The increase in recorded crime has slowed for Wiltshire Police. In the 12 months to March 2017, we’ve seen a nine per cent increase in recorded crime, compared to a national increase of ten per cent.
Although the dramatic improvement in the quality of crime recording has impacted on the results, there are still spikes in burglary and vehicle crime. Tackling burglary is now a force priority and they've also invested in their crime prevention awareness, concerning vehicle crime.
The figures for domestic burglary rose 21.7 per cent. Over the past 12 months, the Wiltshire Police have been developing their burglary strategy to make sure they have a cohesive plan each time a burglary occurs. Part of this has involved a series of drop in sessions held across the county where officers have listened to the concerns of our communities to help shape our response to this type of crime. ONS figures also show an increase of 29.3 per cent in theft from vehicles.
Their analysis suggests that the majority of these incidents are from vehicles which are insecure or have valuables on display. Officers have run a number of crime prevention campaigns urging motorists to lock their vehicles and keep belongings out of sight.
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