THE top cop in Lincolnshire says he is pleased with new performance statistics which reveal that "crime is down and detections are up".
Lincolnshire police’s chief constable Tony Lake revealed that overall crime reduced from 55,217 recorded cases in 2006/07 to 51,102 in 2007/08 – a drop of 4,115.
He welcomed the statistic and said: “This is excellent news for the people of Lincoln
shire and a great tribute to the commitment of the staff who, despite the current funding situation, continue to provide a top quality service.”
The targets set for the 2007/08 reporting year included the reduction of what is known as “BCS Comparator Crime” (house burglaries, robbery, wounding and common assault, vehicle thefts, criminal damage, theft of cycle and from person) by nine per cent.
During the year there were 28,836 cases in this category recorded, a reduction of 10 per cent on the 31,908 figure in 2006/07.
Violent crime was also reduced by a significant margin with 9,746 cases recorded in 2006/07 and 8,918 in 2007/08 – a reduction of nine per cent.
Mr Lake added: “The statistics give a taster of what we can achieve if we are appropriately resourced.”
Lincolnshire police covers Stamford, Spalding, Market Deeping and Bourne.
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