Past Consultations

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Your Views Count 2005

In Autumn 2005 every business and household in Northumberland and Tyne and Wear was sent a leaflet entitled “Your Views Count” and just under 29,000 people returned the questionnaire, their comments will help us and Northumbria Police determine policing priorities for 2006/07 onwards and produce our plans for the future.

You told us that your top 5 priorities, across Northumbria are:

Responding rapidly to emergency calls/situations
Reducing anti-social behaviour by young people
Preventing/solving terrorist attacks
Reducing drug-related crime/drug availability
Solving/reducing violent crime

Results for your area

YVC Force (62k PDF)
YVC Gateshead (61k PDF)
YVC Newcastle (61k PDF)
YVC North Tyneside (62k PDF)
YVC South Tyneside (62k PDF)
YVC Sunderland (57k PDF)
YVC Northumberland (85k PDF)

Residents' survey 2005

During September 2005 some have you may have been visited by surveyors from the market research company BMG (market group). Over 2,500 local people took part and answered an in-depth questionnaire looking at:

Neighbourhood issues
Experience of crime
Police in their neighbourhood
Communication and information

The authority commissions this survey on a biennial basis to gain the views of the public on a wide variety of issues relating to policing and fear of crime, the findings assisting the Authority to work with the Northumbria Police to deliver effective policing across Northumbria.

Residents survey results

Gateshead (277k PDF)
Newcastle (281k PDF)
North Tyneside (286k PDF)
South Tyneside (270k PDF)
Sunderland (283k PDF)
Rural Northumberland (278k PDF)
Urban Northumberland (280k PDF)

Panel consultation

Budget focus group (22k PDF)
Customer service and marketing (75k PDF)
Local policing summary (107k PDF)
Tyne and Wear Fire and Rescue Service – Financial summary (12k PDF)