North Yorkshire Police Feature Highly in Survey for Public Confidence

Sunday, 4 February 2024 06:05

By John Clayton

The latest figures from a national crime survey for England and Wales show significant improvement in public confidence for North Yorkshire Police.

The survey ranks the force firmly within the top 10 best performing - across a number of disciplines.

Catherine Clarke - the Temporary Assistant Chief Constable, is proud of these achievements:-

The Crime Survey for England and Wales is seen as an important monitor of the extent of crime in England and Wales. It is used by the Government to evaluate and develop crime reduction policies.

As part of the survey participants are asked to rate their local force in a number of areas.

North Yorkshire Police ranked in the top ten rated forces in all areas of the confidence survey

Question	Rank	NY Score	England and Wales Average
Community Understanding	1	69.2%	58.3%
Confidence	1	79.1%	67.7%
Fair Treatment	10	62.9%	58.9%
Polcie Deal Fairly with community priorities	2	57.2%	47.4%
Polcie do a good or Excelelnt Job	2	60.4%	51.2%
Police or Council Dealing with crime	10	53.7%	49.8%
Reliable	7	56.0%	52.6%
Respect	5	86.1%	80.7%

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