Identifying costs of inputs
Broad approach	Specific approach	What would it involve?	Policy implications?	Could be done by local partnership?
Identifying costs of inputs	1) Estimating direct costs for a mainstream service or project based on national average costs	Having identified personnel time devoted to a project or particular element of a mainstream service, figures for the national average cost of different types and grade of personnel would be used to estimate direct costs	Could be used for very basic policy appraisal such as the identification of areas where the introduction of a crime reduction measure could result in cost savings. Could be included in mainstreaming / S17 review	Yes – relatively easy
	2) Identification of actual direct and indirect costs for a project	Identification of direct and indirect costs for a project will be easier than for mainstream services where only a part of the service has a crime reduction outcome	Could be used for very basic policy option appraisal such as identifying how much specific projects are costing in order to decide what projects and initiatives to include in a strategy. Could contribute to a Best Value or S17 Review	Yes – relatively easy
	3) Identification of actual direct costs for a mainstream service	Identifying the ‘direct’ costs of a mainstream service’s contribution to a crime and disorder reduction objective by identifying staff time allocated to the objective and using direct costs such as salaries and on-costs to cost input.	Could be used as part of a Section 17 or Best Value review to identify, in broad terms, the contributions of different departments or services to crime reduction.	Yes – relatively easy
	4) Identification of actual direct and indirect costs of a mainstream service	Follow process outlined in 3, but then go on to identify indirect costs such as support services, accommodation etc.. In large organisations these costs are likely to be held centrally and will need to be disaggregated.	Identifying the ‘true’ cost of crime prevention and the different functions that go to make up the sum of crime prevention in an area will allow for crime reduction to be seen as a system and the priorities of the system to be identified.	Yes – but difficult