KENT, SURREY & SUSSEX CRC Caseload Data

1. Caseload – Number of Service Users With 800 service users the Brighton Office has almost double the caseload of the next largest office in Sussex (Worthing office). The Littlehampton office has a very small caseload, no responsible officer and is co-located with the police. The only service users reporting to the Chichester office are undertaking UPW.

1. Caseload – Number of Service Users Each delivery office in Kent has at least 300 service users currently reporting to them. Folkestone and Chatham have the largest proportion of Kent’s caseload reporting to their office respectively. The Chatham office’s catchment area is likely to include much of Medway, whilst Folkestone’s is likely to include such towns as Dover and Ashford.

1. Caseload – Number of Service Users The Redhill office has the smallest number of service users attached to it of all the delivery offices across Surrey. Despite this the caseload is still nearly 400.

1. Caseload – Number of Service Users As expected, the Unitary Authorities of Brighton and Medway have the largest number of service users(excluding those in custody) across KSS. Over three quarters of the Local Authorities across KSS are home to less than 200 offenders in the community.

1. Caseload – Service Users undertaking UPW Whilst the Unitary Authority of Brighton is home to the highest number of service users, it is in fact Medway that is home to the highest number currently undertaking unpaid work (UPW). Whilst there is a large degree of correlation between the number of service users and the number undertaking UPW in each local authority, Brighton is not the only visible discrepancy.

1. Caseload – Service Users undertaking UPW There is a great degree of variation in the proportion of service users from each Local Authority that are currently undertaking unpaid UPW. In areas such as Brighton and Lewes (served by the same Magistrates’ Court), only 25% of service users are undertaking UPW as part of their sentence. Most Local Authorities across Kent have around 40% of service users undertaking unpaid work whilst in Surrey this proportion increases even further.

1. Caseload – Service Users by sentence type The distribution of service users by sentence type is fairly consistent with what would be expected across each office in Sussex. The Brighton office does however have a larger proportion of service users on the caseload serving a custodial sentence. The Chichester office only works with those undertaking UPW, therefore it has no service users reporting to the office on post-release supervision.

1. Caseload – Service Users by sentence type The distribution of service users by sentence type is fairly consistent across each office in Kent.

1. Caseload – Service Users by sentence type Again, the distribution of service users by sentence type is fairly consistent across each office in Surrey.

1. Caseload – Service Users by ward

Each Local Authority has at least one ward with a high proportion of service users when compared to other wards in the district. An example of this would be in Eastbourne where nearly a third of service users in the district reside in the ward of Devonshire. The caseload by ward data is useful in identifying the best location for the delivery offices across the KSS CRC.

2. Service User Profile - Gender Brighton, Worthing and Eastbourne offices have a high proportion of female service users currently reporting to them. This may just be at this point in time, however, it could also be explained for operational reasons (provision of service, space etc). Inspire hold Women’s only contract across Sussex, however, CRI provide the staff in some of the areas.

2. Service User Profile - Gender 18% of the Tunbridge office’s caseload is female. Again, this may be just at this point of time but future analysis may indicate a trend.

2. Service User Profile - Gender 18% of the Guildford office’s caseload is female compared to just 10% in the Redhill office.

2. Service User Profile - Age The age range of service users in Sussex is fairly consistent from office to office. The younger caseload at Chichester can potentially be explained by the nature of those it works with (those undertaking UPW).

2. Service User Profile - Age The age range of service users in Kent is fairly consistent from office to office. However, Folkestone office does have a higher proportion aged 50 and above (14%).

2. Service User Profile - Age Again, the age range of service users in Surrey is fairly consistent from office to office. The only difference between the Surrey caseload and the caseload in the other two counties is that it seems to have a higher proportion aged under 21. However, the difference is minimal.

2. Service User Profile – Ethnicity

Across the CRC there is some degree of variation in the proportion of BME service users reporting to the delivery offices. In Chichester, which only works with those undertaking UPW, 29% of the caseload is BME. Other notable areas include Gravesend and Crawley where 23% and 20% of the offices’ caseload are BME respectively.

