Property Crime

What can you do

You can help us to prevent theft (acquisitive crime) by following some of the advice set out on the home security advice section of the national crime reduction website (external link).

Links to some of the mini-sites on the crime reduction website can be found in the external links section below.

From 1 April 2008 serious acquisitive crime includes the following crime types:

Burglary in a dwelling
Aggravated burglary in a dwelling (‘aggravated’ refers to burglary where a weapon is carried)
Robbery of business property
Robbery of personal property
Theft or unauthorised taking of a motor vehicle
Aggravated vehicle taking (‘aggravated’ refers to vehicle taking where the offender: drives dangerously, causes injury, damages property or damages the vehicle)
Theft from a vehicle.

At the year end (2008/9) police data showed that in Haringey the target for serious acquisitive crime had been exceeded. The target was a 5.5% reduction and in Haringey a fall of 8% was achieved.

What the council and partners are doing

Serious acquisitive crime is one of the priorities outlined in the Community Safety Strategy and is an improvement indicator in out Local Area Agreement. The Acquisitive Crime Partnership Board (ACPB) is responsible for delivering partnership activity to reduce acquisitive crime. The key objectives of this board for 2009/10 are to:

Provide crime prevention advice particularly to repeat victims
Continue joint operations with the police and other agencies to target specific crime hotspot areas
Continue using sophisticated analysis to develop targeted crime prevention projects.

Key partnership initiatives

Q-Cars – a dedicated rapid response team dealing with robberies at the scene. This team conducts a thorough investigation while driving around the borough searching for the suspect
Positive arrest policy – ensuring that robbery suspects are detained while evidence is collected to secure a conviction.
Operation Butler – high visibility patrols targeting youth on youth robbery
Care and Repair – providing people over the age of 60 years with access to a target hardening package (improving the security of their home)
Police Community Support Officers (PCSOs) have been trained to conduct house security surveys in burglary hotspots.

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Burglary Prevention

The Metropolitan Police Service has released advice to residents about keeping their property and homes safe. Find this advice on burglary prevention via the external links section below.

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Immobilise Property Register

Immobilise is a free service which can be used by members of the public and businesses to register their valued possessions, or company assets. Visit the Immobilise website via the external links section below.

If the item is a mobile phone also report it to your network so they can block the SIM card.

Immobilise is the only ownership registration service supported by all the UK Police forces, and the mobile phone industry for the registration of mobile phones. It is also supported by the Metropolitan Police, GLA and TFL for the registration of bicycles.

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