10% decrease in recorded anti-social behaviour across Nottinghamshire over the past year — but figures show rise in vehicle nuisance, street drinking and aggressive begging
Reported anti-social behaviour has fallen by more than 10% across Nottinghamshire over the past year — but other figures show vehicle crime, street drinking and aggressive begging have risen slightly.
The area’s latest Police and Crime Plan Performance Update has been published, to provide crime figures from across the city and county, and assess Nottinghamshire Police’s performance.
The figures run until September 2024, and will be discussed at a Nottinghamshire Police and Crime Panel meeting at County Hall next Monday (November 18).
The panel, made up of the area’s political leaders and experts, monitors the performance of the police force and Police and Crime Commissioner Gary Godden.
Figures show police-recorded anti-social behaviour incidents fell by just over 4.1% in the three months before September, with an 11.2% overall reduction in the last year across Nottinghamshire.
The report says the downward trend has been partly achieved through targeted outreach in hotspot areas to help deter young people from getting involved in crime.
The Safer Streets programme, funded by the Home Office and deployed across several local authorities, has led to 26 new CCTV cameras, 19 lamps and a youth shelter being installed.
Among those was a youth shelter and CCTV installed at Coronation Park in Balderton.
But slight increases in self-reported anti-social behaviour — involving incidents the public have not necessarily reported to the police — have also been highlighted in the Police and Crime Survey.
The survey is a direct poll of people used to estimate levels of crime which go unreported to police.
According to these figures, vehicle-related nuisance in Nottinghamshire rose 2.7%, street drinking rose by 1.6% and aggressive begging rose by 1.3% over the previous year.
A pilot project called ‘Immediate Justice’ has made efforts in tackling anti-social behaviour — an initiative is led by the Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner.
It sees those caught committing low-level crimes made to repair the damage they inflicted on communities and victims, instead of facing court, and the aim is for work to start from 48 hours after their offence.
It involves litter picking, graffiti removal or even work in community centres, and more than 300 people have gone through the scheme.
The panel will discuss the report and further updates on crime and crime reduction during Monday’s meeting.
