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Community safety studies

The Audit Commission's former programme of national studies helped public bodies manage the financial challenges they faced by providing authoritative, unbiased, evidence-based analysis and advice.

Our research focused on financial and other management issues in local public services. It drew on analysis of local and national data and aimed to help councils, NHS bodies and other local agencies review and challenge their arrangements and performance.

We produced a briefing on anti-social behaviour to summarise our work in this area. The briefing captured key messages from the Commission's former research, and provides links to relevant national publications, case studies and tools.

We also produced briefings for other sectors including local government, housing, fire and rescue, and children and young people.

A full A-Z list of previous community safety studies and a list of studies for other sectors are also available.

 
 
Improving local domestic abuse services
A web resource for local commissioners and practitioners.
1 September 2011
The Commission has launched a web tool and resources to help those working in domestic abuse services assess their partnership's performance and identify areas for improvement.
Sustaining value for money in the police service
20 July 2010
We have launched two new briefings to help community safety partnerships and overview and scrutiny committees assess value for money in community safety in their local area.
A review of collaborative procurement across the public sector
21 May 2010
The National Audit Office and the Audit Commission have jointly produced this review. It describes the landscape of collaborative procurement across the public sector, and makes recommendations to ...
Oneplace national overview report
24 February 2010
This report looks at the findings from the first year of Comprehensive Area Assessment (CAA). It is published by the six inspectorates responsible for assessing local public services in England.
Man being interviewed
Nothing but the truth?
A discussion paper
5 November 2009
This paper sets out important issues as the basis for discussion on how to ensure data about local public services is fit for purpose.
Working better together?
Managing local strategic partnerships
21 April 2009
The report identifies LSPs as evolving and maturing, local and national partners still need to recognise the key dynamics that support partnership working.
Tired of hanging around
Using sport and leisure activities to prevent anti-social behaviour by young people
28 January 2009
This study focuses on the role of sport and leisure activities in preventing anti-social behaviour in young people aged 8 to 19 years.
Police data quality 2006/07
Improving data quality to make places safer in England and Wales
20 September 2007
This report presents the overall results for each police authority on data quality and corporate arrangements, and direction of travel assessments for management arrangements and crime data quality.
Neighbourhood crime and anti-social behaviour
Making places safer through improved local working
17 May 2006
Neighbourhood crime and anti-social behaviour focuses on how local agencies responsible for community safety can work better together and with local people to make neighbourhoods safer and improve the ...