The Local Criminal Justice Board was set up in 2003 and incorporates seven different agencies within Northamptonshire:
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Local Area Agreement
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Northamptonshire Probation Area is one of the partners working with the Northamptonshire Local Area Agreement(LAA).
The Northamptonshire Partnership is m ade up of agencies across the public sector all working together to deliver better outcomes for residents using their services in Northamptonshire. It is the overarching partnership for the county and provides leadership and direction for collaborative working in Northamptonshire and facing out into the wider region and beyond. The Partnership Support Unit (PSU) is a strategic resource for the Northamptonshire Partnership that has been developed to help co-ordinate and support partnership working across Northamptonshire, drive and innovation and transofrmational change in service delivery and outcomes.
The partnerships vision is to have a County that is recognised by everybody as a successful place where people and communities want to do well, where they take up new ideas and trends, but also celebrate history, heritage and local identity. It will be a county where people will want to invest, work and enjoy life. For more information on the Northamptonshire Partnership visit the web site.
To read the about the vision that the LAA has for Northamptonshire click here.
Here are some significant crime statistics from our most recent research:
Northamptonshire Crime Statistics for 2008/2009
Crime in Northamptonshire fell by 5.9% during 2008/2009.
During last year, offences dropped from 63,567 to 59,904 which is 3,753 fewer than in the previous year.
This year there were 15,000 fewer victims of crime in Northamptonshire.
Headline figures are as follows:
| Violent crime |
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DOWN 8.7% |
| Commercial Burglary |
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DOWN 8.7% |
| Vehicle crime |
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DOWN 4% |
| Theft and Handling |
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DOWN 8.9% |
| Criminal Damage |
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DOWN 7.8% |
| Sexual Offences |
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UP 8.2% |
| House Burglary |
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UP 7.1% |
Statistics provided by the
Northamptonshire Police Communications Team
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