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CRIME SCRUTINY PANEL

Wednesday, 4th November, 2020 at 7.00 pm Virtual Meeting/Remote - please use the links on the Agenda Front

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Membership: Councillors : Lee David-Sanders (Chair), Joanne Laban (Vice Chair), Kate Anolue, Sinan Boztas, Ayfer Orhan, Vicki Pite, Yasemin Brett, and Derek Levy

AGENDA – PART 1 1. WELCOME AND APOLOGIES 2. DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST Members of the Council are invited to identify any disclosable pecuniary,

other pecuniary or non-pecuniary interests relevant to the items on the agenda.

3. MINUTES OF THE MEETING HELD 2 SEPTEMBER 2020 (Pages 1 - 4) To agree the minutes of the meeting held 2 September 2020.

4. PROSTITUTION IN ENFIELD (Pages 5 - 22) To receive a presentation from Superintendent Chris Jones

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5. BURGLARY IN ENFIELD (Pages 23 - 30) To receive a presentation from Superintendent Chris Jones.

6. SAFER & STRONGER COMMUNITIES BOARD PERFORMANCE

MANAGEMENT (Pages 31 - 46) To receive a report from Andrea Clemons, Head of Community Safety.

7. WORK PROGRAMME 2020/21 (Pages 47 - 48) To note the work programme for 2020/21.

8. DATES OF FUTURE MEETINGS To note the dates of future meetings as follows:

26 January 2021

16 March 2021 These meetings will start at 7pm

CRIME SCRUTINY PANEL - 2.9.2020

MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE CRIME SCRUTINY PANEL HELD ON WEDNESDAY, 2ND SEPTEMBER, 2020

MEMBERS: Councillors Lee David-Sanders (Chair), Kate Anoule, Ayfer Orhan, Yasemin Brett and Joanne Laban (Vice Chair) Officers: Tony Theodoulou (Executive Director People), Ivana Price (Head of Service for Young People and Community Safety, Andrea Clemons (Head of Community Safety), Superintendent Chris Jones (Met Police), Andy Ellis (Governance & Scrutiny), Susan O’Connell (Governance & Scrutiny) Also Attending: Cllr Nneka Keazor, Cabinet Member for Community Safety and Cohesion and 2 members of the public

1. WELCOME AND APOLOGIES

The Chair welcomed everyone to the meeting. Apologies had been received from Councillors Boztas and Pite.

2. DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST There were no declarations of interest.

3. INTRODUCTIONS- PURPOSE OF EVENING The Chair explained that the purpose of this informal meeting was to receive details of priorities for the coming Municipal Year including key issues and then for the members to discuss the work programme for the crime scrutiny panel

4. MINUTES OF THE MEETING HELD 20 JANUARY 2020 AGREED the minutes of the meeting held on 20 January 2020.

5. LOCAL PRIORITIES FOR 2020/21 Councillor Keazor, Cabinet Member for Community Safety introduced the local priorities for 2020/21 from the Community Safety Partnership in Enfield. A Strategic Assessment has been completed in order to inform the plan for the update the 2017-21 Safety & Stronger Community Partnership Plan. The findings of this assessment were presented to the Safer & Stronger Communities Board in July. It was agreed that the existing priorities should remain and to have additional focus on some other priorities including tackling illegal drugs and developing communications around tackling vehicle crime.

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The Panel are reminded that the priorities are decided by the level of harm caused by each offence and additionally the volume and impact on local communities. The Mayors Office for Policing and Crime have also agreed complimentary priorities with local police. The Panel are reminded of the existing priorities as follows:

Tackling violent crime in all its forms;

Keeping young people safe and reducing their risks from crime;

Reducing burglary and keeping people safe at home;

Promoting cohesion and preventing hate crime;

Dealing with anti-social behaviour Extra focus will also be placed on tackling vehicle crime due to volume of crime and tackling supply of illegal drugs which is a significant driver for violent crime. So the strategy and the actions will be delivered within the context of the current Covid and lockdown restrictions, and the additional challenges highlighted through the Black Lives Matter movement. The strategy will be present in draft to the Safer & Stronger Communities Board in November. This can be shared with the scrutiny panel afterwards. Actions within this will reflect new work and commissioned services and aligned plans such as the North Area Violence Reduction Plan. The following areas are proposed for consideration by the panel are; To continue with serious youth violence as the number one priority; burglary; ASB including hate crime; all violence including domestic violence; drugs and vehicle crime; tackling sex work; reoffending including probation changes and review of the Police and Crime Commissioner by the Home Office. Tony Theodoulou, Executive Director People added that serious youth violence is an area of great concern in the borough. Superintendent Chris Jones was present at the Safer & Stronger Board when these priorities were set and agrees with them. He shares the concern around youth violence and young people are his number one priority. He has looked at how policing is effective in terms of schools policing which has enabled a review officers and move officers where needed to ensure engagement with headteachers and the young people that goes to those schools is more positive dynamic and proactive. The police and the Community Safety Unit have been working closely on a school robbery plan for when schools return this week. This involves dedicated officers fixed posts with the CCTV with the local authority providing safe routes to and from school, working very closely with the transport police. The police have integrated a youth independent advisory group. The founder membership had been police cadets to get this up and running. It should be noted that 20% of police cadets have been diverted as a diversionary measure due to their behaviour. This group has been supplemented with a programme that is being run talking to children in care and young people involved at the edge of local gangs and some young people who are on bail for offences such as knife point robberies. This is

