Confidence in Policing (Crime, State of the South West 2011)

9.10.1 In BCS interviews in 2009/10, 60% of people in the South West overall considered that their local police did an excellent or good job, a statistically significantly higher level than England and Wales as a whole (56%). The proportion of people within the Dorset (62%) and the Devon & Cornwall (63%) police force areas who perceived the local police to be doing a good/excellent job was also statistically significantly higher than the England and Wales average.

9.10.2 There is another BCS question that asks whether people think that their police and local council are dealing with the anti-social behaviour and crime issues that matter in the local area. In BCS interviews in 2009/10, 50% of people in the South West agreed with this, which was not statistically significantly different from the England and Wales figure of 51%. The figure for Wiltshire (48%) was statistically significantly lower than England and Wales as a whole.

9.10.3 The percentage of people in the South West who were ‘very’ or ‘fairly confident’ that the criminal justice system was effective was 40% - which was not statistically significantly different from the England and Wales average of 41%.
The figure for Wiltshire (34%) was statistically significantly lower than England and Wales overall.