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Reducing Burglary Initiative

Introduction

Grants were distributed to Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnerships, on the basis of competitive-bidding, in areas suffering from a high burglary rate, to implement proposals for reducing burglary based on a sound analysis of the local burglary problem.

Problem

Addresses the perceived need to stimulate domestic burglary reduction activity in communities most at risk of burglary, and to identify good practice.

Description

This report:

provides a detailed analysis of the strengths and weaknesses of the government's Reducing Burglary Initiative;
examines how the central programme design facilitated the achievement of programme objectives and how it impacted on local project delivery;
highlights lessons to be learned from the way that local agencies delivered their individual projects;
examines how the Home Office refined the programme over time and in particular how it developed structures to support projects in delivering their work; and
provides recommendations to guide the development of similar crime reduction activity.

Approach

Grants were distributed on the basis of competitive-bidding, with invitations to bid being sent to all Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnerships (CDRPs). Funding was conditional on applicants being able to demonstrate that they had an area or community suffering from a burglary rate of at least twice the national average. Applicants were also expected to demonstrate that they had developed suitable proposals for reducing burglary based on a sound analysis of the local burglary problem.

Results

The initiative generated a considerable quantity of crime reduction activity, funding over 240 projects over a period of three years, contributing to large falls in burglary rates.

Beneficiaries

People who live in communities suffering from a high burglary rate.

Resources used

Consultancy support was made available to projects and support was also provided through crime reduction teams in Regional Government Offices.

Financing

Over the three phases, £25 million of grant funding was dispensed to over 240 projects.

Contact info

Home Office Crime Reduction and Community Safety Group
Dr Chris Kershaw (Programme director), tel. +44 870 000 1585

Project start date

01/10/1998

Planned end date

01/12/2004

Links

Reducing Burglary Initiative Hall Aitken, Social and Economic Regeneration Consultants

The Reducing Burglary Initiative: design, development and delivery (PDF, Eng, 398KB)

Document type

case

Themes

Urban Policy > Security & crime prevention > Anti-crime policy

Keywords

Burglary & theft