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create from a police point of view a significant consistent and coherent channel of communication with young people. There is significant work in Enfield and Haringey around young people involved in criminality such as gangs and county lines. In terms of other crime types with the Black Lives Matter protest and some of the significant incidents that happened on North Area Basic Command Unit in terms of homicides and other community tensions around the policing of Covid and stop and Search. This has been challenging time. Officers were thanked for their attendance and providing a comprehensive overview.

6. PLANNING THE WORK PROGRAMME 2020/21

Various discussions took place and the following suggestions were put forward to look at as part of the Work Programme:

Charities involvement and interventions with human trafficking and modern-day slavery (Cllr Brett to provide further clarification on this)

Prostitution, this item was carried forward from last year and should be taken on early on in the work programme and an update at the last meeting.

Serious Youth Violence -to be looked at in detail as a topic as a whole (to include different ethnic groups to identify pressure points, and work undertaken also to include looked after children and how we engage and communicate with families, community leaders on the fringe or involved in violence and what is the impact of this). The details of what is required for this report to be finalised after the meeting.

Reoffending including youth reoffending

Burglary, this item to be taken early It was noted that there are standard items that the panel normally receive as follows:

SSCB Partnership Plan

SSCB Performance Management It was mentioned that London Fire Brigade could be invited to a future meeting. They last attended in September 2019.

7. TERMS OF REFERENCE The terms of reference were noted.

8. DATES OF FUTURE MEETINGS The dates of future meetings was noted.

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Operation Boxster

A/PS Eren Emin

TOTAL POLICING

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Contents page • Introduction & History • Operation Objectives• Command Structure• Chief Complaints• Engagement• Designing out Crime with Enfield Council• Enforcement Action• Days of Action Results• Future vision

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Introduction & History• For the past decade, Fore Street N18 has been known as Enfield's “Red Light District”; a popular

hotspot for sex workers and punters. As a result, Fore Street N18 started attracting people who were either using the services of the sex workers, or taking advantage of their vulnerability, over time this resulted in a surge in the number of violence against person crimes being reported to the MPS and numerous complaints of ASB.

• In 2015 a sex worker, aged 20 was stabbed to death while stood on Fore Street N18 she was a known sex worker. The callous murder was carried out by a local resident. Between 2017-2018 two stranger rapes of sex workers, where both victims were solicited for sexual services, then bludgeoned and raped.

• For many years the MPS has ensured engagement with sex workers, through various charities and support agencies, however this did not reduce the amount of sex workers operating in Fore Street N18, and did not stop the high levels of ASB and other related crimes being reported to the MPS, it had the reverse effect.

• In November 2019 a new clampdown was launched following on from previous work by the MPS, named Operation Boxster. This operation was introduced as a multi-agency and partnership operation aimed at designing out street offences in Fore Street N18. Partners include, Enfield Council, Immigration, Human Trafficking, multiple internal MPS teams and various other charities.

• In June 2020 Operation Boxster was formed as a permanent team, dedicated to solving the problem. The team is formed of 1 Police Sergeant and 6 Police Constables.

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Operation Objectives

• Safeguard any potential vulnerability and reduce/mitigate risks where identified and refer to relevant partners or agencies.

• Gather and submit intelligence through engagement with the community and sex workers to support strategic policing plans to ensure a long term solution is achieved.

• Increase public confidence in policing by showing tenacity with our approach to this problem.

• Ensure joint working to support a healthy balance between engagement and enforcement.

• Adapt a zero tolerance approach to those who contribute to criminality and ASB within the footprint.

TOTAL POLICING

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Command Structure

GOLD COMMAND – STRATEGICSuperintendent Chris Jones

SILVER COMMAND – TACTICALA/Chief Inspector Chris Byrne

Inspector Erica Crawshaw

BRONZE COMMAND – OPERATIONALA/Police Sergeant Eren Emin

TOTAL POLICING

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Chief complaints

“Condoms left everywhere, It’s completely covered the floor, I can’t see the floor.”“They’re doing their business in front of my house by my front door.”“Fore Street is covered with sex workers, nearly every junction.”“The area is filled with gang members using the sex workers.”

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Engagement

A balance of Engagement against Enforcement has been ensured, we have held many partnership meetings and taken guidance from multiple outreach projects and charitable organisations. These include;• National Ugly Mugs• Street Link• Salvation Army• Terrence Higgins Trust• Enable• Clash• Street lightThese charities deploy alone through choice, and offer referrals to sex workers to get them off the street. They provide condoms to the sex workers, and offer free sexual health services and sanitary products. They are also given leaflets with information on how to obtain help through these charities to find alternative occupations. Unfortunately, these services are often refused by sex workers, due to the amount of money they are making per night.

