Supporting Leicestershire Crimestoppers - Presentation by Bill Cullen (East Midlands Regional Chair) & Rob Vivian (Leicestershire Constabulary)
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Supporting Leicestershire
Crimestoppers
Presentation by
Bill Cullen (East Midlands Regional Chair) & Rob Vivian
(Leicestershire Constabulary)
“WORKING TOGETHER”
What is Crimestoppers?
• Crimestoppers Trust was founded by our Chairman, Lord
Ashcroft, in 1988
• Crimestoppers is an independent charity which helps the
police and other law enforcement agencies to solve crimes,
making communities safer
• We do this by operating the 24/7 telephone number 0800
555 111 which people can ring to pass on information about
crimes anonymously
• Information can also be sent online via our
website.
www.crimestoppers-uk.org
The Crimestoppers Network • London HQ covering core business functions • 24/7 Call Bureau staffed by professional call handlers based in Surrey • Regional staff at various locations in the UK (Sue Langley – Leicestershire representative) • 44 Volunteer Committees covering the whole of the UK (including Channel Islands and Isle of Man) run by around 500 volunteers • A Crimestoppers Coordinator based at each UK police force.
It works! Since 1988 the work of Crimestoppers has led to: More than 107,394 arrests and charges with over £115m of goods being recovered and over £210m worth of drugs being seized. (Crimestoppers statistics April 2010 to March 2011) 22 people arrested every day from information supplied by Crimestoppers. Nationally 8264 people were arrested and charged from the 95,276 pieces of actionable information received with £25,339,693 worth of illegal drugs seized and £3,155,704 worth of goods recovered. Locally in Leicestershire Nationally actionable information received is up by 1% but in Leicestershire it is up by 11% to 1433 and 174 people have been arrested and charged.
Why Crimestoppers ?
There are a number of motives for callers using
Crimestoppers.
• Fear of reprisals.
• Lack of trust in reporting incidents to police.
• A dislike of the police and the authorities..
• Reward
The majority of information passed is about
neighbourhood issues affecting local residents.
It works!
Number of Persons Arrested and Charged
Total Number of Detections/Positive Outcomes
CB Beaumont Leys 109 5 4.58% 26 23.8%
CH Hinckley Road 103 5 4.62% 30 29.1%
CK Keyham Lane 179 9 5.02% 51 28.4%
CM City Centre 73 7 9.5% 29 39.7%
CN Spinney Hill 172 7 4.06% 46 26.7%
CW Welford Road 79 2 2.53% 22 27.84%
LC Charnwood 89 7 7.86% 39 43.8%
LO Lougborough 117 17 14.5% 45 38.4%
LM Melton 73 4 5.4% 37 50.6%
LR Rutland 42 2 4.76% 15 35.7%
LN North West 85 5 5.88% 49 57.6%
LB Blaby 103 12 11.6% 50 48.5%
LH Hinckley 122 12 9.83% 50 40.9%
LA Market Harborough 72 5 6.9% 28 38.8%
LW Wigston 54 8 14.8% 19 35.1%
Total 1472 107 7.26% 536 36.4%
Campaigns in 2012/13 • Cannabis Cultivation • Human Trafficking • Drugs • Burglary • Metal Theft
Successful Campaigns
• The 'too much bling, give us a ring' campaign has been running since
February 2006, in a partnership between Leicestershire Crimestoppers
and the Leicestershire Constabulary.
• During an 8-day period in 2012, 24 people were arrested for money laundering, drugs offences, theft of
vehicles, fraud and burglary
• £53,900 in cash was recovered
• £195,000 worth of vehicles were seized
• 5 cannabis factories were closed down. 1,100 cannabis plants were destroyed, that would have had a street
value of £1million
• 1 stun gun was recovered
• Leicestershire Crimestoppers, working in partnership with Leicestershire Constabulary, launched a traffic
campaign encouraging the public to call with information relating to drink drivers, disqualified drivers
and drivers with no documents.
• As a result of this campaign:
• 32 drink drivers were arrested and charged
• 32 disqualified drivers were arrested and charged
• 70 people were arrested and charged for other traffic offences
Leicestershire Policing
Priorities 2013 /2014
• Domestic Burglary
• Commercial Burglary
• Violence against the person
• Vehicle Crime
• Domestic Violence
• ASBPlans for 2013/14 • Cannabis Cultivation • Human Trafficking • Drugs • Burglary • Metal Theft • 25th Anniversary Marketing Campaign
Crime affecting business
Melton Times – May 2012
Crimestoppers & Young People
The ‘Fearless’
brand
‘Youth crime’ posters:
• Knife crime
• Gun crime
• Theft
• Vandalism
• Drugs
• Violence
• Cyber crime & bullying
Educational Resources
fearless.orgWorking internationally Helping to track down dangerous international fugitives: • Working with the Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA) on chasing UK criminals hiding in Spain – Operation Captura • Our information has helped to track down 29 criminals so far from a total of 50 appeals in the Spanish Costas.
How CRIMESTOPPERS
can help!How can you help? • Raise awareness of Crimestoppers at your CSP meetings • Invite Crimestoppers to partner you in your campaigns • Consider commissioning your local Crimestoppers Committee to help deliver your campaigns
How can we work together? • Assist in the promotion of Crimestoppers and support campaigns within neighbourhoods. • Sharing resources to promote campaigns and general awareness • Encourage witnesses to make contact. • Identify issues affecting local communities where Crimestopper initiatives can assist.
What’s in it for Partners? • Use of a recognised and trusted brand for pro- active and preventative action against crime • Awareness raising of crime types that affect your business to help minimise incident and loss to protect bottom line • Reputation management, press coverage and additional media • Strengthened relationship with law enforcement and ability to bring specific issues to their attention • Access to Crimestoppers Rewards to support investigations and our internal Whistleblowing Service, Integrity Line
“I’m in prison because of my beliefs - I believed Crimestoppers was a load of rubbish.”
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