Commitment to attend all burglaries and counting rules change should improve support for victims and regain trust

13th June 2023Sarah Gibbons, Contributing Editor, Policing Insight 1 Comment

The recent announcement that all forces in England and Wales will now attend every burglary – coupled with a change in crime counting rules to distinguish between home break-ins and thefts from sheds and garages – has been heralded by police chiefs as an important step towards greater support for victims, improved transparency, and a return to policing fundamentals, as Policing Insight’s Sarah Gibbons reports.

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