National Crime Recording Standard

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National Crime Recording Standard
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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

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Crime Recording Process
PEC
Primary/ Secondary Investigation
CSU Quality Assure crime
Signed off by Supervisor as complete
Filed
Auditors Dip check
Comcen
Crime Recorded
Police Officer
SDO
No lines of enquiry.
No further Investigation
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Q. How do we ensure that we record crime
correctly?

• A. The National Crime Recording Standards

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What is NCRS?
General rules for recording crime that have been
adopted by all forces in England Wales since
April 2002.

• Provides consistency between police forces and
  divisions
• Takes a more victim orientated approach to crime
  recording

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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
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When must a crime be recorded?
Following the initial registration, an incident
will be recorded as a crime (notifiable offence)
if,
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on the balance of probabilities
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
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What should a police officer do if they think an
alleged crime has not occurred?
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
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Role of the Supervisor

• Managing the Investigation of the Crime

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Role of the Crime Standards Units

• Quality assuring Crime

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Auditing

• Internal Auditing
• External auditing (HMIC and Audit Commission)

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Role of Crime Registrar

• Ensuring Compliance with Home Office Counting
  Rules
• Consistency of Crime Recording

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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.