District and South Community Safety Partnership Performance report 2018-19 Comparative Crime Rates The Home Office places Community Safety Partnerships in groups considered to have enough similar characteristics to allow a meaningful comparison of their crime rates: this is known as the Most Similar Group and the fourteen other partnerships which currently make up our group are listed at the bottom of the page. Using data obtained from the Home Office iQuanta system we are able to produce the table below. There are thirteen crime types on the table and a headline category of all crime. The Current Position column tells us whether performance is Inline with, Above or Below the upper and lower control limits from the average for the group. The Distance column gives the difference between our crime rate and that average, the arrow indicating whether this has increased or decreased since 2017/18. Next we have our Rank within the group, with 1 being the lowest level for that crime type and 15 the highest. The next pair of columns show the Crime Rate per 1,000 head of population: firstly the year-end crime rate, then the figure for 2017/18 for comparison.

Most Similar Group Crime Rate (per 1,000) Crime Type Current Distance from Rank Position Average 2018/19 2017/18 All Crime Inline 6.3%  10 53.18 50.30 Burglary Above 31.7%  14 6.53 7.37 Robbery Inline 18.4%  11 0.33 0.38 Theft from Vehicle Above 57.5%  14 5.71 5.33 Theft of Vehicle Inline -14.5%  80.790.92 Theft from the Person Below -49.4%  10.240.31 Shoplifting Below -40.6%  41.762.33 Bicycle Theft Below -53.7%  40.330.39 All Other Theft Inline -5.4%  95.916.69 Violent Crime Inline 4.9%  9 19.23 14.86 Sexual Offences Inline 6.7%  10 1.93 1.36 Racially Aggravated Offences Below -44.4%  30.171.83 Drug Offences Inline 0.5%  10 1.05 0.89  Criminal Damage Inline -6.2% 65.375.44 iQuanta is intended to provide performance management information. In order to do this effectively timeliness is considered more important than complete accuracy. Performance data based on returns from Police forces is therefore not subject to full checks that would delay its inclusion on iQuanta. Usage information provided to user administrators is likewise not subject to full checks. For these reasons the accuracy of data from IQuanta or about IQuanta usage cannot be guaranteed. Such data should not be used explicitly or implicitly in circumstances in which complete accuracy and certainty are required. Most Similar Group: East Cambridgeshire, East Hampshire, Harborough, Horsham, Huntingdonshire, , South Cambridgeshire, South Oxfordshire, Stroud, Suffolk Coastal, Test Valley, Uttlesford, Wealden, West Oxfordshire.

Community Safety Partnership: year-end performance report 2018/19 1 The headline figure of all crime rose by 7.5% but the crime rate improved in all but four categories. As in 2017/18, the rise was almost entirely attributable to violent crime: removing this category of offences from the figures reduces the crime rate to 33.95, which is a reduction from 35.44 at the end of 2017/18. In 2017/18 we gave a total figure for burglary, due to the changes in the definitions giving us no basis for a year to year comparison of the two new categories burglary residential and burglary business/community. The number of crimes recorded for both types of burglary in 2018/19 was 1,128, a decrease of 10.1%; it may therefore seem confusing to see a red arrow in the Distance from Average column. The crime rate for the Partnership fell through the year, however the average for the Group fell by a greater percentage; as a result the Partnership has moved from being 27.2% above the average in 2017/18 to being 31.7% above at the end of 2018/19, despite the decrease in this type of crime. For theft from vehicle 987 crimes were recorded, which was an 8.6% increase from the baseline: this increase was not equal across the Partnership, as experienced a rise of 2.5%, while Daventry District recorded a 15.5% increase. By contrast, numbers for theft of vehicle fell by 13.6% over the year, with 140 offences recorded. We finished the year 11th in the Group for robbery, which includes both business and personal robbery, however the number of offences was very low, with 56 crimes recorded during the year. We were placed 1st in the Group for theft from the person and finished the year 49.4% below the average, although numbers were very low for this crime type too, with 46 crimes recorded. Shoplifting decreased during the year and at year-end the figures were 40.6% below the Group average, which took the Partnership below the lower control limit. Offences were concentrated in the towns, but while numbers fell in and , they increased in Daventry town centre, to the effect that Abbey South ward now accounts for 47% of the total offences recorded in Daventry District and South Northamptonshire. Bicycle theft returned very low numbers, which fell slightly to finish the year 53.7% below the Group average. In 2017/18 all other theft was 5.1% above the average for the Group, but the reduction in recorded crimes meant that by the end of 2018/19 the Partnership was 5.4% below the average. In previous years we have reported data for serious sexual offences, this year we have amended the report to cover all sexual offences. A total of 341 sexual offences were recorded in 2018/19: the number of rape offences increased from 82 to 114; we have cross referenced these offences with the recorded domestic crimes and 45 of the rapes had a domestic flag, which is a significant proportion of the total; however, this is in the same proportion as 2017/18. By contrast other sexual offences fell slightly, from 235 to 227. Violent crime accounted for 38.9% of the crime recorded in the Partnership area during 2018/19. The Partnership is placed 9th in the Group and ended the year 4.9% above the Group average, which had also been increasing throughout the year: the average violent crime rate for the Group ended 2017/18 at 15.23 but had risen to 18.34 by March 2019, illustrating that recorded violent offences are increasing at a similar level across our Group of partnerships. The crime rate for racially aggravated offences fell during the year and finished the year 44.4% below the average for the Group. The drug offences category includes possession and trafficking: figures for the Partnership were low, with 128 crimes of possession and 54 of trafficking recorded. This represented a rise of 11.7% and the distance from the Group average worsened slightly, to finish the year 0.5% above the Group average. Criminal damage rose very slightly during the year, from 940 offences to 947, but the Partnership ended 2018/19 6.2% below the Group average.

