Timescale

The Home Office definition refers to events, which take place within a specified time period. It is recommended that, pragmatically, a 12-month rolling period should be used by Crime & Disorder Reduction Partners, so that if a person is burgled in June then any crime suffered since the previous June could be included in calculating risk.

Anything less than this may hide relevant crimes, anything more may become unmanageable. However, this timescale is not fixed and your Crime & Disorder Reduction Partnership may decide that the nature of the problem or local circumstances mean that a longer time period would be appropriate. For example, a holiday caravan site where holiday makers return once a year at approximately the same time may need a slightly longer timescale, for example 18 months to ensure that repeat crimes can be picked up.