Using Web based GIS in Surrey to
deliver Reassurance and Integrated
Risk Management Planning
Second National Crime
Mapping Conference
10th March 2004
Ian Dewar & Sue Harley
Agenda
• A quick introduction to SCaDIS –
Surrey’s web based crime mapping
system
• Some screen shots
• Talk about how SCaDIS is being
used for:
– Reassurance
– Integrated Risk Management Plans
(IRMP)
• Where SCaDIS is going in the
future?
What is SCaDIS?
• System developed by SCSU &
Anite
• A central, web based hub for
the collection and
dissemination of crime and
disorder information for the 11
Surrey CDRPs
How SCaDIS presents
information?
• Contacts database – a central point of
access to contact details for key
community safety practioners in Surrey.
• Tabular information – allows you to
access a set of management information
in a series of tables for each of the
datasets held within the system.
• Mapping/Geographic Information System
– featuring an interactive mapping tool
that allows the user to select and view
the information they want.
Data currently in SCaDIS
• Police crime, incident
and victim datasets
• Fire service incidents
• School exclusions
• Education attainment
– Key Stage results
– Includes attendance
indicator
• Probation clients
• YOT clients
• Abandoned vehicles –
6 boroughs
• Licensed premises
• Street lights
• Currently working
with 5 boroughs to
target environmental
health
• Updates depend on
the dataset and vary
from monthly to
annually
Users
Organisation
District /
Borough
County Council
Fire Service
Police
Other
Total
Users
35
38
45
84
12
214
Feb-04
Jan-04
Dec-03
Nov-03
Oct-03
Sep-03
Logins Users Ave PU
171
70
2.44
192
79
2.43
214
67
3.19
260
78
3.33
321
97
3.31
136
43
3.16
Welcome page
Contacts database
Contacts database
Contacts database
Tabular data – selection page
Tabular data - example of report county
Interactive Mapping
Facility
Example of Mapping
National Reassurance Project
- Overview
• ACPO sponsored, Home Office Police Support Unit funded £6m
over two years.
• Piloted 16 wards across 8 police forces – Surrey, The Met,
Merseyside, Leicestershire, Lancashire, West Mids, Greater
Manchester, Thames Valley.
• Phase 1 ran until October 2003, consolidating the learning
from initial trials in Surrey and Metropolitan forces and
preparing for the implementation of reassurance policing in
new trial sites.
• Phase 2, from October 2003 to April 2004, is the pilot
implementation phase and tests the process for implementing
a signal crimes based reassurance policing model.
• Phase 3, from April 2004 onwards will aim to demonstrate
the cost-benefits of operating a 'signal crimes' based
reassurance-policing model in order to establish a national
business case.
Reassurance – What is it
about?
• Reassurance policing is about using communityfocused policing to target visible crime and
disorder, in order to make neighbourhoods more
secure.
• The project’s main thrust is testing the premise that
there are certain ‘signal crimes’ which have a
disproportionate impact on public feelings of safety.
• Identifying accurately what these ‘signals’ are and
targeting police resources accordingly should therefore
also have a disproportionate effect on community wellbeing.
• The project involves working with local communities to
identify the signals for insecurity and fear, and working
with partner agencies to develop a resolution strategy
to tackle these crimes or events.
Reassurance In Surrey
Elmbridge
• partnership involves (Borough Council, County
Council, Police, 2 Housing Trusts)
• first year 3 pilot sites (Thames Ditton, Long
Ditton, parts of Walton and East Molesey)
• Phase 2 North Walton – development of a colocated multi-agency reassurance team for the
borough.
Guildford
• Neighbourhood Team consisting of Police Officers,
Wardens and Police Community Support Officers
(PCSO’s.)
• Residents are asked to attend a Neighbourhood
Panel meeting and air the problems in their area.
They then vote on the one issue that they would
like the Neighbourhood Teams to work on over
the next six weeks.
How SCaDIS is being used
– Guildford example
• Abandoned vehicles identified as an
issue during Phase 1
• Guildford Borough Council
Cleansing Services Department now
operate 24-hour removal of all fly
tips, graffiti and abandoned cars.
• SCaDIS can be used to identify
hotspots and monitor the time
taken to remove abandoned
vehicles.
Abandoned Vehicles
Guildford
Surrey
Heath
Runnymede
Total reported
1131
1082
1621
Total scrapped
402
294
738
Scrapped
within 0-2 days
40%
24%
22%
Scrapped
within 0-10
days
75%
34%
58%
How SCaDIS is being used
– example 2
• Following Phase 1 pilots reassurance is
being rolled out to all Surrey Divisions.
• Reassurance analysts have been
employed in each police division.
• Use SCaDIS data when formulating the
strategic assessment for the division.
Maps and data overview of the past 6
months enables the analyst to make an
assessment of the priorities and key
issues, which goes on to create the
divisional control strategy.
Reassurance – mapping
data
Future challenges
• How to incorporate information
from the visual audits into
SCaDIS
• How to incorporate Fear of
Crime Survey information into
SCaDIS
Integrated Risk Management
Planning - overview
• Framework that sets out how a fire & rescue
service will plan for, and respond to, a range of
emergencies on the basis of risk assessment and
management.
• The aim of IRMPs is to bring about improved
community safety - and to make a more
productive use of fire and rescue service
resources by:
– Reducing the incidence of fires
– Reducing loss of life in fires and accidents
– Reducing the number and severity of injuries occurring
in fires and other emergencies
– Safeguarding the environment and protecting the
national heritage.
How SCaDIS is being
used for IRMP?
• Tight timeframes for IRMP delivery
• Extending SCaDIS has provided a Cheap & quick
means of providing a wide range of data to
SF&RS.
• SCaDIS is being used as a local information tool
for fire prevention and protection work.
• Community Fire Safety Borough Managers use it
as a tool to direct & co-ordinate safety initiatives.
• One station officer is using the system for
monthly reviews of the crime/fire/ASB patterns
on the Station Ground Area.
SCaDIS mapping for IRMP
SCaDIS Developments
• Community planning - cut down web version
available in the public domain – ward aggregated
information only
• 2001 Census
• Ambulance incident dataset
• A & E aggregated to ward level from one hospital
trust in Surrey
• Further functionality enhancements –
thermal/hotspot mapping
The overall challenge is to get information
collected electronically at source so it can
be quickly added to the system increasing
the frequency of availability.
Further
Information/Contacts
Reassurance
http://www.reassurancepolicing.co.uk
IRMP
http://www.odpm.gov.uk/stellent/groups/odpm_c
ontrol/documents/contentservertemplate/odpm_
index.hcst?n=3702&l=2
Fire Service Bill
http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm2003
04/cmbills/038/2004038.htm
National Fire Framework
http://www.odpm.gov.uk/stellent/groups/odpm_c
ontrol/documents/contentservertemplate/odpm_
index.hcst?n=4084&l=1
Contacts
Sue Harley
Central Government Division
Anite Public Sector
110 Fleet Road
Fleet
Hampshire
GU51 4BL
Tel: 01252 360693
email: sue.harley@anite.com
Ian Dewar
Surrey Community Safety Unit
Cobham Library
Cedar Road
Cobham
Surrey
KT11 2AE
Tel: 01932 795200
Email: iand@surreycc.gov.uk