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ISSUE |
INFORMATION SOURCES |
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1.What types of burglary are occurring?
Attempts
Burglary without loss
Burglary with loss
Distraction burglary
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Police (data / analysis of recorded crimes)
Neighbourhood Watch co-ordinators
Landlords, Residents.
Community surveys/ consultations
(Information on unrecorded and non-reported crimes.)
Crime prevention panels.
Insurance companies |
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2. Where is crime occurring?
- Are there particular hotspots (wards or streets)?
- Are there particular types of location? e.g. houses backing
onto open space.
- Do locations share common physical features? E.g. ease of
access/egress
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Police (data /analysis of recorded crimes)
NW co-ordinators
Crime prevention panels
Community surveys/ consultations
(Information on unrecorded and unreported crimes)
Insurance contacts: (risk assessments for different areas. |
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3. When is it occurring?
Is the risk of crime higher at certain times of the:
Day
Week
Year?
What trends can be detected?
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Police (data /analysis of recorded crimes)
Crime prevention panels
Housing managers
Neighbourhood Watch co-ordinators
Community surveys/ consultations
(Information on unrecorded and unreported crimes) |
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4. How often?
What are the numbers and rates?
How do crime rates compare with other areas? |
Police (data /analysis of recorded crimes)
NW co-ordinators
Crime prevention panels
Community consultations
(Information on unrecorded crimes) |
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5. What is the impact?
What concerns the public most?
What is the impact on victims?
What items tend to be stolen?
What is the value of items stolen?
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Community consultations
(Focus groups / Fear of crime surveys ,etc)
Housing Dept surveys
Police (data/analysis of recorded crimes)
Reparation schemes (feedback from victims)
General practitioners/ health authority/ hospitals, dispensing
chemists
(e.g. feedback on stress-related illness)
Local insurance contacts
(Data on claims) |
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6 Who or what is the victim?
Do victims share common characteristics (eg age, gender,
race /ethnic origin, students, type of property, household
make-up,).
What types of houses are most vulnerable? eg student
flats, |
Police (data /analysis of recorded crimes)
Insurance companies
Housing depts and associations
Voluntary orgs
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7 Are repeats occurring?
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Police (data / analysis of recorded crimes)
Insurance companies
Landlords, Residents |
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8 How are they doing it?
Do crimes tend to be committed in a certain way?
May give clues to the number /sophistication of
Offenders involved. |
Police (data /analysis of recorded crimes) |
- Illicit markets
How are goods being disposed of?
What proportion of stolen goods are recovered?
Can patterns be detected in when and where stolen goods are
recovered? |
Police Intelligence
Crimestoppers
Trading Standards |