Joint Community Safety Strategic Assessment 2013 – 2014
LONDON BOROUGH OF HOUNSLOW
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ...... 4
2 INTRODUCTION...... 8
The Strategic Assessment ...... 8
The Community Safety Partnership...... 8
3 METHODOLOGY ...... 9
Data...... 9
Analysis...... 9
4 DATA SOURCES ...... 10
5 CONTEXTUAL INFORMATION ...... 11
6 ANALYSIS ...... 12
Crimes and Anti‐Social Behaviour ...... 12 Summary...... 12 MOPAC Priority Crimes 2013 – 2014 ...... 12 Non‐MOPAC Crimes 2013‐2014...... 13 MOPAC “7” Crimes ...... 14 Burglary...... 15 Residential Burglary ...... 15 Non‐Residential Burglary ...... 16 Robbery ...... 16 Personal Robbery...... 16 Violence With Injury ...... 17 Criminal Damage...... 18 Theft Person ...... 18 Theft of Motor Vehicle ...... 18 Theft From Motor Vehicle ...... 19 Summary...... 19 Analysis by Ward ...... 20 Anti‐Social Behaviour...... 27 ASB on Social Housing...... 27
Road Safety and Reducing Road Traffic Fatalities ...... 29
Violence against Women and Girls...... 30 Violence Against Women and Girls Strategy ...... 30 Multi Agency Risk Assessment Conference ...... 32 VAWG Programmes...... 33 Hounslow Domestic Violence Outreach Service...... 33 Refuge...... 34
Arson and Deliberate Fires ...... 35 Arson...... 35 Dwelling Fires...... 35
2 DRAFT – FOR APPROVAL BY THE CSP BOARD Outdoor Rubbish Fires...... 36 Home Fire Safety Visits...... 36 Specific Projects...... 37 Cycle Project ...... 37 Fireworks Project ...... 38
Race and Hate Crime ...... 39 Hate Crime Reports to Agencies in Hounslow...... 39 Hounslow Hate Crime Support Service...... 42
Cohesion between Communities ...... 44 Summary...... 44
Safeguarding Vulnerable People...... 45 Safeguarding Adults Summary...... 45 Working With The Metropolitan Police...... 45 Working in Partership with Community Safety ...... 46 Work in partnership with other agencies...... 46 Safeguarding investigations into adult abuse...... 46 Supporting the Prevention of Harm to Vulnerable People...... 46 Safeguarding Children...... 47
Youth Offending...... 48 Youth Violence...... 48 Offending Population...... 48 First time entrants ...... 49 Re‐offending ...... 51 Yearly Reoffending...... 51 Deter Young Offenders...... 51
Reducing the criminal harm of drugs and alcohol...... 53 Summary...... 53 Misuse of drugs and alcohol ...... 53 Drugs, alcohol and crime ...... 54 Health impacts due to drug and alcohol misuse...... 55 Offender Health ...... 56 Priorities...... 57 Licensing and Test Purchases ...... 57 Controlled Drinking Zones ...... 58
Reducing Reoffending ...... 60 Summary...... 60 Offenders Obtaining Employment...... 60 Integrated Offender Management ...... 60 Alcohol Treatment Requirements ...... 61 Drug Rehabilitation Requirement...... 61 Restorative Justice...... 61 Successful Completion of Orders...... 62 Reoffending Rates...... 62
7 PUBLIC CONSULTATION ...... 63 Youth Crime Conference...... 63
8 NEXT STEPS AND STRATEGIC PRIORITIES...... 65
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1 Executive Summary
The Hounslow Community Safety Partnership (CSP) is made up of a number of local agencies who work together, by law, to reduce crime, disorder, substance misuse and reoffending.
Every year, the CSP undertakes an assessment of all activities by all agencies during the last year.
This Strategic Assessment assesses and evaluates the work towards priorities set out the Community Safety Strategy plan for 2013-2014 and aims to refresh these priorities, if applicable, for 2014-2015.
This Strategic Assessment has used data which has been shared and exchanged securely between local partners within the Community Safety Partnership and other agencies that contribute to crime reduction, prevention and awareness raising.
The analysis done for this assessment is based on data sets from partners from 1 April 2013 to 31 March 2014, unless where explicitly stated, and compared against the same period from the previous year (April 2012 to March 2013).
The Community Safety Strategy 2013-2014 set out five strategic themes with the following outcomes for the CSP to focus on over the last twelve months. These are:
Promoting Safer Neighbourhoods and Town Centres Reducing neighbourhood crimes identified in the Mayor’s Police and Crime Plan 2013 – 2016 (includes Burglary, Robbery, Theft of Motor Vehicle, Theft From Motor Vehicle, Violence With Injury (excluding Domestic Violence), Criminal Damage, and Theft Person); Reducing the risk and harm caused by Anti-social behaviour.
Safer, Cohesive Communities and Safeguarding Vulnerable People Reducing road traffic fatalities; Reducing violence against women and girls; Reducing accidental and deliberate fires; Working to support cohesion between communities; Reducing all hate crime; Supporting the prevention of harm to adults at risk.
Protecting Young People Reducing serious youth violence.
Reducing Drugs and Alcohol related crime and ill health Preventing misuse of drugs and alcohol; Contributing to the reduction in crimes through the availability of alcohol
Reducing Reoffending
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Reducing reoffending through integrated work Assisting offenders to get back into employment
The findings from the analysis of data, and areas which are seen as priorities, have been summarised below.
The Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime set a reduction target of 4.7% for a set of seven crimes. The end of year result is a reduction of 15.8% (1,732 fewer offences) with all but one of the seven crimes seeing year on year reductions.
Residential Burglary, an ongoing issue in the borough and one that remains a priority, reduced by nearly 31%. Whilst Personal Robbery reduced significantly by 34%.
Domestic Violence reported offences increased by 11%, however it is accepted that domestic abuse is a crime that has been generally under reported in the past.
Total Notifiable Offences are down 13% (2,918 fewer offences) when compared against the previous year.
Rape (26.6% increase) and Serious Sexual Assaults (11.6% increase) have increased against the general trend of falling crime.
Homophobic crime has gone up 43.5% (23 up to 33 offences. It is believed that homophobic crime is significantly under reported.
Serious Youth Violence is an area of concern with an increase of 30.3% (36 offences). While there has been a decrease in public place violence, this has concealed the increase of serious youth violence. However, Hounslow is not a ‘gangs’ borough.
ABS calls to the Police reduced to 11% in the year - 1,297 less calls.
Crime, ASB and Nuisance occurring within estates are being dealt with ‘there and then’ by the work of the Hounslow Homes Neighbourhood Wardens. There is continual work occurring in estates to reduce high volume incidents
The Council has implemented several programmes, and continue to do so, to help reduce road incidents that cause injury or fatalities. These include specific programmes around schools
Agencies across the borough are being proactive in recording reports and incidents of all strands of VAWG (Violence against Women and Girls), including Domestic Violence.
Work from the VAWG Strategy continues to raise awareness of the issues surrounding all strands of VAWG and to reduce and prevent incidents occurring again.
Incidents of Arson, Dwelling Fires and Rubbish Fires have all reduced.
Many homes in the borough, including elderly residents and residents with a disability, have been visited by the London Fire Brigade to be educated in fire prevention.
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Racist Hate Crime still occurs regularly across the borough predominately in Hounslow
Agencies are working hard to record incidents and to support victims of hate crime
The Council has several schemes specifically to reduce harm to those residents who are most vulnerable. Partnership work needs to endure for this to continue
The number of young people committing offences for the first time slightly increased by 3% in the last year, and young people reoffending reduced by 7%
Between April 2012 and March 2013 there were 2,543 offences reported to the Police were drugs and/or alcohol were a factor in the incident. However alcohol related crimes are on a downward trend.
A refreshed strategic coordination is need for the borough to reflect progress and new policies regarding Alcohol
Continue joint working between local agencies to drive work on reducing the harms associated with alcohol locally, including crime and disorder, economic and health harms
Learn from experience in other boroughs to improve the quality and uptake of data collection
The Borough, since July 2013, has become a Controlled Drinking Zone, and Police Officers are regularly confiscating alcohol from peoples who are drinking in a public place and acting in an anti-social manner.
Research has shown that the best indicator of preventing reoffending is for an offender to obtain paid employment. In 2013/2014, 65% of offenders at the end of their supervision were in employment, and 53 offenders gained employment during their supervision period.
The Hounslow Integrated Offender Management scheme continued focus, with added resources this year, to increase the number of offenders onto the scheme. Only 25% of offenders (5) reoffended when discharged from the scheme.
Given the quantity of alcohol related crime in Hounslow, it would seem probable that ATRs are being significantly underused in the multiagency strategy to reduce offending rates in the borough.
Offenders who participate in Restorative Justice are 10% less likely to re- offend compared to similar offenders.
Young People have said that they are most worried about being victims of knife crime, domestic violence, and cyber bullying.
The Community Safety Partnership will assess the needs identified within this Strategic Assessment, using specialist knowledge from agencies as well as responses from residents, to form a refreshed Community Safety Strategy for 2014-2015.
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This Plan will set out priorities for the Community Safety Partnership to focus resources on priorities that are important to local agencies as well as the residents of the London Borough of Hounslow.
Further information can be accessed on the Hounslow Council website (http://www.hounslow.gov.uk/community_safety).
The Community Safety team can be contacted via the following methods.
By Letter Community Safety Community Services London Borough of Hounslow The Civic Centre, Lampton Road Hounslow, Middlesex TW3 4DN
By Email [email protected] for general queries. [email protected] for Chiswick, Brentford and Syon. [email protected] for Feltham, Bedfont and Hanworth. [email protected] for Hounslow, Isleworth, Heston and Cranford.
By Telephone 020 8583 2000
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2 Introduction
The Strategic Assessment
The Crime and Disorder Act (1998) places a legal responsibility on the Council, Fire Brigade, Police, National Health Service, Probation and other partners to work together to reduce crime, disorder, substance misuse and reoffending in Hounslow. To do this, every year we undertake a review of crime and drugs in our area known as a Strategic Assessment. This Strategic Assessment includes results from consultation with residents and community members asking about their safety concerns.
From this, we formulate a strategy stating how we plan to make the borough safer. This is called the Community Safety Strategy. It is based on what we have found out, both from our own analysis and also from what you tell us.
This Strategic Assessment will assess and evaluate the priorities set out the Community Safety Strategy plan for 2013-2014 and refresh these priorities, if applicable, for 2014-2015..
The Community Safety Partnership
The Hounslow Community Safety Partnership is made up of a number of local agencies who work together, by law, to reduce crime, disorder, substance misuse and reoffending. Local agencies involved are Hounslow Council, Metropolitan Police, London Fire brigade, London Probation Trust, NHS Hounslow, Youth Offending Service, and many others.
The main purpose, and mission statement, of the partnership is to make Hounslow a safer place to work, live and visit.
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3 Methodology
Data
The Strategic Assessment has used data which has been shared and exchanged locally between local partners within the Community Safety Partnership.
A multi-agency partnership approach was used during this audit, with partner ‘buy-in’ being very important. This approach is very beneficial on crimes which traditionally are under-reported to the police, tackling Hate Crime as a good example of this.
Analysis
Data has been supplied by all partners within the Community Safety Partnership and has been analysed using their own methods.
