Agenda item

The Panel received a short explanation on the Haringey Crime Performance and Priorities Overview 2023. Haringey has a signed agreement with the Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime (MOPAC) to contribute to tackling the Mayor’s priority crimes.

The following points were noted in the discussion:

• Since 2022, Haringey Council agreed to a three-year plan agreed with MOPAC. Two main key priorities included non-domestic violence/injury and robbery. Also focused on other high harm crimes such as violence, vulnerability and exploitation such as sexual violence, domestic abuse, women safety, child sexual exploitation, weapon-based crime, hate crime and anti-social behaviour with the aim to eradicate as far as possible.
• The panel was taken through the performance within the borough for several different crime-types up to September 2023. This can be seen both for the last 12 months and against the three-year baseline. Figures are highlighted in red indicating an increase and green which shows a reduction in crimes.
• The Panel noted that it was positive to see Haringey outperformed other the London change for most crime types and overall recorded crime (TNO) in the last 12 months, however TNO’s has seen a 3% increase for the borough this year.
• Residential burglary has seen a 6% year on year decrease in comparison with the 1% modest reduction for London overall. Increases such as 14% increase in robbery compares favourably with the 18% overall London increase.
• Around 33,000 crimes per year in Haringey which can be understood in context with the borough population size. Approx. 1 million crimes per year in London, if this was averaged across all the London council’s the figure in Haringey is around that mark.
• Ward level crime data shows that Noel Park followed by Northumberland Park, South Tottenham and Haringey ward have the highest volumes of crime, this is unsurprising. The east of the borough except for the central part, tend to have a higher volume compared with the west.
• MOPAC carried out a quarterly London wide survey around public confidence in policing. 44% of people do believe that the police do a good job in Harringay, and that's slightly below the London average, which is 48%, possibly driven by perceptions.
• Haringey’s Community Safety strategy, centring around crime and anti-social behaviour, is currently being refreshed and will run from 2023-2027. Large consultations as part of this include working with community groups, residents, businesses and coordinating partnership actions.
• The Serious Violence Duty (SVD) was introduced by government through the Police, Crime,

Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 and commenced on 31st January 2023. The requirements for the community safety partnership include to undertake evidence-based analysis on causes, develop strategic needs assessments and implement a strategy.

• Key violence generators and attractors in the borough include transport hubs (train, tube and buses), parks and open spaces and busy high street locations.
• Robbery and Non-Domestic VWI are also key crime types which involve young people as

both victims and perpetrators.

• Overall, the volume of violence in Haringey has remained relatively stable in the short and medium term, Haringey ranked mid-table in London, and the violence analysis shows correlation between violent crime and deprivation.
• Members expressed concern about a lack of mention of Drugs and noted it is a complex issue rooted in other areas such as housing issues, homelessness and anti-social behaviour and therefore not dealt with through serious violence strands. This needs to be tackled by an area approach as drug crime manifests differently in each area.
• There were concerns around the data around drugs as police data in terms of from arrest and charge has a disproportionality element. The committee noted there are monthly performance meetings which look at hotspots for drug crime within the borough.
• Strong links with speech, language and communication needs with special educational needs as they are more likely to become victims, the partnership works closely with schools and charities to safeguard these children.
• A panel member raised concerns about accurately picking up data around the crime that happens at the border, the panel was assured that teams will work closely together around the ward boundaries issues.
• A panel member asked whether it is possible to see when the Safer Neighbourhood Team (SNT) officers moved wards on shift, if it can be identified when they move about on the day. The board was notified that since August 2023 a new system for police officers to self-report on on-the-day decisions to move from their wards, however this system relies on officers logging these incidents, there are ongoing meetings about how to get better extraction of data.

RESOLVED

Noted