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


The Crime Recording System A modern crime recording system, available force wide, is essential to the proper implementation of the National Crime Recording Standard.


Key aspects: • Good user-friendly crime recording system. • The crime recording system should be capable of proper audit. • Ideally, there should be an automatic link between incident recording and crime recording systems. • Any future development of Crime Recording systems, be it at a national or force level, will need to take account of the National Crime Recording Standard and any associated audit requirement.


The Crime Recording Process Responsibility for the recording of crime should be placed in the hands of a dedicated and highly trained group of staff, such as is common in dedicated Crime Recording/Crime Management Units, whether centrally or locally based.


Key aspects: • Forces with a centralised crime recording facility should provide a local crime management function to ensure proper local monitoring and response. • Realistic staffing levels. • Staff tasked with recording crime should be fully trained eg customer care skills, investigative skills, SOCO aware, victim support knowledge etc. • Adequate supervision to ensure a competent and consistent service. • All stages of the process from initial recording to final disposal should be subject to scrutiny by trained staff. • All decisions made should be auditable. • Appropriate, centre-led ‘User Groups’ to meet regularly with regards to determination of best practice, changes on policy/rules and problem-solving. • Maximum use made of force communication facilities to disseminate changes in policy or highlight areas causing difficulty.


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