CRIMESTOPPERS in Hampshire have just concluded a very successful year and hope to share this success with other agencies that could also reap the benefit.

To this end they are organising a conference on the subject of Child Exploitation on 24 June at Sparsholt College aimed at agencies working with young people.

Figures for the year to the end of March show that two out of every three reports passed by the charity to Hampshire Constabulary provided valuable information that will solve a crime.

Over the year an average of more than six reports were received every day, which means that valuable information on four crimes is received daily which also leads to more than one arrest every day. For the year 2013/14 a total of 2511 reports were received of which 1,584 had positive outcomes which included 411 arrests.

Simon Theobalds, deputy chairman, said: “The police respect the Crimestoppers process, the information it provides and members of the public who want to protect their anonymity.

“The result is – as Simon Hayes, the Police and Crime Commissioner has observed – that Crimestoppers provides one of the best intelligence sources for the police.”

The conference will seek to inform other agencies in the force area about current local issues on child exploitation, how Crimestoppers works and the value of promoting it as part of campaigns aimed at protecting young people.