Table 3: Number of properties affected (%) Police Calls Police Crimes (exc. Domestic Complaints Domestic Recorded Violence) Violence Calls No. 2014-15 2014-15 2014-15 Category 2014-15 Addresses Number of Number of Number of Number of properties properties properties properties affected (%) affected (%) affected (%) affected (%) HMO Public 31 2 (6%) 4 (13%) 6 (19%) 9 (29%) Register Benefits List 35 - 4 (11%) 6 (17%) 8 (23%) Council Tax 66 - 9 (14%) 5 (8%) 8 (12%) List HM1 HMO 52 - 8 (15%) 9 (17%) 9 (17%) Bedsits HM2 HMO 7 - 1 (14%) 1 (14%) 3 (43%) Section 257 HM3 HMO 27 1 (4%) 2 (7%) 3 (11%) 11 (41%) Shared House Liberty Housing 15 3 (20%) 2 (13%) 7 (47%) Suspected 32 4 (13%) 2 (6%) 2 (6%) Total 194 7 (4%) 24 (12%) 27 (13%) 49 (24%) Of all HMOs identified, 15% had made calls to the police about domestic incidents or domestic abuse. There was a higher incidence of such calls from properties whose residents were in receipt of Housing Benefit (38% of these properties reported domestic abuse to the police) and where the HMO was either on the Public HMO Register (19%) or classed as a bedsit (17%). Of all crimes and crime-related incidents recorded at HMOs, 45% related to domestic disputes or domestic abuse (46 of 102 offences reported and recorded). This correlates with domestic violence calls. Rates of burglary per 100 households were one and a half times higher at HMOs than the borough average, though this amounted to just 6 offences. Other types of crime were generally reported at a lower than average rate for Havering.
Table 3: Number of properties affected (%) Category No. Addresses Complaints 2014-15 Number of properties affected (%) Police Calls (exc. Domestic Violence) 2014-15 Number of properties affected (%) Police Domestic Violence Calls 2014-15 Number of properties affected (%) Crimes Recorded 2014-15 Number of properties affected (%) HMO Public Register 31 2 (6%) 4 (13%) 6 (19%) 9 (29%) Benefits List 35 - 4 (11%) 6 (17%) 8 (23%) Council Tax List 66 - 9 (14%) 5 (8%) 8 (12%) HM1 HMO Bedsits 52 - 8 (15%) 9 (17%) 9 (17%) HM2 HMO Section 257 7 - 1 (14%) 1 (14%) 3 (43%) HM3 HMO Shared House 27 1 (4%) 2 (7%) 3 (11%) 11 (41%) Liberty Housing 15 3 (20%) 2 (13%) 7 (47%) Suspected 32 4 (13%) 2 (6%) 2 (6%) Total 194 7 (4%) 24 (12%) 27 (13%) 49 (24%) Of all HMOs identified, 15% had made calls to the police about domestic incidents or domestic abuse. There was a higher incidence of such calls from properties whose residents were in receipt of Housing Benefit (38% of these properties reported domestic abuse to the police) and where the HMO was either on the Public HMO Register (19%) or classed as a bedsit (17%). Of all crimes and crime-related incidents recorded at HMOs, 45% related to domestic disputes or domestic abuse (46 of 102 offences reported and recorded). This correlates with domestic violence calls. Rates of burglary per 100 households were one and a half times higher at HMOs than the borough average, though this amounted to just 6 offences. Other types of crime were generally reported at a lower than average rate for Havering.
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