Enhanced visibility in our communities: We have more than doubled the use of mobile police stations out in our communities (from 175 deployments in 2024 to 416 in 2025) and consistently increased how many local meetings and events our neighbourhood teams attend – from 9,800 in 2023, 11,385 in 2024 to 11,655 last year. I am excited to confirm a third mobile police station will be in use later this year, so I expect our community engagements to continue rising

Project Vigilant: This dedicated, long-running operation focuses on tackling behaviour that makes women and girls feel unsafe in public spaces by intervening before crimes are committed. It focuses on predatory behaviour displayed by potential offenders - not on others changing their habits – within the Nighttime Economy and aims to disrupt the early signs of harmful activity. Now, Wiltshire Police are one of the leading police forces taking Project Vigilant further by providing training to our new police officers, so they are immediately aware of the community concerns and enforcement opportunities Project Vigilant affords them. We are also using our experience to share learning with other police forces, we are deploying our drones to support and expanding into our Vigilant Communities initiative. This phase of Project Vigilant involves members of the community sharing information with us when they spot signs of predatory behaviour in our public spaces. More information about Project Vigilant can be found on our website here, and a more detailed explanation of what a Project Vigilant deployment involves can be found on this YouTube video

Utilising our Neighbourhood Policing Teams (NPTs) during dedicated operations: Across December and January, our NPTs led a two-month highly proactive programme aimed at improving town and city centre safety with a focus on retail crime, anti-social behaviour (ASB), street crime and night-time economy offending including Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG). This resulted in almost 200 arrests, more than 860 dedicated ASB patrols and more than 350 public engagements with our communities. You can read more about this initiative here.

Tackling Anti-Social Behaviour (ASB): There are now 17 live Criminal Behaviour Orders in place in Swindon (compared to one in 2024) and 10 across the county. CBOs replaced Anti-Social Behaviour Orders (ASBOs) and prohibit the offender from doing anything outlined in the order which can include them being banned from certain shops or areas. We’ve also seen the use of Public Space Protection Orders (PSPOS) in Swindon – one banning the use of e-bikes and e-scooters, alongside other restrictions such as street drinking, public urination and riding pedal bikes in a way that endangers pedestrians in the town centre. Another was brought in specifically to tackle illegal car meets in the town. The first enforcement of this PSPO resulted in more than 50 tickets being issued and has led to a dramatic reduction in car meets in Swindon. There are also PSPOs in Devizes (tackling issues such as street drinking in the Market Place) and one in Salisbury (which targets street drinking in the city centre).

Developing our relationships with businesses: Across Wiltshire, our neighbourhood teams engaged with local businesses more than 700 times in the last year to understand the issues they are facing and how we can best support them. Last November, your office oversaw the formation of the Salisbury Business Crime Reduction Partnership to prevent and deter criminal activities and create a safer environment for shoppers, workers, and visitors to the city

Stop and Search: We have seen an increase in the use of Stop and Search by 50% from 1,925 (from March 2023-March 2024) to 2,889 (from March 2025-March 2026). When used effectively, this can prevent onward offending within our communities

Tackling rural crime: During the 2024/25 Hare Coursing season (August to April), 22 people were arrested for Hare Coursing/Poaching offences – a 500% increase compared to the previous 12 months. Of these 22, 15 were convicted and more than £3,000 in fines were issued. Between August 2025 and February this year, we arrested 15 people for Hare Coursing/Poaching offences. Of these, eight are awaiting court dates (no further action was taken regarding the other seven). We’ve also seen a 21% increase in the number of rural crime reports made to us from 178 to 216 (from Feb 2025-Feb 2026)

Strong victim satisfaction: Our overall victim satisfaction rate was 77.9% in the 12 months to 2024 and 74.2% in the 12 months to December 2025. Hate crime victim satisfaction is now at 81% - up from 65% in the 12 months to February 2025

Increasing the safety of our road network: In addition to holding more road safety operations in the last 12 months, we have also seen a significant rise in the number of Fixed Penalty Notices we are issuing for speeding offences – from 12,504 tickets in the 12 months to December 2024 to 16,669 in the 12 months to December 2025. In November, Wiltshire and Swindon’s Road Safety Partnership held a road safety summit with a range of partners, ensuring closer working to improve road safety across the county. You and I opened this conference to emphasise the criticality of enforcement, education and engineering working hand-in-hand.

