In partnership with Leicestershire Police and key partners, work is ongoing to deliver the Police and Crime Plan.
The Police and Crime Plan is supported by an in depth Delivery Strategy which sets out how exactly the Plan will be delivered. Each Quarter, the OPCC report to the Police and Crime Commissioner on delivery progress against the Police and Crime Plan.
A summary of each key deliverable is detailed below for your information. This page will be updated on a Quarterly basis to report progress back to you.
Quarter 1 2025-2026
Lobby Government tirelessly for the review of the archaic Funding Formula that disadvantages Leicestershire Police
✅ Delivering on the Police and Crime Plan. Standing Up for Policing.
Police and Crime Commissioner Rupert Matthews continues to champion the needs of our communities and frontline policing.
Following a meeting with Policing Minister Dame Diana Johnson MP earlier this year, the PCC welcomed the Government’s commitment to neighbourhood policing, but made it clear that effective policing needs a balanced workforce of Officers, PCSOs, and Police Staff.
📢 The PCC is also fighting for:
✅ Fairer funding for Leicestershire Police
✅ A review of the outdated national funding formula
✅ Multi-year financial planning for greater stability
✅ National funding for key policing bodies to ease the burden on local taxpayers
Your PCC is making sure Leicestershire’s voice is heard at the highest levels and will continue to lobby government relentlessly until we see fairness in Police funding.
📄 Follow the links below to read the recent lobbying letters from the PCC:
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A model for dealing with anti-social behaviour including hotspots policing
Police and Crime Commissioner Rupert Matthews is delivering on his Police and Crime Plan priorities. Backing innovative, data-driven policing that makes a real difference.
📍 The Hotspot Policing Project is tackling anti-social behaviour and serious violence across Leicestershire using an evidence-led approach. In collaboration with Leicestershire Police, and thanks to continued Home Office funding for 2025/26, this vital work will carry on.
👮♂️ The model includes:
✅Focused patrols in high-risk areas
✅Strong community engagement
✅Joint problem-solving with local partners
✅A new ASB case management system implemented across Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland to boost collaboration and data sharing
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A Crime Prevention Strategy for Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland
Police and Crime Commissioner Rupert Matthews continues to deliver on his Police and Crime Plan priorities with the formal sign-off of the new Prevention Strategy.
✅ Developed by the Leicestershire Police Prevention Directorate
✅ Approved by the Chief Constable and the PCC
✅ Designed to prevent crime before it happens
✅ Backed by regular 6-monthly updates to the PCC
It fulfils one of the core ambitions of the PCC’s new Police and Crime Plan 2024-29 and endorses a holistic approach to policing focused on identifying and tackling the root causes of crime, anti-social behaviour and vulnerability.
It is the first time in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland that a joint Prevention Strategy has been developed with designated resources to focus on evidence-based, partnership driven projects that make a tangible difference to people’s lives.
This marks an important step forward in building safer, more prosperous communities across Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.
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Body-worn video devices provided to repeat victims
Police and Crime Commissioner Rupert Matthews is delivering on his Police and Crime Plan priorities with the rollout of 110 Body Worn Video (BWV) cameras across Leicester and Leicestershire. The BWVs will be a huge benefit to local independent retailers who are frequently the target of violence and shoplifting. These BWV cameras have been funded through the Commissioners Safety Fund.
📍 Distribution locations include:
- Oadby & Wigston
- Loughborough
- Leicester City Centre
- Ashby de la Zouch
- Melton Mowbray
- Hinckley Town Centre
🤝 Collaborative work is also underway to develop a county-wide working group bringing together Business Improvement Districts, Community Safety Partnerships, Business Crime Reduction Partnerships, retailers, and more.
A staff member will be in post to drive hyper-local activity for crime prevention
Police and Crime Commissioner Rupert Matthews is delivering on his commitment to deliver community-led crime prevention with the launch of the Community Action Programme.
The Community Action Programme fulfils the Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland PCC’s Police and Crime Plan pledge to adopt a holistic approach to community safety, with a stronger emphasis on prevention and partnerships.
