Agenda item

Matt Leng, Community Safety Manager presented the performance dashboard and took the Board through the performance data covering the period of March 2022 to May 2022 and members were invited to give comments in relation to how this information is presented.

Mr Leng noted the increase in residential burglary, however there is a concerned focus by the Police and their tactical coordination group around this specific increase in crime which will be dealt with operationally via that group. He also highlighted that Barnet is now becoming an area of note, rather than of concern, at the present time.

The Chair highlighted the current cost of living crisis and going forward what impact this may have through the winter.

CI Lynch informed the Board that he has tasked one of the central departments within the Police to work out if there is any modelling that can be carried out to enable intelligence around the current crisis and the cost of crime will be which will form an intelligence piece to build upon going forward and where efforts should be focused.

Robbery is a priority for the Met Police as well as for the local strategic partnership and he informed the Board about the bespoke operation that has been currently running, called Operation Peleton where the officers have been uplifted in responding to crime in various hotspots and additional patrols have been placed in locations that have a high footfall. There has also been an increase on Q car usage, whereby bespoke cars respond to victims of robbery to give a better forensic opportunity within the first hour of an offence being committed.

Tamara Djuretic, Director of Public Health asked if there was more granular data available to tell us where across the borough the robberies are taking place and if there is a profile of offenders relating to ethnicity and age and if this is used to target interventions. CI Lynch confirmed that the Police have access to the granular detail of such crimes by ward data which also gives them names of outstanding suspects who can then be traced each week.

The Chair noted the thorough process that takes place in relation to music and other festivals that are organised within the borough and highlighted the good partnership working between the Council and the local communities.

Tina McElligott, Director of Children’s Social Care asked if a large proportion of offenders were adults as Family Services have not been notified of many Serious Incident Response Meetings (SIRMs). Mr Leng agreed with this and noted that without going into the granular detail, there have been large numbers of adult-on-adult crimes committed.

Fiona Bateman commented that it would be useful from a Safeguarding Adult perspective to know if any of the victims or perpetrators of these offences have a disability, particularly the elderly and asked if this particular information could be reported at this Board or another relevant Board where this can be picked up and used.

ACTION: CI LYNCH

The Board noted the Performance Dashboard up to May 2022 as set out in the report.