3. Resettlement – Prison location in regards to CRC offices The below map outlines the location of prisons relative to the delivery offices.

3. Resettlement – Prison location in regards to CRC offices Most prisons are at least 10 miles away from the nearest delivery office. High Down appears to be the Prison furthest from a delivery office at 21 miles away from Crawley.

3. Resettlement – The current picture – Custody and Licence caseload Of those service users on the caseload serving a custodial sentence, the majority remain in prison. This is consistent across the delivery offices in Sussex.

3. Resettlement – The current picture - Custody and Licence caseload Whilst the ratio of service users on licence against those in custody is generally consistent with what would be expected across the Kent delivery offices, the Chatham office actually has more on licence compared to those in custody.

3. Resettlement – The current picture - Custody and Licence caseload The ratio of service users on licence against those in custody is generally consistent with what would be expected across the Surrey delivery offices.

4. Sentencing - Requirements across CRC As would be expected, across the CRC the two most common sentence requirements are supervision and UPW. Over time the Rehabilitation Activity Requirement (RAR) will replace supervision.

4. Sentencing - Requirements by delivery office

4. Sentencing – Accredited Programmes by delivery office

5. Criminogenic Need – Current caseload OASys results

5. Criminogenic Need and provision of services – Current caseload OASys results by gender

5. Criminogenic Need and provision of services - Current caseload OASys results by delivery office

5. Criminogenic Need and provision of services – Current caseload OASys results by delivery office The OASys results identify a great degree of variation in service user needs across KSS. From this it can be determined if the correct provision is currently in place.

5. Criminogenic Need and provision of services – Current caseload OASys results by delivery office

6. Accommodation Need of Service Users - Kent In Kent: 16% of service users sentenced to a community sentence were identified as having an accommodation need linked to their offending behaviour This was significantly greater for those released on licence with 35%.

6. Accommodation Need of Service Users - Kent

6. Accommodation Need of Service Users - Surrey In Surrey: 9% of service users sentenced to a community sentence were identified as having an accommodation need linked to their offending behaviour This was significantly greater for those released on licence with 27%.

6. Accommodation Need of Service Users - Sussex In Sussex: 19% of service users sentenced to a community sentence were identified as having an accommodation need linked to their offending behaviour This was significantly greater for those released on licence with 39%.

6. Accommodation Need of Service Users - Sussex

7. Female Caseload – Sentence Type The proportion of suspended sentence orders in Crawley and Eastbourne is higher than that of the other offices in Sussex. Community Orders on average account for around 60% of the caseload in Sussex with the exception of Crawley that only has 4 fewer females sentenced to a custodial sentence than Brighton. The Chichester office only works with those undertaking UPW.

7. Female Caseload – Sentence Type Tunbridge Wells with the second most female service users in Kent, also has the highest proportion of Suspended Sentence Order’s accounting for 44% of all females in Tunbridge Wells. Folkestone has the greatest number of service users overall, but only has the third most females of all the offices in Kent. The Chatham office has the greatest proportion of female’s sentenced to custody than all other offices across the CRC.

7. Female Caseload – Sentence Type The distribution of service users by sentence type is fairly consistent across each of the offices in Surrey. The delivery offices with the greatest number of female service users are Brighton, Chatham and Guildford, located in Sussex, Kent and Surrey respectively.

7. Female Caseload – Main Offence Type Violence and Theft (Non-motor) are the most frequent offence types, accounting for 23% and 21% respectively of the female service users across the entire CRC. The number of female service users with a Drink Driving offence ranges between 28 and 31 in Sussex, Kent and Surrey, although the proportion is much higher in Surrey due to lower overall number of female service users.

7. Female Caseload – Ward Only 8 wards have more than 8 female service users, with the top 1 being Chatham Central with 13. Of the top 8 wards across KSS, 3 are in Kent, 3 in Brighton and Hove and 2 in East Sussex. Over 75% of wards across the CRC only have 1 female service user.