A new Community Grants Officer is leading on the Community Action Programme (CAP), which will empower local communities to implement activities themselves that will have a direct impact in their areas and benefit local people.
🧰 Alongside ensuring crime prevention advice is readily available to the public, the PCC is also launching a practical toolkit, highlighting simple cost-effective crime prevention activities that communities can implement themselves and ready-made strategies for developing solutions.
💷 And for those requiring extra support, the PCC has launched a Community Action Programme fund which will channel resources directly into the hands of those who know their communities best to strike at the roots of criminality and anti-social behaviour.
🚜 The first round of targeted funding under the Community Action Programme opened on 1st September and is dedicated to Rural Crime.
Together, we’re building safer, more prosperous neighbourhoods across Leicester, Leicestershire & Rutland.
A behaviour change campaign that can be used across Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland
Police and Crime Commissioner Rupert Matthews is successfully delivering on his Police and Crime Plan priority to reduce Violence Against Women and Girls. The Check The Vibe campaign is a great example of this.
Launched on Monday 14th July, just in time for the school summer holidays, this bold and relatable behaviour change campaign helps young people reflect on their emotions and behaviours in real-time.
Instead of lecturing or policing, Check the Vibe connects with young people in the digital spaces they use every day. It speaks their language and empowers positive choices.
📱 Posters, flyers and digital content are sparking conversations across Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland, helping to build safer and more prosperous communities for young people.
Take a look at the campaign below
#SafeAndProsperousCommunities #CheckTheVibe
Quarter 2 2025-2026
Publication of a new Commissioning Framework
✅ Police and Crime Commissioner Rupert Matthews is delivering on his Police and Crime Plan priorities. Putting victims first, driving prevention, and ensuring efficient, evidence-led commissioning across Leicester, Leicestershire & Rutland.
📍 The new Commissioning Framework 2025–2028 sets out how the OPCC will fund and shape services that make our communities safer and fairer. This framework ensures transparency, partnership working, and a strong focus on outcomes.
👮♂️ Key features include:
✅ Clear decision-making principles for all commissioning activity
✅ Strong engagement with victims, communities, and partners
✅ Co-commissioning with health, justice, and local authorities to reduce duplication
✅ Year-by-year plan to embed innovation, sustainability, and impact
This framework means that money is spent efficiently, services are accountable, and the voices of victims and communities are at the heart of delivery.
You can read the framework on our website:
https://www.leics.pcc.police.uk/what-we-do/commissioning/
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Partnership Working with Educational Providers
The Violence Reduction network continues to work closely with education providers across Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland to prevent crime and divert young people away from criminality.
A new Prevention and Diversion Manager has joined the Violence Reduction Network and is leading engagement with schools and colleges ensuring education remains a key priority.
The Schools Handbook for Preventing Violence has been refreshed and will be re-published early this year, while the Schools Network is active again following the summer break.
The Mentors in Violence Prevention programme is back, with 13 schools taking part in an independent evaluation to shape its future. Although the YEF-funded Reach project has ended, partners have agreed that the new Young Futures Prevention Panel will focus on children at risk of exclusion and involvement in crime or anti-social behaviour.
Work is also underway with Loughborough College to co-design a sexual violence prevention programme, and the VRN has launched its CYP Safety Survey across education settings. Plus, youth voice is being strengthened with a 16+ representative joining the Strategic Partnership Board Executive.
For more information on the work being done by the VRN, use the link below:
https://www.violencereductionnetwork.co.uk/
Together, we’re building safer schools and better futures for young people.
#SafeAndProsperousCommunities #ViolenceReductionNetwork #Delivered #PreventionThroughConnection
Providing Children and Parents with Resources
✅ The Violence Reduction Network is delivering on the Police and Crime Plan by equipping children, parents, and schools with the tools they need to stay safe.