The analysis done for this assessment is based on data sets from 1 April 2013 to 31 March 2014, unless where explicitly stated, and compared against the same period from the previous year (April 2012 to March 2013).
All maps within this assessment are based on the most recent period being April 2013 to March 2014, except where explicitly stated.
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4 Data Sources
Metropolitan Police – Crime Statistics
LBH Community Safety – Statistics and Commentary
London Fire Brigade – Fire Statistics
Hounslow Homes – Anti-Social Behaviour statistics
LBH Traffic and Road Safety – Statistics including reduction in road traffic fatalities
LBH Community Partnership Unit – Activities supporting cohesion between communities
Hounslow Domestic Violence Outreach Service – Data and commentary from agencies working to support victims of domestic violence
Refuge – Data and commentary from agencies working to support victims of domestic violence
Victim Support – Data and commentary from agencies working to support victims of domestic violence
Hate Crime Support Service – Data and commentary from agencies to support victims of hate crime
Youth Offending Service (YOS) – Statistics including partnership working for Hounslow Youth Crime Reduction Framework
Safeguarding Adults Board – Statistics from a partnership implementation of operational structures to support the prevention of harm to vulnerable people
LBH Public Health – Statistics and commentary for the health of the public and Examining and reviewing the impact and harm of alcohol related crime
LBH Licensing and Trading Standards – Statistics and commentary for business regulations
London Probation Trust – Statistics and commentary from the partnership working to manage offenders and reduce reoffending
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5 Contextual Information
The Community Safety Strategy 2012-2013 set out six strategic themes with the following outcomes
Safer Neighbourhoods and Town Centre Victim based crime Anti-social behaviour
Safer Cohesive Communities and Safeguarding Vulnerable People Reducing violence against women and girls Reducing accidental and deliberate fires Reducing road traffic fatalities Working to support cohesion between communities and reduce hate crime Preventing harm to vulnerable people and adults at risk
Protecting Young People Reducing youth offending
Reducing the Criminal Harm of Drugs and Alcohol Examining the impact of alcohol related crime
Reducing Reoffending Reducing reoffending Assisting offenders to get back into employment
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6 Analysis
Crimes and Anti-Social Behaviour
SUMMARY
MOPAC Priority Crimes 2013 – 2014 Volume % MOPAC Priority Crime 2012/13 2013/14 Change Change Target Violence With Injury Offences 1884 1879 -5 -0.3% -5.0% DV VWI Offences 666 737 71 10.7% Non DV 1218 1142 -76 -6.2% Robbery Offences 679 452 -227 -33.4% -5.4% Robbery Personal 642 423 -219 -34.1% Robbery Business 37 29 -8 -21.6% Burglary Offences 2962 2212 -750 -25.3% -7.9% Burglary Res 2116 1464 -652 -30.8% Burglary Non-Res 846 748 -98 -11.6% Theft From Person Offences 570 478 -92 -16.1% -6.3% Theft From MV Offences 2322 1845 -477 -20.5% -5.0% Theft/Taking Of MV Offences 522 432 -90 -17.2% 0.0% Criminal Damage Offences 2057 1966 -91 -4.4% 0.0% Total MOPAC 10996 9264 -1732 -15.8% -4.7%
Volume % MOPAC Priority Crime 2012/13 2013/14 Change Change Target TNO 22509 19591 -2918 -13.0% VAP Offences 5217 5212 -5 -0.1% Assault with Injury Offences 1665 1310 -355 -21.3% Homicide Offences 2 0 -2 -100.0% Motor Vehicle Crime Offences 2844 2277 -567 -19.9% Rape Offences 94 119 25 26.6% Serious Sexual Offences 251 280 29 11.6% Youth Violence 432 409 -23 -5.3% Serious Youth Violence 119 155 36 30.3% Gun Crime Offences 40 44 4 10.0% Knife Crime Offences 298 247 -51 -17.1% Knife Crime With Injury Off 111 77 -34 -30.6% Domestic Offences 1938 2166 228 11.8% Homophobic Offences 27 27 0 0.0% Racist and Religious Offences 302 335 33 10.9%
The top chart above (MOPAC Priority Crime) sets out the basket of 7 crime types and highlights the performance of Hounslow Borough against those targets.
The Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime (MOPAC) set a reduction target of 4.7 %; Hounslow Crime Reduction Partnership achieved a reduction of 15.8% (1732 fewer offences than last year). This is a significant achievement.
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There has been a 30.8 % reduction in Residential Burglary (652 fewer offences). In addition to being a MOPAC 7 priority crime Residential Burglary is a ward priority on each of the 20 wards on Hounslow Borough and there has been a considerable focus and investment of police and partnership resources into this area of crime. There was a disappointing 1.1% rise in residential burglary last year and the current 30.8% reduction has been achieved in a determined attempt to drive down residential burglary.
Personal Robbery has also witnessed a significant 34.1% reduction (219 fewer offences). This reduction is one of the most sustained in the MPS and is a notable success.
Domestic Violence is the only MOPAC 7 crime category which has increased this year; 10.7% increase (an increase of 71 offences). In relation to domestic violence, police and partners are actively encouraging more reporting and the increased numbers are seen as a truer reflection of the scale of this crime.
It is generally accepted that domestic abuse is a crime that is under reported in the community. The police are working in partnership with other agencies to encourage victims of domestic abuse to report this type of crime so they can receive support from specialist agencies. The increase in reports of domestic abuse in Hounslow in 2013-2014 can be seen positively as an indication that victims of domestic abuse are now more willing to seek this support. The "One Stop Shop" has been particularly successful in providing a range of valuable support services for victims of domestic abuse delivered in a discrete, accessible format. The increase in domestic abuse has been surpassed by the proportion of these offences that have resulted in the offender being brought to justice. 51% of domestic violence with injury cases resulted in detection in 2012-2013, 56.7% of such cases resulted in detection in 2013-2014.
Non-MOPAC Crimes 2013-2014 Total Notifiable Offences (TNO) on Hounslow Borough are down 13% (2,918 fewer offences) which provides evidence that the fall in crime generally has been sustained beyond the MOPAC 7 crime categories and that crime generally has witnessed a substantial fall in Hounslow Borough.
Rape (26.6% increase) and Serious Sexual Assaults (11.6%increase) are worthy of comment as they are witnessing an increase against the trend of falling crime; they are also offence categories that may alarm the public given such big increases. Rape and Serious Sexual Offences are investigated by Operation Sapphire. Increased reporting – similar to domestic violence – is considered a positive indicator of confidence in the police and willingness to report - has been encouraged by employing an Independent Sexual Violence Advisor (ISVA) who contacts victims, engages with victims and encourages reporting while providing support making the police service more accessible to victims. Op Yewtree the MPS investigation into historic sexual abuse cases has been widely credited with an increase in reporting of historical cases; The “Jimmy Saville” effect. Hounslow has also witnessed this effect and there has
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been an increase in historic allegations with victims encouraged to come forward.
Homophobic crime has gone up 43.5% (23 up to 33 offences). Similarly to domestic abuse it is believed that homophobic crime is significantly under reported. The police and partner agencies have implemented a number of policies in order to encourage reporting. Third party reporting has been encouraged as well as other innovative ways of making it easier for victims of homophobic crime to seek support. The police have worked closely with Hounslow Hate Crime Support Service in this area. These figures show that victims are beginning to feel more comfortable reporting this crime whether to a third party or police and therefore increasing the opportunity to access support services. In summary it is not believed that these figures indicate a rise in homophobic abuse in the community but a greater willingness for victims of such abuse to come forward.
Serious Youth Violence is an area of concern with an increase of 30.3% (36 offences). While there has been a decrease in public place violence with injury on Hounslow Borough of 6.2% (76 fewer offences) this has concealed the increase of serious youth violence. Work needs to be done in this area to reverse this worrying trend; Tackling serious youth violence will be a priority in the year ahead. To put this in context Hounslow is not a “gangs” Borough and the scale of the problem is manageable.
MOPAC “7” CRIMES
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BURGLARY
Burglary (All Offences) Volume % NPT 2012/2013 2013/2014 Change Change Hounslow 717 479 -238 -33.2% Heston 795 555 -240 -30.2% Chiswick & Brentford 801 636 -165 -20.6% Feltham 648 532 -116 -17.9%
Residential Burglary
Residential Burglary Volume % NPT 2012/2013 2013/2014 Change Change Hounslow 531 333 -198 -37.3% Heston 624 412 -212 -34.0% Feltham 470 344 -126 -26.8% Chiswick & Brentford 491 367 -124 -25.3%
Summary The reduction in residential burglary has been driven by each of the 4 Neighbourhood Police Team areas. Heston is particularly noteworthy as the concentration of residential burglary has been reduced from last year with the biggest absolute fall in numbers (240 fewer offences) being recorded. There has been a consistent approach across the Borough; prevention through “cocooning” of streets where residential burglaries have occurred informing immediate neighbours, giving crime prevention advice, signing up more residents to Neighbourhood Link and Neighbourhood watches.
Our partners in the London Borough Hounslow Communications Team produced a “superheroes” crime prevention literature campaign which was widely advertised in billboards and the local media.
Op Shylock was the boroughs response to the spate of burglaries where Asian jewellery was the main target of burglars. Business premises where such items were disposed of were identified leading to warrants being obtained to attend such premises. This operation was a very successful operation and the incidents of burglaries targeting Asian jewellery was addressed with a robust approach thus helping to maintain the confidence of the local Asian community in particular and the borough in general.
Autumn Nights is an annual borough wide operation aimed at reducing crimes during the autumn and winter periods - early hours of darkness. This operation integrates the efforts of the Neighbourhood Police Teams, Emergency Response, CID and the Serious and Acquisitive Crime Team and the Boroughs pro-active team into a range of policing activities which
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Op Finis – Predictive Analysis Policing. Through the use of up to the minute intelligence analysis identifying areas around the borough that might become susceptible to incidents of burglary and then tasking police officers to patrol (on foot) such areas - giving reassurance to local residents.
Non-Residential Burglary Non Residential Burglary Volum e % 2012/201 2013/201 Chang Chang NPT 3 4 e e Hounslow 186 146 -40 -21.5% Heston 171 143 -28 -16.4% Chiswick & Brentford 310 269 -41 -13.2% Feltham 178 188 10 5.6%
Summary An encouraging fall in non-residential burglary; opportunities will be explored to set up a business watch scheme in Feltham to emulate the success of Hounslow Business against Crime.
ROBBERY
Robbery (All Offences) Volume % NPT 2012/2013 2013/2014 Change Change Hounslow 253 150 -103 -40.7% Feltham 128 83 -45 -35.2% Chiswick & Brentford 140 94 -46 -32.9% Heston 156 120 -36 -23.1%
Personal Robbery
Summary Hounslow Town Centre won the Neighbourhood Police Team of the year at the Commissioners ‘Excellence In Policing’ Awards and the reduction in street crime particularly personal robbery was a key part of the team’s success. The increased presence of police officers has impacted on street crime.
Op Tabula is an ongoing operation aimed at catching pickpockets and mobile phone thieves who engage in distracting their victims and then stealing their mobile phone or other gadgets. This operation is being run in conjunction with local businesses (various pubs/coffee shops/restaurants) in Chiswick.
