Crime and Safety Survey
What is It?
West Mercia Police's Crime and Safety Survey is being carried out jointly with the Police Authority and the Safer Roads Partnership. It commenced in April this year and will be ongoing until the end of March 2012. Previously carried out by post, this year, a telephone methodology is being used to ensure a more representative cross-section of our community is consulted with.
The survey involves random members of the public living within the force area being contacted by telephone and asked to take part in the survey. In addition to allowing us to monitor performance against a range of measures including public confidence and feelings of safety, through carrying out half of the total sample of surveys in our 20 Priority Local Policing Areas - Local Authority wards which have been identified as being our most vulnerable communities - the survey results also tell us more about the impact that crime and anti-social behaviour has on communities in these areas. Previous Crime and Safety Surveys have identified road safety as a big cause for concern and so residents are also asked for their views regarding road safety issues.
The information obtained from the surveys is also used to inform West Mercia Police and West Mercia Police Authority during the priority setting process; these priorities are presented in the Joint Annual Policing Plan.
The survey is being conducted by the market research company SPA Future Thinking on behalf of West Mercia Police. Although the survey predominantly contains questions which seek respondents' opinions regarding policing in their local area, it also includes questions which establish a respondent's age, gender, ethnicity and employment status; this is to allow us to ascertain the varying views and needs of the different population groups making up West Mercia and to identify any groups which are more at risk of harm.
Taking Part
The Crime and Safety Survey is conducted on an ongoing basis and reviewed annually. To ensure a random survey is achieved we unfortunately cannot take requests to participate in the survey. However, members of the public are encouraged to contact their Local Policing Team or attend a PACT event if they have any issues or concerns they would like to raise with us.
Results
We will publish the summary findings of the full yearly report on an annual basis. To see the results of previous yearly surveys, click on the relevant year, below.
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