HMIC Crime and Policing Comparator Contextual Information
Force Performance Highlights for April 2011 to March 2012
Force performance highlights for April 2011 to March 2012
compared to the same period for 2010/11:
- 15th top performing force nationally
- Incidents of anti-social behaviour have reduced by 9657
incidents (13.5%)
- Criminal damage has been reduced by 1798 offences
(9.8%)
Other achievements:
- We continue to use a range of methods for dealing with
offenders to allow victim based resolutions. Neighbourhood
Resolutions were introduced in 2010 for low level offences and
anti-social behaviour. They are used for first time offenders when
both victim and police consider it more appropriate for the
offender to resolve the incident to the satisfaction of the victim
through an apology, financial recompense, or similar.This has
contributed to an overall solved rate of 29.8%.
- There were 60 fewer people killed or seriously injured in road
traffic collisions, which represents an overall reduction of
7.5%
- 31 organised crime groups have been either disrupted or
dismantled across Essex – an increase of 4
- Under the Proceeds of Crime Act the force achieved seizures of
£3,145,016.57 against a target of £2,420,000
- Cost savings of £17 million have been achieved via the Reform
programme
If you wish to see more crime and anti-social
behaviour data please visit www.police.uk
Background information about Essex
Geography
The Essex Police District covers an area of 1,405 square
miles.
For more information on the geography of Essex, visit the About Us section of our website.
Population numbers
Essex has a population of 1.72 million residing in its twelve
district and borough councils and the two unitary authorities of
Southend-on-sea and Thurrock. It is the fifth most populous
county in England with the second-largest population of any
non-metropolitan county after Kent, making up almost a quarter of
the population of the East of England region.
Essex has a different population structure to that of England as
a whole; it has a similar proportion of children, but more
older-aged people. Tendring, which incorporates the seaside
towns of Clacton-on-Sea and Frinton-on-Sea, has the second-highest
proportion of older people in the East of England, with more than
25% of residents over the age of 65.
Essex has a working-age population of just over one
million. This equates to 60.2% of the population which is
slightly less than the overall Eastern region (60.6%) and Great
Britain (61.9%).
Ethnicity
Essex has 178,000 residents from black and minority ethnic (BME)
groups . This comprises 116,700 residents from ethnic groups
other than white and 61,300 from white minority groups (including
Irish white and other white). People from all BME groups made
up 10.2% of Essex residents; lower than the 16.4% across
England.
Estimates show that Essex has become more diverse since the 2001
Census, with the areas closest to London and those containing the
largest towns tending to have the highest concentrations of people
from BME groups*. The highest proportions of people from all
BME groups are in Epping Forest, Harlow and Brentwood.
Migrant population
The advent of economic migration associated with the expansion of
the European Union has led to significant inward migration into
Essex. A cumulative total of 15,430 migrants registered to
work in Essex between May 2004 and December 2009. Migrants
tend to be young adults aged 18-34 and two thirds are from
Poland.
Local Priorities for Essex
The Essex Police Strategy 2012 – 15 sets a clear
direction for the policing of Essex over the next three years and
provides a framework for the annual plan.
To read more about local priorities for Essex, take a look at
our policing plan page.
*According to the NeSS Geography Hierarchy, Resident
Population Estimates for mid-2007