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Designing out crime with Enfield Council

We have:

• Reviewed CCTV usage, and ensured CCTV operatives are proactively identifying sex workers, and kerb crawlers – providing details of those to the MPS.

• Target hardening areas: We have fenced off areas used by sex workers, removed Bin sheds which were littered with condoms and other paraphernalia. Other open areas which suffered with poor lighting were subject to enhancement and additional lights have been added.

• Conducted deep cleans of residential areas covered in used condoms and wet wipes.

• Redesigned road-furniture which was used to facilitate sex work and drug users. Removal of brick walls, a tree with increased lighting.

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Before & After

Before & After – Langhedge Lane N18

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Before & After – Grove Street N18

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Team Background & Enforcement

Op Boxster officers work majority late shifts and night shifts in order to target those contributing to high levels of ASB, Sex work and crime in the N18 area. The Operation employs various strategies and tactics to work towards the operation objectives. We have commenced sex worker and kerb crawler enforcement, and have made multiple arrests achieving a 96% conviction rate. On commencement of the operation officers identified a total of 36 common and persistent sex workers who operated on the foot print, Op Boxster through engagement and enforcement have achieved an overall reduction of 76%. (Some convinced to seek alternate occupations, and some through arrests and convictions.)Op Boxster have also targeted those who supply drugs and have conducted multiple intelligence led warrants on the foot print in partnership with local neighbourhood teams and funded teams, yielding huge results with multiple drugs and weapon seizures.

We have seized over 27 vehicles in the last three months all of which where seized as a result of proactive stops on the footprint linked to soliciting sex work.

Op Boxster have also seized 11 knives, 2 firearms and have had 63 separate drug seizures since June 2020.

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Operation Boxster Returns June 2020 – October 2020

Months Arrests Stop & Search MERLIN Intel CRIS TOR

June 13 135 37 124 32 0

July 13 86 39 104 6 6

August 7 52 27 55 4 4

September 5 84 26 78 10 16

October 12 52 40 51 2 0

Total: 50 409 169 412 54 26

Op Boxster have also contributed to the reduction of Serious Youth Violence, achieving 0 reported incidents between April 2020 – August 2020 in Upper Edmonton which forms the core foot print for the operation.

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Future vision

Our vision for Operation Boxster is to radically reduce the number of sex workers operating on the streets of Enfield, mitigate the risks associated with sex work and increase the sense of safety with the local community and local residents. We aim to increase confidence in policing through our work, and we hope to relieve Forestreet N18 of its red light district title.

We will be continuing this operation, and its days of action until we achieve our desired goals, and will continue our robust zero tolerance approach.

Stay tuned for regular updates through our social media platforms and follow our trending hashtags: #N18 #OpBoxsterTwitter: @MPSEnfieldFacebook: Enfield PoliceOp Boxster Phone: 07741391174

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Any questions

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Enfield – Crime ScrutinyNovember 2020Burglary Update

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Enfield – Burglary Performance on a PageRolling 12m to end of September 2020

1. 10.6% reduction in all burglary – (-329 offences).

2. Burglary business & Community offences +19.5% (+87)

3. Burglary residential offences -15.7% (-416)

4. Detection rate of 5.3%. Improvement of 51.4%.

5. 14 wards showing a reduction in burglary.

6. 7 wards showing an increase in burglary.

7. Best reduction Southgate ward -35.7% - (-46 offences).

8. Most challenged ward is Turkey Street +23.6% - (+34 offences).

9. Enfield has seen month on month reduction since April 2020.

10. October will see highest level of detections in previous 12 months.

11. Good momentum going into Autumn Nights vulnerable period.

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NA Aims & Objectives – Burglary 2019-2020

• NA Burglary Strategy.

1. Reduce Burglary Offending – 2% Target.

2. Improve Burglary Detections – 10% Target.

3. Upskill our staff to deliver improved performance.

4. Improve Public Confidence – Promote good work.

Reduce victimisation – Police & partners working together.

Target offenders – Proactive intelligence led policing.

Location – Make area hostile to offending – Deter offending.

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Enfield Burglary Offence levels

Residential Burglary Offences 2019 & 2020 total offences

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Enfield Burglary Detection rate headlines and observations

Higher detection levels – APR & May due to lower overall offending.

June 26th - Burglary Focus Unit go live with dedicated 1 DS and 10 PCs.

September low detection rates offset with highest detection rate in Haringey. No specific explanation.

Reverse for October as Enfield expected to have the highest recorded detections in past 12 months.

FYTD around 51% improvement in Enfield burglary detection rate compared to last year.

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Example of Cross Border collaboration

• Burglary committed 18th October in Hertfordshire.

• DWO – Cocooning. CCTV trawl identified a sus vehicle registration.

• ANPR marker was placed on vehicle.

