |
| Roseworth | 26.2 | 34.8 | 26.1 |
| Bishopsgarth and Elm Tree | 18.7 | 20.4 | 22.5 |
| Fairfield | 14.5 | 13.3 | 15.4 |
| Grangefield | 11.2 | 12.9 | 14.7 |
| Western Parishes | 5.0 | 10.3 | 11.9 |
| Norton West | 10.3 | 13.1 | 11.8 |
| Billingham West | 13.1 | 12.8 | 11.1 |
| Billingham North | 8.9 | 13.4 | 10.0 |
| Northern Parishes | 10.8 | 9.2 | 9.8 |
| Yarm | 11.8 | 14.7 | 9.1 |
| Eaglescliffe | 10.2 | 12.1 | 9.0 |
| Ingleby Barwick East | 4.1 | 4.3 | 8.2 |
| Hartburn | 5.9 | 6.8 | 6.3 |
| Ingleby Barwick West | 4.0 | 5.6 | 3.8 |
| Borough Total | 26.6 | 27.9 | 27.8 |