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VIOLENCE WITH INJURY
Violence With Injury Volum e % 2012/201 2013/201 Chang Chang NPT 3 4 e e Heston 434 394 -40 -9.2% Feltham 531 501 -30 -5.6% Hounslow 585 585 0 0.0% Chiswick & Brentford 324 380 56 17.3%
DV Violence with Injury Volum e % 2012/201 2013/201 Chang Chang NPT 3 4 e e Heston 172 172 0 0.0% Feltham 205 207 2 1.0% Hounslow 178 201 23 12.9% Chiswick & Brentford 102 143 41 40.2%
Non DV Violence with Injury Volum e % 2012/201 2013/201 Chang Chang NPT 3 4 e e Heston 262 222 -40 -15.3% Feltham 326 294 -32 -9.8% Hounslow 407 384 -23 -5.7% Chiswick & Brentford 222 237 15 6.8%
Summary There has been a welcome reduction in public place violence with injury across the Borough. The increased presence of Neighbourhood officers has been a key feature in tackling town centre violence. Partnership initiatives such as Pub watch and Hounslow Business Against Crime have also been a feature of improved partnership working delivering increased operational impact by sharing intelligence and photographs to target offenders.
Further work is planned in the year ahead and Hounslow, Chiswick and Feltham may benefit from a proposal to employ town centre managers. The increase in public place violence in Brentford will be the subject of an action plan.
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CRIMINAL DAMAGE
Criminal Damage Volum e % 2012/201 2013/201 Chang Chang NPT 3 4 e e Feltham 646 550 -96 -14.9% Chiswick & Brentford 451 434 -17 -3.8% Hounslow 571 555 -16 -2.8% Heston 389 410 21 5.4%
THEFT PERSON
Theft Person Volum e % 2012/201 2013/201 Chang Chang NPT 3 4 e e Hounslow 260 198 -62 -23.8% Heston 98 77 -21 -21.4% Chiswick & Brentford 143 131 -12-8.4% Feltham 69 69 0 0.0%
Summary Theft Person is closely linked to the decline in personal robbery. Op Lennox is ongoing aimed at reduction of drug offences by targeting drug dealers and their associates. To date around 20 persons have been arrested and controlled drugs about £10,000 worth of have been seized.
Tackling drug supply and associated criminal activity through Operation Hawk and also tackling open space drug dealing is a key component of driving down street crime.
THEFT OF MOTOR VEHICLE
Theft of Motor Vehicle Volume % NPT 2012/2013 2013/2014 Change Change Feltham 116 91 -25 -21.6% Hounslow 87 70 -17 -19.5% Chiswick & Brentford 198 161 -37 -18.7% Heston 120 109 -11 -9.2%
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THEFT FROM MOTOR VEHICLE
Theft from Motor Vehicle Volume % NPT 2012/2013 2013/2014 Change Change Feltham 436 262 -174 -39.9% Heston 574 435 -139 -24.2% Hounslow 360 309 -51 -14.2% Chiswick & Brentford 952 827 -125 -13.1%
SUMMARY MOPAC Volum e % 2012/201 2013/201 Chang Chang NPT 3 4 e e Feltham 2574 2088 -486 -18.9% Heston 2566 2100 -466 -18.2% Hounslow 2833 2346 -487 -17.2% Chiswick & Brentford 3009 2663 -346 -11.5%
Summary Every Neighbourhood has contributed to the substantial fall in crime over the last year. The 4 Neighbourhoods introduces as part of the Local Policing Model are now embedded. Those wards that have outperformed their peers will be encouraged to share best practice to derive opportunities for further crime reduction in the year ahead
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ANALYSIS BY WARD The following tables and maps now breakdown the MOPAC crimes by ward.
Burglary (All Offences) Volume Ward 2012/2013 2013/2014 Change % Change Isleworth 104 60 -44 -42.3% Heston Central 170 100 -70 -41.2% Brentford 175 104 -71 -40.6% Hounslow West 156 93 -63 -40.4% Cranford 179 110 -69 -38.5% Hounslow Heath 127 80 -47 -37.0% Hounslow South 139 89 -50 -36.0% Feltham West 167 107 -60 -35.9% Heston East 129 83 -46 -35.7% Hanworth Park 144 101 -43 -29.9% Turnham Green 191 134 -57 -29.8% Feltham North 131 96 -35 -26.7% Heston West 144 108 -36 -25.0% Chiswick Homefields 129 105 -24 -18.6% Hounslow Central 191 157 -34 -17.8% Osterley and Spring Grove 173 154 -11.0%-19 Syon 149 136 -13 -8.7% Hanworth 112 105 -7 -6.3% Chiswick Riverside 157 157 0 0.0%
Bedfont 94 123 29 30.9%
Residential Burglary Volum e 2012/201 2013/201 Chang % Ward 3 4 e Change Feltham West 113 54 -59 -52.2% Brentford 110 55 -55 -50.0% Isleworth 75 40 -35 -46.7% Hounslow Heath 104 62 -42 -40.4% Cranford 133 80 -53 -39.8% Heston Central 135 82 -53 -39.3% Hounslow West 117 72 -45 -38.5% Heston East 110 68 -42 -38.2% Hanworth Park 95 59 -36 -37.9% Hounslow South 116 73 -43 -37.1% Heston West 114 78 -36 -31.6% Feltham North 103 74 -29 -28.2% Hounslow Central 119 86 -33 -27.7% Syon 104 76 -28 -26.9% Osterley and Spring Grove 132 104 -28 -21.2% Chiswick Homefields 79 63 -16 -20.3% Turnham Green 88 73 -15 -17.0% Hanworth 86 72 -14 -16.3% Chiswick Riverside 110 100 -10 -9.1%
Bedfont 73 85 12 16.4%
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Non Residential Burglary Volum e 2012/201 2013/201 Chang % Ward 3 4 e Change Heston Central 35 18 -17 -48.6% Hounslow West 39 21 -18 -46.2% Turnham Green 103 61 -42 -40.8% Cranford 46 30 -16 -34.8% Isleworth 29 20 -9 -31.0% Hounslow South 23 16 -7 -30.4% Brentford 65 49 -16 -24.6% Hounslow Heath 23 18 -5 -21.7% Feltham North 28 22 -6 -21.4% Heston East 19 15 -4 -21.1% Chiswick Homefields 50 42 -8 -16.0% Hanworth Park 49 42 -7 -14.3% Feltham West 54 53 -1 -1.9% Hounslow Central 72 71 -1 -1.4% Heston West 30 30 0 0.0% Chiswick Riverside 47 57 10 21.3% Osterley and Spring Grove 41 50 9 22.0% Hanworth 26 33 7 26.9% Syon 45 60 15 33.3%
Bedfont 21 38 17 81.0%
Robbery Volum e 2013/201 Chang % Ward 2012/2013 4 e Change Feltham West 46 14 -32 -69.6% Osterley and Spring Grove 39 15 -61.5% -24 Bedfont 18 7 -11 -61.1% Hounslow Central 103 52 -51 -49.5% Hounslow West 62 32 -30 -48.4% Turnham Green 37 20 -17 -45.9% Heston Central 31 17 -14 -45.2% Isleworth 26 15 -11 -42.3% Chiswick Homefields 27 16 -11 -40.7% Brentford 34 22 -12 -35.3% Hanworth Park 18 12 -6 -33.3% Chiswick Riverside 18 13 -5 -27.8% Hounslow Heath 42 31 -11 -26.2% Hanworth 32 27 -5 -15.6% Heston East 36 33 -3 -8.3% Syon 24 23 -1 -4.2% Heston West 29 29 0 0.0% Hounslow South 20 20 0 0.0% Cranford 21 26 5 23.8%
Feltham North 14 23 9 64.3%
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Personal Robbery Volum e 2013/201 Chang Ward 2012/2013 4 e % Change Feltham West 43 13 -30 -69.8% Osterley and Spring Grove 37 15 -59.5% -22 Bedfont 16 7 -9 -56.3% Turnham Green 36 17 -19 -52.8% Hounslow West 62 30 -32 -51.6% Hounslow Central 98 51 -47 -48.0% Chiswick Homefields 24 13 -11 -45.8% Isleworth 25 14 -11 -44.0% Heston Central 30 17 -13 -43.3% Brentford 30 19 -11 -36.7% Hanworth Park 18 12 -6 -33.3% Hanworth 32 23 -9 -28.1% Hounslow Heath 40 30 -10 -25.0% Chiswick Riverside 16 13 -3 -18.8% Syon 22 21 -1 -4.5% Heston West 27 26 -1 -3.7% Heston East 33 33 0 0.0% Hounslow South 20 20 0 0.0% Cranford 18 23 5 27.8%
Feltham North 14 21 7 50.0%
Violence With Injury Volum e 2012/201 2013/201 Chang Ward 3 4 e % Change Osterley and Spring Grove 89 70 -21.3% -19 Heston Central 77 61 -16 -20.8% Hounslow South 49 39 -10 -20.4% Hounslow Heath 113 94 -19 -16.8% Feltham North 92 77 -15 -16.3% Hanworth Park 93 79 -14 -15.1% Heston West 97 91 -6 -6.2% Cranford 99 95 -4 -4.0% Turnham Green 59 57 -2 -3.4% Hanworth 92 91 -1 -1.1% Bedfont 97 97 0 0.0% Feltham West 157 157 0 0.0% Hounslow West 144 144 0 0.0% Heston East 72 77 5 6.9% Chiswick Riverside 41 44 3 7.3% Hounslow Central 220 237 17 7.7% Isleworth 59 71 12 20.3% Chiswick Homefields 29 35 6 20.7% Syon 95 116 21 22.1%
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Brentford 100 128 28 28.0%
DV Violence with Injury Volume Ward 2012/2013 2013/2014 Change % Change Hanworth Park 44 26 -18 -40.9% Osterley and Spring Grove 34 21 -13 -38.2% Chiswick Homefields 12 8 -4 -33.3% Chiswick Riverside 20 17 -3 -15.0% Feltham North 42 39 -3 -7.1% Heston West 36 34 -2 -5.6% Cranford 49 49 0 0.0% Hounslow South 21 21 0 0.0%
Hounslow Central 51 54 3 5.9% Heston Central 28 30 2 7.1% Bedfont 36 39 3 8.3% Hounslow West 42 47 5 11.9% Hounslow Heath 40 45 5 12.5% Feltham West 45 52 7 15.6% Hanworth 38 51 13 34.2% Isleworth 24 34 10 41.7% Syon 24 36 12 50.0% Heston East 25 38 13 52.0% Brentford 31 54 23 74.2%
Turnham Green 15 28 13 86.7%
Non DV Violence with Injury Volum e 2013/201 Chang Ward 2012/2013 4 e % Change Heston Central 49 31 -18 -36.7% Hounslow South 28 18 -10 -35.7% Turnham Green 44 29 -15 -34.1% Hounslow Heath 73 49 -24 -32.9% Hanworth 54 40 -14 -25.9% Feltham North 50 38 -12 -24.0% Heston East 47 39 -8 -17.0% Osterley and Spring Grove 55 49 -10.9% -6 Cranford 50 46 -4 -8.0% Heston West 61 57 -4 -6.6% Feltham West 112 105 -7 -6.3% Bedfont 61 58 -3 -4.9% Hounslow West 102 97 -5 -4.9% Isleworth 35 37 2 5.7% Brentford 69 74 5 7.2% Hanworth Park 49 53 4 8.2% Hounslow Central 169 183 14 8.3% Syon 71 80 9 12.7% Chiswick Riverside 21 27 6 28.6%
Chiswick Homefields 17 27 10 58.8%
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Criminal Damage Volum e 2012/201 2013/201 Chang % Ward 3 4 e Change Hanworth Park 110 74 -36 -32.7% Feltham North 110 79 -31 -28.2% Turnham Green 101 74 -27 -26.7% Hounslow Heath 128 110 -18 -14.1% Feltham West 171 149 -22 -12.9% Heston Central 71 64 -7 -9.9% Chiswick Riverside 64 58 -6 -9.4% Bedfont 143 130 -13 -9.1% Hounslow South 77 71 -6 -7.8% Osterley and Spring Grove 79 74 -6.3% -5 Hounslow West 116 109 -7 -6.0% Isleworth 80 76 -4 -5.0% Chiswick Homefields 69 66 -3 -4.3% Cranford 98 95 -3 -3.1% Syon 114 116 2 1.8% Hanworth 112 118 6 5.4% Hounslow Central 170 189 19 11.2% Brentford 103 120 17 16.5% Heston West 91 110 19 20.9%
Heston East 50 67 17 34.0%
