Action plan

The focus area action plan should actively draw from other toolkits to help implement crime and disorder reduction initiatives. These points outline the process of identifying and applying reduction resources to a focus area.

• Establish reasons for identifying focus areas

• Identify data required for crime and disorder analysis

• Analyse data quality

• Identify partners and establish access to other key datasets

• Perform hotspot analysis

• Prioritise focus areas

• Profile focus area

  • Crime and disorder profile

  • Area profile

• Design strategy

  • Design crime and disorder reduction resources

  • Set targets

  • Establish reporting procedures

  • Continual review and assessment of initiative

• Evaluate crime and disorder reduction in focus area

  • Change in crime and disorder

  • Local attitudes

• Review initiative

  • Lessons learnt

  • More work required

  • New requirements.