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Inside this edition:

Welcome to the 2012 Local Policing Summary from West Yorkshire Police Authority

We issue the Local Policing Summary to give you a short overview of the performance of West Yorkshire Police over the last year and the priorities that we have set for the coming one. Once again we have been able to show you the performance of your local neighbourhood policing team in 2011/12 against the crime types that you are most worried about. We have also included some more information about the election of the Police and Crime Commissioner (FCC) on 15 November 2012. West Yorkshire Police Authority will cease to exist from 22 November, when the FCC formally takes office. If you have any comments or questions about anything in this summary please contact the Police Authority on 01924 294000, e-mail ed@wypa.pnn.police.uk or write to us at Ploughland House, 62 George Street, Wakefield, WF1 1DL.

Looking back on 2011/12

Recorded crime continued to fall throughout 2011/12. Figures reported to the Police Authority show a 3% reduction over the figures recorded in 2010/11. The total number of crimes recorded in 2011/12 was 184,085, nearly 6,000 down on the previous year's total.

All Policing Plan targets for 2011/12 were achieved...

Acquisitive crime (house burglary, robbery, theft of and theft from vehicles) - reduced by over 9% to 42,051 (4,340 fewer crimes) Serious violent crimes reduced by over 9% to 1,189 (120 fewer victims) Percentage of residents in West Yorkshire who say the police do an excellent or good job in their local area increased by over 2% to 54.6% (target was 52.6%) Overall satisfaction of service users increased to 85.6% (target was 83.6%) Overall satisfaction rate for black and minority ethnic (BME) service users increased to 80.9% (target was 79.8%) Overall satisfaction rate for white service users increased to 86.1% (target was 84.6%) Percentage of residents in West Yorkshire who say anti-social behaviour in their area has got worse reduced by 0.3% to 14.3% (target was 14.6%) Maintain the proportion of resources allocated to public facing functions at 77,1% achieved 77.5% Stabilise the sanction detection* rate for domestic violence increased to 56.9% (target was 54.9%) Stabilise the sanction detection* rate for serious sexual offences increased to 29.5% (target was 28%) *Sanction detections are those where an offender has been charged, cautioned, reported for summons, reprimanded, the offence has been taken into consideration or where a fixed penalty notice has been issued in relation to a notifiable offence.