Theft Person Volum e 2012/201 2013/201 Chang % Ward 3 4 e Change Heston Central 20 5 -15 -75.0% Feltham North 16 8 -8 -50.0% Isleworth 13 7 -6 -46.2% Syon 28 17 -11 -39.3% Hounslow West 37 24 -13 -35.1% Hounslow Heath 29 20 -9 -31.0% Hanworth Park 15 11 -4 -26.7% Hounslow Central 171 135 -36 -21.1% Heston East 25 20 -5 -20.0% Brentford 27 22 -5 -18.5% Heston West 27 24 -3 -11.1% Turnham Green 58 53 -5 -8.6% Osterley and Spring Grove 15 14 -1 -6.7% Bedfont 10 11 1 10.0% Chiswick Homefields 23 27 4 17.4% Hounslow South 10 12 2 20.0% Cranford 11 14 3 27.3% Feltham West 22 29 7 31.8% Hanworth 6 10 4 66.7%
Chiswick Riverside 7 12 5 71.4%
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Theft of Motor Vehicle Volume Ward 2012/2013 2013/2014 Change % Change Feltham North 19 10 -9 -47.4% Chiswick Riverside 59 35 -24 -40.7% Osterley and Spring Grove 32 19 -13 -40.6% Hanworth Park 18 12 -6 -33.3% Hounslow Central 24 16 -8 -33.3% Bedfont 26 18 -8 -30.8% Hounslow Heath 20 14 -6 -30.0% Turnham Green 50 35 -15 -30.0%
Hounslow West 18 13 -5 -27.8% Syon 26 19 -7 -26.9% Cranford 17 14 -3 -17.6% Hanworth 29 26 -3 -10.3% Heston Central 17 16 -1 -5.9% Heston East 23 23 0 0.0% Isleworth 12 12 0 0.0% Feltham West 24 25 1 4.2% Chiswick Homefields 27 30 3 11.1% Hounslow South 13 15 2 15.4% Brentford 36 42 6 16.7%
Heston West 31 37 6 19.4%
Theft from Motor Vehicle Volum e 2012/201 2013/201 Chang % Ward 3 4 e Change Feltham North 96 41 -55 -57.3% Isleworth 91 48 -43 -47.3% Heston Central 74 40 -34 -45.9% Hanworth Park 114 64 -50 -43.9% Bedfont 102 60 -42 -41.2% Heston West 175 122 -53 -30.3% Feltham West 73 52 -21 -28.8% Osterley and Spring Grove 151 108 -43 -28.5% Chiswick Homefields 279 213 -66 -23.7% Brentford 171 142 -29 -17.0% Cranford 97 84 -13 -13.4% Hounslow West 56 49 -7 -12.5% Hanworth 51 45 -6 -11.8% Turnham Green 198 181 -17 -8.6% Syon 112 103 -9 -8.0% Hounslow Central 82 76 -6 -7.3% Hounslow Heath 62 59 -3 -4.8% Chiswick Riverside 192 188 -4 -2.1% Heston East 77 81 4 5.2%
Hounslow South 69 77 8 11.6%
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MOPAC Volum e 2012/201 2013/201 Chang % Ward 3 4 e Change Heston Central 460 303 -157 -34.1% Hanworth Park 512 353 -159 -31.1% Feltham North 478 334 -144 -30.1% Isleworth 385 289 -96 -24.9% Hounslow Heath 521 408 -113 -21.7% Osterley and Spring Grove 578 454 -21.5% -124 Hounslow West 589 464 -125 -21.2% Turnham Green 694 554 -140 -20.2% Feltham West 660 533 -127 -19.2% Cranford 522 438 -84 -16.1% Chiswick Homefields 583 492 -91 -15.6% Hounslow South 377 323 -54 -14.3% Heston West 594 521 -73 -12.3% Hounslow Central 961 862 -99 -10.3% Brentford 646 580 -66 -10.2% Bedfont 490 446 -44 -9.0% Heston East 412 384 -28 -6.8% Chiswick Riverside 538 507 -31 -5.8% Syon 548 530 -18 -3.3%
Hanworth 434 422 -12 -2.8%
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ANTI-SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR There has been an 11% reduction in Anti-Social Behaviour calls to the Metropolitan Police, from 11,778 in 2012-2013 to 10,481 in 2013-2014. Repeat callers are approximately 9% of the total number of ASB calls.
ASB on Social Housing Over the past 12 months Hounslow Homes has received fewer calls to report nuisance and anti-social behaviour - 924 compared to the 12 months Oct 11 - September 2012 where 638 calls were received.
At the same time the ASB detection rates, as reported by the Neighbourhood Wardens have increased in relation to ASB, Crime and Environmental issues.
The results reflect the strategy to deal with anti-social behaviour 'there and then' as far as possible minimising the need for cases to be opened for investigation. The number of incidents captured has increased due to the investment in estate CCTV monitored by Wardens and Concierges. This information is shared with Police and Community Safety colleagues where relevant at Anti-social Behaviour Action Groups as well as with the Estate Police Officers which is a LB Hounslow funded initiative.
The Hounslow Homes Neighbourhood Wardens recorded 3,051 Anti-Social Behaviour (ASB), Environmental and Crime related incidents between April 2013 and March 2014.
Drugs (662 incidents) and Youth Nuisance (272 incidents) are the most common types of complaint reported to HH Wardens and much of the preventative work is coordinated with other agencies around these concerns.
Incident Type No. of Incidents Anti-Social Behaviour 1,717 Environmental 1,226 Crime 108
The image below highlights the Hounslow Homes estates where the most reports of anti-social behaviour, crime and environmental issues were dealt with by the Wardens within the reporting period of April 2013 and March 2014.
The red borders indicate housing estates managed by Hounslow Homes. The Pink circles indicate where the reports of ASB and crime were reported. As per the legend, the larger the circle, the more frequent the reports emanating from that post code. The four estates that were highlighted in last year’s assessment have been labelled.
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Convent Way Estate
Brentford Towers Estate
Ivybridge Estate
Highfields Road Estate
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Road Safety and Reducing Road Traffic Fatalities
The Councils Traffic and Road Safety teams have completed several actions in the borough to help reduce road traffic injuries and fatalities. These include:
Targeting Road Safety Engineering Review to be undertaken of latest Personal Injury Accident (PIA) data from Met Police to check for accident clusters or trends once finalised data is available (April/May 2014). Traffic engineering measures being implemented in conjunction with the School 20mph zones/limits project.
20mph speed limit zones outside Schools Further design drawings for the remainder of the schools will be submitted with a view to getting these implemented by summer 2014. Detailed design and consultation for phase two of the project is expected to begin from April/May 2014.
Junction Protection Programme to introduce waiting restrictions around junctions. There were 34 Junction Lining schemes progressed in 2012/2013 with a further 35 Junctions as part of the Footway Parking Scheme programmes
Education, Training and Publicity Junior Road Safety Officers in schools, pedestrian training, cycle training. On track to match 2012/13 coverage for schemes Ongoing borough wide publicity campaigns on specific identified road safety issues (e.g. car seats)
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Violence against Women and Girls
VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND GIRLS STRATEGY The London Borough of Hounslow has a Violence against Women and Girls (VAWG) strategy, a Sex Worker Strategy, and a yearly action plan for both these documents. All are in line with the governments Violence against Women and Girls Action Plan, which was refreshed in 2013.
The Hounslow Violence against Women and Group Strategy Group monitors incidents, reports and referrals for all seven strands of VAWG.
These are: Domestic Violence; Sexual Violence; Human Trafficking; Prostitution; FGM; Force Marriages; and Honour Based Violence.
The Strategy group consists of several agencies who are working towards raising awareness of VAWG through training, the delivery of VAWG reduction initiatives, and to monitor the work of the Hounslow Multi Agency Risk Assessment Conference (MARAC – see below) to support high risk survivors of domestic violence.
Part of the requirements of the group are to collect data to ensure that reports of VAWG incidents are being recorded by the relevant agencies. The following table details the number of reports received by agencies this year. Please note that reports are for differing periods as stated. As expected, the MPS received the majority of reports.
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Agency Number of Reports of Incidents of Violence Against Women and Girls in 2013/2014 Hounslow Domestic Violence 402 (1 Apr 2013 – 31 Mar 2014) Outreach Service Refuge 81 (1 Jul 2013 – 31 Mar 2014)
Hounslow Homes 27 (1 Apr 2013 – 28 Feb 2014)
West Middlesex Hospital (Maternity, 55 (1 Jan 2013 – 31 Dec 2013) A and E) Youth Offending Service 16 (1 Apr 2013 – 28 Feb 2014)
Ascent Project 21 (1 Jul 2013 – 31 Mar 2014) West London Rape Crisis Centre 43 (1 Apr 2013 – 31 Mar 2014) Metropolitan Police Service 2,225 (14 Apr 2013 – 13 Apr 2014)
The majority of these reports were for Domestic Violence, but agencies have collected data for other strands of VAWG. These are detailed in the below table and chart.
Type of VAWG Reports and Number of Reports / Referrals Referrals
Domestic Violence 575
Sexual Violence 61
Female Genital Mutilation 55
Prostitution 54 DV Reported to the MPS 2,171
The majority of reports received from the survivor of the incidents were white, heterosexual females where the current partner was the perpetrator of the incident.
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MULTI AGENCY RISK ASSESSMENT CONFERENCE The Hounslow Multi-Agency Risk Assessment Conference (MARAC) is a monthly forum to discuss the needs of high risk victims of domestic violence.
It facilitates monitors and evaluates effective information sharing to enable appropriate actions to be taken to increase safety.
The MARAC aims to: reduce repeat victimisation share information to increase the safety, health and wellbeing of survivors – adults and their children determine whether the perpetrator poses a significant risk to any particular individual/individuals or to the general community pull together a risk management plan that provides professional support to all those at risk and that reduces the risk of harm improve agency accountability improve support for staff involved in high risk domestic violence cases
Cases submitted to MARAC should be:
Assessed as visible high risk – 18 or more ticks on the risk assessment
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Professional judgement Potential escalation Repeat Victim
During the financial year 2013-14 there were a total of 261 referrals made to the MARAC with a total of 35 repeat victims.
