The Commitment

The Commissioner is committed to tackling all forms of violence against women and girls and her office is working closely with Surrey Police, partner agencies and local charities to shine a spotlight on the inappropriate behaviours of some men, to hold perpetrators firmly to account for their actions and to ensure the best possible support is in place for victims of these horrific crimes.

Data should always be considered in context. To support interpretation of the data below, please see Surrey Police's full performance report which includes an accompanying narrative.

Perception of safety after dark for female respondents

Info: The Joint Neighbourhood Survey asks respondents to consider how safe they feel after dark. The chart shows the percentage of female respondents that say they feel 'very safe' or 'fairly safe' after dark.

Serial Domestic Abuse Perpetrators

Info: Surrey monitors the volume of serial domestic abuse perpetrators. This has been defined as the volume of repeat offenders that have committed offences against two or more victims over the last three years.

Violent Domestic Abuse Volume

Info: The above data shows total volume of reported crime, regardless of the sex of the alledged perpetrator or complainant.

Violent Domestic Abuse Solved Outcome Rate

Comparison: Data published by the Home Office for the financial year 2021/22 shows a national average solved outcome rate of 8.9% for this crime type.

Overall Domestic Abuse Satisfaction

Info: This data is collected from in-house telephone-based interviews with victims of domestic abuse. This work is undertaken by highly experienced staff with extensive experience of supporting domestic abuse victims and ensuring appropriate safeguarding procedures are in place.

Serious Sexual Offences Volume

Info: The above data shows total volume of reported crime, regardless of the sex of the alledged perpetrator or complainant.

Serious Sexual Offences Solved Outcome Rate

Comparison: Data published by the Home Office for the financial year 2021/22 shows a national average solved outcome rate of 4.7% for this crime type.

Stalking & Coercive and Controlling Behaviour Volume

Info: The above data shows total volume of reported crime, regardless of the sex of the alledged perpetrator or complainant.

Additional Context: Surrey Police has recently introduced a new coercive and controlling behaviour protocol that better captures incidents of this crime. This is reflected in the above data and is seen as a positive step towards properly recognising the harm that such behaviour causes and ensuring victims are properly supported.

Stalking & Coercive and Controlling Behaviour Solved Outcome Rate

Partial Comparison: Data published by the Home Office for the financial year 2021/22 shows a national average solved outcome rate of 6.1% for Stalking & Harrassment.

Child Abuse Volume

Child Abuse Solved Outcome Rate

Activity & Progress

Overview
Police & Crime Plan Activities

4 Jan 2023

Fully-funded teacher training to tackle violence against women and girls

Schools in Surrey were invited to apply for a new teacher training programme which was fully funded by the Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner. The programme aims to build self-confidence in children, enabling them to live safe and fulfilled lives.

11 Oct 2022

Additional £1million to tackle Violence Against Women and Girls

The Commissioner's office has secured almost £1million in Government funding to provide a package of support for young people to help combat violence against women and girls in the county. The sum, granted by the Home Office’s What Works Fund, will be spent on a series of projects designed to build self-confidence in children with the aim of enabling them to live safe and fulfilled lives. Reducing violence against women and girls is one of the key priorities in the Police and Crime Plan. At the heart of the new programme is specialist training for teachers delivering Personal, Social, Health and Economic (PSHE) education at every school in Surrey via the Government’s Healthy Schools scheme, which aims to improve the health and wellbeing of pupils.

1 Apr 2022

New Domestic Abuse & Stalking Perpetrator Schemes

Complementing local provision for victims, the Commissioner's office introduced a set of new domestic abuse and stalking perpetrator programmes, designed to work with offenders to address problematic and inappropriate behaviours and reduce the risk of further offending. Both Surrey Police and wider partners are now able to refer individuals into these services, and the stalking programme is ensuring that Surrey Police is well placed to meet its duties under the Stalking Protection Act 2019.

3 Feb 2022

Successful bid to the Government's Safer Streets Fund

Responding to feedback received from the Surrey Police ‘Call it Out’ survey, which sought to understand concerns of women across the County, the Commissioner's office successfully bid for £175,000 from the Government’s Safer Streets Fund to tackle issues along the Basingstoke Canal in Woking. This has included the removal of vegetation to improve visibility, cleaning of graffiti and the installation of new CCTV cameras which now cover the towpath.

25 Jan 2022

Launch of Violence Against Women and Girls Strategy

Surrey Police became one of the first forces in the UK to launch a Violence Against Women and Girls Strategy, helping to harmonise and develop a consistent approach across multiple areas including domestic abuse, sexual offences, peer-on-peer abuse in schools and Harmful Traditional Practices.

Owner	Activity
Owner	Activity
OPCC	Commission Specialist services that are accessible to women from diverse backgrounds informed by the voices of victims
OPCC	Identify lessons from domestic death reviews, safeguarding reviews and ensure families feel seen and heard
OPCC	Play an active role in key strategic partnerships
OPCC	Work with partners in the CJS to ensure that the current backlog of cases is cleared, improve timeliness and support victims so cases can be taken to court where appropriate
OPCC	Ensure the voices of victims are heard and acted on and are central to the approach to commissioning
OPCC	Seek out additional sources of funding to support delivery of victims services
Joint	Commission services informed by risks around abuse that cause women to be in the CJS
Joint	Use feedback from victims to understand their experience and improve the response of police and the CJS
Joint	Build confidence in those who’ve suffered to seek support
Joint	Work in partnership to protect people from harm by ensuring representation on key statutory boards, maintaining constructive relationships and sharing learning
Surrey Police	Implement and deliver against the Surrey Police Violence Against Women & Girls Strategy 2021-2024, including high quality support to victims and improved understanding of violence and abuse
Surrey Police	Provide reassurance and build confidence in the police to investigate VAWG and empower all officers and staff to flag inappropriate behaviour among colleagues
Surrey Police	Intervene with stalking and domestic abuse perpetrators at early stages to address behaviour and prevent abuse by using protection orders
Surrey Police	nvest in investigation capability and skills to solve more cases, arrest offenders and to break the cycle of reoffending for perpetrators