01 / Public context
What does the source describe?
Check the population, place, period and method. Ask what is counted, what may be missing and whether a finding can reasonably inform the particular question in front of you.
Evidence and context
Start with the question.
Public research can help frame a problem. Understanding a team’s workflow can shape a product. Establishing whether that product helps requires a separate evaluation. We keep those questions distinct.
Three useful questions
Context is a starting point.
02 / Working practice
Where does the process get difficult?
Look at how information is gathered, reviewed and followed through today. The useful question is which part of that work needs clearer context or a more structured process.
03 / Product evaluation
Does the proposed change help?
A product needs evaluation against its intended use. Relevant questions include whether people understand it, can complete the task and can identify uncertainty or challenge an interpretation.
Public sources
Findings in context.
Read the original material, with its definitions and limitations.
Office for National Statistics
Crime in England and Wales
Year ending March 2026 · Released 23 July 2026
The bulletin reports survey experiences of ASB alongside police-recorded incidents. It notes that changes to survey questions from April 2025 inflated part of the measured increase in people experiencing or witnessing ASB.
Survey experiences and recorded incidents describe different measures. The findings concern England and Wales; they do not evaluate Obsdale products.
Read the dated ONS bulletinHMICFRS
Policing response to antisocial behaviour
PEEL spotlight report · October 2024
HMICFRS identified inconsistencies and errors in how multiple forces recorded antisocial behaviour. The report also describes data-sharing and analytical difficulties.
Its sources include PEEL inspections between 2021 and February 2024, force self-assessments, examples of practice and public data. These are historical inspection findings, not an assessment of every force today or evidence of product effectiveness.
Open the HMICFRS public report (PDF)Local Government Association
Anti-social behaviour survey of councils
Fieldwork September–October 2024 · Published 20 November 2024
The LGA and Resolve survey describes barriers respondents faced when sharing ASB information, including changes of personnel in partner organisations.
The online survey received responses from 126 of the 339 councils invited in England and Wales: a 37% response rate. The report cautions that this is a snapshot of respondents’ views and is not necessarily representative of all councils.
Visit the LGA public sourceSources checked on 15 October 2026. These findings inform discovery, not claims of product effectiveness. No publisher is presented as an Obsdale customer, partner or endorser.
From context to requirements
Ask what would be useful.
For SEEN HERE, the starting question is how appropriate local observations could give authorised reviewers better place and time context—while keeping interpretation with people.
For PRISM, it is how a structured scrutiny workflow could support preparation, independent panel findings and a clear organisational response.
Both product lines are in development. Public policy priorities, inspection findings and survey results do not establish that either product answers those questions. They help inform discovery; product evaluation must assess the proposed workflow itself.
Let’s talk
What would a better process look like?
Bring a workflow question, a requirement or relevant public research. We’re open to discovery conversations about either product.
Please do not send personal case information or operational records through this enquiry route.