SUMMER ENGAGEMENT OUTCOMES 2015
Working together for a safer Dorset
PURPOSE & BACKGROUND
The PCC together with staff and volunteers from the OPCC team attended a number of events across the county this summer.
The OPCC engagement team attended major Dorset events, including the Dorset County Show and other rural countryside shows, Bournemouth Air Festival, Bournemouth Wheels Festival, together with a number of smaller local events and community days. This provided an opportunity to engage with thousands of Dorset residents and visitors. Residents were asked for their views on policing, crime and community safety . In addition an online survey was conducted via Dorset Alert and other digital channels.
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CONSULTATION OUTCOMES
1,645 FACE TO FACE
OF OUR FACE TO FACE RESPONDENTS
SURVEYS COMPLETED
620 SURVEYS
44%
56%
MALE
FEMALE
OF OUR ONLINE RESPONDENTS
COMPLETED ONLINE
57%
43%
MALE
FEMALE
FACE TO FACE RESULTS
28% 14% 54% 4%
FROM BOURNEMOUTH FROM POOLE FROM ACROSS RURAL DORSET OUT OF COUNTY (ONLY SURVEYED IF THEY LIVED CLOSE TO THE BORDER AND WERE FREQUENT VISITORS TO DORSET, AND/OR THE OWNERS OF A SECOND HOME IN DORSET
ONLINE RESULTS
21% 19% 60%
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FROM BOURNEMOUTH FROM POOLE FROM ACROSS RURAL DORSET
VICTIMS OF CRIME
14% OF PEOPLE OF THOSE SURVEYED HAD BEEN THE VICTIM OF CRIME IN THE LAST TWO YEARS
FACE TO FACE
ONLINE
PEOPLE OF THOSE SURVEYED HAD BEEN OF PEOPLE OF THOSE SURVEYED HAD BEEN 14% OF THE VICTIM OF CRIME IN THE LAST TWO YEARS 13% THE VICTIM OF CRIME IN THE LAST TWO YEARS PEOPLE WHO HAD BEEN VICTIMS OF CRIME WERE THEN ASKED TO RATE HOW SATISFIED THEY WERE WITH THE POLICE RESPONSE
PEOPLE WHO HAD BEEN VICTIMS OF CRIME WERE THEN ASKED TO RATE HOW SATISFIED THEY WERE WITH THE POLICE RESPONSE
63% WERE SATISFIED 37% WERE LESS THAN SATISFIED 13% WERE EXTREMELY DISSATISFIED
48% WERE SATISFIED 52% WERE LESS THAN SATISFIED 10% WERE EXTREMELY DISSATISFIED
RESPONDENTS WERE SATISFIED WITH 58% OF THE VICTIM AFTERCARE THEY RECEIVED 42% RECORDED A DEGREE OF DISSATISFACTION
RESPONDENTS WERE SATISFIED WITH 60% OF THE VICTIM AFTERCARE THEY RECEIVED 40% RECORDED A DEGREE OF DISSATISFACTION
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VICTIMS OF CRIME HOW WORRIED ARE YOU ABOUT CRIME IN DORSET?
PREFERRED METHODS OF CONTACT WITH DORSET POLICE
Residents were asked to rate their level of concern on a scale of 1 – 10, 1 being not worried and 10 being extremely worried.
Residents were asked about their preferred method of contact with Dorset Police for a non-urgent matter. The telephone was by far the popular answer.
1591 people answered this question with 28% indicating their concern (6-10 on the scale) with 3% of these stating that they were extremely worried. It should be noted however that results across district and borough council areas were varied and this is reflected in the more detailed district/borough breakdown to follow.
TELEPHONE
60%
When asked which type of crime concerned them the most, 1588 people responded to the question though it should be noted that some people gave more than one answer to this question. 384 people answered this question on-line with 49% indicating their concern (6-10 on the scale)
EMAIL
FACE TO FACE
16%
ACQUISITIVE CRIME (THEFT) ANTI SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR
FACE TO FACE
CYBER CRIME
15%
ASSAULTS - PHYSICAL ROAD SAFETY ASSAULTS - SEXUAL
POLICE WEBSITE
6%
ONLINE ACQUISITIVE CRIME (THEFT) ANTI SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR
SOCIAL MEDIA
3%
CYBER CRIME ASSAULTS - PHYSICAL ROAD SAFETY ASSAULTS - SEXUAL OTHER
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PRIORITIES There were small variations in responses according to where in Dorset the resident lived.
This question required people to decide their top three priorities when considering the future of local policing in the face of further budget cuts.
In Bournemouth, North Dorset and West Dorset neighbourhood policing replaced investigating all crimes as their third priority.
Answers are then weighted to determine the order of priority. The top three priorities identified for each of the surveys differed, with neighbourhood policing replacing protecting the vulnerable in the on-line survey results. It should be noted however that with the face-to-face survey neighbourhood policing was a very close fourth in terms of chosen priority:
These results also need to be considered alongside peoples’ concerns about crime where in respect of both surveys acquisitive crime, antisocial behaviour and road safety were the top three choices. When viewing the district/borough results road safety is highlighted as one of the top concerns about crime in four of the rural districts, East Dorset, North Dorset, Purbeck and West Dorset and also in Bournemouth Borough.
• Investigating all crimes (murder, burglary, rape, fraud, theft, damage, arson) • Protecting the vulnerable (CSE, domestic violence, missing people)
SERVICE IMPROVEMENTS
• Protecting the public at large (terrorism, extremism, firearms, public order)
Anecdotally when asked “what can Dorset Police do to improve their service”, the most frequent response was to be visible to the public, and related to frontline policing.
Since 2011, we’ve lost £14.8m from the policing budget. Consider these policing priorities, and choose the three you would prioritise, in order 1,2,3 if you were in charge of the budget.
This was reflected in the word cloud shown below that highlighted words used to describe peoples’ comments in respect to policing in Dorset. The bigger the word the more often it appeared in their comments.
FACE TO FACE
COMMUNITY YOUNG PEOPLE DRUGS GOOD SERVICE
PROTECTING THE VULNERABLE
PUBLIC DORSET POLICE POLICE STATION
PROTECTING THE PUBLIC AT LARGE
LOCAL POLICE
POLICE OFFICERS IMPROVE 101
RESPONSE NEIGHBOURHOOD POLICING STREETS HAPPY VISIBLE STOP FUNDING
NEIGHBOURHOOD POLICING
DOING A GOOD JOB CRIME FOOT PATROLS ROAD
INVESTIGATING ALL CRIMES
POLICE ON THE BEAT POLICE PRESENCE GREAT JOB SPEED
BOBBIES ON THE BEAT
PREVENTING ALL CRIMES
STATION DESKS
ROADS POLICING
OPCC NEWSLETTER
ONLINE INVESTIGATING ALL CRIMES PROTECTING THE PUBLIC AT LARGE NEIGHBOURHOOD POLICING
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PROTECTING THE VULNERABLE
OF THOSE SURVEYED ASKED TO BE SIGNED UP TO RECEIVE NEWS AND UPDATES FROM THE OPCC
PREVENTING ALL CRIMES ROADS POLICING
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