• Vehicle seized & 3 suspects arrested in Surrey.

• Joint investigation between Surrey, Herts and Met Police (NA BFU).

• 2 Charges secured for surrey & Met. Remanded until November 2020.

• Initial investigation suggests operating nationwide as part of OCG.

• NA BFU linked two further YE offences and investigating more.

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• Opportunities• Dedicated NA Burglary Focus Unit

located in Enfield.

• Improved collaboration with specialist support.

• Enhanced proactive capability.

• Improving detection rate.

• Peer review underway to ensure NA maximising all opportunities.

• Threats• Low sentences for Business &

community offences.

• Covid & CJS – more offenders on bail than remand.

• Turkey Street/Enfield Lock wards remain challenging.

• Scale and impact of level 3 offending – (serious &organised criminals operating at national level).

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Crime and Scrutiny Panel Report 4th November 2020

Summary

Total Notifiable Offences in Enfield have seen a decrease of 1.7% in the year ending

September 2020. In London, there has been a slightly higher reduction of 8.5% in the same

period.

Residential Burglaries in Enfield have decreased by 15.8% in the year ending September

2020, with a 16.5% reduction in London, the capital followed a similar monthly trend.

Although levels of Serious Youth Violence remain high in Enfield, we have experienced a

decrease of 10.9% in the year ending September 2020, compared to last year. There has also

been a reduction of SYV in the capital, experiencing a decrease of 13.6% in the same period.

Domestic Abuse Violence with Injury had remained the same as last year by the end of

September 2020, while in London there was a 1.9% increase.

ASB calls increased significantly in Enfield, recording an increase of 65.5% in the year ending

September 2020, compared to same period in the previous year. In London, there was a

similar increase of 59.9% in the same period.

Table 1: The overall performance of Enfield’s SSCB priorities compared to London in the

year to September 2020, compared to the previous year

* Figures in Table 1 were downloaded from Police Metstats2 on 05/10/2020

Enfield Charts

Enfield

01/10/2018

to

30/09/2019

Enfield

01/10/2019

to

30/09/2020

Enfield

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Change

London Charts

London

01/10/2018

to

30/09/2019

London

01/10/2019

to

30/09/2020

London

%

Change

Residential Burglary Offences 2663 2241 -15.8% Residential Burglary Offences 60480 50511 -16.5%

Violence Against the Person Offences 7793 8374 7.5% Violence Against the Person Offences 219580 222039 1.1%

Non-Domestic Abuse VWI Offences 1745 1680 -3.7% Non-Domestic Abuse VWI Offences 54146 47668 -12.0%

Domestic Abuse Incidents 5853 6374 8.9% Domestic Abuse Incidents 142783 154888 8.5%

Domestic Abuse VWI Offences 1004 1004 0.0% Domestic Abuse VWI Offences 23797 24244 1.9%

Serious Youth Violence Victims aged 1-19 431 384 -10.9% Serious Youth Violence Victims aged 1-19 8206 7089 -13.6%

Child Sexual Expolitation Incidents 88 56 -36.4% Child Sexual Expolitation Incidents 1851 1235 -33.3%

Child Sexual Expolitation Offences 31 20 -35.5% Child Sexual Expolitation Offences 659 522 -20.8%

Knife Crime Offences 688 623 -9.4% Knife Crime Offences 15085 13193 -12.5%

Knife Crime Possession Offences 201 164 -18.4% Knife Crime Possession Offences 5415 4703 -13.1%

Knife Crime with Injury Offences 161 135 -16.1% Knife Crime with Injury Offences 4036 3365 -16.6%

Knife Crime Injury Victims Aged 1-24 81 50 -38.3% Knife Crime Injury Victims Aged 1-24 1779 1419 -20.2%

Knife Crime With Injury Non DA Victims under 24 73 42 -42.5% Knife Crime With Injury Non DA Victims under 24 1671 1290 -22.8%

Robbery of Personal Property Offences 1400 1267 -9.5% Robbery of Personal Property Offences 35202 29188 -17.1%

Gun Crime Offences 111 91 -18.0% Gun Crime Offences 2116 1699 -19.7%

Gun Crime Lethal Barrel Only Offences 20 18 -10.0% Gun Crime Lethal Barrel Only Offences 334 311 -6.9%

Gun Crime Personal Robbery Offences 24 13 -45.8% Gun Crime Personal Robbery Offences 495 338 -31.7%

Acid Attacks Offences 14 13 -7.1% Acid Attacks Offences 296 236 -20.3%

Sexual Offences 633 632 -0.2% Sexual Offences 20057 18988 -5.3%

Rape Offences 257 266 3.5% Rape Offences 7885 7594 -3.7%

Hate Crime Offences 500 707 41.4% Hate Crime Offences 21316 24947 17.0%

ASB Calls 9385 15531 65.5% ASB Calls 269805 431440 59.9%

Aggravated Vehicle Taking 39 47 20.5% Aggravated Vehicle Taking 1023 973 -4.9%

Interfering with a Motor Vehicle 926 920 -0.6% Interfering with a Motor Vehicle 16458 16142 -1.9%

