New report says “crime down 27% in St Ann’s”

Voting takes place all day tomorrow (Thursday) for Nottingham’s first Police Crime Commissioner, and the good news is that all crime in St Ann’s ward over the last 12 months has gone down by 27%. In addition, all calls to the council about antisocial behaviour have also decreased by 21% over the same period.

Paddy Tipping is the Labour candidate for Police Crime Commissioner

This information is contained in a special Executive Summery on St Ann’s which will be discussed at the next Area 6 (East) meeting that will be held on Tuesday 20^th November at Loxley House.

The report also gives the latest figures for unemployment which shows that St Ann’s tops the list for the whole of the City of Nottingham. At the present time there are 1,242 people unemployed in St Ann’s.

The report says that “St Ann’s is an inner city housing area located approximately 1.7 miles from the Nottingham Town Centre. St Ann’s Ward lies within Area Committee 6 to the East of Nottingham City. At the time of the 2001 census, which is still some of the most thorough information available, there were a total of 14,840 people living in a 7940 households (2005 estimate) in the St Ann’s boundaries, according to the Office for National Statistics.

“There are a larger number of people between the ages of 16 -29 and 30- 44 than across the Nottingham City as a whole, whilst the number of children and young people under the age of 15 is slightly lower than the City figures. This age profile suggests that the area is likely to contain a higher number of working age people than the City average as a community, St Ann’s estate experiences extreme social need and local deprivation.

“As part of this, Health deprivation is currently a particular major problem for the residents which include the lowest life expectancy in particular for females than the average across the City. Some examples of poor health include; high incidences of coronary heart disease and stroke, of certain cancers in the older population, respiratory disease and poor diet amongst other.”

CRIME

The Report concludes that “all crime in St Ann’s is showing a reduction compared to September 2011. In addition, Year to Date figures indicate that All Crime is down by 27% compared to the previous year.

“All Crime in St Ann’s has decreased by 36% against 2010/11. The Rate of All Crime per 1000 of the population for St Ann’s falls below the City average. However St Ann’s does have the second highest rate of ‘Violence’ in the City, and the third highest Rate of ‘Criminal Damage’ and ‘Theft from Person’.

ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOUR

For the month of September 2012 compared to September 2011, St Ann’s is showing a reduction of All ASB calls.

“By Year to Date, St Ann’s has experienced a further reduction in All ASB calls of -21%. The Year to Date performance of the Division as a whole was at -31% at the end of September 2012.

“Over a 2010/11 Baseline St Ann’s is showing a reduction of -8%. Of all ASB calls received for St Ann’s in September 2012 the majority (73%) were categorised as ‘Nuisance’. This is consistent with the Division as a whole. Of the remaining calls 17% were classed as ‘Environmental’ and 10% were classed as ‘Personal’.”

By Richard Pearson