Performance gets better

1:20pm Tuesday 26th August 2008

Comments (1)   Have your say »

POLICE performance in Cheshire continues to improve, according to new figures.

Peter Nurse, Cheshire Police Authority chairman, has congratulated Chief Constable Peter Fahy following a report, which reveals that the number of crimes recorded has fallen by 9.3 per cent during the last four months.

He said: “The targets for crime reduction have been exceeded again but most importantly it means that there were more than two and a half thousand fewer victims of crime.

“We were particularly pleased to find that violent crime fell by 11.7 per cent when there have been some high profile cases in other areas of the country.”

Police officers in the area are currently solving 29 per cent of crimes, an improvement on last year in line with similar forces.

The number of vehicle crimes fell by the largest amount at 28.5 per cent, but the authority says it would like to see the number of detections increase.

Mr Nurse added: “It is often difficult for vehicle crime to be detected as the crimes tend to be reported for insurance purposes even though there is little chance of being able to trace the offender due to the lack of any evidence.

“We were pleased to also see that public satisfaction with the police service has again improved and at 84 per cent exceeded our target.

“This is because people are being kept updated by the new service desks after they have reported a crime or an incident. This is what we want to see.”