Policing West Mercia

For a number of years, West Mercia Police has been recognised as one of the top performing forces in England and Wales as a consequence of delivering some outstanding results in fighting crime and improving community safety.

The force does not operate in isolation. Credit for the reduction in recorded crime must be shared with our community safety partners, other criminal justice agencies and local communities. Working together has helped to make Herefordshire, Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin and Worcestershire safer places to live, work and visit.

Progress On Tackling Crime

Looking back over the past six years, the force has not only reduced local crime but it has also enjoyed great success in tackling major and serious crime.

Performance - April 2006 To March 2011

^a Sanction detections are crime investigations that lead to action being taken against the offender.

Looking Ahead

During 2011 and beyond, taking into account national targets, local partnership commitments and what our communities have told us, we intend to focus our resources on the following priority areas:

• Protecting people from crime and disorder, according to their needs and vulnerabilities
• Working with partners to bring offenders to account, acting in the best interest of victims and the public
• Ensuring we are accessible in our communities
• Providing a supportive and effective response to victims of sexual offences, domestic abuse, child abuse and hate crime
• Protecting road users by working with partners to reduce casualties
• Having the capability to respond to major crime investigations and serious incidents while delivering a resilient local policing service
• Providing an efficient and effective policing service which delivers value for money through our Making the Difference Programme
• Actively pursuing collaboration opportunities with other forces and partner organisations to achieve economies and efficiencies