Police Data

Norfolk Constabulary 999 Call Performance Data (2022)

Norfolk Constabulary 999 Call Performance Data (2021)

Norfolk Constabulary: Summary of National Crime and Policing Measures 

Priority area: Reduce Murder and Homicide

Supplementary Comment

The specialist Joint Norfolk and Suffolk Major Investigation Team are responsible for investigating all homicides.  There has been an 87% decrease of offences over the most recent 12 months when compared to the previous 12 months. When compared against the 2019 baseline, there has been a 71% decrease. The offence of Murder only, shows a decrease of 80% over the most recent 12 months when compared to the previous 12 months, with a 60% decrease when compared against the 2019 baseline.

• None of the offences are linked.
• There are no concerning trends of note that would indicate an emerging issue.
• The offences are spread out across the county.
• Of the four potential measures used by the Home Office to indicate whether force trends are of particular concern, Norfolk Constabulary has breached none of these areas for homicide offences.

Priority area: Reduce Serious Violence

Supplementary Comment

Norfolk has seen a 20% increase in all Violence With Injury compared with the 2019 baseline and a 0% decrease when compared to the previous 12 months. 34% of all violence with injury was domestic abuse related. Grievous Bodily Harm has seen an increase of 35% when compared to the 2019 baseline, and a 2% decrease when compared to the previous 12 months. A 1% decrease against the 2019 baseline for Actual Bodily Harm can be seen, and an 8% decrease in this offence when compared to the previous 12 months.

The Constabulary has developed its own strategy and actions to improve the local policing response to violence against women and girls (VAWG). The measures will assist the Constabulary to track key crime types within this work area to maintain an oversight as to how activity is affecting the reporting and investigation work being undertaken. The intention is that through building the confidence of women and girls around the police response, through pursuing those who would do them harm, and by providing safe spaces to live and work, the Constabulary will bring about reductions in violence and increased feelings of safety. It is recognised that the police do not, in all cases, have the confidence of women and girls that matters will be dealt with sensitively, or that protective action will follow when offences are reported. The Constabulary plan to improve in this area is based on a continued commitment to develop the most effective possible safeguarding service in partnership with other agencies.

Norfolk Constabulary are embedded in the process of developing a response to the Serious Violence Duty, which commenced on 31st January 2023. The requirements of this duty include: undertaking a Strategic Needs Assessment which includes a violence profile as well as additional elements including risk and protective factors, community engagement and mapping local provision. There are partnership governance groups overseeing the development of this work, alongside multiple groups within and external to the Constabulary. This work will shape the future actions, operations and priorities once the strategies are published.

Priority area: Disrupt drugs supply and County Lines

Supplementary Comment

Drugs supply offences are normally identified and recorded as a result of proactive policing. The 12 month period ending June 2023 has seen an increase of 1% (+6 offences), when compared to the previous 12 months. There has been a 26% (-157 offences) decrease when compared to the 2019 baseline.

There has been a 69% decrease in the number of active county lines in Norfolk since November 2019, in contrast to a 17% increase in county lines activity nationally year-on-year over the same period. In Norfolk there are fewer active lines operating, however by analysing communications data we have been able to identify previously undetected lines and advance our enforcement work even further, thus maintaining robust charge and conviction rates. To date, 75 lines have been terminated and 83 people convicted of running lines in Norfolk, resulting in sentences totalling over 319 years in custody, with cash seizures of over £145,000.

The long-term reduction in lines closed reflects the positive picture in Norfolk which is reflected in lower figures for drugs supply arrests based on the long-term average. The Constabulary continues to proactively identify and target lines in the county and take every opportunity to disrupt and dismantle the organised crime networks behind them.

Between January and March 2023, five more county lines have been closed, with charges being laid in four cases to date. Norfolk Constabulary continues to work closely with partners to reduce drug use and deaths, prevent the exploitation of children and vulnerable adults, and minimise the opportunity for the drugs market to drive other crime types such as Human Trafficking, Burglary, Robbery, and Serious Violence. This work reduces the impact of county lines on communities in Norfolk.