During the same period a total of 294 children and young people were discussed. 23 women were pregnant.
Of the survivors referred, 248 were female and 14 were male.
VAWG PROGRAMMES Hounslow’s ‘Learning to Respect’ Domestic Violence Education Programme and Let’s Talk programmes continue to be well received in the borough. They both use evidence based models, which have been recognised by AVA (Against Violence and Abuse) and rolled out across London.
The Learning to Respect Programme is a domestic violence prevention programme for Hounslow schools and other settings. The programme co- ordinator is located within the Early Intervention Service and works in partnership with a number of other statutory and voluntary agencies in the borough to provide training for teachers and other adults working with young people. The aim of the programme is to educate young people about safe, healthy relationships and to help them identify abusive behaviour in a relationship.
The ‘Let’s Talk’ Programme offers 12 weeks structured therapeutic group programme for children affected by domestic violence, with a parallel programme for mothers. The aims of the project are to provide: Children’s groups to help children to process their experiences and begin the healing process. Mothers’ groups to support women to understand how to help and communicate with their children.
As at 31 March 2014, the Let’s Talk programme had carried out 44 group sessions, and had supported 36 women and 90 children within the group service.
HOUNSLOW DOMESTIC VIOLENCE OUTREACH SERVICE Hounslow Domestic Violence Outreach Service (HDVOS) is a crisis intervention service providing support and information to victims of domestic violence that reside in the London Borough of Hounslow.
The service employs one full time Service Manager/IDVA (Independent Domestic Violence Advocate) who is based with the Community Safety Unit and one full time ISVA (Independent Sexual Violence Advocate) who is based with the Sapphire Unit, both at Chiswick Police Station. The roles of the IDVA and ISVA is to provide immediate safety measures and longer term support
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plans, including risk assessments, to survivors, thereby reducing the risk of further harm.
Referrals to the service come from police, partner agencies and self-referrals. HDVOS also facilitate the Hounslow One Stop Shop on a weekly basis where survivors can attend, without an appointment, and receive a variety of information and support from partner agencies.
A weekly outreach session at the Homeless Persons Unit is also facilitated by HDVOS to address domestic violence matters and homelessness.
Other professionals and partner agencies regularly contact the service for advice and information regarding domestic violence matters to enhance their work with their clients.
HDVOS also attend a variety of DV forums in the borough and provide training on domestic violence issues and the work of the MARAC.
During the period, HDVOS supported 384 clients, 368 females and 16 males. The ethnicities of the clients were 47% White, 28% Asian, 15% Black, and 10% of other ethnicities.
384 is the most amount of clients support by the service since inception, increasing 8% on the previous year.
REFUGE During 2013/2014, Refuge successfully delivered an IDVA service within the London Borough of Hounslow. The service saw 51 clients during the period, all of whom were female.
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Arson and Deliberate Fires
ARSON The London Fire Brigade for Hounslow were working towards a reduction of Arson incidents by 3% to 170. All arson has been reduced to the stretch target of 165. The wet weather prevented and deterred many arson incidents on open land. The cycle team and support from partners in patrolling the remote parts of the Borough will assist in reducing arson.
Work completed by LBH on domestic violence with the provision of smoke alarms and security fro at risk residents will have helped reduce arson.
LBH and Hounslow Highways vigilance in rubbish removal will also help reduce the amount of fuel available.
DWELLING FIRES Total number of dwelling fires fell to 155 for the year 13-14. The target was set at 164 from last year’s total of 172.
The reduction is very good news for the Borough. Each residential fire is devastating for the resident but has knock on effects for the wider community. This would include disruption to normal commitments for residents, traffic disruption and business continuity issues.
The reduction in fires could be down to a range of factors:
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Better publicity from the LFB with communication messages and specific campaigns in areas such as: http://www.london-fire.gov.uk/FiresAreRubbish.asp http://www.london-fire.gov.uk/FireSaferCigarettes.asp
Partnership support included adverts placed in the Hounslow Matters magazine and in the run up to the Christmas period, the provision of guidance during the winter.
The Joint tasking group has allowed information to be exchanged across partners on high risk areas.
OUTDOOR RUBBISH FIRES The LFB were aiming, at the beginning of the year, to reduce Outdoor Rubbish fires by 3% to 174. The number of recorded instances were 140, adding both deliberate and accidental outdoor rubbish and grass fires to this total.
Accidental outdoor fires reduced considerably. Typically this would be from residents rubbish burning becoming out of control or cigarette carelessly discarded.
Deliberate grass/open land fires remains a big constituent of outdoor fires. The trend in this area is upwards. The increase is very high with a 40% increase in grass and open land incidents. The very wet weather in the latter part of the year appears to have driven numbers down. In July and August incidents were in the 10s and 20s. This rate was drastically reduced in September to small numbers. Subsequent months with wet weather saw incidents at very low numbers. 3 or 4 grass fires per month in late summer was usual.
Indr. Indicator
SM 1i All fires attended
SM 1ii All primary fires
SM 1iii All smaller (secondary) fires attended
SM 2ii Road vehicle fires - deliberate/ unknown motive
SM 3ii Grass / open land fires - deliberate/ unknown motive
HOME FIRE SAFETY VISITS Home fire safety visits (HFSV) by LFB staff - volume 2160 HFSV - area risk deliver 1198 HFSV within Hounslow Borough.
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The target for home visits was 2,160. 2,441 home fire safety visits were completed within the Borough this year. Each shift across the three Hounslow stations visit a minimum of 10 residential properties per week. They will then fit a free smoke alarm and offer basic fire safety advice.
Deliver 1728 HFSV to high risk people or places
Delivered 83% Target 80%
Central to the Brigades drive to reduce dwelling fires is the need to deliver Home fire safety advice in areas of particular need. These will be either in areas of deprivation or where a fire would be a particular high risk to an individual. We find commonly that a fire will affect those with a disability, aged, take drugs, high alcohol consumption or smoke.
Hounslow achieved this year target to deliver 80% (1728) of its HFSV work with high risk people or places.
SPECIFIC PROJECTS
Cycle Project With central funding Hounslow LFB have set up a cycle team. Their task will be to patrol across the borough to check that fire safety is being maintained. They will be identifying fire risks and informing partners using the ‘Report It‘ scheme from the TFL website. In addition to fire hazards such dumped
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rubbish, and cylinders the team will also report information to support partners i.e. stray horses, and anti-social behaviour.
The team have been out patrolling across the Borough. They have delivered the highest number of visual audit reports for any London Borough in the area.
Fireworks Project In the run up to Diwali, Guy Fawkes and New Year, the Brigade inspected and visited a wide range of shops to ensure compliance with the Explosives legislation.
All licensed premises were visited and advice provided on fire precautions and license requirements.
In addition visual audits were made to identify bonfires and illegal selling of fireworks.
This project demonstrated partnership working. Lists of explosive license holders and prospective applicants were provided by LBH. Both Fire Brigade and the Met Police then inspected all shops identified. This close scrutiny has led to the period being relatively free from serious fires or ASB. Many prospective applicants are fully aware that the licence requirements will be enforced.
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Race and Hate Crime
HATE CRIME REPORTS TO AGENCIES IN HOUNSLOW Agencies within LB Hounslow, such as the Hounslow Hate Crime Support Service (HHCSS), Victim Support, the Metropolitan Police and Hounslow Homes, have continued to support victims of hate crime, harassment and discrimination in the borough.
The agencies above have been receiving reports directly from individuals or referred by other agencies of hate crime incidents.
The below table states the number of reports each agency has recorded during the period. Please note that reports are for differing periods as stated.
Agency Number of Reports in 2013-2014
Hounslow Hate Crime Support Service 102 (1 Apr 2013 – 14 Mar 2014) Metropolitan Police Service 360 (1 Apr 2013 – 28 Feb 2014) Hounslow Homes 12 (1 Apr 2013 – 28 Feb 2014) Victim Support 4 (1 Dec 2013 – 28 Feb 2014)
TOTAL REPORTS 478
Reports to agencies have increased from the previous year and part of this increase may be apportioned to the work agencies have done to promote the reporting of hate crime incidents instead of victims staying silent.
Racist Hate Crime are still the most reported and prevalent type of crime reported to agencies. Of the 478 reports, 75% were for racist hate crimes with the majority being reported to the police. The next highest reported incident were hate crimes because of a person’s sexuality. 33 reports were made to the Metropolitan Police with 8 reports made to HHCSS. Of these eight reports, five were hate incidents to gay people and one was to a bisexual person.
The below tables describe the types of hate crime reports received, and the nature of these incidents. The graphs below split these both by the agencies who received these reports.
Type of Hate Crime Combined Number of Reports Age 1 Learning Disability 13 Physical Disability 17 Other Disability 4
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Gender 6 Mental Health Issues 10 Race 357 Religion (or Faith) 37 Sexual Orientation 41 Other 32
Nature of Hate Crime Combined Number of Reports Damage to Property 11 Emotional Abuse 30 Graffiti 7 Harassment 47 Intimidation/Threats 46 Physical Abuse 21 Sexual Abuse 2 Stalking 2 Verbal Abuse 44 Written Abuse 9 Cyber Stalking 2 Other 24
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HHCSS collected some very detailed data sets and these showed that the majority of victims of hate crime were female (55%), between the ages of 24- 44 (29%) and was an ethnicity of White British or Asian Indian. 62 of the victims had some sort of disability (Learning, Physical, Mental Health or Other). The perpetrator of these hate crimes was, when known or disclosed, more often male (45%) and White British.
The below table states where the Hate Crime incident reported have been occurring. Hounslow central, as expected, has had the bulk of the incidents.
HOUNSLOW HATE CRIME SUPPORT SERVICE The Hounslow Hate Crime Support Service (HHCSS), a service commissioned by the Council, continues to deliver three drop in days for people to access in the centre of Hounslow during office hours. Outside of this time, they also offer home visits, respond to emails and telephone enquires form people asking for support within 48 hours.
The Service has delivered a wide range of outreach during the year, some reaching the public directly and much of it raising awareness among other agencies who may then be able to identify, inform and refer victims through a wider network of services. These include:
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3 outreach sessions at Children’s Centres in Southville, Chiswick and Cranford;
Information stands at 3 community events in Edgar Road estate - Hanworth, Blondin Park – Brentford, and Concord Close – central Hounslow;
Presentations to a range of agencies including Speak Out in Hounslow, Children and Adult Services (LBH), Council staff and stakeholders as part of the Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults conference;
Information stands at Hounslow Library, Hounslow Civic Centre for IDAHO (International Day Against Homophobia), Hounslow Community Network, West Middlesex Hospital;
Established a monthly drop-in on Ivybridge estate, an area with known issues of community cohesion, anti-social behaviour and hate crime;
Weekly presence (Fridays) at Sri Singh Sabha Gurdwara through Disability Network Hounslow;
Information and enquiries about hate crime have been introduced as routine practice within the Hounslow Buddies project which makes home visits to residents with disabilities; and
Article on hate crime and HHCSS included in the Councils ‘Hounslow Matters’ magazine which is delivered to all residents in the borough.
