‘Enhancing public confidence’ is the strategic policing priority for Cleveland Police and is central to the Chief Constables vision for the future.
In October 2009 a new Local Public Confidence Survey was launched. The views and opinions expressed via this survey will assist Cleveland Police and Cleveland Police Authority in their understanding of what can be done to enhance public confidence and successfully deliver future policing services to all neighbourhoods within the Cleveland area.
So far, 86% of those people surveyed say they are ‘very’ or ‘fairly’ confident in Cleveland Police. Furthermore, almost two thirds (63%) of people surveyed think that the police in their local area are doing a ‘good’ or ‘excellent’ job.
We believe that by listening to people's views through effective dialogue, the Force and Authority can make better informed decisions to help meet community expectations. We will therefore continue to use the Local Public Confidence Survey as a means of consulting with local communities throughout the coming year.
Improving public confidence is also a key priority at a National level. The Government has set all police forces a target to raise public confidence that the police and local council are dealing with the anti-social behaviour and crime issues that matter locally.
The proportion of people surveyed in each of the following areas agree that the police and local council are dealing with the anti-social behaviour and crime issues that matter in their area.
Area | Proportion |
Hartlepool | 75.3% |
Redcar & Cleveland | 67.8% |
Middlesbrough | 73.0% |
Stockton | 69.8% |
This is the result of a telephone[1] survey that was conducted in this area which asked local people whether they agree that:
“The police and local council are dealing with the anti-social behaviour and crime issues that matter in this area”.
For more information about the results of the Local Public Confidence Survey please view the About the Results section.
[1] Care should be taken in making comparisons in local indicators that have used different survey techniques. The survey is based on a quota sample of people in the local area. The use of a quota sample seeks to ensure the results are broadly representative of the local population. Quota samples may inadvertently introduce unknown sources of statistical bias.