UCL Jill Dando Institute

[3] Her colleague and co-presenter of the BBC One programme Crimewatch, Nick Ross proposed a memorial to her in the form of a new university institution in her name, for which he was awarded an CBE in 2021.

The appeal raised £1.5 million and UCL was selected to host the Jill Dando Institute of Crime Science.

[9] In 2005 a Security and Crime Science Centre was established at the institute to work with industry partners in creating new approaches to counter terrorism.

[10] The institute published research in May 2006 which showed that the UK and France are perceived to have the worst problems with anti-social behaviour in Europe.

[14] In September 2009 the Home Office was criticised after it drew up timescales for how long DNA samples should be retained based on research by the institute that had not yet been finished.