1. National Crime Recording Standard

2. How many Crimes are reported in Dorset annually 55000 crimes reported in Dorset Approx 40,000 crimes recorded by Police and Station duty officers Approx 15,000 reported by Victims calling the Police Enquiry centre

3. National Crime Recording Standard PEC Comcen SDO Crime Recorded Primary/ Secondary Investigation CSU Quality Assure crime Signed off by Supervisor as complete Filed Police Officer Crime Recording Process No lines of enquiry. No further Investigation Auditors Dip check

4. National Crime Recording Standard Q. How do we ensure that we record crime correctly? A. The National Crime Recording Standards

5. National Crime Recording Standard General rules for recording crime that have been adopted by all forces in England & Wales since April 2002. êProvides consistency between police forces and divisions êTakes a more victim orientated approach to crime recording What is NCRS?

6. National Crime Recording Standard All reports of incidents, whether from victims, witnesses or third parties and whether crime related or not, will result in the registration of an incident report by the police

7. National Crime Recording Standard Following the initial registration, an incident will be recorded as a crime (notifiable offence) if, When must a crime be recorded?

8. National Crime Recording Standard A) The circumstances as reported amounts to a crime as defined by law (the Police will determine this, based on their knowledge of the law and counting rules) AND B) There is no credible evidence to the contrary on the balance of probabilities:

9. National Crime Recording Standard NCRS states: “For audit purposes, where reported incidents appear to be crime related, they should either result in a recorded crime or an account of the reasons for not completing a crime report, which is sufficient to show the NCRS has not been breached” What should a police officer do if they think an alleged crime has not occurred?

10. National Crime Recording Standard Role of the Supervisor Managing the Investigation of the Crime

11. National Crime Recording Standard Role of the Crime Standards Units Quality assuring Crime

12. National Crime Recording Standard Auditing Internal Auditing External auditing (HMIC and Audit Commission)

13. National Crime Recording Standard Role of Crime Registrar Ensuring Compliance with Home Office Counting Rules Consistency of Crime Recording

14. National Crime Recording Standard Summary We record crime and Incidents to National Standards We ensure compliance with the standards, by quality assuring and using a structured auditing and reporting process.