Community Safety Partnership: year-end performance report 2018/19 2 Performance Analysis The chart below shows numbers for each of the crime recording groups reported by Northamptonshire Police: data for 2018/19 is shown in green while that for 2017/18 is in purple.

The majority of crime categories showed a decrease, with theft from a vehicle and violent offences being the notable exceptions. Violent offences now represent 38.9% of all crime recorded in Daventry District and South Northamptonshire and are discussed in more detail in the next section of this report. Public disorder offences rose from 170 to 272: looking at the numbers in detail we have summer peaks of disorder in town and villages centres related to anti-social behaviour or the night-time economy; however, these only amount to low single figures in any given month for the relevant wards and indicate nothing of concern. Arson also rose and while the increase was seen in both districts, the significant numbers were recorded in Daventry town: 98 offences were recorded during the year and 49 of them were in Daventry. Arson in the town is the subject of an active and ongoing operation. All other theft remains a significant feature of this graph but numbers reduced by 11.0% in 2018/19. This category contains nine crime types, but most of them returned very low numbers: 1020 crimes were recorded and the most significant crime in terms of numbers was theft (other) which recorded 796: this type of crime was diffuse, both geographically and in terms of what it represents, covering matters such as theft of garden furniture, tools, building materials, gates and other metal items to name just a few. The second highest was making off without payment, which recorded 83 offences. The numbers of crimes reported for each of the wards in both 2018/19 and 2017/18 are shown in an appendix to this report.

Community Safety Partnership: year-end performance report 2018/19 3 Violent Crime Violent crime increased by 30.2% in Daventry District and by 26.4% in South Northamptonshire. This rise is a long-term trend, as illustrated by the graph below, which stacks domestic violence and other violent offences to give the total for all violent crime.

While the rise in domestic violence is a factor in the overall rise in violent crime, it is apparent that the increase is not solely attributable to a rise in domestic offences. Violence without injury rose by 19.7% and violence with injury by 13.9%; however stalking and harassment rose by 112.9%: offences of harassment, stalking and malicious communications were previously reported as part of violence without injury but are now reported separately. Stalking and harassment offences are relatively new; the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 created two new offences, amending the Protection from Harassment Act 1997. While it takes time for new offences to be reported and recorded regularly, we will need to monitor the increase over the coming year. Daventry’s night-time economy is within Abbey South ward and usually returns the highest numbers, but this year it was in second place with 234 recorded offences; Abbey North ward was first with 290 crimes, 45.9% of which were domestic in nature. Offences within HMP Onley, HMP Rye Hill and Rainsbrook Secure Training facility were a significant factor in the high rate of violent crime recorded in Barby & ward, where they are located; this ward is regularly the second highest location in Northamptonshire for repeat violent crime and recorded 256 offences. Only one ward in South Northamptonshire recorded violence in treble figures: Towcester Mill recorded 135 crimes during the year. Only 25.9% of these offences were domestic in nature; Towcester’s small night time economy is within the boundary of this ward but so are Tiffield Gateway School and Nene House, both of which had an effect on these figures. However, a number of South Northamptonshire wards are approaching the 100 mark: Towcester Brook recorded 91 offences, Heyfords & Bugbrooke 88 and Brackley East 81.

