Measures

• Identify estates with highest levels of malicious arson, vandalism & graffiti incidents

• Identify & implement design improvements for priority estates

• Install covert CCTV in hot spot areas

• Targeted youth outreach work in hotspot areas/consultation with young people about their wants

• Issue warnings, ASBOs, Injunctions

• Publicise measures/successes.

Inputs

• Local authority/ RSLs - £ to implement design improvements

• Police: [ ] hours officer time

Housing

Fire officer

Outputs

• Housing estates with highest levels of malicious arson, vandalism & graffiti incidents identified

• Design improvements implemented.

• Covert CCTV installed on estates with highest level of malicious arson, vandalism & graffiti incidents identified

• Youth Outreach Worker presence on identified estates for agreed No. of hours per week.

• Media coverage

Outcomes

Key personnel

• LA/RSLs to have lead responsibility / liaise with estate tenants
• (Crime Prevention Officers) to carry out design improvement/security surveys.
• LA Corporate services to prepare publicity strategy
• Sector inspector to co-ordinate police activities.
• Local college to carry out evaluation.

Milestones

• Design improvement/security surveys of identified estates completed by end Sept. 2000 ; recommendations implemented end Mar 2001

• Media strategy agreed by Oct. 2000
• Options for increasing Youth Outreach Worker presence identified by Sept 2000; presence achieved by Jan. 2001

Evaluation

• Recorded data on malicious arson, vandalism and graffiti incidents (by month) on targeted & non targeted housing estates for previous 12 months, then for each month of initiative
• Data on revenues (by month) for same period, then for each month of initiative.
• Data on costs of design improvements/human presence.