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The latest MPS Public Attitude reveals Londoners' satisfaction and confidence in policing in London has improved. Results for the 2007/08 financial year to date (April - December) show the introduction of dedicated local community policing teams have enhanced public confidence and had a real impact on people's day-to-day lives. The research reveals that the majority of people feel safe and are reassured that the officers serving their community are preventing crime. Londoners are also happy with the way the MPS deals with crime when it happens with the satisfaction of victims increasing by 10 per cent in the last two years. The public's confidence in policing is also driven by factors such as police reliability and helpfulness, the perception of community relations, high visibility policing and how informed they feel about police work. The survey shows the drive to put Safer Neighbourhoods teams at the heart of communities is having a real effect with 54 per cent of people seeing a uniformed presence on the streets at least once a week this year compared with 41 per cent in the 2005/06 financial year. Satisfaction, a more personal assessment than confidence and driven by feelings of security and trust, has increased to 65 per cent from 59 per cent in 2006/07. Factors affecting satisfaction include feeling safe walking the streets and a positive view of community relations. Levels of feeling safe have remained consistent with the majority of people happy to walk alone in their local area both during the day and at night. And the percentage of people feeling that the relationship between the police and Londoners is good has risen 8 per cent in the first three quarters of 2007/08 to 69 per cent. We are, however, concerned that people perceive an increase of antisocial behaviour in their local area and addressing this is a priority. Acting Deputy Assistant Commissioner Simon Foy, from Diversity and Citizen Focus, said: "Regularly assessing people's view of how the Met are performing and how safe they feel plays a vital role in identifying what we are getting right and where we need to do more. "These results are encouraging and show that the majority of people feel safe and have trust and confidence in the police.
"However, we recognise that people's views of policing vary depending on their personal experiences and that there are areas that we must continue to focus on." http://cms.met.police.uk/news/ |
