Carlisle is the most northerly city in England, and the ... - NHS Cumbria

Carlisle residents’ top priorities for improvement in their local area are activities for teenagers,traffic congestion and road and pavement repairs.Broadly speaking, residents think service delivery in the local area is good. However satisfactionwith a number of local services and facilities - children’s playgrounds and play areas, libraries,hospitals, train services and social services is lower among users of these services resident inCarlisle than in Cumbria overall.25. Crime.Carlisle and Eden local authorities have an established Crime and Disorder ReductionPartnership (CDRP) which includes the Police, Primary Care Trust, Probation Service, Localresidents and the Voluntary Sector.The CDRP produces an annual strategic assessment of local priorities in relation to crime anda tactical plan is devised to address the identified priorities.Current priorities relate to anti-social behaviour, violent crime and criminal damage. Targets areset in order to measure performance.Figure 35 shows the rate of offences per 1,000 of the population during the period 2005 /06.The chart demonstrates that the chosen area (Carlisle) has higher than the national averagerates of offences for each of the three month periods.Figure 35: Comparison of Rates of Offences in Carlisle Local Authority Compared to the National Average.Figure 36 illustrates trends in offences in each of the local authorities in Cumbria 0ver a fiveyear period (2003 /08). The trend data show that trends are fairly similar across the localauthorities. From 2003 to 2006 there was a rise in the number of crimes, however this trend hasreversed and in the period to 2008 there has been a general downward trend in offences.It should be noted that these figures relate to actual numbers of offences rather than rates perpopulation. Carlisle has the greatest population of all the local authorities in Cumbria and this isreflected in the number of offences reported.Fiona Huntington 38 of 47