Theft from a Motor Vehicle 3389 3706 9.4% Theft from a Motor Vehicle 76419 73171 -4.3%

Theft or Taking of a Motor Vehicle 1751 1274 -27.2% Theft or Taking of a Motor Vehicle 31288 26620 -14.9%

Total Notifiable Offences 29865 29344 -1.7% Total Notifiable Offences 906462 828963 -8.5%

Enfield SSCB Priorities

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Prepared by Liz Wilks - Community Safety Unit - 15/10/20

Keeping young people safe and reducing their risks from crime

Serious Youth Violence

The number of Serious Youth Violence victims in Enfield has decreased in the last year to

September 2020, by 10.9%, recording 384 victims, compared with 431 victims the same time

last year a decrease 47 victims. In the capital, there was a decrease of 13.6% in the same

period.

Although Enfield has high levels of SYV, there have been decreases recorded in the numbers

of victims since July this year when compared to the previous year.

This change in levels of SYV has also been experienced in the capital and has inevitably been

contributed to by the school closures due to Covid-19. While the monthly trends in Enfield and

the capital differ slightly since April this year, they both show lower levels of victimisation during

and since the lockdown period.

However, in Enfield, with the return to school in early September, there has been a significant

increase in the month in contrast to the preceding 5 months, to slightly higher levels than those

recorded in September 2019.

In the capital there has been a steady increase over the last 5 months, but there were less

victims recorded this September than the same month in 2020.

Charts 1 & 2: Comparison of Serious Youth Violence victims in the 2 years to

September 2020 in Enfield and London

Table 2: The percentage change for Serious Youth Violence for London to the end of

September 2020, compared to year ending September 2019

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Enfield has the 4th largest youth population aged 1-191 in London accounting for just over a quarter

of the total population. In line with the reduced number of victims the overall rate of SYV per 1000

population aged 1-19 over the last year is the same rate as Newham which has a higher youth

population. 23 of London boroughs have seen a decline in SYV in the year to September 2020,

while the remaining 9 have recorded increases with Bromley recording the highest rise of 32.7%.

Map 1: The distribution of Serious Youth Violence Victims by ward in Enfield in the year to

September 2020

(Source: Metstats2 downloaded on 05/10/2020 – There were 8 SYV incidents that were not mapped)

Over the last year the 3 highest wards for SYV were Enfield Highway, Upper Edmonton and

Edmonton Green, although they have recorded the highest numbers over the year, all three wards

have experienced a drop in recorded victims since January 2020. There was a rise in overall

numbers across the borough in the last month when Enfield Lock and Turkey Street both recorded

5 victims each, with 16 victims Turkey Street had the highest numbers over the last 5 months in

Enfield.

In the year to September 2020 there have been 35 serious youth violence victims in Enfield

Highway. In the the 2 last months from August to September 2020, 9 victims were recorded in the

ward, the numbers of which are similar to the average monthly numbers recorded in this ward prior

to the lockdown period.

While Upper Edmonton has had no victims recorded at all from April to August this year, the ward

remains in the top 3 wards due to the higher victim numbers earlier in the year, contributing to the

ward’s total of 32 victims this year. However, 4 victims were then recorded in September 2020

alone.

Edmonton Green had 29 serious youth violence victims in total with the majority recorded in the

early part of this year.

1 ONS Mid-Year population estimates 2018

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Weapon Enabled Crime

Charts 3-12: Enfield’s position out of the 32 London boroughs for weapon enabled offences

recorded to the year ending September 2020

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Knife Crime

In the year ending September 2020, Knife Crime2 in Enfield had decreased by 9.4%, compared with the previous year. Offences fell to 623 by the end of September 2020 from 688 the year before.

London experienced a reduction of 12.5% in the same period.

Since the peak of Knife Crime in October 2019, overall there had been a downward trend in offences this year. The numbers increased month on month from April through to June, declining slightly in August, however there was a notable increase in September 2020 up to similar levels in the same month in 2019.

Knife Crime Possession Offences

In the year ending September 2020 Knife Crime Possession offences decreased by 18.4%, compared to the previous year.

London experienced a lesser reduction of 13.1% in the same period.

Although there has been a decline in offences recorded over the last year, offences have remained consistent since a peak in March 2020. The levels have remained static from May through to July then declining sharply in August before rising this September albeit to a lower level than September 2019.

Knife Crime with Injury Offences

In the year ending September 2020 Knife Crime with Injury offences decreased by 16.1%, compared to the previous year falling from 161 offences in 2018/19 to 135 this year.

London also experienced an almost identical reduction of 16.6% in the same period.

After offences peaked in October 2019 in Enfield, there has been a gradual decline in offences since and although offences peaked again in June 2020, they declined significantly again in July 2020, compared to the previous month rising only slightly in August through to September this year, and with September much lower than the same month last year.

