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Lord Cocks of Hartcliffe
asked Her Majesty's Government:What crime reduction targets police authorities will be expected to set over the next five years under the Best Value regime. [HL1046]
| Proposed Five Year Crime Reduction Targets | ||||||
| Vehicle Crime % Change | Burglary Dwelling % Change | Robbery % Change | ||||
| Apr-Mar 1998–99 | Oct-Sep 1998–99 | Apr-Mar 1998–99 | Oct-Sep 1998–99 | Apr-Mar 1998–99 | Oct-Sep 1998–99 | |
| Avon and Somerset | 30% | 28% | 29% | 26% | — | — |
| Bedfordshire | 30% | 35% | 20% | 32% | — | — |
| Cambridgeshire | 29% | 28% | 29% | 28% | — | — |
| Cheshire | 14% | 9% | 19% | 14% | — | — |
| City of London | 10% | 13% | 18% | 3% | — | — |
| Cleveland | 30% | 26% | 20% | 19% | — | — |
| Cumbria | 41% | 36% | 22% | 23% | — | — |
| Derbyshire | 33% | 31% | 30% | 31% | — | — |
| Devon and Cornwall | 33% | 31% | 34% | 31% | — | — |
| Dorset | 31% | 27% | 26% | 21% | — | — |
| Durham | 35% | 29% | 20% | 16% | — | — |
| Dyfed-Powys | 30% | 24% | 30% | 19% | — | — |
| Essex1 | 10% | 10% | 10% | 10% | — | — |
| Gloucestershire | 25% | 22% | 25% | 27% | — | — |
| Greater Manchester | 34% | 33% | 25% | 19% | 10% | 15% |
| Gwent | 30% | 30% | 10% | 14% | — | — |
| Hampshire | 27% | 23% | 17% | 10% | — | — |
| Hertfordshire1 | 14% | 210% | 14% | 16% | — | — |
| Humberside | 32% | 30% | 23% | 23% | — | — |
| Kent | 27% | 16% | 32% | 26% | — | — |
| Lancashire | 30% | 26% | 34% | 30% | — | — |
| Leicestershire | 34% | 30% | 30% | 24% | — | — |
| Lincolnshire | 18% | 17% | 37% | 40% | — | — |
| Merseyside | 30% | 33% | 12% | 13% | 10% | 12% |
| Metropolitan Police1 | 31% | 35% | 310% | 310% | 3415% | 3415% |
| Norfolk | 14% | 13% | 18% | 17% | — | — |
| North Wales | 28% | 31% | 26% | 22% | — | — |
| North Yorkshire | 25% | 20% | 44% | 47% | — | — |
| Northamptonshire | 32% | 30% | 24% | 26% | — | — |
| Northumbria | 34% | 29% | 39% | 33% | — | — |
| Nottinghamshire | 47% | 44% | 64% | 63% | — | — |
| South Wales | 34% | 35% | 29% | 27% | — | — |
| South Yorkshire | 30% | 28% | 34% | 34% | — | — |
| Staffordshire | 35% | 33% | 35% | 29% | — | — |
| Suffolk | 10% | 14% | 0% | -4% | — | — |
| Surrey1 | 14% | 15% | 11% | 10% | — | — |
| Sussex | 20% | 22% | 37% | 34% | — | — |
| Thames Valley | 30% | 32% | 40% | 44% | — | — |
| Warwickshire | 15% | 16% | 20% | 27% | — | — |
| West Mercia | 10% | 7% | 14% | 13% | — | — |
| West Midlands | 30% | 34% | 23% | 23% | 34% | 45% |
| West Yorkshire | 37% | 34% | 42% | 40% | 22% | 23% |
| Wiltshire | 14% | 18% | 10% | 11% | — | — |
| National figure5 | 30% | 29% | 26% | 24% | 12% | 19% |
| 1Contains areas affected by boundary chabnges from 1 April 2000. | ||||||
| 2Subject to verification. | ||||||
| 3Based on projected recorded crime from April 1999-March 2000. | ||||||
| 4Figure refers to street crime. | ||||||
| 5National figures subject to verification against police authorities, Best Value performance plans. | ||||||
Lord Bassam of Brighton
All police authorities and police forces have been told that statutory guidance under the Best Value regime (Section 5(7) of the Local Government Act 1999) will indicate that specific targets should be set by all police authorities for domesitc burglary and for vehicle crime. In addition, five forces are being asked to set a target for robbery.The table shows the five-year targets for each force area, based on our latest information. It will be for each police authority to decide what targets should finally be set and published.