Crime falls by eight per cent in South Staffordshire
Crime in South Staffordshire has fallen overall by eight per cent over the past year but there is a "significant" amount of work to do, police chiefs say.
Staffordshire Police's local figures show residential burglary has dropped 41 per cent over June 1 last year to June 1 this year amid Covid-19.
Domestic violence incidents fell from 139 to 104 and anti-social behaviour instances are currently at 153 this year – down from 208 last year.
Chief inspector David Wain, from South Staffordshire Police's Neighbourhood Police Team, said: "Despite some challenging circumstances, we and our partners at South Staffordshire Council, have worked incredibly hard over the last 12 months to deliver these results.
"Through proactive and intelligence-led policing, we have been able to tackle a wide range of issues and in particular cross-border criminality, through working together with our Roads Policing Team and CMPG.
"We are also continuing to make strides in tackling domestic violence with our trained independent domestic violence advisors working to deliver a better quality of service to some of our most vulnerable victims.
"We still have a significant amount of work to do, particularly in reducing ASB and delivering targeted problem-solving, but these results show how the team really does care about the communities of South Staffordshire and we are making an impact."
Other figures show business burglary is down by 12 per cent – with six recorded instances in comparison to 19 in 2020. Theft of motor vehicles is also down 35 per cent and theft from a motor vehicle is two per cent down.
Councillor Rita Heseltine, cabinet member for regulatory services at South Staffordshire Council, added: "These figures confirm that South Staffordshire is a safe place to live, work and visit, and through the work of our local policing team, we aim to continue to reduce crime across our district."
