1. GLA Strategic Crime Analysis
Stephen Forgan
Manager of GLA Strategic Crime Analysis

2. Outline What do we do? Crime Analysis Data & Databases Software
Strategic Crime Analysis
Outline
What do we do?
Crime Analysis
Data & Databases
Software
Mapping
The GLA Strategic Crime Analysis team sits within the Intelligence Unit of the GLA and have over 15 years of Crime Analysis experience.
The team are uniquely placed to offer a Strategic Crime Analysis service to both the GLA and to wider partner organisations across London. The team provide high quality and comprehensive analysis that incorporates the full spectrum of pan-London crime and disorder data. Crucial to delivering this has been the strong links that have been built over a number of years with partners such as Local Authorities, the Metropolitan Police Service, Transport for London, the British Transport Police, the London Ambulance Service and the London Fire Brigade. New relationships, such as with the A&E departments across London are continually developing.
One example of how this service has been crucial has been in the ongoing analysis of London transport hubs and other areas of strategic priority for crime prevention. In bringing together data from the buses, trains and streets, a clearer picture emerges of what, where, when, how and potentially why crime and disorder is taking place.
For instance, the Ambulance Service data enables an understanding of the impact of the 60% of violent crime that is unreported (eg. ambulance call-outs to serious assaults not reported to the police). The team's analysis of this data ensures there are no significant information gaps when developing policy; particularly in identifying the impact on often 'hard to reach' groups such as women, young people and BAME communities.
Hence, the team ensures that a clearer view of the ‘real’ picture of crime and disorder in the capital is available for the crime prevention agencies.
Within the team, there is also an advanced capability in crime mapping, enabling the visualisation of the above sources of data from both a diagnostic and presentational point of view. This wide variety of techniques range from innovative crime density 'hotspot' maps to cutting edge animated 3D visualisations that reveal change over time. An example of the latter technique is how the time of day influences a places risk from different types of crime.
A further benefit of the mapping capability within the team is that by considering London as a whole, it is possible to identify and examine problem locations that are straddling or occurring outside of Borough boundaries and thus may be affecting more than one area. This capability is of particular relevance in London where the Metropolitan area is continuous over 33 separate Local Authorities.
It also highlights the importance of our ongoing work to uncover local information sources on a immensely wide range of crime and ASB issues - and collate these into a unique cross border perspective that would not otherwise form part of the wider picture.
The team is ideally placed within the Intelligence Unit to utilise the data and expertise of colleagues to add value to Crime and Disorder analysis. This may include the addition of Population, Deprivation, or Public Opinion Survey data to give a more realistic picture of London Crime & Disorder.
In addition to the analysis carried out by the members of the team, a number of websites are also maintained which are available to the wider intelligence community and beyond. A warehouse holds the raw data from the abovementioned sources and enables users to download the data and carry out their own analysis; and an interactive website presents the data in such a way that it allows users to simply compare, map, graph and table the data, thus speeding up their analysis and offering more value for money for their organisations.
Overall, the GLA Strategic Crime Analysis team provides a bespoke, value for money analysis service that can pinpoint significant trends in a timely manner and ensure that the full impact of crime and ASB on London is understood, and our response well informed.

3. What we do… Multi-Agency Data Sources -> Crime Analysis & Databases
Strategic Crime Analysis
What we do…
Multi-Agency Data Sources
-> Collaborative work with Partner Agencies
-> Crime Analysis & Databases
The GLA Strategic Crime Analysis team sits within the Intelligence Unit of the GLA and have over 15 years of Crime Analysis experience.
The team are uniquely placed to offer a Strategic Crime Analysis service to both the GLA and to wider partner organisations across London. The team provide high quality and comprehensive analysis that incorporates the full spectrum of pan-London crime and disorder data. Crucial to delivering this has been the strong links that have been built over a number of years with partners such as Local Authorities, the Metropolitan Police Service, Transport for London, the British Transport Police, the London Ambulance Service and the London Fire Brigade. New relationships, such as with the A&E departments across London are continually developing.
One example of how this service has been crucial has been in the ongoing analysis of London transport hubs and other areas of strategic priority for crime prevention. In bringing together data from the buses, trains and streets, a clearer picture emerges of what, where, when, how and potentially why crime and disorder is taking place.
For instance, the Ambulance Service data enables an understanding of the impact of the 60% of violent crime that is unreported (eg. ambulance call-outs to serious assaults not reported to the police). The team's analysis of this data ensures there are no significant information gaps when developing policy; particularly in identifying the impact on often 'hard to reach' groups such as women, young people and BAME communities.
Hence, the team ensures that a clearer view of the ‘real’ picture of crime and disorder in the capital is available for the crime prevention agencies.
Within the team, there is also an advanced capability in crime mapping, enabling the visualisation of the above sources of data from both a diagnostic and presentational point of view. This wide variety of techniques range from innovative crime density 'hotspot' maps to cutting edge animated 3D visualisations that reveal change over time. An example of the latter technique is how the time of day influences a places risk from different types of crime.
A further benefit of the mapping capability within the team is that by considering London as a whole, it is possible to identify and examine problem locations that are straddling or occurring outside of Borough boundaries and thus may be affecting more than one area. This capability is of particular relevance in London where the Metropolitan area is continuous over 33 separate Local Authorities.
It also highlights the importance of our ongoing work to uncover local information sources on a immensely wide range of crime and ASB issues - and collate these into a unique cross border perspective that would not otherwise form part of the wider picture.
The team is ideally placed within the Intelligence Unit to utilise the data and expertise of colleagues to add value to Crime and Disorder analysis. This may include the addition of Population, Deprivation, or Public Opinion Survey data to give a more realistic picture of London Crime & Disorder.
In addition to the analysis carried out by the members of the team, a number of websites are also maintained which are available to the wider intelligence community and beyond. A warehouse holds the raw data from the abovementioned sources and enables users to download the data and carry out their own analysis; and an interactive website presents the data in such a way that it allows users to simply compare, map, graph and table the data, thus speeding up their analysis and offering more value for money for their organisations.
Overall, the GLA Strategic Crime Analysis team provides a bespoke, value for money analysis service that can pinpoint significant trends in a timely manner and ensure that the full impact of crime and ASB on London is understood, and our response well informed.

