Acquisitive Crime

Our region has a range of schemes and initiatives aimed at tackling acquisitive crime and we help distribute funds to some of these.

‘Acquisitive crime’ covers aspects of theft and robbery including street crime, business and retail crime and vehicle crime. More information on the national picture

Related documents

•  Approaches to Tackling Distraction Burglary (140kb)
  
•  Approaches to Tackling Distraction Burglary – lessons from recent research (139kb)
     This report provides guidance to practitioners who are working to tackle distraction burglary. It outlines examples from two evaluated distraction burglary projects which were funded by the Home Office; the Leeds Distraction Burglary Initiative and the Cambridgeshire Distraction Burglary and Rogue Trader Taskforce. It firstly discusses how the problem should be identified in an area, from gathering information on the offender, victim and location of offences. The report then highlights the different approaches which can be taken to tackle the problem, including using situational measures, such as locks and a doorstep calling protocol. Related to this, the report also highlights the use of educational approaches to inform and raise awareness of distraction burglary amongst older, vulnerable residents. The report suggests the use of a multi-agency taskforce involving agencies who directly work with older people on a regular basis to help tackle the problem. Finally, evaluating project activity is discussed as an important part of any project to ensure that effectiveness is examined thoroughly. Further information and website links to agencies working with older people and work on distraction burglary are also provided. The views expressed in this report are those of the authors, not necessarily those of the Home Office (nor do they reflect Government policy)

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