Demand for Policing Services

Demand for Policing Services

1. “In 1829 the police dealt with crimes committed among local people in public places, more and more we are dealing with crime in private places and that which crosses national borders. More generally citizens’ expectations of public services continue to rise and the breadth of police work has increased significantly. There has been a shift from a focus on volume crime, in particular acquisitive crime, to high harm.”

2. Changing nature of demand (1)

   • “More and more forces are using some form of risk-based analysis to inform their allocation of resources…”

3. Changing nature of demand (2)

   • Public Demand
     • Calls for service or crime or incidents to which the police respond;
   • Protective Demand
     • Proactive work including safeguarding the public

4. Changing levels of demand

   • Having decreased over the previous 10 years recorded crime increased 13% in 2017 when compared with 2016*
   • Despite longer term stability in overall reported crime, there are significant increases in high harm and risk categories
   • Demand on police in responding to mental health issue and multi-agency protective requirements increasing

5. Changing Complexity of Demand

   • Complexity of crimes increasing e.g. child exploitation and cyber crime
   • Number of defendants tried at Crown Court is higher than 10 years ago
   • 183% increase in fraud offences between 2008 and 2013
   • Child sex offences increased by 40% between 2012 and 2013
   • Modern Slavery threat increasingly understood and reported
   • 5,500 active organised crime groups in UK
   • Globalisation and international dimension