4. Multi-Agency Data Sources
Strategic Crime Analysis
Multi-Agency Data Sources
GLA Intelligence Unit
Education - Social Exclusion - Population Opinion Research - Journals / Press GIS Mapping - General Statistics
Surveys/Public Opinion (External)
London Ambulance Service
Metropolitan Police Service
Census
Transport for London (buses)
Strategic Crime Analysis
ASBO
Probation
London Fire Brigade
Deprivation
British Transport Police (trains & tube)
Drug Intervention Programme
Open-Source

5. What we do… Multi-Agency Data Sources -> Crime Analysis & Databases
Strategic Crime Analysis
What we do…
Multi-Agency Data Sources
-> Collaborative work with Partner Agencies
-> Crime Analysis & Databases
-> Cross-Border Perspective
Regional Data Warehouse & Scanning Software

6. Strategic Crime Analysis
Software
LASS

7. Strategic Crime Analysis
Software
LCIS

8. Strategic Crime Analysis
Software
IES

9. What we do… Multi-Agency Data Sources -> Crime Analysis & Databases
Strategic Crime Analysis
What we do…
-> Cross-Border Perspective
Regional Data Warehouse & Scanning Software
Multi-Agency Data Sources
-> Collaborative work with Partner Agencies
-> Crime Analysis & Databases
Advanced Crime Mapping

10. Advanced Crime Mapping
Strategic Crime Analysis
Advanced Crime Mapping
Ambulance call outs to Assault Injuries: September 2008 to August 2010
Night violence
Daytime violence
n = 100,000
SCAn
Brixton
Leicester Square
Use of 3D mapping can make an impact - but beware a lack of real ‘content’.
The map demonstrates the daily cycle of violence in London.
>>using methods informed by the Jill Dando Institute of Crime Science (55 steps to problem solving analysis). Hot Dot, Hot Street and Hot Area maps can be used to better define the geographic nature and distribution of problems and provide more meaningful information for directing resources than many uses of data out there.
Some maps have been removed from the original presentation to ensure perceived issues of data protection are avoided..

11. What we do… Multi-Agency Data Sources -> Crime Analysis & Databases
Strategic Crime Analysis
What we do…
-> Cross-Border Perspective
Regional Data Warehouse & Scanning Software
Multi-Agency Data Sources
-> Collaborative work with Partner Agencies
-> Crime Analysis & Databases
Advanced Crime Mapping
Products

12. Products Strategic Crime Analysis Internal….. External…..
In progress…..

13. Drugs Data on LASS Recorded Crimes LASS Website
Strategic Crime Analysis
Drugs Data on LASS
Recorded Crimes
Possession of Drugs, Drug Trafficking, and other Drug Offences.
Aggregated Counts of Incidents available at Borough, Ward or LSOA level detail.
LASS Website

14. Drugs Data on LASS British Transport Police LASS Website
Strategic Crime Analysis
Drugs Data on LASS
British Transport Police
Cannabis Possession, Class A Offences and Other Drug offences
Station Location, Data and Time of Incident, whether on train, whether tube or NR
LASS Website

15. Drugs Data on LASS Probation Assessments LASS Website
Strategic Crime Analysis
Drugs Data on LASS
Probation Assessments
Risk Assessments of Probation Clients with History of Drug Offences.
Includes Ward of Residence, gender, age, risk, ethnicity, lifestyle.
LASS Website

16. Drugs Data on LASS DIP Data LASS Website Strategic Crime Analysis
details of persons drug tested by the MPS by Borough of Offence,
Includes borough of residence, the test outcome (if positive, the type of drug),
age, gender, ethnicity & offence in custody for.
LASS Website

17. Drugs Data on LASS LAS Data LASS Website Strategic Crime Analysis
Details of drug incidents encountered in Ambulance Call-Outs:
Includes Age, gender, time, date and location of incident.
Currently includes Drug Overdoses, Solvent Abuse and Alcohol Illness categories.
We hope to add Drug type to define type of drug overdose in the near future (resources
permitting)
We are also working toward hosting A&E data which should contain more useful data.
LASS Website

18. GLA Strategic Crime Analysis
Stephen Forgan
Manager of GLA Strategic Crime Analysis