Reduction in most serious violent offences: We have seen a decrease in the numbers of the most serious, violent offences which includes murder, manslaughter, attempted murder, endangering life and Grievous Bodily Harm from 313 in the 12 months to March 2023 to 297 in the 12 months to February this year

Increase in the conviction rates and further action being taken in rape and serious sexual offences cases: Cases where Further Action was Taken (FAT) have doubled over the past 12 months, with FAT rates for rape and serious sexual offences now at 9% and 10% respectively. Conviction rates for these cases stand at 76% in 2025. We are also seeing an increase in the number of rape and serious sexual offences being reported to us – from 1,760 in the 12 months to Feb 2025 to 2,019 in the same period to Feb 2026. Our communities can read more about all outcomes available post investigation here.

Increase in the identification and recording of stalking offences: From the 12 months to March 2023 to the 12 months to February this year, we have seen an increase of 68% in the number of stalking offences being recorded. The outcome rate for stalking in the 12 months to February was 17.8%

Significant reduction in the number of wanted Domestic Abuse (DA) offenders: Following a Force-wide operation last October, we reduced the number of outstanding DA offenders from 425 to 249. We remain committed to further reducing this number. We have also seen an increase in the number of DA reports being made to us (from 6,802 in 2024 to 6,974 in 2025). We believe this is due to our communities having greater trust and confidence that we will take action when they reach out to us to help them

Enhanced partnership collaboration: We are proud to be part of a coalition called Ending Violence Against Women and Girls (EVAWG) in Wiltshire, comprising of members of the public, members of the judiciary, police, representatives from domestic abuse organisations, and business leaders. The EVAWG act as a critical friend to our organisation - providing insight and guidance to improve our service to victims and communities. Collectively, we made a commitment to ensure that our approach to VAWG now firmly centres on the voices and lived experiences of victims. We are also dedicated to championing local charities and support groups, such as the Salisbury Soroptimists who support victims of domestic abuse with guidance as to how the justice system works, and useful organisations that can provide support. In May last year, we launched a Multi-Agency Tasking and Co-ordination process (MATAC). This unites policing teams with our partners to target, disrupt, and engage with offenders who pose the most risk to the public. We cannot tackle violent offenders in isolation so we will continue to further develop these crucial partnerships

Increase in the detection of drug possession: Due to our increased visibility in communities and proactivity with using Stop and Search, we have seen a 10% increase in the number of drug possession offences, from 934 in the 12 months to March 2023 to 1,032 in the 12 months to February this year.

Since 2023, 1,858 residential burglaries were reported to us, and we attended 1,855 of these.  Of the three we didn’t attend, two were at the request of the victim and one was following no further contact from the reporting person despite extensive efforts from officers. On balance, I can confidently state that, where victims allow us entry, we attend 100% of residential burglaries reported to us

Over the last year, we have seen a 4% reduction in the number of residential burglaries reported to us (583 were reported in the 12 months to February)

Last year, we ran a dedicated operation into a series of high-value residential burglaries targeting large rural properties. We are currently working with other Forces, sharing the intelligence we have gathered to locate the offenders who we believe are responsible for more than 100 burglaries across the country. In addition, under Operation Ragwort - a rural crime collaboration formed between all police forces and Police and Crime Commissioners in the south-west and our bordering forces in the south - we recently seized several diggers, tractors and quad bikes stolen from rural properties. These were all returned to their rightful owners

Working with colleagues in the South West Regional Organised Crime Unit, we’ve also dismantled an Organised Crime Group responsible for a series of commercial burglaries in the county.