The Government has set all police forces a target to raise public confidence that the police and local council are dealing with the anti-social behaviour and crime issues that matter locally.

57.4% of people surveyed in Woking agree that the police and local council are dealing with the anti-social behaviour and crime issues that matter in this area.

This is the result of a telephone survey that was conducted in this area which asked local people whether they agree that:

"The police and local council are dealing with the anti-social behaviour and crime issues that matter in this area"

The survey is based on a random sample of people in the local area, with a booster quota sample of "top-up" responses. The use of a random sample with a quota booster sample seeks to ensure the results are broadly representative of the local population. Quota samples may, however, inadvertently introduce unknown sources of statistical bias. Care should be taken in making comparisons in local indicators that have used different survey techniques.

Background

These results are from Surrey Police and Surrey County Council's Joint Neighbourhood Survey which collects statistically robust borough-level data. The survey information helps Surrey Police and local authorities monitor and manage performance at a borough level, improves partnership working and also provides the public with an assessment of the levels of confidence in the police and councils in their borough.

This Joint Neighbourhood Survey supplements county level survey information collected for the British Crime Survey (BCS). Although it is the BCS which is used to monitor Surrey's performance against the Government's confidence target the relatively small sample size used for it only enables us to use it for monitoring progress at county level rather than at more local, borough levels.

Confidence results from Surrey Police and Surrey County Council's local survey will be published here quarterly. Because of different survey methodology from time to time the BCS results and the local survey results may show different results.