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<p><del class="ministerial">Crime Survey for England and Wales data shows a 57% per
cent fall in domestic burglaries when comparing the year ending June 2023 with year
ending June 2010; representing a fall from 917,000 to 394,000 incidents. This is clearly
good news; however, we recognise the significant impact invasive crimes such as domestic
burglary can have on individuals and the wider community, and we are committed to
tackling and preventing these crimes.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">Through
Round Five of the Safer Streets Fund, we have allocated £42 million to support a range
of crime prevention interventions, including additional CCTV and improved street lighting
and physical security of properties.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">The public
want to know the police will visit them when a home burglary has been committed, which
is why we welcome the announcement made by the National Police Chiefs’ Council on
the 8 June that all 43 police forces in England and Wales have been implementing this
policy since March. We are working with police leaders to ensure forces are making
their attendance data available to the public. <a href="https://news.npcc.police.uk/releases/police-now-attending-scene-of-every-home-burglary"
target="_blank">https://news.npcc.police.uk/releases/police-now-attending-scene-of-every-home-burglary</a></del></p><p><del
class="ministerial">The police commitment to attend home burglaries is supported by
specific College of Policing good practice guidance on conducting residential burglary
investigations. <a href="https://www.college.police.uk/guidance/residential-burglary"
target="_blank">https://www.college.police.uk/guidance/residential-burglary</a> Setting
the standard in respect of the initial response and the subsequent investigation,
the guidance sits alongside the College of Policing’s Authorised Professional Practice
on Investigations.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">As part of this back-to-basics
approach, police forces across England and Wales have committed to pursue all lines
of enquiry where there is a reasonable chance it could lead them to catching a perpetrator
and solving a crime. This commitment, announced on 28 August, has been worked up and
agreed by the Home Office, in tandem with the National Police Chiefs’ Council and
College of Policing. <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/pursuing-all-reasonable-lines-of-enquiry-letter-to-police-leaders/pursuing-all-reasonable-lines-of-enquiry-letter-to-police-leaders"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/pursuing-all-reasonable-lines-of-enquiry-letter-to-police-leaders/pursuing-all-reasonable-lines-of-enquiry-letter-to-police-leaders</a></del></p><p><del
class="ministerial">Furthermore, we are clear there is an expectation that forces
work with partners across the justice system to see more criminals charged and prosecuted.</del></p><p><del
class="ministerial">To help ensure the police have the resources they need to fight
crime and tackle anti-social behaviour, we have delivered on our commitment to recruit
20,000 additional police officers by the end of March this year. As of 31 March, a
total of 20,947 additional officers had been recruited across England and Wales through
the Police Uplift Programme (PUP), raising the number of police officers in England
and Wales to 149,566, the highest number on record since comparable records began.
As a result of the PUP, as at 31 March 2023 Bedfordshire had a headcount of 1,455
police officers, a 15.0% increase on its pre-PUP peak of 1,265 police officers in
March 2010.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Crime Survey for England and Wales
data shows a 57% per cent fall in domestic burglaries when comparing the year ending
June 2023 with year ending March 2010 Crime Surveys; representing a fall from 917,000
to 394,000 incidents. This is clearly good news; however, we recognise the significant
impact invasive crimes such as domestic burglary can have on individuals and the wider
community, and we are committed to tackling and preventing these crimes.</ins></p><p><ins
class="ministerial">Through Round Five of the Safer Streets Fund, we have allocated
£42 million to support a range of crime prevention interventions, including additional
CCTV and improved street lighting and physical security of properties.</ins></p><p><ins
class="ministerial">The public want to know the police will visit them when a home
burglary has been committed, which is why we welcome the announcement made by the
National Police Chiefs’ Council on the 8 June that all 43 police forces in England
and Wales have been implementing this policy since March. We are working with police
leaders to ensure forces are making their attendance data available to the public.
<a href="https://news.npcc.police.uk/releases/police-now-attending-scene-of-every-home-burglary"
target="_blank">https://news.npcc.police.uk/releases/police-now-attending-scene-of-every-home-burglary</a></ins></p><p><ins
class="ministerial">The police commitment to attend home burglaries is supported by
specific College of Policing good practice guidance on conducting residential burglary
investigations. <a href="https://www.college.police.uk/guidance/residential-burglary"
target="_blank">https://www.college.police.uk/guidance/residential-burglary</a> Setting
the standard in respect of the initial response and the subsequent investigation,
the guidance sits alongside the College of Policing’s Authorised Professional Practice
on Investigations.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">As part of this back-to-basics
approach, police forces across England and Wales have committed to pursue all lines
of enquiry where there is a reasonable chance it could lead them to catching a perpetrator
and solving a crime. This commitment, announced on 28 August, has been worked up and
agreed by the Home Office, in tandem with the National Police Chiefs’ Council and
College of Policing. <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/pursuing-all-reasonable-lines-of-enquiry-letter-to-police-leaders/pursuing-all-reasonable-lines-of-enquiry-letter-to-police-leaders"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/pursuing-all-reasonable-lines-of-enquiry-letter-to-police-leaders/pursuing-all-reasonable-lines-of-enquiry-letter-to-police-leaders</a></ins></p><p><ins
class="ministerial">Furthermore, we are clear there is an expectation that forces
work with partners across the justice system to see more criminals charged and prosecuted.</ins></p><p><ins
class="ministerial">To help ensure the police have the resources they need to fight
crime and tackle anti-social behaviour, we have delivered on our commitment to recruit
20,000 additional police officers by the end of March this year. As of 31 March, a
total of 20,947 additional officers had been recruited across England and Wales through
the Police Uplift Programme (PUP), raising the number of police officers in England
and Wales to 149,566, the highest number on record since comparable records began.
As a result of the PUP, as at 31 March 2023 Bedfordshire had a headcount of 1,455
police officers, a 15.0% increase on its pre-PUP peak of 1,265 police officers in
March 2010.</ins></p><p> </p><p> </p>
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