More than half of people living in Gwent are confident that the police and their partners in community safety are dealing with anti-social behaviour and the crime issues that matter to them.
Gwent police is very pleased with new Public Confidence figures, More than three thousand people, living in the five local authority areas which the force serves, were surveyed.
- In Newport 57% are confident that the police and partners are tackling anti social behaviour and the things that matter in the community.
- In Torfaen, the figure is 52%
- Caerphilly records 51% confidence.
- Just under half of people in Monmouthshire ( 49% ) agree or tend to agree that we and our partners are dealing with issues that matter.
- People in Blaenau Gwent are least confident. Forty six per cent of people living in the borough believe the partnership is tackling the issues that matter to them.
For the police, all the results are better than previous figures released by the British Crime survey, which produces an annual snapshot of confidence in the UK’s 43 police forces. Our last BCS result was 45% (January 2010), up 11 per cent on a year ago, making Gwent the most improved force in the UK.
Gail Foley, who manages public confidence for Gwent Police said;
“We’d like to thank the public in Gwent for this vote of confidence in our policing and in our community safety partnerships. This improvement is a tribute to the hard work and dedication of our officers and staff, and the contribution made by the teams we work closely alongside in community safety partnerships.
“We have re-organised to ensure officers are in the right place, at the right time, delivering protection and reassurance.
“We have invested heavily in neighbourhood policing, with more officers than average devoted to local beat work. They engage with communities in all sorts of ways to make sure they know about the work we are doing to tackle anti social behaviour and other crime.”
“We will be publishing these figures every quarter from now on. By logging on to www.gwent.police.uk, and entering your post code, you can see your local results. You can also get involved in the debate on policing priorities by coming to one of our PACT meetings, which are advertised on each of our 137 ward pages on the website.”
The survey was carried out for Gwent Police by Opinion Research Services. 3,025 people were contacted by telephone during January and February 2010.
