Homicide prevention | College of Policing

This homicide prevention framework brings together the best available evidence to support police forces to:

analyse and understand their crime problems
develop and implement effective interventions and tactics
identify where partnership support is needed

It has been developed jointly with the National Police Chiefs' Council (NPCC) and His Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services (HMICFRS) as part of the national homicide prevention strategy.

Homicide problem-solving guide

How to take a problem-solving approach to homicide prevention.

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Smarter practice

Smarter practice refers to activity that has been tried in a force, reviewed jointly by the College of Policing, HMICFRS and NPCC, written up to share with other forces, and considered suitable for further testing.

Rapid debrief process – Essex Police

How Essex Police operates a rapid debrief process for incidents of homicide or serious violence that could have resulted in homicide

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Operation Provide – Lancashire Constabulary

Operation Provide is a multi-agency programme and joint collaboration, developed to improve the response to victims of domestic abuse

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Operation Rasure – Thames Valley Police

Operation Rasure uses data analysis to focus activity on hot spot areas, and identify individuals causing harm and those vulnerable to their activity

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Whole system approach – Leicestershire Police

Leicestershire Police is using a whole system approach to prevent homicide, by tackling serious violence as a driver

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Research and resources

Our guidance, research and resources that focus on key areas for homicide prevention.

Serious violence and vulnerability

Resources for tackling serious violence, including vulnerability and violent crime interventions

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Alcohol and drug misuse

Resources for tackling the misuse of alcohol and drugs, including the drug crimes evidence briefing

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Domestic abuse

Resources for tackling domestic abuse, including the violence against women and girls toolkit

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Crime reduction toolkit

Summaries of the best available research evidence on what works to reduce crime

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Research projects map

Ongoing research related to policing and crime reduction at Masters level and above, including summaries of relevant randomised control trials

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