Our Performance

Public Service Agreement (PSA) 1 target 

In March 2005, all crime and disorder reduction partnerships in England and Wales were instructed to set crime reduction targets for their area at a minimum of 15% for all British crime survey comparator crimes, over the following 3 years.

In consultation with Government Office for the North West, Blackpool has agreed a 16% reduction target using crime figures from 2003/4 as the baseline.

The following crimes have been identified as British Crime Survey Comparator crimes

Domestic Burglary

Theft of, or unauthorised taking of a vehicle

Theft from a vehicle

Vehicle interference

Theft of a cycle

Theft from the person

All wounding

Common Assault

Robbery of personal property

Criminal Damage including Arson.

Performance

The chart below displays figures for BCS Comparator Crime, and runs from the end of the baseline year (2003/04) through to the end of the target delivery year (2007/08).  Thus, the entire period within which the BCS Comparator Crime targets are to be delivered is visible simultaneously.                                                                                                          

The solid purple line represents the changing value of the twelve-month rolling total.  In an ideal world, this line would remain fairly close to the black dotted line i.e. the results achieved would be a reasonable match for the calculated track.  However, as can be seen, crime increased between the baseline year and the start of the delivery years, meaning in real terms, a 17.7% reduction.                                                    

In year 1, crime reduced by 5.3% against the baseline figure but in year 2 there was a slight rise in crime leaving a 12.1% reduction in year 3 to reach the set target.

So far, in this final year, crime has taken a downward turn, showing reductions of over 20%, which, if maintained throughout the year, will mean that the year end target will be met.