Thanks to Cheshire Constabulary's Mark Watson, who has been taking a look at Home Office perception data and shares the following:
'The Home Office recently published its statistical bulletin “Public perceptions of the police and local partners - results from the BCS year ending September 2008. Whilst reading the whole thing is reminiscent of watching paint dry (with the added ignominy of being simultaneously hit over the head with the empty tin) there are some genuine nuggets of insight in there.
The two major common factors amongst people across the country who agreed that the police and local councils are dealing with anti-social behaviour and crime issues in the area (our crucial "confidence" measure) are:-
Perceiving that the local police can be relied on to deal with minor crimes
Perceiving that the police deal with people fairly and / or with respect
…whilst the below four were only slightly less important…
Seeing a police officer or PCSO on foot patrol
Age of respondent (35 and over)
Not perceiving the crime rate in the local area to have increased a lot
Not having a high level of perceived anti-social behaviour
Apart from being over 35, not a (performance) number in sight.'
As always, thanks Mark.
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