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
Making Kent Safer is Matthew Scott's Police and Crime Plan, which sets the priorities he expects the Chief Constable to deliver. The priorities are shaped by what the residents and businesses of Kent tell him what matter most to them. This is why this survey is so important.
If you have a spare few minutes, please complete the survey to make your views heard: https://www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/KentPolicingSurvey2023/
Antisocial behaviour survey 2023
According to the most recent crime figures, antisocial behaviour is falling in Kent and Medway, but you tell us you're still experiencing it.
We want to know what you see where you live, what sort of crimes and how bad they are. Many people don't report antisocial behaviour, so we're asking you to fill in this anonymous survey, so we can try to address the problem.
It will only take a few minutes.
Please click on the link below. Thank you.
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.