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for London
Improved information sharing and
analysis in London
Andy Gill
Crime Information Analyst (Team Leader)
Government Office for London
Supporting local analysts
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• Issues identified through training programme
– Good analysis requires good data, BUT variation in quality &
availability of data across London
– Variation in characteristics of London boroughs (high crime V
low crime)
– Boroughs perform information processing in slightly different
ways
• Therefore a need to improve data collection, information
sharing, data quality and data management systems
• Need to undertake cross-border & sub-regional analysis
using problem-solving methodologies
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• Support information exchange and data management
between borough CDRPs and their local and panLondon partners
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Breaking down barriers
Assess data exchanged
Information ‘wish lists’
Develop core standardised datasets
Improving quality & quantity of information
• Peer support CDRP crime analysis in London
– Cross-border and pan-London crime and disorder issues
– Demonstrating best practice
• Support of London Analysts Support Site (LASS)
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• Negotiate supply of personal and non-personal data
– Agreed procedures and protocols
– Information stored & used in accordance with Data Protection
Act
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Storage
Querying & aggregation
Extraction for local use
Creating standard reports
Sharing best practice
Data Available
• ‘Do no harm’ principle
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British Transport Police
London Ambulance Service
London Fire Brigade
Probation Service
Metropolitan Police
• Census 2001
• Government Office GI datasets
• And more to come in future
– Data & developments
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LASS Approach to Datasets
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Allow access to all raw data
Create useful sub-sets of raw data
Create aggregated datasets
Allow datasets to be queried in combination
– Same geographic area
– Same time period
– Same aggregation
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Analyst Involvement
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• Borough level user group
• Feedback
– Automate the production of BVPI & PSA performance monitoring
– Include local datasets
– Act as a forum for exchanging ideas & best practice
• Engender sense of ownership
Access via the web
• Password protected
• Query
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Can use several data sets in a query
Save and re-run queries
Download zipped files and metadata
Supporting lookup tables
• Error handling
– Reference code is logged
– Audit trail
• Help
– Tutorial and walk through
– Metadata for every field and dataset
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Benefits of this approach
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• Provides easy, timely and simple access to information
• Improved control on data quality
– Centrally managed
– Consistent formats and functionality
– Ensures that data integrity and compliance to data protection are
met to the highest standards
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Reduced transactions
Manages all geographical scales
Improved partnership working
Promotion of best practice
Reduced performance monitoring & increased ‘analysis’
Technical and analytical support
– LASS team
– Crime Information Analyst Team
Thank you
Contact details
Dave Flitcroft
Email: Dave.Flitcroft@gmp.police.uk
Phone: 0161 856 2245
Andy Gill
Email: agill.gol@go-regions.gsi.gov.uk
Phone: 020 7324 3018
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for London