Pyramids of crime and
desperate houselives:
Choosing the right data
visualisation for the right
audience.
By Polly Jackson and Sonia Bargh
Who we are
• Cambridgeshire County Council
• Researchers
• Lots of topics covered
• Work in partnership
• All our work is on Cambridgeshire Insight
• We data
Explaining data
112 pages!
Audience
• Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner
• Community Safety Partnerships (CSPs)
• Elected officials
• Data analysts/ researchers
• Individuals
Why the pyramids of
crime
• An
offender
profile
• A victim
profile
• For each
district
• By age
groups
Pyramids of crime
Who used it…
37% are repeat visitors
Strategic assessments for each CSP in Cambridgeshire
Partners from the CSP
Officers within the County Council are using it for their research
Cambridgeshire Insight
Desperate houselives -
overview
• Welfare reforms since 2010, specifically
changes to housing benefit
• Local impacts of these changes
Details
• Cutting the local housing allowance (LHA)
for each broad rental market area (BRMA)
from the median rent to the 30th percentile
• Uprating the local housing allowance rate
in line with the Consumer Prices Index
(measure of inflation which does NOT
include housing costs). In 2012, this
change to uprating the benefit by 1% per
year until 2016 (rents currently increasing
by around 2% per year).
Simple questions
• Where in the sub-region can low income
households afford to live?
• Where will they be able to afford to live in
the future?
• Cambridgeshire Atlas | Local Housing
Allowance
Rent per week
Hours per week at national
minimum wage
Does the full housing benefit
amount cover the full market rent?
Will the full housing benefit amount
cover the full market rent in 2016?
The right visualisation
for the right audience
•A – Ask the right questions
•B – Be your audience
•C – Communicate
Visualise once, use many times.
W: Cambridgeshire Insight | Informing Cambridgeshire
www.cambridgeshireinsight.org.uk
@CambsInsight
pinterest.com/cambsinsight
Cambridgeshire Insight

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Pyramids of crime and desperate houselives:Choosing the right data visualisation for the right audience.

  • 1. Pyramids of crime and desperate houselives: Choosing the right data visualisation for the right audience. By Polly Jackson and Sonia Bargh
  • 2. Who we are • Cambridgeshire County Council • Researchers • Lots of topics covered • Work in partnership • All our work is on Cambridgeshire Insight • We data
  • 4. Audience • Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner • Community Safety Partnerships (CSPs) • Elected officials • Data analysts/ researchers • Individuals
  • 5. Why the pyramids of crime • An offender profile • A victim profile • For each district • By age groups
  • 7. Who used it… 37% are repeat visitors Strategic assessments for each CSP in Cambridgeshire Partners from the CSP Officers within the County Council are using it for their research Cambridgeshire Insight
  • 8. Desperate houselives - overview • Welfare reforms since 2010, specifically changes to housing benefit • Local impacts of these changes
  • 9. Details • Cutting the local housing allowance (LHA) for each broad rental market area (BRMA) from the median rent to the 30th percentile • Uprating the local housing allowance rate in line with the Consumer Prices Index (measure of inflation which does NOT include housing costs). In 2012, this change to uprating the benefit by 1% per year until 2016 (rents currently increasing by around 2% per year).
  • 10. Simple questions • Where in the sub-region can low income households afford to live? • Where will they be able to afford to live in the future? • Cambridgeshire Atlas | Local Housing Allowance
  • 12. Hours per week at national minimum wage
  • 13. Does the full housing benefit amount cover the full market rent?
  • 14. Will the full housing benefit amount cover the full market rent in 2016?
  • 15. The right visualisation for the right audience •A – Ask the right questions •B – Be your audience •C – Communicate Visualise once, use many times.
  • 16. W: Cambridgeshire Insight | Informing Cambridgeshire www.cambridgeshireinsight.org.uk @CambsInsight pinterest.com/cambsinsight Cambridgeshire Insight