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on the specific issue of reducing crime and ASB, but in the wider sense of improving entire communities in
some of the most deprived part of the country.
October 2011
Further supplementary written evidence submitted by Kickz
Here are the figures you requested, which show the percentage figures for the Metropolitan Police Service
areas against those areas with Kickz projects in that fall under Metropolitan Police responsibility (accounting
for 60 of the 113 projects in England).
The percentage reductions for the MPS as a whole for the same time periods are:
— Theft of motor vehicles 28.1% reduction (Kickz areas 31%).
— Criminal damage 23.2% reduction (Kickz areas 23.3%).
— Robbery 21.5% reduction (Kickz areas 25.7%).
— Violence against person 1.4% reduction (Kickz areas 2.1%).
— Burglary in dwelling 1.4% reduction (Kickz areas 2.8%).
Bear in mind the fact that cutting Anti Social Behaviour and crime levels is only one part of what Kickz is
all about. As the briefing document I sent through on the last email shows, Kickz is designed to:
— Engage young people (aged 12–18 years) in a range of constructive activities.
— Create routes into education, training and employment.
— Break down barriers between the police and young people.
— Reduce crime and anti-social behaviour in the targeted neighbourhoods.
— Encourage volunteering within projects and throughout the target neighbourhoods.
— Increase the playing, coaching and officiating opportunities for participants.
As I said, please feel free to come back to me should you require any further information.
October 2011
Written evidence submitted by London Criminal Justice Partnership
I am writing in response to your letter dated 31st October 2011.
I have made enquiries of the Daedalus programme director, Monica Sharma and it would appear that the
figure of 19% was informal management information and not a formally calculated rate of re-offending. The
figure was based upon anecdotal information monitored at the time and since then has varied from month to
month, from 19% to 32% as the programme continued.
It would appear there has been a mis-understanding in the use of the figure. This 19% figure was not intended
to be used publically or to be used as a formal rate of re-offending for the Daedalus programme and was
intended to be used for the purposes of programme development only, particularly at the early stages of
programme implementation.
The London Criminal Justice Partnership have commissioned Ipsos Mori to carry out a full reconviction
analysis of the Daedalus programme in line with MoJ research standards. Formal findings are expected in
spring 2012 and we will send the findings to you.
The informal monitoring information in relation to offending has now ceased to be collated as this could
be misleading.
As per your request, I have attached the informal management information report for the Daedalus
programme which was produced in the first year of the programme. 68
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