7. Female Profile – Age Chichester has the lowest proportion of younger female service users and this could indicate that fewer young females are sentenced to stand alone UPW.

7. Female Profile – Age The age range of female service users in Kent is fairly consistent, with Sittingbourne having the highest proportion of under 30’s and being the only office without any females aged 60+.

7. Female Profile – Age The age range of female service users in Surrey is fairly consistent across the delivery offices and does not differ that much to the overall CRC distribution.

7. Female Profile – Ethnicity The proportion of white British female service users does differ between the delivery offices with the majority around 90%. Hastings and Redhill have the lowest proportion of white British with the difference predominantly made up of other white backgrounds.

7. Female Profile – Ethnicity

The proportion of white British female service users does differ between the delivery offices with the majority around 90%. Hastings and Redhill have the lowest proportion of white British with the difference predominantly made up of other white backgrounds. Guildford has 61 white British females and 3 from other white backgrounds and Canterbury’s female caseload is entirely white British with 33 in total.

7. Female Profile – OGRS band (Offender Group Reconviction Scale) Of the 56 female service users with high and very high OGRS, 28 also had medium risk of harm (6 to children, 17 to a known adult and 5 to both). Chichester has the highest proportion of service users with a low OGRS, all of which are undertaking stand alone UPW with the exception of 3 also sentenced to Inspire. The 12 Very High risk cases includes 6 service users undertaking Inspire.

7. Female Profile – OGRS band (Offender Group Reconviction Scale) Folkestone has the greatest proportion of low risk cases, with all other offices having around 50% of cases that are low risk. Of the 68 female service users in Kent that are high and very high OGRS, 21 also had medium risk of harm (4 to children, 13 to a known adult and 4 to both).

7. Female Profile – OGRS band (Offender Group Reconviction Scale) The female caseload in Surrey has a predominantly low OGRS, exceeding 60%. Of the 17 female service users with high and very high OGRS, 8 also had medium risk of harm (4 to children, 3 to a known adult, 1 to both and 1 to staff).

8. Need Linked to Offending – Female service users by delivery office - Sussex

8. Need Linked to Offending – Female service users by delivery office - Kent

8. Need Linked to Offending – Female service users by delivery office - Surrey 100% of service users in Chichester have an attitude need, the next highest is Guildford with 74% Folkestone and Hastings have the highest relationships need (66% and 60%) Hastings and Folkestone have the highest accommodation need (37% and 35% respectively) Gravesend has the highest ETE need (34%) Hastings and Sittingbourne have the highest drugs need (43% and 40%) 100% of women in Redhill have a thinking & behaviour need

9. Female Sentencing – Top 10 requirement combinations These 10 requirement combinations account for 83% of the total current community and suspended sentence orders. Stand alone UPW is the most common sentence, closely followed by a combination of Supervision and Specified Activity. Women’s Inspire accounts for 70% of the service users sentenced to a stand alone SAR.

9. Female Sentencing – Requirements across the CRC Supervision is the most common requirement with 61% of female service users sentenced to a community or suspended sentence order having a supervision requirement. Specified Activity Requirement’s (SAR) are the second most common with 39% sentenced to a SAR with the majority being women’s specified activity requirements, 171 of which to Women’s Inspire.

9. Female Sentencing – Sentence lengths A higher proportion of female service users in Brighton and Crawley are currently serving community sentences of less than 12 months than elsewhere in the CRC. However, Crawley also has a higher proportion of female service users serving a community sentence of 24 months.

9. Female Sentencing – Sentence lengths A high proportion of female custody cases in Surrey are serving a sentence of more than 2 years. These cases account for 67.6% of all of Surrey’s female custody cases, whereas this figure is 47.4% and 42.2% for Kent and Sussex respectively.

9. Female Sentencing – Sentence lengths Only 157 are currently subject to custodial sentences in the CRC, so the figures may be unrepresentative, however there is currently only 1 female custody case in the Maidstone team. The average number for the rest of the CRC is 11, and Chatham currently has the highest with 23.