Setting Local Targets

The section of the toolkit is designed to help partners check that targets are tightly framed and focused. Click here for the target setting checklist

Setting well-framed targets and monitoring these helps ensure that action plans are turned into reality, for example by:

• helping to clarify what partners are aiming for

• enabling those providing services to be clear about expectations

• providing markers for checking if plans are on track, or need adjusting

• allowing partners, service providers, service users and the wider public to influence priorities and assess achievement.

The Prime Minister has set a target for a 30 per cent reduction in vehicle crime by March 2004. The target is to reduce thefts of and from vehicles by 30% over 5 years. Vehicle interference and criminal damage do not form part of the target That is because a clear and successful focus on the largest categories of these vehicle crimes - theft of and from a vehicle - will deliver the greatest contribution to achieving that target.