In the Autumn of 2024, the PCC launched three surveys: one for parents, one for secondary school students and one for primary school children.

He wanted to understand how many children now have smartphones, how many were using social media, whether they'd been bullied or picked on online and if they had, whether they'd told their parents about it.

He also wanted to know if the child's school was a smartphone free zone, or had restrictions of any type on smartphones at school.

To read the full results of all three surveys, please click here.

Parent and Youth Smartphone Survey 2024

Police and Crime Plan Survey 2024

The PCC launched his Police and Crime Plan Survey in the summer of 2024 and it ran until the beginning of December. 

A record 6767 people filled it in and the results have fed into Mr Scott's new Police and Crime Plan, as well as helping him hold the Chief Constable to account at his quarterly Performance and Delivery meetings.

The survey covered issues like trust in the police, feelings of safety in your local neighbourhood, antisocial behaviour and police visibility. 

The full results can be found here:  

Police and Crime Plan Survey Results 2024

Annual Policing Survey 2023

We asked you whether you trusted Kent Police, in the light of recent negative stories about police forces.    On the whole you said you did still trust them, scoring them on average 6/10.  We also asked you whether you'd been a victim of crime and whether you feel safe where you live.  All the results can be found by clicking this link.

Annual Policing Survey Results 2023

Results of the PCC's Survey into Antisocial Behaviour.

Earlier this year we asked you to tell us what sort of offences you witnessed in your area. 

According to the results, more people see littering and discarded drug paraphanalia than any other offence, with nuisance vehicles the second most common problem.

However, when we asked you which offence had the greatest impact on your lives, perhaps unsurprisingly criminal damage ranked highest.

The full results can be found here.

Youth Survey 2023

We carried out this survey to find out how often young people, under the age of 18, were being bullied and harassed online or on their way to and from school.

It was anonymous and was filled in by 4,400 school age children.  They told us how often they were online and whether they reported any incidents of bullying to parents, guardians, teachers or friends. 

Read the results here:

Youth Survey Report

Annual Policing Survey 2022

This report presents the results of the recent annual policing survey.

Topics included which skillset they would have liked the new Chief Constable to have, what crimes mattered to them, how safe they felt in their area, whether they had been a victim of crime, and how effective the subsequent support was. 

Read the survey report here

Accessible version of the Annual Policing Survey

Results of the PCC's Violence Against Women and Girls Survey

In August 2021, Kent’s Police and Crime Commissioner, Matthew Scott, launched a survey to find out the extent of violence and abuse being perpetrated against women and girls in Kent, including online.

He also wanted to know how safe women and girls felt in different aspects of their lives.

The questionnaire was open for 3 months, during which time 8,263 people filled it in. This is an unprecedented number of respondents for a questionnaire launched by the PCC and attracted answers from all age groups and ethnicities. Anyone over the age of 16 was invited to respond. Just over 93% of those who did were women, with just over 3.5% men.

The full results are published below.

Results of the PCC Violence Against Women and Girls Survey