Maria Miller MP met Hampshire’s Police Constable Andy Marsh in Parliament this week to discuss new crime figures for Hampshire released on 16 July. Hampshire remains one of the lowest crime areas in the country.
New national crime figures for the county show fewer crimes being reported by the public but because more reported crimes are being recorded figures show an increase of 8% of recorded crimes.
Maria said, “At a time when Hampshire Police have made significant savings to help reduce the budget deficit it is reassuring to know that reported crime is down and satisfaction with Police performance is up. This trend is backed up in evidence from the British Crime Survey. Nationwide, Police are having to respond very different types of crime: Car and household thefts have fallen but there has been a significant increase in the reporting of violent and sexual offences. The Police are having to tackle different crimes and are having to change their way of working to reflect that.”