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Developing Crime Reduction Plans: Some Examples from the Reducing Burglary Initiative


 This document is published for archival/historical purposes. It will not be updated.

This report has been produced as a guidance document for all practitioners and local policy makers planning crime reduction projects. The examples contained within the report refer specifically to burglary, although much of what is described can be applied to various types of crime reduction.

The main sections of the report deal with:

  • Identifying populations at high risk

  • Analysing the problems within high risk populations

  • Moving from analysis to strategy

  • Defining aims, objectives and targets

  • Project monitoring

  • Achieving sustainability

  • Developing an action plan

  • Costing interventions

  • Taking time to prepare a funding bid

The report is part of the Home Office Research, Development and Statistics Directorate's Crime Reduction Research Series, Paper 7, and was published in April 2001. 

Download the full 70 page report, Developing Crime Reduction Plans: Some Examples from the Reducing Burglary Initiative PDF 310 Kb, or the 2 page Briefing Note PDF 38 Kb.

Last update: Wednesday, August 27, 2008