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!

Total

Number of Persons Arrested and Charged

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

• ASB

Plans for 2013/14

• Cannabis Cultivation

• Human Trafficking

• Drugs

• Burglary

• Metal Theft

• 25th Anniversary Marketing Campaign

Crime affecting business

Melton Times – May 2012

fearless.org

‘Youth crime’ posters:

• Knife crime

• Gun crime

• Theft

• Vandalism

• Drugs

• Violence

• Cyber crime & bullying

Educational Resources

Crimestoppers & Young People

The ‘Fearless’ brand

Working 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.”