Community Safety Partnership: year-end performance report 2018/19 4 Domestic Violence The Partnership recorded increases in domestic violence in 2014/15 and 2015/16, a small decrease in 2016/17 and an increase of 14.3% in 2017/18; 2018/19 showed an increase of 26.6% from the baseline. Unlike in 2017/18 there is little contrast between the two districts; in Daventry District the increase was 28.9%, while in South Northamptonshire it was 23.7%. The graph below compares the data each month alongside the previous two years, enabling us to factor in any seasonal fluctuations. Most months in 2018/19 showed an increase over each of the previous two years and there were some sharp spikes.

Domestic violence accounted for 35.4% of all violent offences recorded in Daventry District and South Northamptonshire. The highest numbers were recorded in the towns and the larger villages, which is unsurprising as they have the larger populations. Abbey North ward returned the highest numbers with 133 offences, up from 102 in 2017/18; this was considerably more than the second placed ward, Hill which recorded 88 (up from 58). However the crime rate for Abbey North was 13.5 per 1,000 per head of population, whereas Hill returned 15.1 per 1,000. There is then a gap before we reach a cluster of wards returning 50 to 30 offences; nowhere is free of this type of crime and only 16 wards in Daventry District and South Northamptonshire recorded single figures. There was a hypothesis that the increase in stalking & harassment offences was attributable to domestic cases, but this proved not to be the case: there were 224 domestic cases (up from 137) but 401 non-domestic cases (up from 149). Domestic crimes other than violence reduced by 8.4% during the year, while domestic incidents (non-crimes) were up by 33.6%; the latter figure can indicate earlier reporting, before matters have escalated.

Community Safety Partnership: year-end performance report 2018/19 5 Vehicle Crime During 2018/19 theft from vehicle rose by 8.6% in Daventry District and South Northamptonshire, with a total of 987 offences recorded. While the two districts have shown contrasting patterns at year-end over the last three years, when we look at the longer term these differences disappear.

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The highest numbers were in South Northamptonshire: Harpole & Grange recorded 99 offences, a slight improvement from 2017/18; Services is in this ward and many of the crimes are attributable to the theft of power tools from vans parked here and in the hotels nearby. The second highest numbers were recorded in Towcester Mill, with 73 offences. Previously ward has recorded high numbers, as it contains the motorway services at Watford Gap: in 2018/19 44 crimes were recorded, although this is an increase from 2017/18 numbers have been higher in past years. Clipston ward returned the third highest numbers with 63 which is attributable to thefts from HGVs parked in lay-bys on the A14. The CSP brokered work between Police and Highways which resulted in arrests of perpetrators, since which the level of such crimes in this ward has tailed off dramatically. Burglary The total number of burglaries recorded in 2018/19 was 1,128, a decrease of 10.1%: this breaks down as 571 offences of burglary residential, 468 of burglary business/community and 89 attempted burglaries. Both districts recorded a decrease in burglary and this was seen in both categories: burglary residential fell 5.0% in Daventry District and 9.9% in South Northamptonshire; burglary business/community fell by 19.6% in Daventry District and 5.1% in South Northamptonshire. Abbey South was the highest scoring ward in 2017/18 but numbers there have fallen from 76 to 35 offences. The highest recorded figures in 2018/19 were in Abbey North ward which recorded 57 offences, a slight increase from 55 last year: Moulton takes second place with 51 crimes, although this is down from 52 in 2017/18; Brafield & Yardley ward is third with 48 recorded crimes, up from 31 last year.

Community Safety Partnership: year-end performance report 2018/19 6 Rural Crime In Daventry District and South Northamptonshire 116,000 people live in the rural wards, while only 47,000 people live in the urban areas. With a higher proportion of the population living in the rural wards it follows that, with some exceptions, these wards will experience more crime. In 2015 Northamptonshire adopted a definition of rural crime: theft offences, robbery, criminal damage, arson or wildlife crime at a farm or farm building anywhere in Northamptonshire or in one of the defined rural wards. All but six wards in the Partnership area are classified as rural with Brackley West, Grange Park and the four wards of Daventry the only exceptions. The graph below shows the rolling twelve-month totals for the past four years.

