The Annual Report demonstrates how continued investment in neighbourhood policing, support for victims, and targeted action on priority crime areas is helping to reduce harm and build safer communities across the Thames Valley.

I have published a detailed response to the Government’s Police Reform White Paper, warning that the proposals risk weakening local policing; reducing resources, lessening accountability, and ultimately making communities less safe.

18 specialist services across Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Milton Keynes will share total funding of over £3.1 million over the next two years to support victim-survivors of domestic abuse, rape and sexual violence and stalking.

“Knife crime devastates lives and leaves lasting trauma for families and local communities.

“From the first day I became Police and Crime Commissioner, I have made tackling knife crime and serious violence in the Thames Valley a top priority.”