2 Knife crime is defined in as an offence of homicide, attempted murder, assault with intent to cause harm, assault with injury, threats to

kill, sexual offences (including rape) and robbery or where a knife or sharp instrument has been used to injure, used as a threat, or the victim was convinced a knife was present during the offence.

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Knife Crime Injury Victims Non-Domestic Abuse Under 24

With 42 victims recorded by September 2020, Non-Domestic Knife Crime Victims under 24 made up 90% of all Knife Crime Injury Victims under 24 in Enfield (i.e. 10% of injury victims in this age bracket were domestic related.) When compared to the 73 victims recorded by September 2019 overall there has been a reduction of 42.5%. In London in the year to September 2020, there was a reduction of 22.8% in the same period. Like Knife Crime Injury offences those victims that were under 24 and non-domestic follow the same pattern, peaking in June 2020, followed by a significant decrease in July 2020 rising only slightly in September this year closer to the number of victims recorded in September last year.

Gun Crime

Gun crime3 offences in Enfield decreased by 18%, recording 91 offences in the last year to September 2020, compared with 111 the previous year.

London experienced a reduction of 19.7% in the same period. There were 2116 offences in 2018/19 and 1699 in 2019/20 recorded in the capital.

This year, March 2020 experienced the largest number of offences with 15 offences in Enfield. However, numbers fell sharply in April 2020 to the lowest number of offences in the last year with 3 offences. The numbers have climbed slightly in the last few months since May staying lower than the same months last year, but September 2020 with 7 offences is higher than the 5 offences recorded in the same month last year.

3 Gun Crime is defined as an offence where a Firearm has been fired, any Firearm has been used as a blunt instrument to cause injury

to a person, a Firearm has been intimated and the victim was convinced a weapon was present or a Firearm has been used as a threat.

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Gun Crime Personal Robbery

Enfield recorded a total of 13 Gun Crime Personal Robbery offences by the year ending September 2020, compared with 24 recorded the previous year a significant decrease of 45.8%.

London also recorded a decrease of 31.7%, with offences across the capital dropping from 495 to 338 by the end of September 2020.

Since April there have been 4 offences recorded in the borough with single offences recorded in May, July, August and September. With 148 offences recorded across the capital in the last 6 months, there was an average of 4 offences per London borough since April.

Gun Crime Lethal Barrelled Discharged Offences

There were 18 Gun Crime Lethal Barrelled offences in Enfield in the year to September 2020, compared with 20 the previous year, a decrease of 10%.

In contrast, London experienced a decrease of 6.9% in the same review period.

With a single offence in April and 2 in July this year, there have been no offences recorded in May, June, August or September 2020 in the borough. These patterns are reflected in London where there have been on average less than one offence per borough in the same 4 months.

Acid Attacks

In the year ending September 2020 there has been a decrease in acid attacks, recording 13 to the year ending September 2020, compared with 14 recorded the same time the previous year, a yearly decrease of 7.1%. In London, there was a decrease of 20.3% in the same period with numbers falling to their lowest levels since April in August and September this year. Although the numbers are low offences have remained at consistent levels through June and July 2020 with none recorded in either August or September in the borough.

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Robbery of Personal Property Offences

There was a small decrease of 9.5% in the year ending September 2020, recording 1,267 offences, compared with 1,400 the previous year.

In London there was a decrease of 17.1% in the same period.

Throughout the year from November 2019 there had been a downward trend in offences to their lowest level in April 2020, contributed to by the social distancing measures firmly in place at the time.

However, over the last 5 months numbers are gradually rising again, but not to levels seen before the pandemic lockdown. There were 94 offences recorded this September, the highest monthly number since April this year.

Reducing Burglary and Keeping People Safe in the Home

Residential Burglary

There were 2,241 Residential Burglaries in Enfield in the year ending September 2020, compared

with 2,663 in the previous year, a decrease of 15.8%. In London, there was also a decrease of

16.5% in the same period.

Enfield is a large borough with an estimated 131,707 households (GLA Estimates 2017) which

equates to a rate of 17 residential burglaries in the last year per 1000 households in Enfield,

compared to a rate of 14 residential burglaries4 in our neighbouring borough Haringey.

Over the last year, Enfield has followed a similar pattern in residential burglaries as recorded in the

capital, with offences reaching an all-time low in both regions in April 2020. Since then residential

burglaries have continued to rise steadily month on month to September 2020 as lockdown

restrictions have been eased. Although numbers are still consistently lower than the same months

last year across both the borough and the capital.

Charts 13 & 14: Enfield and London Residential Burglaries 2-year comparison to September

2020

4 Haringey recorded 1,614 residential burglaries in the year ending September 2020 and is estimated to have 117,214 households in

the borough (GLA estimates 2017).

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Tackling Violent Crime in all its forms

Violence Against the Person Offences

In the year ending September 2020 there were a total of 8,374 Violence Against the Person offences (VAP)5 recorded in Enfield, compared with 7,793 offences the previous year, equating to an increase of 7.5%.

In London, there was a smaller increase of 1.1% in the same period.

