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Crime falling and suspects arrested in proactive patrol initiative |
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Crime has fallen by 10 per cent and at least 90 people have been arrested as part of our #problemsolvingpolicing patrols across Staffordshire.
Officers have been carrying out extra shifts across 19 different locations as part of our strategy to reduce crime and anti-social behaviour affecting local people and businesses.
Since 6 May this year, we’ve put our resources and effort into making sure we tackle the main concerns of local communities, including anti-social behaviour, serious violence and knife crime. Using extensive local crime data in a problem-solving approach, we’ve carefully designed patrol plans for officers to carry out increased visibility and engagement in the areas most affected by crime in Staffordshire.
Here's the results just under five months later for the areas we’ve targeted:
(Data from 1 May 2025 to 29 September 2025 when compared to the same period last year)
These patrols are making communities safer and are helping us to engage closely with the people and businesses we proudly serve on a daily basis.
Efforts are based on objective data and analysis to ensure our resources are used efficiently and effectively, working closely in partnership with communities to identify solutions, and more importantly, to act upon them.
It comes following a £1-million allocation to the Staffordshire Commissioner for Police, Fire & Rescue and Crime to tackle knife crime, serious violence and anti-social behaviour.
The national Action Fund pot is linked to the government’s Safer Streets Mission to halve knife crime in 10 years and crack down on ASB.
Superintendent John Owen, who had led on our problem-solving approach in Staffordshire, said: “These statistics are extremely positive, both for local communities who are now experiencing far less crime in hotspot areas and for the officers and staff in the force who can see the impact their hard work is having on crime figures across the county.
“This has been a holistic approach from the start by different local policing teams and departments across Staffordshire, who have all worked together to analyse the data and to implement strategic methods of driving positive reductions and results for our communities.
“It’s also been really pleasing to see so many people giving positive feedback to the officers carrying out these patrols. The vast majority of the people we’ve spoken to have been really pleased to see the increased visibility and the problem-solving approach we’ve adopted to tackling crime in their neighbourhoods.
"Ongoing work is also taking place with local partners in the hotspot areas to drive bespoke changes and support in communities experiencing issues around homelessness and addiction, helping us to engage with those involved and to minimise the risk of offending.
“We’re speaking with more people, maintaining more of a visible presence where it matters most and acting robustly against those blighting the people living, working and visiting different areas in Staffordshire.”
While anti-social behaviour (ASB) remains a key area of focus across these hotspot areas, we have seen a nine per cent increase in associated reports. While we’re working extremely hard to tackle this type of crime by serving dispersal orders, using our policing powers with local authorities and acting proactively to stop offenders, we’ve also self-reported a number of these incidents while speaking to people and businesses as part of these patrols. This means more ASB is being recorded, which in turn means we can take more action to tackle the problem.
Ben Adams, Staffordshire Police, Fire & Rescue and Crime Commissioner, said: “It’s great to hear about the positive impact these patrols have. I know residents and businesses value this visible police presence and I welcome government continuing to provide the Action Fund to Commissioners.
“Importantly, the patrols have also seen the police work more closely with local councils and other community safety partners - a key priority in my Police and Crime Plan.
“Community feedback and participation remain essential, however, in helping to further prevent crime and ASB. I would encourage everyone to continue reporting crime to the police where necessary.”
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