Priority area: Reduce neighbourhood crime

Supplementary Comment

When compared to the 2019 baseline figures, All neighbourhood crime has seen a decrease of 39% (-2369 offences), when compared to the previous 12 month period, it has decreased by 1% (-23 offences).

A new Neighbourhood Policing Improvement Board has been set-up, led by the Community Safety Superintendent.

The new Neighbourhood Policing Strategy, which is in the consultation stage, is being reviewed to ensure that it captures the essential learning from the recent Casey Report and the Police Race Action Plan, prior to publication.

Training has been delivered to all new Student Officers, Beat Managers, Local Policing Neighbourhood Sergeants, and Operational Partnership Teams in the use of problem-solving techniques. 

The Constabulary has been working with students from the Anglian Ruskin University to run focus groups and seek to develop innovative solutions to long-term neighbourhood problems.

Priority area: Improve satisfaction among victims - with a particular focus on victims of domestic abuse

Supplementary Comment

When compared against the against the 2019 baseline, Norfolk has seen a 1pp decrease. There has, however, been an increase of 1pp when compared against the previous 12 month figure.

The Constabulary’s Joint Justice Services Department have established a ‘Supporting Victims Group’.  This group focuses on improving the support to victims including those suffering domestic abuse, and has links into the Local Criminal Justice Board.  In addition, Constabulary staff and officers in the Multi Agency Safeguarding Hub (MASH) oversee risk reduction strategies for victims alongside targeted interventions to address offending behaviour outside of the normal investigative process.

Tackling VAWG is a priority for all police force areas and three overarching objectives have been outlined in the NPCC VAWG strategy.  These are mirrored in our local strategy:

1.Improving Trust and Confidence

2.Relentlessly Pursuing Offenders 

3.Creating Safer Spaces

The Norfolk Integrated Domestic Abuse Service (NIDAS) is an example of partnership approach, which now sees a seamless handover from initial police contact to third sector providers who continue to support the victim. The Constabulary has also committed to researching and identifying better ways for women and girls to provide feedback on the quality of the service they receive.

Appendix:

Homicide

Consists of the following offence types: Murder, Manslaughter (including corporate) and Infanticide.

Violence with injury

Following the release of further clarification around the National Crime and Policing Measures (NCPM), the crime category of 'violence with injury' has been used as a measure of serious violence. This differs to the figures released in the previous Specified Information Order and all baselines have been adjusted to reflect that. Violence with injury consists of the following:

• Assault with injury
• Assault with Injury on a Constable
• Assault with Injury On An Emergency Worker (Other Than A Constable)
• Assault with intent to cause serious harm
• Attempted Murder
• Cause of Allow Death or Serious Physical Harm to Child or Vulnerable Person
• Causing Death by careless or inconsiderate driving
• Causing Death or Serious Injury by Dangerous Driving
• Endangering Life
• Intentional Destruction of a Viable Unborn Child
• Racially or Religiously Aggravated Assault with Injury

A further focus on Actual Bodily Harm (ABH) and Grievous Bodily Harm (GBH) shows key trends in more detail.

Neighbourhood crime

Consists of the following offences: Residential Burglary (dwelling and non-dwelling), Vehicle Crime (theft of, interference with and theft from vehicle), Robbery, Theft from person.

Cyber crime

Non police data not yet available.

Drug trafficking

Crime consists of offences that relate to the supply of drugs as opposed to the possession of drugs.

Satisfaction

Calculated using responses that indicate the victim was either ‘Completely Satisfied’, ‘Very Satisfied’ or ‘Fairly Satisfied’.

Note on crime recording standards

The Home Office sets the comprehensive guidance rules around the reporting standards on crime for the police.

You can find out more about the standards of crime by visiting the Government website

The implementation of these standards in Norfolk Constabulary are audited periodically by His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire and Rescue Services (HMICFRS). 

Norfolk Constabulary has worked hard since its HMICFRS inspection in 2020 on crime recording to ensure issues reported to police are properly assessed and recorded.  This step change in working practices means that direct comparisons of crime data with those years prior to 2021 compares different standards of approach