Crime in the rural wards of South Northamptonshire fell by 5.8% over the course of the year and in the rural parts of Daventry District it fell by 3.3% over the period. The Partnership previously ran a rural crime group for Daventry District and South Northamptonshire but interest from other CSPs with a significant rural area led to them joining our group and we have now merged with the countywide Police tasking meeting to form one body. There is good engagement from partners: ACRE, the Canal & River Trust, Country Land and Business Association, the British Association for Shooting and Conservation and the National Farmers Union all attend. These partners are very engaged in the work of the group and have proved valuable in getting messages to and from their members and in working with us on the days of action and engagement events. Two Barn events took place in January, where partners engaged with rural businesses to talk about crime levels and crime prevention; further events took place in March. Anecdotally there is a high degree of underreporting and we are encouraging people to report so that we get a truer picture of the problem, which will hopefully translate into more resources to address it. We have seen an increase in reported crime since those events, although it is not possible to make a firm correlation between the two.

Community Safety Partnership: year-end performance report 2018/19 7 Anti-social behaviour Incidents of anti-social behaviour recorded by Northamptonshire Police fell by 39.1% in the Partnership area during 2018/19, as illustrated by the following graph.

The graph illustrates that the reduction was seen in both districts; it was also recorded in the majority of the wards across the Partnership area. In Daventry District only seven wards showed any increase in reported incidents, with none regarded as significant. In South Northamptonshire just four of the wards showed an increase, with none regarded as significant. There is excellent engagement from partners at our multi-agency meetings to address problem areas and individuals: despite the reduction in available intervention programmes we continue to find innovative solutions. A secondary measure for anti-social behaviour is criminal damage: figures for the Partnership decreased by 13.0% in 2017/18, but in the year to March 2018 there was a slight increase of 0.7%. The majority of areas experienced a reduction, with Long Buckby being the only ward in Daventry District to experience an increase, from 34 to 55 offences; in South Northamptonshire the picture was mixed, with a number of wards seeing increases, although none returned significant totals. Appendix: data by ward On the following pages are tables which show the crime figures recorded by Northamptonshire Police for each ward in the two districts. For each crime type the first column shows the figure for 2018/19 and the second column is the figure for 2017/18. It was noted on page 3 that the secure facilities within Barby & Kilsby ward accounted for the high number of violent offences recorded there, rather than representing a high incidence within the general community. The prisons were also responsible for the high numbers within miscellaneous crimes against society, as this category includes prison offences under the offender management act and this ward also records high numbers of sexual offences.

Community Safety Partnership: year-end performance report 2018/19 8 South Northamptonshire Misc Sexual Theft of All other Bicycle Criminal Drug crimes Pos s'n of Public Robbery Robbery Theft from Theft from Vehicle From To Arson Bur glar y offences Shoplifting motor Violence Total theft theft damage offences against weapons disorder Business Personal the person vehicle intrfrnce inc Rape vehicle society

Apr-18 Mar-19 current p rev current p rev current p rev current prev current prev current p rev current p rev current prev current prev current p rev current p rev current prev current prev current prev current prev current prev current prev current prev current prev Astwell 512010171776220200010000310000102210689125085 Blakesley & Cote 814001036351111111300310000540000201251673034127123 Blisworth & Roade 4449102024291911645273660001554601442632946839247188 Brackley East 33 37 1 0 2 0 32 32 20 20 2 5 3 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 1 1 6 5 10 22 2 2 29 34 5 2 5 9 81 65 235 237 Brackley South 12 22 1 1 0 2 11 27 19 20 6 0 3 3 0 0 6 0 1 0 2 0 11 9 34 36 3 3 9 25 2 4 4 10 66 53 190 215 Brackley West 870000943420110040000132350018001629166454 1820401048311823041002520021610000101241423434155133 Brafield & Yardley 10150020141011190131010000006300008502006143115100 Cosgrove & Grafton 2316010017207302100021000025000036553126348994 Danvers & Wardoun 14170130171034601252014400013361300101041647154186130 Deanshanger 62670033305241231113105301338533103225321286548266189 Grange Park 11510522222870010025000006300001222140362311367 Hackleton 596211123848321260463226211085300199955429263742330313 Harpole & Grange 21 25 1 1 0 2 25 37 14 32 3 5 3 4 1 2 7 1 0 1 0 0 14 10 2 0 0 0 12 15 4 4 0 10 88 42 195 191 Heyfords & Bugbrooke 21010006741121210030000148020042101025215564 Kings Sutton 220000386302020010001025000011010118103435 Kingthorn 105010071230212000120100502100364012231788876 Little Brook 722101041916192352003300115536106831816357129147 38000156920102002000002200001311533221206358 Middleton Cheney Old Stratford 463010171981101101052001044000097120327148269 Salcey 182500001021510511300630020351127151413033931108127 Silverstone 4810001483310120010000041000034101026206046 Steane 132200102114118121000200000260000511251020138081 Tove 10180011294625363425114710605100412141923699160201225 Towcester Brook 84 61 5 6 4 1 34 32 46 37 7 6 2 10 3 2 19 7 0 1 2 2 8 11 27 46 3 3 73 58 2 5 17 16 135 127 471 431 22010041614011000411000200000102100214274056 Towcester Mill 121600103424121610101133000021130091212433825120106 Washington 499 573 21 14 29 15 518 559 376 346 55 49 58 58 20 16 116 55 5 5 22 12 134 119 99 148 13 19 497 486 64 56 132 138 1235 972 3893 3640 Whittlewood Total