Since April 2020 the number of offences has continued to increase as the Covid-19 social restrictions were relaxed and have peaked to the highest numbers recorded across the year in July 2020.

Since July 2020, there have been consistently higher number of offences than the same months last year.

Non-Domestic Abuse Violence with Injury Offences

In the year ending September 2020 there were 1,680 offences, compared with 1,745 the previous year, equating to a decrease of 3.7%. In London there was a decrease of 12%. Over the last 6 months, Non-Domestic Violence with Injury offences have started to follow the same trend as Violence Against the Person offences. There has been a gradual increase in offences, with the trend also following a similar pattern to this time last year, but unlike Violence with Injury numbers, overall levels have remained lower than the same months last year.

Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG)

5 Violence Against the Person Offences (VAP) includes Minor Categories of Assault with Injury, Common Assault, Harassment,

Murder (Homicide), Offensive Weapon, Other Violence and Wounding/GBH. All VAP offences include domestic and non-domestic related assaults.

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Domestic Abuse Incidents

In the year ending September 2020 there were 6,374 Domestic Abuse Incidents in Enfield, compared to 5,853 in the previous year, an increase of 8.9%. London experienced an increase of 8.5% over the same period. In the capital, there were 142,783 incidents recorded in 2018/19, compared with 154,888 in 2019/20. Unlike other categories, there was no significant drop in figures in April this year. In the last 6 months domestic abuse incidents had continued to increase reaching their highest monthly numbers of 634 incidents in both May and July and even with 533 incidents recorded in September this year, levels are higher than the same months last year as well as being the highest levels recorded in the last 2 years. These patterns are replicated in London.

Domestic Abuse Violence with Injury Offences

By September 2020, there was no increase in the numbers of Domestic Abuse Violence with Injury offences when compared with last year, there were 1,004 recorded in both years. In London there was a small increase of 1.9% in the same period, with the highest numbers in the last 2 years recorded in August 2020 in the capital . In Enfield, offences reached their peak this year in June, recording 110 offences. Like London in August numbers increased, in Enfield they were higher than the same time last year, while in London they reached their highest level. In September offences then declined in the borough to 65 lower than the 78 offences recorded in the same month last year.

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Sexual Offences Figures for Enfield show that 633 Sexual Offences were reported in 2019/20. This is a 0.2% reduction of 1 offence from the 632 offences recorded in the borough by the end of September 2019. London experienced a small decrease of 5.3% from 20,057 to 18,988 (n=1,069) difference) over the same period. Sexual offences dropped to their lowest levels in the last year in April with 37 offences recorded. This was then followed by a steep increase to the highest levels in the same period to 66 offences in May, however this month was also one of the highest months in 2018/19, when 65 offence were recorded. 67 offences were then recorded in September this year the highest level in the last 24 months and significantly higher than the same month in 2018/19 (n=43).

Rape Offences Rape offences increased in Enfield by 3.5% from 257 by end of 2018/19 to 266, a difference of 9 offences by the end of 2019/20. In London, there was a decrease of 291 offences (3.7%) with 7,885 reported in 2018/19 reducing to 7,594 reported in 2019/20. Since the Covid-19 lockdown the highest number of offences was recorded on borough in May with 33 offences. Police Sapphire Unit indicated a number of factors including the easing of the lockdown restrictions.

There were slightly higher numbers of offences reported in May that were over 7 days old. There was no significant increase in those that were flagged as domestic related. Numbers have continued to decline to levels lower than the same time last year. In September this year offences then increased to the same number as last September (n=21).

Promoting Cohesion and Tackling Hate Crime

Table 4: The 5 main strands of Hate Crime and the percentage change in Enfield and

London

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*It is possible for a hate crime offence to have more than one motivating factor which is why the numbers for each strand

should not be aggregated.

Hate Crime Hate Crime has increased by 41.4% in the year ending September 2020 recording 707 offences, compared with 500 the previous year. The highest number of offences in the last 2 years were recorded in the 4 months from June to September 2020, with 104 offences recorded in June alone, declining to 84 offences each month in July and August, and although falling in September to 64 offences, this still remains higher than the same month last year (n=45).

Racist and Religious Hate crime is the highest proportion of the hate crime strands. It independently increased by 47.7% (n=194 offences) over the year and contributed to the high overall numbers over the last 4 months.

With relatively lower numbers, Disability and Homophobic hate crimes also had their highest numbers of this year in June. (n=5 and 11 respectively). There were also another 11 Homophobic offences recorded in September. 3 Transgender hate crime offences were recorded in August this year, which again was the highest monthly number for this strand in the year.

London had an overall increase of 17% in hate crime by the end of September this year. In the same pattern as Enfield, the highest numbers of offences recorded in the capital in the last 2 years were from June to September 2020, again with the majority being Racist and Religious hate crime.

Dealing with Anti-Social Behaviour

In the year ending September 2020 Anti-Social Behaviour Calls experienced a large increase

recording 15,531, compared with 9,385 the previous year, an increase of 65.5%. London

experienced a similar increase of 59.9% in the same period.