Live Safe continues to be the main resource for guidance on violence and vulnerability, supported by targeted workshops delivered by the Violence Reduction Network and Leicestershire Police. This offer is now strengthened by the roll-out of Pol-Ed, with 14% of local schools signed up this term. Pol-Ed enables monitoring of delivery, so we’ll be reporting on sessions from this year onwards.
Activity under the Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) strategy, including SHUSH and SHARA projects, adds further depth to this work.
Together, these resources ensure families and schools have practical, evidence-based tools to prevent harm and build safer communities.
Head over to the Live Safe website to learn more:
#LiveSafe #PreventingViolence #Delivered #PreventionThroughConnection
Tackling Rural Crime across the region
✅ Police and Crime Commissioner Rupert Matthews is delivering on his commitment to tackle rural crime across the region.
🌾 In November 2025, Leicestershire Police’s Rural Crime Team hosted a major regional conference at Police Headquarters, sponsored and opened by the PCC alongside Dr Luke Evans MP. Rural policing teams from across the East Midlands came together to share best practice, discuss challenges, and turn innovative ideas into action.
🤝 This collaborative event strengthened partnerships and ensured rural communities benefit from smarter policing and practical solutions to keep people and property safe.
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The Community Leaders Network
✅ The Violence Reduction Network (VRN) and the OPCC are strengthening community leadership and collaboration.
This quarter, the VRN funded and hosted a consultation event with the Community Leaders Network (CLN) in partnership with the OPCC. An interactive workshop, led by an external consultant, explored how both organisations can invest in and support the CLN going forward.
As a result, the VRN and OPCC will provide targeted support in three key areas:
- Funding and investment – including bid-writing workshops
- Wellbeing support for frontline leaders
- Capacity building – from becoming constituted to project management and training
Together, we’re building stronger networks and safer and more prosperous communities.
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Quarter 3 2025-2026
Strengthening accountability for staff wellbeing
The PCC is delivering on his commitment to supporting police officer and staff wellbeing by strengthening scrutiny and accountability at a senior level.
📍 In November 2025, a dedicated staff wellbeing report was presented to the Corporate Governance Board (CGB), ensuring the Chief Constable is formally held to account for progress, challenges and action across the Force. Both the OPCC and Force staff surveys were presented.
By embedding staff voice and wellbeing into formal governance, the PCC is ensuring that those who protect our communities are themselves supported.
Reports are available to read on the OPCC website and the Police and Crime Panel website:
https://www.leics.pcc.police.uk/what-we-do/performance/corporate-governance-board/
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Lobbying for a Sustainable Violence Reduction Network (VRN)
✅ Knife crime and violence are unacceptable. The Police and Crime Commissioner is delivering on his commitment to reduce serious violence through prevention, enforcement and national action.
📍 In October 2025, the PCC and the Police and Crime Panel jointly wrote to the Home Secretary calling for sustainable police funding and reform. The letter made the case for long‑term funding certainty to support Violence Reduction Network activity and community organisations reliant on Government grants.
This lobbying supports the PCC’s Police and Crime Plan pledge to reduce violence further by combining diversion, prevention, enforcement and effective national interventions.
Violent crime is already down across Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland. Continued lobbying for multi‑year funding will help ensure violence reduction work is effective and sustainable for the long term.
Visit the VRN website: www.violencereductionnetwork.co.uk
#SafeAndProsperousCommunities #PreventionThroughConnection #ViolenceReduction #Delivered
An e-scooter information campaign for users
✅ Leicestershire Police is delivering safer streets through a targeted police e‑scooter information campaign for users.
Since January 2025, Leicestershire Police have shared over 100 Operation Pedalfast posts on social media, reaching thousands of people and generating over 7,600 likes and more than 2,000 engagements. The campaign also uses digital displays across Leicester City to promote awareness and enforcement.
As of October 2025, 465 illegal e‑vehicles have been seized in the city, showing the campaign’s impact alongside policing activity. Operation Pedalfast has also been nominated for Best Use of Data at the Orlo (Social Media) Awards.
With the Force committed to continuing this work, the campaign is delivering clear results and will remain in place for the foreseeable future.
