Police Data
A key role of your Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) is to hold the Chief Constable to account for their delivery of policing in Norfolk.
There are a number of ways PCC Giles Orpen-Smellie achieves this, one way is through his quarterly PCC Accountability Meetings (PAM) where he publicly questions and challenges the Chief Constable and senior officers to ensure progress is made against the objectives set out in his Police, Crime and Community Safety Plan.
As representative of residents in Norfolk, another way, is by regularly monitoring police performance across a number of areas.
Below you will find more information relating to the different performance mechanisms used to monitor progress by Norfolk Police.
Office for National Statistics
The Office of National Statistics (ONS) releases crime statistics data for all forces in England and Wales on a quarterly basis.
The latest statistics were published on the 27 April 2023 and covered the 12-month period to December 2022 - showing crime in Norfolk increased during this period by 1.8% (66,859 offences to 68,037).
You can visit the ONS website to find out more about national crime trends and our PCC's response to local crime here:
Read more about latest crime data from the ONS
National Crime and Policing Measures
As part of the national Beating Crime Plan, the Home Office has developed National Crime and Policing Measures (NCPM) under six priority areas which have accompanying metrics to help focus effort on key policing priorities, allow performance to be measured and help to demonstrate value for money in policing.
The National Crime and Policing Measures are to reduce neighbourhood crime, reduce murder and other homicide, reduce serious violence, disrupt drugs supply and county lines, tackle cyber-crime, and improve satisfaction among victims (with a focus on victims of domestic abuse). The measures are to be kept under review and further crime types may be added in the future.
As part of the Specified Information Order every Police and Crime Commissioner is legally required to publish performance updates on these measures following the publication of quarterly crime statistics by the ONS.
Norfolk Constabulary’s latest National Crime and Policing Measures statistics and commentary for the 12 months up to December 2022 can be found below:
View latest National Crime and Policing Measures for Norfolk
Reporting Crime
In an emergency always dial 999.
Norfolk Police
You can report crime in Norfolk by calling the non-emergency number 101 or by using one of the online forms on the Norfolk Police 'Report It' web page.
StreetSafe tool
StreetSafe, an online tool which allows you to report areas where you feel unsafe in the county.
The StreetSafe tool enables anyone to anonymously flag public places and mark on a map the areas where they feel unsafe while remaining anonymous, and while anyone can use it, women and girls are particularly being encouraged to use the online platform.
Please note: 'StreetSafe' is not for reporting crime or incidents.
You can flag any places you feel unsafe on the StreetSafe tool
In an emergency always dial 999.