The Police Act 1996, requires Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Constabulary to report each year on his assessment of the efficiency and effectiveness of policing in England and Wales. The assessment covers the full breadth of policing work inspected by HMIC throughout 2012/13, and an overview of…

The Sentencing Council is seeking the views of as many people as possible interested in the sentencing of theft offences, particularly in respect of: the principal factors that make any of the offences included within the draft guideline more or less serious the additional factors that should…

As part of their efforts to control rural crime in Cumbria, Cumbria Constabulary is launching Horsewatch in Backbarrow today.

Horsewatch is administered through Cumbria Community Messaging and you can register for free using the contact details shown on Continue reading…

Happy Birthday to us! We've completed two years of operation today and haven't things moved on! One year ago this site had received 69K visits who read 158K pages. In our second year we received almost 292K visits who read 505K pages – more than a fourfold increase! Our geographical…

One of the categories of crime in the UK that has been stubbornly consistent for several years now is theft from around the outside of the home and from outbuildings such as sheds. This is probably because it is too easy to get into the garden in the first place, we keep a surprisingly high amount…

Fantastic News! I got my first referred visitor today from the website for the Isle of Wight Neighbourhood Watch Association. I took a peep and found the link on their home page. This is great news and makes the eighth Neighbourhood Watch area policed by Hampshire Constabulary to link up. And…