Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 17 July to Question 67336 on Crime, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of the Safer Streets Summer Initiative in reducing (a) town centre criminality, (b) shop theft, (c) street crime and (d) anti-social behaviour.

The Home Office have developed a multi-strand analytical approach to measure the progress of the Safer Summer Streets Initiative (SSSI) to reduce shop theft, street crime and ASB.

PCCs and police forces are providing the Home Office with monthly light-touch monitoring data and qualitative insights related to the initiative. Additionally, Home Office analysts will analyse data already reported to the Home Office via the Police Annual Data Requirement (ADR) on crime volumes and positive outcomes related to relevant offences.

The department is actively monitoring the impact of the Safer Streets Summer Initiative (SSSI), capturing a wide range of enforcement and engagement activity, as well as tracking crime trends and positive outcomes in targeted town centre areas. While we are working closely with police forces and local partners to collect data, it is too early to draw conclusions about the initiative’s impact. The initiative concludes on 30 September, and meaningful assessment will require time to account for reporting lags and data processing.