Policy

Daylight Robbery - Press Release

11 April 2012

Daylight Robbery

The risk of being robbed is six times higher if you’re in London than in Merseyside, a new report reveals. Despite this, the Metropolitan Police is ten times less likely than other forces to seek the public’s help in catching and convicting the criminals responsible. The report - Daylight Robbery - found that to help solve the 2,663 robberies that the Met investigated in February, it issued just 4 witness appeals.

StreetViolence.org Launched

25 February 2012

Witness Appeal Map

Witness Confident has launched StreetViolence.org - a new website to help cut violent crime. This site allows victims of street robberies and attacks to post witness appeals, warn their local community and thank passers-by who helped by pinpointing the crime on a Google map. People who witnessed the incident and are able to help can then make contact with the right police team at the click of a button.

Young children left to deal with street violence on their own

24 October 2011

Young & Streewise

Children as young as 10 witness serious violence on the streets but few raise the experience with their teachers as they don’t believe schools are ready or able to help, according to a ground-breaking study of primary school children. The good news is that almost all the 10 and 11 year olds children interviwed say that if they see a child being mugged they will help the victim, call the police or chase the villain.

Street violence - the facts

25 September 2011

Street Violence - the facts

Drawing on the last full British Crime Survey, this paper shows that in 2010/11 there were 1,206,000 incidents of street violence in England and Wales. With a clear up rate of 9%, the offenders were not brought to justice in a million of these crimes. With the public's fear of being mugged or attacked by a stranger running at seven times the actual risk, this is a problem that Britain cannot afford to overlook any longer.

Get Up, Stand Up

23 March 2011

Get Up, Stand Up

One in three people in Hackney & Islington have first or second hand experience of street violence either a victim or witness. Two in three said they were not confident anyone would help if they were being mugged in a busy street. Against this background, it's no great surprise that local people express strong support for a more engaged response from the public when they witness street violence.

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Giving eyewitnesses a voice

Policy

Daylight Robbery - Press Release

Daylight Robbery

StreetViolence.org Launched

Witness Appeal Map

Young children left to deal with street violence on their own

Young & Streewise

Street violence - the facts

Street Violence - the facts

Get Up, Stand Up

Get Up, Stand Up