The Public Confidence Target
Single Target for Police and Partners
From 5 March 2009 the only national police target set by the UK government is to increase public confidence by 15 percentage points. The single national target for the police, is aimed at making the police services of England and Wales more accountable to the public for their work. Home Office figures show that confidence levels currently vary across the country, with the national average at 46 per cent. The three year national target announced 60 per cent "...the Home Secretary has set intentionally stretching force targets....".
The single national target is part of the Policing Green Paper, published in the summer of 2008, which signalled a shift in police accountability and reporting. Police forces and
‘Taking everything into account, how good a job do you think the police in this area are doing?’ |
The question was deliberately chosen because it promotes partnership working between the police and the local authorities "....which is at the heart of modern policing."
Partnership with the Community
Police forces will be encouraged to work with local authorities to engage with the communities they serve and tackle the issues that matter most to them. To support this developing way of working, in addition to the single target the Home Secretary will also take note of the similar BCS question which asks whether the public are confident that the police alone "are dealing with the things that matter locally" so that any partnership issues are identified.
Force Level Targets
End of March 2011 | End of March 2012 | ||
FORCE | Baseline | Target | Target |
Avon & Somerset | 40.6% | 54.4% | 59.4% |
Bedfordshire | 45.9% | 53.9% | 58.6% |
Cambridgeshire | 44.1% | 52.6% | 57.6% |
Cheshire | 43.5% | 53.5% | 58.5% |
Cleveland | 54.0% | 62.0% | 66.0% |
Cumbria | 52.8% | 60.8% | 64.8% |
Derbyshire | 45.5% | 55.4% | 60.4% |
Devon & Cornwall | 53.2% | 61.2% | 65.2% |
Dorset | 49.4% | 57.4% | 61.4% |
Durham | 51.3% | 59.3% | 63.3% |
Dyfed Powys | 43.8% | 51.8% | 56.7% |
Essex | 45.8% | 54.4% | 59.4% |
Gloucestershire | 45.8% | 53.8% | 58.3% |
Greater Manchester | 43.3% | 53.8% | 58.8% |
Gwent | 39.3% | 52.0% | 57.0% |
Hampshire | 47.3% | 55.3% | 59.3% |
Hertfordshire | 49.7% | 57.7% | 61.7% |
Humberside | 39.2% | 50.7% | 55.7% |
Kent | 44.2% | 55.1% | 60.1% |
Lancashire | 51.0% | 59.0% | 63.0% |
Leicestershire | 46.3% | 54.3% | 58.7% |
Lincolnshire | 38.0% | 53.1% | 58.1% |
Merseyside | 50.9% | 58.9% | 62.9% |
Metropolitan Police | 47.4% | 55.4% | 59.4% |
Norfolk | 48.2% | 56.2% | 60.2% |
North Wales | 44.7% | 54.3% | 59.3% |
North Yorkshire | 50.8% | 58.8% | 62.8% |
Northamptonshire | 41.1% | 53.1% | 58.1% |
Northumbria | 48.8% | 56.8% | 60.8% |
Nottinghamshire | 43.6% | 52.7% | 57.7% |
South Wales | 38.7% | 54.2% | 59.2% |
South Yorkshire | 41.4% | 54.0% | 59.0% |
Staffordshire | 46.9% | 54.9% | 58.9% |
Suffolk | 50.9% | 58.9% | 62.9% |
Surrey | 51.9% | 59.9% | 63.9% |
Sussex | 45.0% | 53.6% | 58.6% |
Thames Valley | 46.0% | 54.2% | 59.2% |
Warwickshire | 41.7% | 53.3% | 58.3% |
West Mercia | 42.5% | 54.3% | 59.3% |
West Midlands | 46.2% | 55.9% | 60.9% |
West Yorkshire | 44.1% | 53.0% | 58.0% |
Wiltshire | 41.1% | 53.3% | 58.3% |
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National Target | 45.0% | 55.0% | 60.0% |
Public Confidence Links
This document gives statistics on confidence in police and local councils in dealing with anti-social behaviour and crime in England and Wales.
Public Confidence in the Police
Research analysis from the National Police Improvement Agency.