Agenda item

The Board considered a report that provided an overview of performance against key community safety targets and areas of responsibility during 2009/10.

The Board was given an overview of the key highlights and successes achieved during the period including:

Overall level of recorded crime – this had dropped by 6.2% overall in comparison with figures recorded during 2008/09 and was the seventh consecutive year that had seen a reduction in overall crime.

Serious acquisitive crime -   this had dropped by 10% in comparison with the figures recorded during 2008/09 and had acceded the associated LAA target by 3%.

Personal robbery – this had dropped by 4.7% in comparison with the figures recorded during 2008/09 and this was the forth consecutive year where there was a reduction. Haringey continued to perform in terms of the sanctioned detection rates with respect to personal robbery and this was directly attributable to the investigation process adopted in Haringey.

Domestic violence – both of the Stretch Targets with respect to this had been met.  The number of sanctioned detections had exceeded the target by 8.4% and the number of instances of domestic violence recorded had been one hundred and ten, which was under the target of one hundred and forty-two.

Preventing violent extremism – it was noted that measures including training had been rolled out, in line with Home Office Self Assessment Framework, in order to achieve Level 3. An independent evaluation and further measures were being planned to improve work in this area.

First time entrants into the Youth Justice System – performance in this area had been good and the prevention work undertaken by youth offending staff work in Custody Suits, as part of the triage programme, had been key to this. Further intensive prevention programmes were being developed as part of the Challenge and Support scheme and Intensive Intervention Project.

Serious violent crime – the LAA target with respect to this, an overall reduction of 4%, had not been met and during 2009/10 and as of the end of Quarter Four a total increase on 14.7% had been recorded. It was noted that, despite this, the level of serious violent crime had reduced and an overview was provided of the measures being undertaken to improve performance in this area.

Drug users in effective treatment – to date 1,015 people had been assisted against the LAA target of getting 1,068 people into treatment. It was unlikely that the target would be met as the number of new clients coming into treatment had dropped significantly.

Treatment Effectiveness – the LAA target of 82% had been exceeded by 6% and this was also higher than the London average of 84%.

Alcohol related admission rates – provisional figures for the first half of 2009/10 indicated it was unlikely that the LAA target with respect to this would be achieved. New investment to address this became available in September and the impact of this was unlikely to be felt until 2010/11.

The Board discussed the report and it was noted that NHS Haringey had been informed that NHS London had assessed Haringey’s performance against N140 as being ‘Good’.

RESOLVED:

That the report be noted.