Public consultations
Surveys and Consultations
Below are the surveys and public consultations the OPCC has undertaken over the last few years. The results are attached in report form.
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:
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.
Accessible version of the Annual Policing Survey
Police and Crime Plan Survey 2021
The PCC Matthew Scott asked residents to have their say about the future direction of Kent Police. He also asked them for their views about policing and crime in their area, their feelings of safety and whether they had been a victim of crime in the last year. You can read the survey results here:
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.