In addition, in October a series of coordinated activities, with support from the Community Safety Team, marked the national Hate Crime Awareness Week (12-19 October 2013).
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Cohesion between Communities
SUMMARY Community cohesion is what must happen in all communities to help different groups of people to get on well together. This includes, integration, which is the way in which new and existing residents adapt to each other, their local area and into the borough. Cohesion in Hounslow is relatively good. In the last major national survey undertaken, 73% of residents agreed that people from different backgrounds got on well together. National and London averages were 76%1. In our most recent local survey2, the majority of residents agreed that Hounslow is a place where people get on well and differences are respected, but felt less in agreement that the borough was a place where people mixed with other people from different backgrounds.
The Hounslow Cohesion and Integration Strategy 2012 – 2015 states that ‘Hounslow will be a place where residents can be confident and positive in their identities and to express these in a positive way with others’.
To achieve this, there are four themes to carry out the required outcomes.
Theme 1: Promoting common ground Theme 2: Encouraging participation in civic life Theme 3: Tackling intolerance Theme 4: Improving our understanding of cohesion
The strategy also points out various challenges and opportunities that can help build a cohesive community over the next year.
The Community Safety Partnership, by delivering its strategic aims and priorities, contribute towards the Hounslow Cohesion and Integration Strategy.
1 2008 National Place Survey 2 2012 London Borough of Hounslow Cohesion and Integration residents survey
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Safeguarding Vulnerable People
SAFEGUARDING ADULTS SUMMARY The Safeguarding Adults Service reformed in February 2014 following an independent review of the safeguarding adults function. The safeguarding adults function from June 2013 until this time was managed by the different care teams. The newly formed service identified eight key priorities in consultation with the adult social care workforce that took into consideration the wider partnerships. The service priorities are and outcomes are:
Supporting the Safeguarding Adults Board arrangements – There is a strategic partnership that provides challenge and scrutiny to improve partnership response to adults at risk Quality Assurance – Systems and practice is measured against customer feedback Roles and Responsibilities – Service users, practitioners and partners know who to contact Practice Development - There is consistent safeguarding practice that puts the service user in control of their protection plans Advisory and Guidance - Practitioners, stakeholders and adults at risk get the right advice for timely interventions Organisational Learning - There is a systematic approach to learning that improves outcomes for service users Prevention - Potential abuse is identified and risk reduced by engagement with the community including adults at risk Partnerships - Safeguarding has the one team approach that provides adults at risk with confidence that people are working together
WORKING WITH THE METROPOLITAN POLICE Adult abuse is often also a crime. Our procedures and systems are designed so that there is appropriate referrals are sent to the police. At the earliest stage when concerns are raised confirmation is made about whether or not the person needs an emergency referral if they are in danger. Where intelligence indicates that the matter is also a crime, adult social care workforce are directed to contact the police using 101. The police are key partners in strategy meetings, and lead on investigations where it is a criminal matter. Our intention over the coming year is to strengthen our ties with the police through Safeguarding and Police liaison meetings. The lead officer within the Safeguarding Adults Service for prevention works as a serving police officer under the assisted employment scheme.
The Safeguarding Adults Service currently attends the MARAC and MAPPA (Multi Agency Public Protection Arrangements). Attendance at the MASH (Multi Agency Safeguarding Hub) is an area to develop, as is threshold criteria so that the social care workforce refer to the police appropriately in safeguarding adults matters.
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The Police contribute through the Safeguarding Adults Board partnership arrangements to the work of the Safeguarding Adults Service.
WORKING IN PARTERSHIP WITH COMMUNITY SAFETY The Safeguarding Adults service has focussed its preventative work on raising awareness of safeguarding in consultation and partnership with Community Safety. Taking our work plans forward, our aim is to use our performance data to assess where there are clusters of concerns and safeguarding alerts, or where we can see trends and patterns emerging so that we share information responsibly and take a strategic targeted approach to safeguarding people and the community.
WORK IN PARTNERSHIP WITH OTHER AGENCIES Our main partners in adult social care are health colleagues and the Care Quality Commission. We have regular meetings with both organisations in relation to commissioned support to people from independent care providers. The clinical expertise of colleagues in health support the safeguarding adults work through joint investigations. The Safeguarding Adults Service attends the partnership Committee and Board meetings of both West Middlesex Hospital and the Mental Health Trust.
There is a strong history of the Safeguarding Adults Service working with ‘hard to reach groups’ and local community services including faith groups and voluntary services.
SAFEGUARDING INVESTIGATIONS INTO ADULT ABUSE The work of the adult social care practitioners and mental health colleagues will benefit from the new systems, processes and structures to support investigating concerns raised by local residents and professionals. This takes a collegial and partnership approach to safeguarding with all parties acting as ‘one team.’
SUPPORTING THE PREVENTION OF HARM TO VULNERABLE PEOPLE The Councils Trading Standards team are currently managing several projects to help protect vulnerable people including: A Memorandum of Understanding in place with local banks to raise an alarm if they suspect a vulnerable customer is being forced to withdraw large amounts of cash with a dedicated hotline; Continuing to drive the setting up of 'No Cold Calling' zones within the borough; and Progressing with actions to identify and deal with Rogue Traders including press releases and publications of actual culprits ("naming and shaming" of persistent offenders).
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The Community Safety Team, working with the Metropolitan Police, have implemented a Safer Seniors Scheme in Chiswick. This involves home visits to elderly residents (aged 60 and above) with the aim of reducing vulnerability and victimisation through providing reassurance, practical information on doorstep safety and making relevant referrals to other support services where needed. The scheme will continue in Chiswick and may be rolled out across the borough after an evaluation.
SAFEGUARDING CHILDREN Agencies dealing with domestic violence and other strands of violence against women and girls now support, after the introduction of a new definition of domestic violence, victims and survivors aged 16 and 17. All agencies, as per the VAWG strategy now have implemented new policies to support any survivors of these young ages.
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Youth Offending
YOUTH VIOLENCE The Youth Offending Service, part of the Council, works very closely with Young People who have committed an offence or are at risk of committing an offence.
OFFENDING POPULATION Number of offences committed during the period of 2013/14 was 425 offences. The number of young People convicted was 190.
This is an 8% reduction in offences and a 3.55% reduction in convicted young people compared with previous year.
The offending population in Hounslow, who committed offences during the period of Apr 2013 to Mar 2014, were 190 committing 425 offences; 57 female (30%) and 133 male (70%).
48 (25%) Young People were 11 to 15 years old and 142 (75%) were 16 and 18 years old at the date of offence.
61 (32%) Young People were from the central area, 49 (26%) from East and 43 (23%) from East area.
The ethnic composition is as follows
Ethnicities Number and Percentages White 98, 52% Black 39, 21% Asian 32, 17% Mixed 8, % Unknown / Not Recorded 13, 1%
The highest number of committed offence category was Violence against the Person (81 Offences- 19%) followed by drug offences (62, 15%) and theft and handling (56, 13%).
Overall the highest committed offence was Possession Controlled Drugs - Class B - Cannabis (41 offences). This is 10% of total offences.
There were 81 Violence against the person offences. Of these 24 (30%) offences were possession of bladed article, offensive weapon and possession of firearm committed by 22 young people which is 11.57% of total offending population.
43 young people committed drug offence which is 23% of total offending population.
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These 43 YP committed 62 offences, majority of the drug offences were: Possession Controlled Drugs - Class b – Cannabis - 48 (77%), and Possession of Controlled Drugs with intent to Supply 10 (16%) drug offences. 4 offences were possession of Class A drugs (6%)
Theft and handling was another high committed offence category, 56 offences were committed, and majority of the offences were shop lifting /theft from shop. There were 4 Theft of Pedal Cycle offences committed by 4 YP.
37 Young people committed theft and handling offences, which is 19% of total offending population.
Type of Offence Count of Offence VIOLENCE AGAINST THE PERSON 81 DRUGS OFFENCE 62 THEFT AND HANDLING 56 MOTORING OFFENCES 33 ROBBERY 29 BREACH OF BAIL 29 BREACH OF STATUTORY ORDER 28 PUBLIC ORDER 27 DOMESTIC BURGLARY 22 CRIMINAL DAMAGE 20 OTHER 13 RACIALLY AGGRAVATED 8 NON DOMESTIC BURGLARY 8 VEHICLE THEFT 5 SEXUAL OFFENCE 2 FRAUD AND FORGERY 1 BREACH OF CONDITIONAL 1 DISCHARGE Grand Total 425
FIRST TIME ENTRANTS FTE target 2013/14 = 170 FTE outturn 2013/14 = 103
There is a slight increase in first time entrants in 2013/14 compare to last year (FTE 2012/13 = 100).
During 2013/14 there were 103 First time entrant, 86 male, 17 female, 56% white, 21% Asian, 14% black, 3% Mixed and 1% Chinese/other.
They have committed 148 offences. The highest committed offence was Violence against the person followed by theft and handling and Drugs. The same pattern of offending has been seen in total offending population during 2013/14.
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50% offences were dealt with in courts and the other 50% were dealt with cautions and conditional cautions (Pre court outcomes).
Pre Court Offences Of 74 offences, 52 offences have seriousness scores 1 to 3. 17 Offences have seriousness score 4 and 5 offences haves seriousness score 6.
Offences Dealt with in Court Of 74 offences, 18 offences have seriousness score 6. 7 offences have seriousness score 4 to 5 and rest have below 4 Lowest seriousness score is 1 and highest is 8
Offence Type Frequency %age Violence Against the Person 43 29% Theft and Handling 21 14% Drugs 21 14% Public Order 14 9% Motoring 10 7% Robbery 9 6% Domestic Burglary 8 5% Vehicle Theft 4 3% Criminal Damage 4 3% Racially Aggravated 4 3% Non Domestic Burglary 3 2% Fraud and Forgery 2 1% Breach of Bail 2 1% Other 2 1% Sexual 1 1% Total 148
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RE-OFFENDING Definition Cohort Re-offending; The cohort – all offenders who were convicted at court (other than custody) and discharge from custody over a 12 months period
The follow up period to measure re-offending: 12 months for offences to occur and a further 6 months for offences to be proved.
Baseline Cohort 2010 = 40.51%
Target Cohort 2011 = 39.85% Outturn Cohort 2011 = 37.24%
Target Cohort 2012 = 39.17% (provided in July 2013) Outturn cohort 2013 will be provided in July 2014.
YEARLY REOFFENDING 2013/14: Total number of convicted Young People = 190 Of the above total number of First time entrants = 103
Reoffending = 190-103 = 87 (45.78 %)
2012/13 Total number of convicted Young People = 197 Of the above total number of First time entrants = 100
Reoffending = 197-100 = 97 (49.23%)
There is a 7% reduction in re-offending during 2013/14 when compared with last year re-offending.
DETER YOUNG OFFENDERS Baseline: DYO cohort Jan –Dec 2012 = 79 Young people Baseline: DYO cohort average offences per DYO = 16.88 Offences Target 2013:
Number of Young people- DYO = 78 Average number of offences per DYO = 16.60 offences
Outturn 2013 Number of Young people- DYO = 54 Average number of offences per DYO = 17.74 offences
The number of DYOs has been decreased in 2013 by 24 young people (31%). This is far below the target. On the other side, the number of average offences per DYO has been increased by 1.14 (6.8%) offences per DYO.
