Latest figures, published by the Home Office, reveal just 8% of crimes resulted in a charge or summons across Cumbria in the last year – that includes just 4% of sexual offences, and just 7% of violent crimes.
Keir Starmer has made ‘Making Britain’s Streets Safe’ a central mission of the next Labour Government. Within a decade that would include halving serious violent crime and raising confidence in the police and criminal justice system to its highest levels.
People in West Cumbria want to feel safe – but these figures show that after 13 years of Conservative rule the vast majority of crimes are going unpunished, including some of the most serious crimes there are.
Families in West Cumbria deserve better. That’s why Labour will make keeping our streets safe a central mission for the next government. To do that, we’ll put victims first, and we’ll restore neighbourhood policing with 13,000 new neighbourhood police and PCSOs – fully funded through a police efficiency programme – with mandatory patrols of town centres by dedicated officers.
Josh MacAlister MP 