Crime reports on rise

Lancashire Police has received a good rating for keeping people safe and preventing crime.
Lancashire Police has received a good rating at inspectionLancashire Police has received a good rating at inspection
Lancashire Police has received a good rating at inspection
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The force was inspected by HMIC and received a good rating in all areas, apart from protecting vulnerable people, which the force was told to improve.

The inspectors concluded: “We found that Lancashire Constabulary remains committed to keeping people safe and protecting vulnerable people. It is making good progress in developing its processes and structures to support this commitment.

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“However, in some areas further improvement is needed to ensure that all vulnerable people are being identified and provided with a timely and effective service.”

Nationally 12 forces were rated as requiring improvement.

- 376 calls for assistance per 1,000 head of the population between June 2016 and June 2017, higher than the national average of 282 per 1,000 people.

- 2% fall in reports of anti-social behaviour, although total incidents of anti-social behaviour remain higher than the national average.

- 12% increase in recorded crime between June 2016 and June 2017.

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- 10% of reports of a crime that end in a charge or summons. Of the other 90 per cent, it was recorded that 11 per cent were dropped because of a lack of evidence or a victim who did not wish to proceed and 53 per cent ended with no suspect being identified.

- 75 crimes (excluding fraud which is counted separately) recorded per 1,000 head of the population between June 2016 and June 2017.

- 10% of all reports of crime (excluding fraud) related to domestic violence, fractionally lower than the national average.

- 117 organised crime groups per one million of the population. This is more than double the national average – which is 47 – although Lancashire Police has previously said this is partly due to the county’s location and the number of people passing through.