Priority 3 in my new #MakingWiltshireSafer Police and Crime Plan is tackling crimes that matter most to local communities.  

To do this, I will work with the Chief Constable and partners to increase residents’ feelings of safety in their communities, whilst reducing the volume of anti-social behaviour incidents, improving road safety by reducing the number of people killed and seriously injured on Wiltshire’s roads, and increasing victim satisfaction of those affected by retail and rural crime. 

In terms of anti-social behaviour, we will take a proactive approach to monitor levels of crime and anti-social behaviour to identify “hotspots” and support a multi-agency problem-oriented approach to solve deep-rooted issues affecting quality of life. As the ‘convenor’ of partnerships, we will continue to build relationships and work with our local authorities and other partners to tackle the causes, symptoms and consequences of anti-social behaviour in all its forms.

My office will continue to work with Wiltshire Police, Swindon Borough Council and Wiltshire Council, Dorset and Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service and National Highways to deliver the Road Safety Strategy to improve road design, educate road users and joint enforcement action on speeding, drink and drug driving. 
The rural crime team will be resourced to work closely with our rural communities and farmers and protect our wildlife, as well as promote and support the ‘whole Police’ response to rural and heritage crime.

We will continue to assist, support and encourage the retail and business crime reduction partnerships being emplaced by the Chief Constable’s neighbourhood teams to work with town centre representatives and retailers better to coordinate efforts to increase security and reduce shoplifting and crimes against retail workers, and explore ways to better report retail and commercial crime between the police, retail and business owners and local authorities.