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The average offences per DYO have been increased because some young people have high number of offences and the reduction of number of DYOs has impact on this.
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Reducing the criminal harm of drugs and alcohol
SUMMARY Alcohol plays an important role in our economy with significant revenue for local businesses and associated industries such as leisure and tourism. However, alcohol and substance misuse and related offending cause significant levels of harm to communities, families and individuals. There is a great deal of evidence of substance misuse-related harms, spanning health, economy, crime and disorder, and families.3
This section describes some of the health-related harms and initiatives around drug and alcohol misuse in Hounslow.
Misuse of drugs and alcohol Summary In April 2013, Public Health in local authorities assumed responsibility for the commissioning of substance misuse services, both for young people and for adults. In Hounslow, Public Health commissions adults’ substance misuse services.
In 2013/14, Public Health – in line with the Community Safety Strategy – have spearheaded partnership working to prevent the misuse of drugs and alcohol in the population. This work has had three main foci: 1. Working with partners in Licensing, Community Safety, Police, and West Middlesex University Hospital (WMUH) to reduce alcohol-based crime A project involving the recording of alcohol-related violent injuries data in A&E commenced in mid-2012. The implementation of this has seen several challenges, including available staff time for training, and problems in the uptake of data recording in practice. There have been some good quality submissions, but work needs to continue to improve the uptake of data collection (to make it ‘standard practice’), and to improve the quality of data. Community Safety and Public Health will be visiting one of the hospitals that spearheaded this initiative in Q1 2014, to learn from their successes. This project remains a key opportunity to gather intelligence on areas affected by alcohol-related violence.
2. Exploring new ways of reducing the availability of high strength alcohol in the borough Following an Alcohol Strategy Group meeting in mid-2013, a decision was made to pursue a Reducing the Strength initiative in Hounslow, drawing from a successful model used in Suffolk. A working group was established, comprised of Public Health, Community Safety, Licensing, and the Police. Based on the prevalence of alcohol-related harms in Hounslow Central, this area was selected to be a pilot area for the initiative. Following purdah and
3 Faculty of Public Health (2008) Alcohol and Public Health: Position Statement. Available from: http://www.fph.org.uk/uploads/ps_alcohol.pdf; accessed 2014 Apr 30.
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local government elections in May 2014, a seminar will be held with local businesses to introduce the pilot scheme. Discussions with businesses so far have been overwhelmingly positive.
Additionally, since April 2013, Public Health in Hounslow have submitted representations as a responsible authority for alcohol licence applications, utilising relevant health data and emphasising health related harms of potential applications. This has resulted in additional conditions being added to licences, variations of hours, one refusal, and anecdotally, has led to applicants being more considerate of the health impacts of their premises.
3. Strengthening the preventative role of the young people’s substance misuse provider Although the commissioning responsibility for the young people’s substance misuse service was due to transfer to Public Health in April 2013, this still lies with Children’s and Adults’ Services, although with a financial contribution from Public Health. As this is the case, Public Health have been unable to influence the preventative role of the service. The Community Safety Partnership will support Children’s and Adults Services to enhance the preventative aspects of the young people’s substance misuse service in 2014/15.
Key data on the criminal and health harms of drug and alcohol misuse in Hounslow are set out below.
Drugs, alcohol and crime The following information is taken from the Adults’ Substance Misuse Needs Assessment refresh (February 2014).4
Between April 2012 and March 2013, there were 2,543 offences reported to the Metropolitan Police where drugs and/or alcohol was a factor for the victim or the suspect. Of these offences, there were 1,316 incidents where the suspect had been drinking prior to the offence and 131 incidents where the suspect had been taking drugs prior to the offence. In addition, there were 1,064 incidents where the victim had been drinking prior to the offence and 32 incidents where the victim has been taking drugs prior to the offence.
The most common incidents reported where the suspect had been drinking prior to the offence were assault with injury (20%), common assault (19%) and harassment (14%). Possession of drugs was the most common incident reported where the suspect had been taking drugs prior to the offence (47%).
According to the most recent Local Alcohol Profiles for England (LAPE; April 2014),5 alcohol-related recorded crimes are on an overall downward trend for Hounslow (with a rate of 9.75 crimes per 1,000 population in 2012/13), with a particular decline in alcohol-related violent crimes (6.4 crimes per 1,000 in
4 Kittappa A and Jones N (2014). Hounslow Substance Misuse Health Needs Assessment (refresh). London Borough of Hounslow: Public Health. 5 Public Health England (2014). Local Alcohol Profiles for England: Hounslow. North West Public Health Observatory.
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2012/13); demonstrated in the figures below. However, alcohol-related sexual offences have increased slightly, with a rate of 0.16 crimes per 1,000 population. These rates were all slightly lower than the regional average and lower than the London average.
Health impacts due to drug and alcohol misuse Just over 74% of the Hounslow population aged 16 years and over are estimated to drink alcohol. An estimated 6.8% of the Hounslow population are thought to be high risk drinkers (more than 50 units of alcohol per week for males, and more than 35 units/week for females), with a further 21.3% thought to be increasing risk drinkers (22-50 units/week for males, and 15-35 units/week for females). About 12.2% of the Hounslow population are estimated to be binge drinkers (consumption of more than 8 units for men and more than 6 units for women, in a single drinking session).6
According to the LAPE profile for Hounslow, the borough performs significantly worse than the national average and worse than the regional average in terms of: Alcohol-specific hospital admissions amongst males (592.7 admissions per 100,000 males; (n=621)) in 2012/13; Alcohol-related hospital admissions for males and females (1,924.1 admissions per 100,000 males (n=1,725) and 897.5 admissions per 100,000 females (n=927)) in 2012/13; and Admission episodes for alcohol-attributable conditions in 2012/13 (2,180.9 admission episodes per 100,000 population (n=4,111)).
Alcohol-related hospital admissions – amongst both men and women in Hounslow – have been on an increasing trend over the past 5 years, as per the figures below. Alcohol-related mortality has not followed the same trend, however.
6 Public Health England (2014). Local Alcohol Profiles for England: Hounslow. North West Public Health Observatory
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From April 2013 to March 2014, there were 1,896 ambulance call-outs to Hounslow borough due to alcohol misuse, including 56 for young people under 18 years. In the same period, there were 15 ambulance call-outs to Hounslow borough for cocaine and/or heroin overdose.7
Offender Health People involved in the criminal justice system are known to experience considerable problems in accessing health and social care, and are considered a socially excluded group.8 Probation clients are less likely to seek healthcare, even when distressed, often due to poor experience or mistrust.9 Long-term illness and disability are more common amongst this group than the general population; for males aged 16-44 years, 46% of 1,213 probation clients and 26% of the general population experience long-term illness and disability.10 More than 4 in 5 probation clients were noted to be smokers;11 underscoring the need for targeted smoking cessation services.
Continuity of healthcare for persons leaving prison is key, with high rates of hospital admission amongst recently released prisoners compared to the general population, particularly for injury and poisoning,12 and higher death rates, especially due to suicide.13 The majority of homecoming Hounslow male prisoners are released from HMP Wormwood Scrubs, with the majority of women from HMP Bronzefield.
Since April 2012, a number of initiatives have commenced to improve the health of criminal justice clients in Hounslow. These include a supported GP registration scheme (for newly released prisoners coming home under probation supervision, including the integrated offender management cohort, and for those seen in cells at court that may end up bailed and not known to probation), and in-house smoking cessation services delivered by the Hounslow Stop Smoking Service at the probation office in Hounslow.
7 Greater London Authority (2014) Safe Stats London. 8 Department of Health (2009) Improving Health, Supporting Justice. London: The Stationary Office. 9 Howerton A et al. (2007) Understanding help seeking behaviour among male offenders: qualitative interview study. British Medical Journal 334: 303-306. 10 Mair G, May C (1997) Offenders on probation. Home Office Research Study 167. London: Home Office. 11 Brooker C et al. (2008) A health needs assessment of offenders on probation caseloads in Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire. Report of a pilot study. Lincoln: University of Lincoln. 12 Hobbs M et al.(2006). Mortality and morbidity in prisoners after release from prison in Western Australia 1995–2003. Trends and Issues in Crime and Criminal Justice, no. 320. Canberra: Australian Institute of Criminology. 13 Pratt D et al. (2010) Suicide in Recently Released Prisoners: A Case-Control Study. Psychological Medicine 40(5): 827-835.
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Priorities Refresh the borough’s Alcohol Strategy to reflect progress and new policies Continue joint working between local agencies to drive work on reducing the harms associated with alcohol locally, including crime and disorder, economic and health harms, such as piloting a Reducing the Strength initiative, and spearheading work on prevention, especially amongst young people. Ensure that local initiatives include pre and post data collection, in order to measure impact. Learn from experience in other boroughs to improve the quality and uptake of data collection of alcohol-related injuries in A&E, expand this project to the Urgent Care Centre, and ensure that data are used effectively to reduce the harm of alcohol.
LICENSING AND TEST PURCHASES Licensing applications form part of the Local Authorities obligations to local businesses. Any business, organisation or individual planning to sell or supply alcohol on a permanent basis will need a licence in order to do so. Any business or other organisation that sells or supplies alcohol on a permanent basis needs a premises licence. Hounslow now has over 900 licensed premises.
Any person wishing to sell alcohol on a temporary basis (not exceeding 168 hours) may do so using a Temporary Event Notice (TEN). Between April 2013 and March 2014, the Licensing Team received 329 applications for TENs.
After extensive consultation, the local authority agreed a licensing policy laying out the basis on which decisions under the Licensing Act 2003 are made. This policy strives to achieve a local balance between the commercial interests of the licensed trade and the communities they serve and affect – a balance between freedom and responsibility. Due to various legislative changes, the Council's licensing policy will be revised in 2014-15. This will involve a full consultation process and agreement by full council. The licensing team will also explore the possibility of introducing a special licensing policy for certain areas of the borough which are saturated by licensed premises. Known as a Cumulative Impact Zone, the policy assists the council in refusing applications in areas where the volume of licensed premises are negatively impacting on the area.
In 2014-15, the licensing team plan to risk assess all of our licensed premises and will inspect all premises which have been identified as high risk. Test purchase operations will be carried out to check for compliance with licence hours and licence conditions.
Between April 2013 and March 2014, there were 34 new licensing granted and 33 licensing panel hearings. A panel hearing is only required if objections are received against an application. An objection maybe received from a
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responsible authority or any other person such as a ward councillor or a resident. Where objections are not received the council must grant the licence or variation as applied for. The below table is a breakdown of the licences applied for in 2013-14.
Premises Licence Application (On 25 Sales) Premises Licence Variation (On Sales) 1 Premises Licence Application (Off 12 Sales) Premises Licence Variation (Off Sales) 2 Premises Licence Minor Variations 12 Refused New Licence Applications 4 Premises Licence Review a) Revoked 0 b) Varied 4 c) No change 0 Late Night Refreshment/Entertainment 5 Under the provision of ‘No Alcohol’ Club Premises Certificate for 0 Refreshment and/or Entertainment
During April 2013 to March 2014 there were approximately 87 Test Purchases carried out. Of these, 57 were testing for under age sales of alcohol. 4 premises failed their test purchases. There were 3 cautions issued and two warnings. All participants with the exception of one person (who left the UK) were put onto the 'Do you Pass Course' that is currently run to educate traders and their staff about underage sales including the effect on the local community.
