Understanding the Cambridge Crime Harm Index, new updates for 2027, 10 February 2027
Latest in our Analysis in Action series that provides best practice for intelligence analysts.
This must attend workshop provides latest updates for 2027 on the Cambridge Crime Harm Index and its role in mapping harm, guiding, targeting and measuring performance. It provides guidance and best practice to analysts as to how to use the CCHI in their operational analysis.
It will be led by Dr Eleanor Neyroud, who oversees the CCHI and ensures it is updated to reflect the constantly evolving nature of harm in crime, and to give additional nuance to specific complex crime types.
Road Harm Index
One of the new updates will include the application of the harm index principles to other scenarios such as the Road Harm Index, which allows the scoring of road traffic collisions to identify road areas associated with the most severe and fatal injuries.
Other new updates
There will also be updates around the scoring of harm in:
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Knife crime offences
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Violence against women and girls
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Fraud
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Ensuring the index is compatible with i2 iBase
The Cambridge Crime Harm Index (CCHI) is a tool developed by the Cambridge Centre for Evidence Based Policing to measure the harm caused by different types of crime, which allows for better resource allocation by police.
Instead of counting crimes ‘harm score’ is assigned to each offence based on the starting point sentence the offence would receive according to sentencing guidelines. Resulting in higher scores for offenses like homicide and rape. This provides a different picture of public safety than traditional crime rates.
Benefits to analysts
It enables analysts to:
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Target resources by identifying the highest harm offenders or harmed victims and victim-offenders.
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Understand harm trends and how those may differ or align with count measures
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Identify harm spots and map harm compared to count
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Evaluate interventions beyond just looking at the prevalence and frequency of offending
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Develop evidence-based strategies and track impact from another aspect
Our expert
We’re pleased to welcome Dr Eleanor Neyroud, Research Manager and tutor at the Cambridge Centre for Evidence Based Policing as our expert speaker. She has also worked as a data analyst with the Met Police and she supervises and lectures on the Masters course for applied criminology and policing management.
HOW TO BOOK
Cost: £225 + VAT (GBP) per delegate per workshop (LEA and Government Agency rate). £249.50 + VAT (Industry rate), per delegate
Group bookings: We offer various discounts for group bookings depending on numbers, please contact us for details.
Booking: Please send the delegates name(s), email address(es) and purchase order (made out to The Investigator) to booking@the-investigator.co.uk or telephone +44(0)844 660 8707 for further information.
Payment can be made by PayPal/debit/credit card. The meeting link will be sent out 7 days before the event.