The highest number of calls recorded in the last 2 years were recorded in April and May 2020 with

over 5,200 received by Police, however, the number of calls began to decline in June and July,

with a small rise in August. All months since April have and continue to be considerably higher than

the same months last year.

Hate Crime Strand

Enfield 12

months to

30th Sept

2019

Enfield 12

months to

30th Sept

2020

%

Change

London 12

months to

30th Sep

2019

London 12

months to

30th Sep

2020

%

Change

Racist and Religious Hate Crime Offences 422 617 46.2% 17929 21137 17.9%

Homophobic Hate Crime Offences 54 58 7.4% 2677 3047 13.8%

Disability Hate Crime Offences 11 23 109.1% 439 486 10.7%

Transgender Hate Crime Offences 13 9 -30.8% 271 277 2.2%

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Vehicle Offences in Enfield

Aggravated Vehicle Taking There has been an increase of 20.5% in offences in the year to September 2020, recording 47 offences this year, compared with 39 the previous year. In London, there has been a decrease of 4.9% in the same period. Since the beginning of the year there has been a continuous monthly decline, falling to low levels in April 2020 possibly contributed by the Covid-19 social restrictions in place. However, in May 2020 offences climbed again to the same levels before lockdown and the same month last year, before unusually dropping to the lowest level in the last 12 months and with a single offence recorded in June through to September 2020, a very different pattern to the same months last year, when offence numbers were at their highest.

Table 5: Anti-Social Behaviour calls to Police

by Category in Enfield

Chart 15: Anti-Social Behaviour calls made to

Police to September 2020, compared to the

previous year

Enfield ASB Call CategoriesOct 2018 to

Sept 2019

Oct 2019 to

Sept 2020% Change

Rowdy Or Inconsiderate Behaviour 4309 8366 94%

Rowdy / Nuisance Neighbours 1384 2345 69%

Not Mapped 994 1863 87%

Veh Nuisance / Inappropriate Use 832 957 15%

Noise 539 689 28%

Begging / Vagrancy 331 317 -4%

Trespass 222 296 33%

Fireworks 256 191 -25%

Veh Abandoned - Not stolen 225 213 -5%

Prostitution Related Activity 163 136 -17%

Littering / Drugs Paraphernalia 65 80 23%

Animal Problems 29 18 -38%

Street Drinking 10 22 120%

ASB Environmental 7 20 186%

ASB Nuisance 12 12 0%

ASB Personal 7 6 -14%

Total 9385 15531 65%

Enfield Anti Social Behaviour Calls

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In September, there were 3 offences recorded the highest monthly level since lockdown, while in the same month last year there were no offences of this type recorded.

Interfering with a Motor Vehicle There has been a small decrease in offences in the year to September 2020, recording 920 offences this year, compared with 926 the previous year, a decrease of 0.6%. In London, there was also a decrease of 1.9% in the same period. Over the last year the trend in offences has been increasing, except the large fall in offences from March to April 2020 recording only slightly higher than the same time last year. The number of offences from April through to September 2020 have largely remained steady and following the same trends as they did last year.

Theft from a Motor Vehicle Overall in the last year there has been an increase of 9.4% in Theft from Motor Vehicle Offences, recording 3,706 offences, compared with 3,389 offences the previous year. In London, there was a small decrease of 4.3% in the year to September 2020. There had been a continuous upward trend in the borough reaching its peak in February 2020 and then declining month on month with April 2020 recording the lowest levels over the two years. Since April this year numbers are consistently rising month on month to September 2020, in an identical pattern to the same months last year.

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Theft or Taking of a Motor Vehicle There has been a total of 1,274 Theft or Taking of Motor Vehicle offences in the year ending September 2020, compared with 1,751 offences the previous year, a decrease of 27.2%, a difference of 106 less offences. In London, there was also a decrease of 14.9% in the same period. The overall trend in offences has decreased since the peak in October 2019 and has continued to decrease monthly with April 2020 recording the lowest volume over two years. Offences have remained at a low level in May 2020 and even though they have slowly increased month on month to September 2020. They are lower than the same months last year, with levels only becoming very similar in September 2020 itself with 120 offences recorded compared to 128 recorded in September 2019.

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CRIME SCRUTINY WORK PROGRAMME 2020/21

WORK Thurs 2 Sep (Work Planning) Wed 4 Nov Tues 26 Jan Tue 16 Mar

Panel Work Programme 2020/21–

To consider the Panel work

programme

Agree work programme

Standing Items

SSCB Partnership Plan &

Strategic Priorities

Report

SSCB Performance Management –

provide a monitoring overview on

performance of SSCB

Monitoring Update Monitoring Update Monitoring Update

Briefings, Monitoring & Updates:

Prostitution Report

Update

Burglary Report

Serious Youth Violence

Report

London Fire Brigade

Report

Reoffending, including youth

reoffending

Report

Human Trafficking- the role of

charities

Report

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