Police forces to be slashed in sweeping reforms The Conservatives say the plans will undermine attempts to fight crime, but the government believes too many smaller forces are not effective.

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Our current policing model was built for 1960s, police chiefs write Our ability to tackle the crime threats to communities, whether local or global, is undermined by this outdated system.

'Our current policing model was built for 1960s' says Sir Mark Rowley.

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Why London’s lowest murder rate in more than a decade is drawing attention Data for 2025 will be good news for the Met and the mayor Sadiq Khan as they bat away claims of a lawless city

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Rapists among Metropolitan Police officers not properly vetted David Carrick and Cliff Mitchell were among 131 Met staff who were not vetted properly, a report finds.

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VAWG is a public health emergency requiring a whole system response <p>Violence against women and girls is not only as a criminal justice issue – it is a public health emergency requiring a whole-society response, says Ruth Halkon. </p>

'VAWG is a public health emergency requiring a whole system response' our Researcher @ruthhalkon.bsky.social responds to the government's VAWG strategy ⤵️

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The government's policy to halve VAWG in a decade will use a combined measure of the prevalence of domestic abuse, sexual assault and stalking in the last year, measured by the Crime Survey for England and Wales, including female and male victims. Baseline year to March 2024.

@policefoundationuk.bsky.social is quoted here ⤵️

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We're calling on the government to encourage partnerships between the police and the private sector to tackle crimes like theft and fraud. Read our latest report ⤵️

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...There have been widespread questions about whether the current force structure, established through a programme of force mergers in 1974, remains well suited to tackling the new set of demands...

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Sarah Jones MP Sarah Jones was appointed as Minister of State at the Home Office on 6 September 2025. She was previously Minister of State at both the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero and the Department f...

Sarah Jones appointed as Policing Minister.

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Shabana Mahmood appointed Home Secretary amid pressure to tackle migration Mahmood replaces Yvette Cooper in the role amid pressure over migration and asylum hotels

'Shabana Mahmood appointed Home Secretary amid pressure to tackle migration'

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London’s victims’ commissioner named as new England and Wales advocate Claire Waxman described it as a ‘true honour’ to take on her new post.

Clare Waxman named as new Victims' Commissioner for England and Wales.

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Met Police chief calls for law change after Graham Linehan arrest Sir Mark Rowley says officers are in an

The head of the Metropolitan Police has called on the government to "change or clarify" the law following the arrest of comedian Graham Linehan over posts he made online.

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Asylum protests putting police under chronic pressure, chief says Chief Constable Gavin Stephens says police were notified about over 3,000 summer protests and warns against an

Chief Constable Gavin Stephens, chair of the National Police Chiefs' Council, has said people in leadership positions in the UK needed to think about how to "reduce and diffuse tension and not sow division".

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How effectively do the police record crime? Read the latest inspection report from HMICFRS hmicfrs.justiceinspectorates.gov.uk/publication-...

A new Office for National Statistics report on perceptions of the police in E&W reveals only 49% of respondents rated their local police as doing a good or excellent job, down from 62% a decade ago.

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Knife and Offensive Weapon Sentencing Statistics: January to March 2025

Knife and Offensive Weapon Sentencing Statistics: January to March 2025
Numbers up 4.4% on last year and 26.2% over last decade
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Government launches AI crime prevention challenge to support safer streets

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Police given new guidance on releasing suspects' nationalities and ethnicities Police forces will be encouraged to release a suspect's details in a move aimed at combating misinformation.

'Police have been encouraged to consider disclosing the ethnicity and nationality of suspects charged in high-profile cases, after facing mounting pressure over the details they make public'

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Surrey police pose as joggers to catch men harassing women out exercising Undercover female officers deployed in running gear in pilot scheme to tackle catcalling, resulting in 18 arrests A police force has sent out female undercover officers posing as joggers to catch men harassing women while they are out exercising. A pilot operation from Surrey police deployed female officers in running gear during rush hour to expose how often women are harassed. The pilot has resulted in 18 arrests for offences such as harassment, sexual assault and theft. Continue reading...

Surrey police pose as joggers to catch men harassing women out exercising

Annual conference - Vulnerability and Policing: Reducing Harm, Strengthening Justice - Vulnerability & Policing Futures Research Centre Register for the Centre's annual conference: Vulnerability and Policing: Reducing Harm, Strengthening Justice.

🚨 Registrations are now open for our annual conference “Vulnerability and Policing: Reducing Harm, Strengthening Justice” 🚨

🗓️ 9-10 September 2025
📍 Cloth Hall Court, Leeds, UK

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Concerns over ‘gaps’ in police support for stalking victims in England and Wales Campaigners say system remains ‘postcode lottery’ after NPCC report finds varying levels of provision across forces Survivors of stalking, campaigners for women’s safety and heads of law enforcement have raised concerns over continuing failings by police in England and Wales to tackle perpetrators and protect victims. They warn that while some forces are doing innovative work on stalking, others are not improving quickly enough, leading to a “patchwork” service and victims facing a “postcode lottery”. Continue reading...

Concerns over ‘gaps’ in police support for stalking victims in England and Wales

NEW Are foreign nationals more likely to commit sex offences?

The Centre for Migration Control says 40-47% of those charged in London in 2024 were foreign nationals, who account for only 25% of London population.

Stats cited by Nigel Farage & Robert Jenrick
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But it's not the whole story.

20th Oxford Policing Policy Forum: Police reform: Lessons from the past, prospects for the future <p>The 20th OPPF was convened at All Souls College, Oxford on 12th May 2025 to address the theme Police reform: lessons from the past, prospects for the future. This report provides a thematic comment...

We held our 20th Oxford Policing Policy Forum at All Souls College Oxford in May.

All agreed that structural police reform is difficult but urgently needed. The Forum reflected on previous attempts at reform & lessons learned.

Read the summary here⤵️

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'There's a lot of knife crime in London,' admits police minister The Met Police stepped up action to stop youngsters having their mobile phones stolen at knife point on their way to and from school

The Home Office has published data showing robberies involving a knife, or the threat of one, have fallen in most of the UK’s high-risk areas.

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Did lead poisoning help create a generation of serial killers? – podcast Pulitzer prize-winning author Caroline Fraser on the link between air pollution in the US and male violence

Did lead poisoning help create a generation of serial killers? – podcast

Our criminal justice system needs to listen <p>Our criminal justice system isn’t listening to people, and it’s paying the price through an increasingly unreliable sense of legitimacy.</p>

➡️NEW blog from our Senior Associate Fellow Suzanne Jacob OBE.

Our criminal justice system isn't listening but there are ways to close the gap between professionals and the public they serve...

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Is there a relationship between immigration and rape/sexual assault? Two charts and an old blog for your consideration.

First, immigration vs the prevalence of sexual assault recorded crime the Crime Survey.

The latest crime statistics for England and Wales show a 20% increase in shoplifting.

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