CONTROLLED DRINKING ZONES In July 2013, Borough Council approved the implementation of a Controlled Drinking Zone (CDZ) throughout the entire borough. This enabled Police officers to confiscate or discard alcohol from people who they believed were acting in an Anti-Social manner as a result of the alcohol.
There have been signs installed at all the known hot spot areas for public drinking that the borough is now a CDZ.
Since July 2013 to March 2014, there were 398 confiscations carried out in the borough. The majority of these occurred in Hounslow Heath (40%) followed by the Hounslow Central area, including the Town Centre (39%). The majority of confiscations were made to males who were White (75%).
The below table shows the number of confiscations made by month.
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Reducing Reoffending
SUMMARY London Probation Trust will be abolished at the end of May 2014 and replaced by 2 new Organisations, the London Community Rehabilitation Company and the National Probation Service for London, who will carry out the current functions of the Trust.
Over the past 4 years, there has been a steady and certain improvement in the performance levels achieved by Hounslow Probation; it is to be hoped and expected that the two new Organisations will continue this upward performance trajectory (as these performance targets remain relevant for both agencies), despite the inevitable upheaval that will be caused by splitting one Organisation into two new agencies.
OFFENDERS OBTAINING EMPLOYMENT Research has continued to show that the best indicator of preventing reoffending is if an offender obtains paid employment.
Thus, London Probation Trust in Hounslow has continued to focus on assisting offenders to gain employment as a priority task. This performance area has continued to be a great strength for Hounslow Probation in 2013/14: The percentage of offenders in employment at the end of their periods of supervision increased to over 65%- the best performance figure in London and compared to a performance figure of 58% in 2012/13 for Hounslow.
In 2013/14, 53 offenders gained employment during their periods of supervision, and were helped to gain work by the assistance of the Hounslow Probation Employment club, which continued to successfully offer advice, guidance and links to local employment and training organisations to Hounslow offenders. Partnership arrangements with these local specialist resources have continued to be strengthened and we expect further such high performance in 14/15.
INTEGRATED OFFENDER MANAGEMENT In 2013/14, the Hounslow Integrated Offender Management (IOM) scheme continued to focus its work on those offenders who committed the most crime in the Borough; the partnership between the Metropolitan Police, the Probation Trust, the Local Authority and various other partner organisations continued to work effectively in reducing the overall rates of reoffending of this offender group.
During this performance year, the IOM scheme was bolstered by receiving additional funding from MOPAC to extend the work of the scheme to also include non-statutory offenders; this enabled the scheme to employ an additional 2 caseworkers and allowed a greater number of offenders to be worked with. During the year, an additional 48 offenders were taken onto the scheme, 26 who were subject to statutory supervision and 22 were offered
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assistance on a non- statutory basis. 20 offenders were discharged from the scheme; only 5 had reoffended- a rate of 25% well below the predicted re- offending rate for such an offender cohort which is a very impressive statistic.
Many of the successful completers had utilised the Hounslow Employment Club described above.
ALCOHOL TREATMENT REQUIREMENTS Again, the performance of London Probation Trust with reference to Alcohol Treatment Requirements (ATR) in 2013/14 has been good; ATRs are carried out in strong partnership with the IHEAR organisation and successful liaison between the 2 agencies is essential to achieve success. 26 offenders successfully completed their ATR Requirements during 2014/14, twice (200%) the target of 13. However, then number of ATR referrals has been low this year, only 36 ATR requirements were made against a target of 44.
It will be important for those involved in assessing offenders whose offences were triggered by excessive alcohol consumption, or where alcohol dependency has been identified, to ensure that courts are reminded of this treatment resource and hence more such orders are made. Given the quantity of alcohol related crime in Hounslow, it would seem probable that ATRs are being significantly underused in the multiagency strategy to reduce offending rates in the borough.
DRUG REHABILITATION REQUIREMENT Performance for drug treatment requirements has also been admirable. 56 offenders successfully completed their treatment requirements, against a target of 34- a performance rate of 165%, thus demonstrating the effectiveness of this treatment requirement. However, similar to the ATR figures, the number of Drug Rehabilitation Requirement (DRR) starts has also been below target for the year; 63 requirements were made against a target of 68.
Whilst drug related crime in Hounslow does seem to be reducing, it is important that drug misusing offenders are given this treatment sentence by the Courts when appropriate to do so. DRRs are also delivered as a partnership between London Probation Trust and IHEAR and given the high performance levels, it is evident that the partnership is working well.
RESTORATIVE JUSTICE This is now the second year that Restorative Justice has been available for Hounslow offenders and victims as a method of bringing healing and closure to the victim as a consequence of their being victimised, and for the offenders to apologise for their actions, and where appropriate, make some amends for their criminal behaviour which are agreed with their victim.
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In terms of reducing re-offending, it has been shown that offenders who participate in Restorative Justice are 10% less likely to re-offend compared to similar other offenders, largely as a result of their improved victim awareness having learnt about the emotional distress and impact their offending had on their victim.
In 2013/14, 3 offenders from Hounslow were made subject to this sentence and became more victim aware as a result of their participation; it is to be hoped that many more such orders are made in the borough in future.
SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF ORDERS Successful completion of an order gives a good indication of an offender's motivation to make positive changes in their lives and avoid further offending. In terms of completion rates, 81% of offenders successfully completed their orders in 13/14 against a target of 80%.
This compares to a performance rate of 77% successful completions in 12/13, thus a significant improvement has occurred over the last 12 months. Separate figures are available for completion rates for Community Payback orders, against a target of 80% successful completions, a completion rate of 77.4% was achieved.
Thus, more work needs to be done to ensure those offenders made subject to Community Payback actually complete their work hours and made amends for their criminal behaviour to the Hounslow community.
Finally, another positive achievement is that over 85% of offenders complete their orders living in suitable accommodation, against a target of 80%. This is an important statistic as coupled with obtaining employment, possessing adequate accommodation has been shown to have a major impact in reducing reoffending rates.
REOFFENDING RATES The data on reoffending is collected centrally and published 2 years in arrears to allow measurement of 2 year after sentence re-offending rates. The most recent figures obtained for the performance year 11/12 show reoffending rates over 2 years average at 35.9%, a significant reduction in the rates for 10/11 when this figure was at over 40%.
Furthermore, when the offending needs of the Hounslow offender group are also taken into account, it is apparent that reoffending rates by those subject to supervision are statistically less than would be normally expected. Thus, the interventions provided by Hounslow Probation staff are clearly having a positive effect in assisting Hounslow offenders to desist from crime.
This is a key statistic and it will be important for Hounslow Probation services in 14/15 to continue concentrating on maintaining this high level of performance
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7 Public Consultation
YOUTH CRIME CONFERENCE Aims The main aims of the Hounslow Youth Crime Conference were to: Raise awareness amongst young people on cyber-crime issues as well as other crime types including domestic violence, knife crime, peer pressure and Stop & Search; Bring young people together with Police and other community safety agencies to build positive relationships and to consider the impact of cyber-crime on young people’s lives; Gather information on community safety issues that concern young people so that they may be incorporated into community safety plans and strategies; Provide information to young people about community safety issues and to encourage them to spread awareness within their school communities; and Work jointly with young people to produce publicity material on community safety issues aimed at their peer group.
The 2014 Hounslow Youth Crime Conference was held on Friday 7 February 2014 in the Lampton Park Conference Centre at the Civic Centre, London Borough of Hounslow.
The event was opened by Minoo Dhiri, Chair of the Hounslow Community Police Consultative Group (CPCG) and was followed by a short speech by Seema Malhotra MP and Mary Macleod MP. The event was also attended by Councillor Colin Ellar, Deputy Leader of Hounslow Council, Chief Inspector Rob Weir of Hounslow Police, Satvinder Buttar, Vice Chair of Hounslow CPCG, and Lata Dhiri and David Hardman, members of the Hounslow CPCG. The Worshipful the Mayor of the London Borough of Hounslow, Councillor Sachin Gupta was also invited to attend the conference to present prizes to the schools and pupils.
Twelve secondary schools from Hounslow Borough participated in the Conference with a total of 92 pupils and twenty-six facilitators from organisations such as Hounslow Police, London Probation, the Youth Offending Service, Hounslow Homes, Early Intervention Service and Victim Support participated.
The main theme of the event was based around cyber-crime.
As well as cyber-crime, pupils were also given the opportunity to consider the effects of other crimes such as domestic violence, peer pressure and knife crime on their lives, and the lives of friends and family, as well as learning more about their rights and responsibilities around Stop & Search procedures. This was achieved via a series of workshops which ran on rotation throughout the day.
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In addition, pupils were asked to rank their concerns on crime and anti-social behaviour during the “ladder game”, and the results of this survey constitute the Community Safety Partnership’s statutory consultation with young people to inform the Community Safety priorities for 2014/15.
Of the 10 responses to the ladder game, Knife Crime appeared 5 times as the top crime and ASB concern for young people. Cyber Bullying and Domestic Violence appeared twice as the top concern, with Gangs being chosen once as a top concern.
The below table shows the top three concerns raised out of the 10 responses.
1 Knife Crime Domestic Violence Knife Crime Knife Crime Cyber Bullying 2 Domestic Violence Using/Dealing Drugs Domestic Violence Gangs Bullying 3 Using/Dealing Drugs Knife Crime Violence Against the Cyber Bullying Using/Dealing Drugs Vulnerable
1 Knife Crime Gangs Knife Crime Domestic Violence Cyber Bullying 2 Mugging Bullying Using/Dealing Drugs Cyber Bullying Rowdy Behaviour 3 Gangs Cyber Bullying Gangs Using/Dealing Drugs Drunk in Public
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8 Next Steps and Strategic Priorities
Using the data and the findings from the Strategic Assessment and the items highlighted from Youth Crime Conference, the Community Safety Partnership will undertake another piece of work which will result in a refreshed Strategy for the next financial year, 2014/2015 (or a longer period), outlining our key strategic themes, priorities and objectives over the next year or so.
The priorities, objectives and targets will be set out in several strategic themes each for one or more agencies. These themes are the areas for targets, milestones and outcomes to be managed and monitored together. As with the previous strategic themes these themes will cover what the Community Safety Partnership considers the priorities based on crime and anti-social behaviour, substance misuse and reoffending statistics, partner feedback as well as issues raised by residents via consultation.
In addition, the Community Safety Partnership will continue to carry out core functions and activities for the residents of the borough. This includes:
Engaging with the community through communication activity to reassure the community regarding crime levels and the work that is being done by the Community Safety Partnership to reduce crime and anti-social behaviour. In particular highlighting work that is being done with vulnerable community groups and how the community can get involved in reducing crime and anti-social behaviour through initiatives such as Neighbourhood Watch and Crime Prevention Evenings.
The police, council and other partners will work to make sure that the different teams such as Neighbourhood Wardens on housing estates, community enforcement officers, trading standards officers, British Transport Police, and Community Safety Co-ordinators work together with Neighbourhood Policing Teams and the other local police officers to join up their activities and deliver a more effective community enforcement service.
Make any vulnerable members of the community a priority in our future plans when consulting with the community and developing the Community Safety Strategy.
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