Look at the advice from Leicestershire Police about e-scooters and e-bikes: www.leics.police.uk/advice/advice-and-information/rs/road-safety/advice-escooters
#SafeAndProsperousCommunities #OperationPedalfast #RoadSafety #Delivered
Rural Crime Prevention Advice Available on the OPCC Website
✅ The PCC is delivering safer rural communities by making practical rural crime prevention advice easily accessible through the OPCC website, alongside operational police work from the Rural Policing Team.
By working with Leicestershire Police and partners, the OPCC is helping rural communities take simple, effective steps to protect property, livestock, machinery and livelihoods.
The OPCC website brings together clear, practical guidance on preventing rural crime, recognising suspicious behaviour and knowing how and when to report concerns. Making this information easy to find supports residents to play an active role in keeping their communities safe.
Read the rural crime prevention advice on the OPCC website: www.leics.pcc.police.uk/what-we-do/community-action-programme/crime-prevention-advice/rural-crime-prevention-advice
#SafeAndProsperousCommunities #RuralCrime #CrimePrevention #Delivered
Detailed data profiles provided to Community Safety Partnerships (CSPs), supporting their funding initiatives
✅ Delivered: Data‑led support for Community Safety Partnerships
The PCC is delivering stronger, evidence‑led support for Community Safety Partnerships to help them secure funding and target local priorities.
📍 In Q3 2025 to 2026, detailed data profiles were completed for all CSPs. These were produced in collaboration with Neighbourhood Policing Areas and shared with CSPs on 11 December 2025.
All CSPs now have a clear overview of their key crime and community safety priorities, strengthening their ability to plan activity, develop funding bids and focus resources where they will have the greatest impact.
This work ensures local partnerships are equipped with clear, consistent data to support safer communities.
For more information about your local CSP, look at our webpage:
https://www.leics.pcc.police.uk/key-partners/local-councils
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Fatal Four activity delivered across the region
✅ The Police and Crime Commissioner is delivering continued action to reduce serious harm on our roads through the Fatal Four programme.
Leicestershire Police have confirmed that the Fatal Four programme will continue in 2026, with a full calendar of activity agreed. This ensures sustained enforcement and prevention targeting the main causes of fatal and serious collisions.
Data shows the Force have dealt with over 400 people killed or seriously injured in 2025, with almost all incidents linked to Fatal Four factors. Recent drink and drug driving campaigns have supported this work, including 132 arrests during the December 2025 campaign and 52 arrests since late November under Operation Limit.
With senior officer assurance that the programme will continue, this action has been delivered, with ongoing annual checks to maintain oversight.
For more information on the work of the Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland Road Safety Partnership, head over to their website:
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Annual reports for independent scrutiny functions
✅ The Police and Crime Commissioner is delivering transparency and accountability through strengthened independent scrutiny.
Annual reports have now been completed for the Out of Court Resolutions panel, the Custody Detention Scrutiny Panel, and work is ongoing for the Hate Crime Scrutiny Panel and the Ethics and Transparency Panel.
These reports provide clear oversight of police practices, highlight areas of good performance, and identify opportunities for improvement. Together, they ensure that independent voices continue to support fairness, confidence and accountability in local policing.
You can find our annual reports via the links below.
https://www.leics.pcc.police.uk/finance-and-transparency/public-information/annual-reports
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A public OPCC performance report
✅ The PCC is delivering transparency and accountability by publishing clear, accessible performance reports on the OPCC website.
Holding the Chief Constable to account and ensuring the public can see how policing and the OPCC are performing is a core responsibility of the Police and Crime Commissioner. To support this, the OPCC publishes regular performance reports that set out how the office is performing against its statutory duties and priorities.
These reports provide insight into governance, effectiveness and efficiency, enabling residents, partners and stakeholders to scrutinise progress and understand how the PCC is delivering on the Police and Crime Plan. Publishing this information openly supports trust, confidence and informed public engagement.
This work sits alongside wider scrutiny and assurance arrangements, ensuring performance is monitored, challenged and improved where needed, for the benefit of communities across Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.
