December 2, 2004: Home Office Autumn Performance Report Published

Big reductions in vehicle crime, burglary, robbery and the fear of crime, and improvements in police performance are some of the achievements claimed by a new Home Office Autumn Performance Report (APR) published yesterday. The APR is a stock-take of the Home Office’s performance against its 10 Public Service Agreement targets. The Report highlights a number of key achievements:

• Overall crime has fallen by seven per cent since 2001/02.
• Vehicle crime has decreased by 30 per cent since 2000; burglary by 27 per cent over the same period.
• Fear of burglary and vehicle crime has fallen.
• Fear of violent crime has dropped from 22 per cent to 16 per cent since 2001/02.
• Between April and September 2004, more than 6,000 people entered into drug treatment.
• Overall police performance is up.
• Confidence in the Criminal Justice System is rising – the number of people that believe the CJS is effective in bringing people who commit crimes to justice has risen from 39 per cent to 42 per cent.

The full report can be downloaded here.