Daventry District and South Northamptonshire Community Safety Partnership 9 Year-end performance report 2018-19 Daventry District Misc Sexual Theft of All other Bicycle Criminal Drug crimes Poss'n of Public Robbery Robbery Theft from Theft from Vehicle From To Arson Burglary offences Shoplifting motor Violence Total theft theft damage offences against weapons disorder Business Personal the person vehicle intrfrnce inc Rape vehicle society

Apr-18 Mar-19 current prev current prev current p rev current p rev current p rev current p rev current prev current prev current prev current prev current prev current prev current prev current prev current prev current prev current prev current prev current prev 25 30 7 5 2 7 57 55 75 81 25 18 12 12 5 8 16 10 3 5 2 3 38 27 9 42 1 1 31 34 8 9 12 13 290 206 618 566 88 93 17 17 3 18 35 76 79 91 16 21 18 6 8 1 34 29 0 0 6 9 18 21 144 121 18 21 23 17 9 8 5 8 234 203 755 760 Abbey North 152220002117118234101030000230000516132515178099 Abbey South 16 24 6 7 1 1 21 23 15 27 24 19 46 72 0 0 11 9 0 0 1 3 26 40 0 0 0 0 23 15 4 5 8 5 256 199 458 449 168001128385111000003100011500002683141231711192 Barby & Kilsby 1951100323214131120112200017231204113473431814195 BoughtonBraunston & 310004112661510100012000073101035001117255868 Brampton 192123324146203487553211130020975130124232510110788271271 1316001081966003100010010100310128104221167272 4427100022271613732210001000610014632345701721192126 Byfield 14184000192213611331233100075011122375510104130145144 Clipston 27 38 12 4 2 2 41 35 54 54 6 4 10 9 3 3 9 5 0 1 0 5 11 13 3 0 0 1 40 40 4 12 13 13 126 105 361 344 Crick 21200100172967210200010002311110132623310261895122 Drayton 20 30 13 7 1 8 40 38 49 52 16 6 14 8 8 6 15 14 0 1 3 4 15 28 6 3 2 0 36 27 3 12 11 6 204 145 456 395 Flore 42 75 3 1 2 1 27 27 55 34 5 3 3 6 1 1 13 3 1 0 1 3 13 5 16 20 0 3 44 28 7 6 27 12 80 65 340 293 Hill 41 50 5 2 8 9 51 52 54 58 3 3 7 10 4 1 12 4 0 1 2 1 11 14 8 31 1 2 23 20 8 9 7 8 115 86 360 361 Long Buckby 9600009132011020000000021001032010121174844 Moulton 8180000242113801130023001012000077614128289593 Ravensthorpe 14710111733128231202320010020020713131126188995 23241000222526283447107303019851212222211777347205194 1151000211654013000411000300000917245613137867 Weedon 85000082171431610166001261210070126137269882 Welford 91211011713917023100300000761101412201512910788 W Haddon & Guilsboro 169000021201240101001011014310004027248918912489 Woodford 521 573 77 49 29 52 611 704 564 593 127 104 148 154 36 29 156 115 8 12 21 36 207 198 205 250 33 37 491 427 79 105 162 125 1882 1446 5357 5009 Total

Daventry District and South Northamptonshire Community Safety Partnership 10 Year-end performance report 2018-19