View the OPCC performance reports on the website: www.leics.pcc.police.uk/what-we-do/performance/opcc-performance-reports
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Launch of a new hate crime hub for LLR
✅ The PCC is delivering safer, more inclusive communities through the launch of a new Hate Crime Hub for Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland, working with Leicestershire Police’s Speak Out Space.
Funded by the PCC, the new hub provides a dedicated and supportive route for victims and witnesses of hate crime and hate incidents to access help, information and reporting options. Through Speak Out Space, specialist support is available to ensure people affected by hate are listened to, supported and guided.
The Hate Crime Hub strengthens victim support, signposting and advocacy, working alongside operational policing and wider partnership activity across LLR. It also helps build confidence in reporting hate crime, ensuring concerns are taken seriously and acted upon.
This investment demonstrates the PCC’s commitment to tackling hate, supporting victims and helping communities feel safe, respected and included.
Find out more about Leicestershire Police’s Speak Out Space and how to report or access support: www.speakoutspace.co.uk
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Quarter 4 2025-2026
📢 Delivering Transparency: A Published System of Governance
The public need to know that the Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner and the force are being run efficiently and effectively. That means keeping a firm grip on the budget, ensuring value for money and ruthlessly rooting out waste and inefficiencies.
That’s why the Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) is delivering on his commitment to openness, transparency and co-operation through a clear and robust Corporate Governance Framework.
The purpose of this framework is to give clarity to how the Police and Crime Commissioner and Chief Constable are governed, both jointly and separately. It ensures that business is carried out in the right way, for the right reason and at the right time.
It also sets out how both organisations work together to meet their legal responsibilities and deliver for local communities. By clearly defining roles, responsibilities and ways of working, the framework strengthens accountability and helps ensure better outcomes for the public.
Find out more: https://www.leics.pcc.police.uk/what-we-do/performance/corporate-governance-board/
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📢 More Action on Rural Crime
✅ The Police and Crime Commissioner is delivering on his commitment to tackling rural crime, with more targeted action being funded across Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.
Community Safety Partnerships have been encouraged to direct funding towards the Rural Crime priority where it reflects local need, and partners are responding with a stronger, more focused approach.
Recent investment includes £7,000 in Oadby and Wigston to protect heritage sites, £6,259 in North West Leicestershire for prevention tools like air tags and signage, £3,942 in Rutland for CCTV upgrades, and £3,389 in Hinckley and Bosworth to tackle hare coursing.
From trail cameras and CCTV upgrades to air tags, signage and site security, practical measures are being put in place to prevent crime and protect rural communities.
This funding is supporting action on issues like fly tipping, hare coursing, equipment theft and heritage crime, helping farmers, residents and local rural areas feel safer.
It’s a clear example of partners working together, using resources effectively and delivering real results where they matter most.
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Continued policing operations around E-scooters in our towns and city
✅ The Police and Crime Commissioner is delivering on tackling anti-social behaviour linked to illegal e-bikes and e-scooters, with continued policing operations across Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.
Operation Pedalfast, first introduced in Leicester city centre in December 2024, is now being used across almost the entire force area to respond to local concerns.
Neighbourhood policing teams are working together to target illegal use, with some operations supported by joint working with partners such as immigration enforcement and local authorities.
As part of this proactive approach, more than 900 illegal e-bikes and e-scooters have been up until the end of 2025, helping to reduce ASB and improve safety in our communities.
Each neighbourhood area has the flexibility to tailor activity to local issues, ensuring the right response is in place where it’s needed most.
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Crime prevention advice produced in a variety of accessible forms and languages
✅ Clear, accessible crime prevention advice is being delivered to help more people stay safe across Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.
Leicestershire Police are leading the way by producing crime prevention posters and flyers in a range of accessible formats and languages, helping ensure vital safety messages reach more people.
This work is being supported by the OPCC through its website, which hosts clear crime prevention advice and practical toolkits that can be easily translated into different languages using browser tools.
