Crime Of The Century - A Chilling Look At Crime Statistics In The UK


(b) where following the incident report that was recorded as a crime, additional verifiable information is available that determines that no notifiable crime has been committed; (c) the crime, as alleged, constitutes part of a crime already recorded; or (d) the reported incident was recorded as a crime in error. (Home Office, Counting Rules for Record Crime) NCRS The National Crime Recording Standard aims to: ● promote greater consistency between police forces in the recording of crime; and ● take a more vicm-oriented approach to crime recording. (Home Office, National Crime Recording Standard) NSIR The principal aim of the National Standard for Incident Recording is to ensure that all appropriate incidents, be they crime or non-crime, are recorded by police in a consistent and accurate manner, so as to allow resulting data to be used at a local and national level to meet the management and performance information needs of all stakeholders. (Police Standards Unit, Home Office) PPAF The Police Performance Assessment Framework is an effective and fair way of measuring, comparing and assessing strategic performance in policing across the full range of policing responsibilities for all forces in England and Wales. PPAF focuses on force and BCU performance and may in time include CDRP performance. (Home Office) PSU The Police Standards Unit was set up in 2001 to support the Government’s police reform programme. PSU focuses on measuring and comparing BCU and CDRP performance, understanding the underlying causes of performance variations, identifying and disseminating good practice and supporting forces needing assistance. (Home Office) Police precept The balance of police authority expenditure not covered by government block or special grant and which is funded through council tax by local households. Recorded crimes All incident reports whether from victims, witnesses or third parties and whether crime-related or not, will result in the registration of an incident report by the police. Following initial registration, an incident will be recorded as a crime (a notifiable offence) if on the balance of probability: ● the circumstances as reported amount to a crime defined by law (the Police will determine this, based on their knowledge of the law and counting rules); and ● there is no credible evidence to the contrary. (Home Office, National Crime Recording Standard)


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