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Domestic Violence Strategy 2009 -2012

Although coming to an end this strategy still appears to be current. Produced by the Safer Islington Partnership it meets a real problem.

Over one quarter of all violent crime reported to the police in Islington is domestic violence. From 1st Mar 08 - 28th Feb 09 there were 1906 hate crimes in total (1481 domestic violence, 80 homophobic and 345 racial incidents). Domestic violence comprised 80% of all hate crimes with 3562 incidents and 1481 offences.

Promoting Resilience

This report reviews feedback provided by participants and facilitators of the

morning and afternoon seminars at the Islington Voluntary and Community

Sector (VCS) conference, held at Islington Assembly Hall on the 19th of November 2011.

While the focus of the morning seminars was on how VCS organisations can

promote fairness, the afternoon seminars looked at the support needed by

Islington groups in the current economic climate.

 

Secondary School League Tables in Islington

Tables comparing secondary school results are published annually and the latest were released in January. The BBC table for Islington can be found here.

Suicide Statistics

Suicide statistics for Islington and Camden for 2006-11 have been released under a freedom of information enquiry. The information has been anonymised to protect patient confidentiality.

UK Crime Stats

The Economic Policy Centre publishes UK Crime Stats which claims to take monthly crime data from the police data site and clean it up before publishing on its website. The data can be downloaded in a great variety of ways but one way is by constituency. Data for Islington North can be accessed here  and Islington South and Finsbury here.

Traffic in Islington

The Department for Transport collects statistics on traffic on the major roads in Islington. The statistics for 2000 to 2010 show a big increase in cycles, lesser increases in motorcycles and buses and a considerable decrease in cars. For the full statistics click here.

Casualties in Fires Caused by Cigarettes

Figures show Islington had the second highest number of people injured in fires caused by cigarettes in London. From 2006-2010 there were 3 deaths and 45 injuries in Islington.

Shelter Housing Databank

The Shelter Housing Databank brings together government data on housing need, supply, affordability and other issues at a local, regional and national level. You can view the data as a table or graph, or download it for further analysis.

Oxford Dictionary of National Biography

The just-published latest edition of the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography has been updated, to include articles on famous people who died in 2008.

The latest entries include playwright and director Harold Pinter, science fiction author Arthur C. Clarke, jazz trumpeter and broadcaster Humphrey Lyttleton, film director Anthony Minghella and popular artist Beryl Cook.

A total of 217 new biographies in the latest update mean that the Oxford DNB now includes a total of 53,084 articles and tells the life stories of 58,094 individuals. The print version runs to 60 volumes and a total of 63m words, while the online version available here from Islington Libraries is updated three times per year, in January, May and September. Biographies in the online version now include people who died in or before 2008. No living person is included and individuals who have died in the past three years will be added in subsequent updates and periodic printed supplements.

London Health Observatory

There are 12 Public Health Observatories (PHOs) working across the five nations of England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. They produce information, data and intelligence on people's health and health care for practitioners, policy makers and the wider community. Their expertise lies in turning information and data into meaningful health intelligence.

The LHO produces information, data and intelligence on the health and health care of the 7.8 million people who live in London. We provide up-to-date information for health practitioners, policy-makers and researchers to assist with commissioning and policy decisions. LHO also runs training programmes in health intelligence training and capacity-building programmes for health practitioners.