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More police = safer streets

 

More police = safer streets.

Since 2021, Cheshire Police are answering the phone faster, getting to crimes more quickly, arresting more criminals and securing more criminal charges.

101 answer times are now 5 minutes. Down from 17 minutes in 2021

 

 

 

Calls to the police are being answered faster in Cheshire

101 answer times are now an average of 5 minutes - down from 17 minutes when I became Police and Crime Commissioner in 2021.

We've made good progress. But there's still more to be done.

Highest charge rate for crime in the country

If you commit crimes in Cheshire you're going to get caught.

Since 2021 crime is down 3.1% and arrests are up 30%.

And Cheshire has the highest charge rate for crime in the country.

We've made good progress. But the job isn't done yet.

Drink driving arrests up by 8%

Drink driving ruins lives. Thousands of people are killed or seriously injured every year because at least one driver is over the limit.

322 New Police Officers

322 new police officers for Cheshire

In 2019, the Conservative government promised to recruit 20,000 extra police. And the government delivered that promise — recruiting every single one.