FEATURE: 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.

FEATURE: New research has recommended that police forces in England and Wales should improve their awareness and responses to gambling-related harms after identifying custody suites as the ideal ‘gatekeepers’ to challenge the narratives about the nature of gambling-related crime, as Policing Insight’s Sarah Gibbons reports.  

ANALYSIS: Recent UK media headlines have focused on the commitment by some forces to attend all residential burglaries, and its apparent success in cutting crimes and increasing detections; but as Policing Insight’s Ian Wiggett reports, lessons learned 20 years ago would suggest that high-quality investigations, dedicated resources and sustained efforts are much more likely to secure results than simple scene attendance.