The Paddington Hyde Park Sector Working Group (SWG) Group contributes to the City of Westminster Crime and Disorder Reduction Strategy.

Please read this above plan for details on Crime across Westminster and the Strategy. Please note, these plans are constantly reviewed.

Terms used in Police crime statistics:

• "Offences": These are confirmed reports of crimes being committed. All data relates to "notifiable offences" - which are designated categories of crimes that all police forces in England and Wales are required to report to the Home Office
• "Clear-ups": These are essentially instances where reports of offences lead to proceedings (eg. someone being charged, summonsed or cautioned or where courts take offences into consideration following conviction for other crimes). Clear-ups also include situations where police have gathered sufficient evidence to charge someone but charges are not brought (eg. where the accused person has died or is seriously ill)
• "Persons accused": This is a measure of people arrested and subsequently proceeded against. It does not include situations where people are arrested but there is no further action

In line with the principles of openness and public accountability, the Metropolitan Police Service publishes detailed figures for the numbers of crimes reported within its operational area and the numbers of cases that are successfully cleared up. We recommend for details of Metropolitan Police crime figures for Westminster and Paddington Division you vist http://www.met.police.uk/crimestatistics/index.htm. The Home Office also record crime statistics and these can be viewed annually at http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/crimeew0607.html

To see police recorded crime figures for your local authority area visit http://www.crimestatistics.org.uk/output/Page109.asp and key in your post code.

Crime types include

• Burglary
• Vehicle theft
• Drug offences, and more

The Research Development and Statistics Directorate (RDS) is an integral part of the Home Office. They provide information that helps Ministers and policy makers take evidence-based decisions, and also help the police, probation service, the courts and immigration officials to do their jobs as efficiently as possible. They do so by maintaining the various statistical services published by the Home Office and by carrying out research or commissioning others to do so. RDS address the concern of all in the community, whether they are victims of crime or anyone who wants to belong to a fair and secure society. Within RDS there are teams of skilled specialist staff such as statisticians, researchers, economists, communication professionals and scientists all working together to inform and advise Parliament and the public as well as Home Office itself. Visit http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/index.html to view their various surveys, statistics, research studies and to obtain their publications.