October 2003 performance report

Report: 12
Date: 11 December 2003
By: Commissioner

Summary

This report gives a summary of MPS performance, as outlined in the monthly Performance Report (Appendix 1) against policing plan objectives for 2003-4.

A. Recommendations

That the report be noted.

B. Supporting information

Performance year to date 2003 vs 2002 & targets

1. Street crime levels at 33.8k are down 300 compared with last year.

2. To achieve the target (10 percent reduction) the monthly rate would need to be reduced from the current 4.83k to 3.85k per month for the remaining period – a reduction of 20 percent.

3. To put this in perspective, levels of 3.85k per month were last achieved during November to March 2000. However, the expected October peak was shaved by 8% compared with last October (4.5k vs. 4.9k).

4. If the October reduction were maintained for the remainder of the year, a rate of 4.5k offences per month would need to be achieved.

5. If this were achieved, then the MPS would have reduced street crime by 4% at the end of the year (without adjusting for the four days of abstractions for President Bush’s visit).

6. Burglaries are down by 5k and well below target (7.5 percent vs. 4 percent target).

7. Autocrime is down by 9.3k or 6.4 percent, within sight of the 7 percent target.

8. Gun related violent crime has seen a 6.8% reduction on last year, equating to over 200 fewer offences. This reduction is more than double the target set for the current year.

9. TNOs are down by 18.5k – a 3 percent reduction vs. last year.

Exhibit 1. Notifiable offences – clear ups and Judicial disposal rates (see supporting material)

Judicial Disposal rates

10. JD rates have been improving across offence types, with most of the change showing in the last few months. Reason for this is that the MPS is undertaking a major exercise, which started in August to count administrative clear ups other than a judicial disposal (JD).

11. Purpose is to align MPS methods of counting clear ups with those in other forces for comparison purposes. In the past the MPS did not count these “administrative clear ups”, e.g where guilt of accused is clear , but victim refuses to give evidence.

12. During the exercise additional JDs have been identified. The Exhibit below shows the improvement and highlights the extent of the under counting of our performance using the national definition of a clear up.

13. This section highlights the main trends in the full appendix attached.

14. Road traffic casualties involving death or serious injuries. Improved performance vs 2003 with an 8.5 percent reduction vs. a target of 4 percent

15. Public satisfied with police response to 999 call. Declining performance - 75 percent satisfied vs 78 percent last year and set to miss target of 85 percent. Declining emergency response may be a reason, where performance has dipped from 73 percent within 12 mins to 71 percent. Planned overhaul of MPS user surveys will address this issue.

16. Sickness absence police officer rates are within target 8.4 vs target 9 days per year.

17. Civilian sickness absence rates are hovering within target, but there are problems with PCSOs and traffic wardens whose rates are 11 days and 13 days per employee respectively. Traffic warden rates have historically been high, and while unjustified absences are inexcusable, the problem is being tackled and rates are improving.

C. Equality and diversity implications

Implications of performance against individual targets are considered in in-depth performance reports throughout the year. This report notes exceptions in strategic disproportionality indicators (such as stop-search) where applicable.

D. Financial implications

There are no direct financial implications linked to this report.

E. Background papers

None.

F. Contact details

Report author: Lawrence Morris, MPS Strategic Development Group, MPS.

For more information contact:

MPA general: 020 7202 0202
Media enquiries: 020 7202 0217/18

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