Together, this means more residents can access information in a way that works for them and take simple steps to protect themselves, their homes and their businesses.
View the OPCC Crime Prevention Toolkits and Advice
Leicestershire Police Crime Prevention
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OOCR and Restorative Justice is being applied correctly and consistently
✅ Out of Court Resolutions (OOCR) and Restorative Justice are being applied consistently and effectively across Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.
A new OOCR provider, Ingeus, has been commissioned from 2026 to support the delivery of high-quality out of court resolutions. Find out more: PCC Funded Service Helps Offenders Break Free from Crime (Link via website link card)
Restorative Justice continues to be delivered locally by Victim First, giving victims the opportunity to have their voice heard and play a central role in the justice process. Learn more: https://victimfirst.org/restorative-justice
To ensure transparency and accountability, the OPCC’s OOCR Scrutiny Panel meets twice yearly, reviewing cases and outcomes to make sure decisions are appropriate, fair and in line with national guidance. Read more: https://www.leics.pcc.police.uk/what-we-do/meetings/out-of-court-resolutions
Together, this approach ensures that OOCR and Restorative Justice are applied correctly, consistently and in the best interests of victims and communities.
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I will lobby central government for adequate funding to support services available to victims of Domestic Violence and Serious Violence and enable them to be well supported through the Criminal Justice system
✅ The Police and Crime Commissioner is delivering on a commitment to support victims of Domestic Violence and Serious Violence by lobbying central government for fair and sustainable funding for victim support services.
In April 2025, the PCC wrote to the Minister for Victims raising concerns over cuts to the Victim Core Grant and the impact on local services across Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.
The PCC highlighted increasing demand for support relating to domestic abuse, sexual violence and stalking, as well as the pressures caused by long court delays for victims navigating the Criminal Justice System.
The letter urged the Government to reconsider funding reductions to help ensure victims can continue accessing the specialist support they need.
You can read the full letter below:
I will lobby the Government for stronger sentences for our most serious crimes and reduce the backlogs in courts
✅ The Police and Crime Commissioner is delivering on a commitment to lobby Government for tougher action on serious crime and reforms to reduce delays across the Criminal Justice System.
In July 2025, the PCC wrote to the Secretary of State for Justice highlighting concerns around prison capacity, probation pressures and the growing national Crown Court backlog.
The letter called for stronger and more effective sentencing arrangements for serious offenders, alongside urgent action to reduce delays which are leaving victims waiting years for justice.
The PCC also urged the Government to provide greater support for local probation services and additional funding for victims affected by long-running court cases.
Following the correspondence, the PCC received a response from Lord Timpson, Minister of State for Justice, on behalf of the Lord Chancellor, acknowledging the issues raised and thanking the PCC for making contact.
Read the full letter from the PCC below:
Offender Management and Youth Justice Boards will have a strong presence in our Prevention Strategy
✅ The Police and Crime Commissioner is delivering on early intervention and prevention, with Offender Management and Youth Justice partners playing a strong, visible role in the Prevention Strategy.
The OPCC and Violence Reduction Network are actively engaged in Youth Justice Management Boards, helping to drive forward key workstreams, including support for victims.
New Young Futures Panels are being piloted to create earlier opportunities to divert children away from the criminal justice system, strengthening prevention at the earliest stage.
Alongside this, an Integrated Offender Management (IOM) strategy is in place, with funding aligned to prevention priorities and police officers embedded within youth justice teams across both the city and county.
It’s a coordinated, partnership-led approach focused on early action, reducing reoffending and supporting better outcomes for young people and communities.
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Income Generated for neighbourhood crime
✅ The Police and Crime Commissioner is delivering increased investment in neighbourhood policing, with additional income secured from the Home Office.
This funding is supporting neighbourhood and hotspot policing activity across Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland, helping to target the issues that matter most to local communities.
By bringing in external funding, more resources can be directed towards visible policing, tackling crime and anti-social behaviour, and strengthening community reassurance.
A clear example of funding being secured and used effectively to support frontline activity and deliver safer communities.
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