Reduce murder and other homicides

In 2023/24, there were 18 murders and other homicides; an increase of 20% (or 3) on the previous year.

Reduce serious violence

Firearms offences (excluding ‘Air Weapons’)

In 2023/24, there were 113 offences classified as Gun crime; an increase of 2.7% (or 3) on the previous year.

Knife related offences

Data from the NHS regarding u25 admissions for assault with a sharp object is not available.

o  The VRU monitors knife enabled Serious Violent Crime for under 25s. In 2023/24, there was a 20% decrease compared to the previous year.

Violence with injury

In 2023/24, there were 17,227 offences; a decrease of 4.6% (or 832) on the previous year. Compared to the December 2019 baseline of 19,768 offences, a decrease of 12.8% (or 2,541).

Robbery

In 2023/24, there were 1,084 offences; a decrease of 14.0% (or 177) on the previous year. Compared to the December 2019 baseline of 1,949 offences, a decrease of 44.4% (or 865).

Disrupt drugs supply and county lines

In 2023/24, there were 5,141 drug offences; an increase of 6.5% (or 315) on the previous year. Compared to the December 2019 baseline of 3,552 offences, an increase of 44.7% (or 1,589).

[N.B. This type of offence is influenced by proactive policing; levels and trends should not be considered a measure of criminal activity in relation to drugs]

Trafficking in controlled drugs decreased by 0.7% (or 14) on the previous year; and increased by 88.6% (or 977) on the December 2019 baseline.

Possession of drugs (excl. Cannabis) increased by 29.3% (or 212) on the previous year; and increased by 59.5% (or 349) on the December 2019 baseline.

Possession of Cannabis increased by 6.1% (or 122) on the previous year; and increased by 14.2% (or 263) on the December 2019 baseline.

Reduce neighbourhood crime (NHC)

[N.B. Relates to four crime types, namely Personal Robbery, Theft from the Person, Vehicle Crime and Residential Burglary]

In 2023/24, there were 15,967 NHC offences in total; a decrease of 4.1% (or 675) on the previous year. Compared to the December 2019 baseline, a decrease of 35.9% (or 8,947).

Personal robbery decreased by 13.9% (or 166) on the previous year; a decrease of 42.6% (or 759) on the December 2019 baseline.

Theft from the person decreased by 3.9% (or 41) on the previous year; a decrease of 27.3% (or 375) on the December 2019 baseline.

Vehicle crime decreased by 1.6% (or 153) on the previous year; a decrease of 31.5% (or 4,359) on the December 2019 baseline.

Residential burglary decreased by 6.6% (or 315) on the previous year; a decrease of 43.6% (or 3,454) on the December 2019 baseline.

Tackle cyber-crime

[N.B. There is no local or national data available relating to confidence in the Police response to cyber-crime. A proxy measure of the number of recorded online / cyber-crimes where the victim was an organisation has been used]

In 2023/24, there were 70 online related offences where the victim was an organisation; a decrease of 38.6% (or 44) on the previous year.

Improve satisfaction among victims, with a focus on victims of DA

Kent Police conducts three satisfaction surveys:

DA - in 2023/24, overall victim satisfaction was 90.9%; an increase of 2.5 percentage points on the 12 months to March 2023 (88.4%).

Hate Crime - in 2023/24, overall victim satisfaction was 87.5%; an increase of 4.8 percentage points on the 12 months to March 2023 (82.7%).

Rape - there are two key elements based upon whether a) the victim felt they were treated with dignity and respect, and b) they felt they were treated fairly throughout the case.

In 2023/24, 98.4% of victims felt that officers treated them with dignity and respect; an increase of 4.8 percentage points on the previous 12 months.

In 2023/24, 93.3% of victims felt they had been treated fairly throughout the case; an increase of 4.2 percentage points on the previous 12 months.