Local Policing
Statistical Information Required
What are the latest statistics and trends in local crime and anti-social behaviour? How
do they compare to average regional and national measures and experiences?
See Attached Document ‘A’
How many Police Officers and PCSOs are currently allocated to front line
neighbourhood policing teams in each police district? How many were there in 2010,
2011, 2012, and 2013?
LPT
Cannock Chase
East Staffordshire
Lichfield
Newcastle
South Staffordshire
Stafford
Staffordshire Moorlands
Tamworth
Stoke on Trent Central
Stoke on Trent North
Stoke on Trent South
Stoke On Trent
Force
2010/11 **
Officers
76.0
75.0
60.0
95.0
62.0
82.0
70.0
74.0
125.0
98.0
105.0
328.0
922.0
PCSO
17.8
23.7
15.0
25.9
12.0
18.7
15.1
17.5
26.6
16.5
15.9
59.0
204.7
2011/12 **
Officers
67.5
79.3
56.8
86.6
54.8
77.6
60.7
60.2
102.7
92.6
92.2
287.5
831.0
PCSO
17.8
21.3
15.0
24.9
12.0
19.7
15.0
16.5
26.1
17.5
15.4
59.0
201.2
2012/13**
Officers
62.8
76.0
52.9
80.5
51.9
73.6
65.5
59.1
97.2
86.3
89.4
272.9
795.2
PCSO
17.8
21.8
15.0
22.2
14.0
18.8
17.2
15.5
26.4
21.6
19.7
67.7
210.0
2013/14*
Officers
66.7
68.6
58.0
78.3
55.5
82.4
57.0
62.5
97.2
80.9
80.2
258.3
787.3
** 2010/11, 2011/12, 2012,13 prior to PCC coming to Office
* In December 2013 the PCC committed funding from savings to cancel 10% reduction in neighbourhood
policing numbers
PCSO
15.8
20.9
21.0
20.5
14.0
14.8
19.2
15.5
23.4
20.3
21.7
65.4
207.1
What are the opening hours of each local Police Station?
What is the current funding for Police Cadets and Student Firefighter schemes? How
many are there? How does funding for these schemes compare to previous years and
what are the projected figures for 2014 and 2015?
Funding for Staffordshire Police Cadets is secured through sponsorship, mainly from private
sector and fundraising. There are currently 2 units based in Stafford and Cannock, totalling
55 cadets. A third unit of 30 will start in Stoke-on-Trent during April. The PCC’s ambition is
to establish units in all districts, boroughs over the next 2 years. Doing that is dependent on
recruiting volunteers and securing enough additional funding.
We have no input into the Student Firefighter scheme.
What measures do you use to gauge public confidence in the Police and how has this
measure changed since 2010?
Staffordshire Police uses ‘Feeling the Difference’, the Staffordshire public opinion survey to
gauge public confidence in the police. Arrangements will be reviewed soon. The current
survey includes the following question which relates directly to this item:
To what extent do you agree or disagree…
“Taking everything into account I have confidence in the police in this area”
Strongly agree, Tend to agree, Neither, Tend to disagree, Strongly disagree
Figure 1 shows the percentage of people who have chosen the options ‘Tend to agree’ or
‘Strongly agree’ over the 15 ‘Feeling the Difference’ surveys to date. Note: Surveys 14 and
15 used different questionnaires so results are not directly comparable with previous
surveys.
Figure 1: Feeling the Difference: % of respondents who tend to agree or strongly
agree with the question "Taking everything into account, I have confidence in the
police in this area"
100%
90%
87%
83%
84% 82% 85% 86% 85% 84%
80%
78%
84% 84% 86%
82%
76% 77%
70%
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
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This shows the dates of each of the 15 surveys so far completed.
Wave
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Month
March 2008
June 2008
September 2008
December 2008
March 2009
June 2009
September 2009
December 2009
January 2010
June 2010
March 2011
September 2011
Comment
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14
March 2012
September 2012
15
September 2013
Revised questionnaire designed to provide a stronger partnership
base (and thus there is no direct comparison to previous waves)
Revised questionnaire to support PCC Strategy and associated
policing plan (and thus there is no direct comparison to previous
waves)
Road Safety
How many Penalty Notices have been issued for driving without insurance this year
and in 2013, 2012, 2011 and in 2010?
2010 - 673
2011 - 697
2012 - 816
2013 - 815 (since June 2013 circa 1600 uninsured vehicles have been seized by police)
Jan & Feb 2014 - 130
How many people have been charged for driving under the influence of drink and/or
drugs this year to date compared to in 2010, 2011, 2012 and in 2013?
2010 - 989
2011 - 986
2012 - 1044
2013 - 915
Jan & Feb 2014 – 129
How many Penalty Notices have been issued for driving whilst using a mobile phone
compared to in 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013?
2010 – 3429#
2011 – 4402#
2012 – 3802#
2013 Jan – Mar – 663#
2013 Apr-Dec – 70PND and 1826 Retraining Course
2014 – 15PND (*265 Retraining Course)
*Likely to increase when outstanding responses from the provisional offers of a course (sent
at the end of February) have been returned.
#Due to replacement of local system by national system in March 2013 the figures for 2010March 2013 incorporate both PND and Retraining Courses.
How many marked patrol vehicles cover Staffordshire and how does this compare to
the numbers in 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013?
The following are liveried patrol vehicles based on Local Policing Teams only. It does not
include other operational vehicles.
2010/11 - 186
2011/12 - 179
2012/13 - 180
2013/14 – 158
In 2013 an efficiency review was instigated to maximise the use of police vehicles. The
result was an overall reduction in vehicles. There are increased numbers of non-patrol
vehicles part-liveried to maximise policing visibility.