Police and Crime Commissioner, Chris Nelson said: “I have spent a great deal of time listening to what is important to people in Gloucestershire regarding policing and safety. In 2024, the OPCC commissioned our own Perceptions of Crime survey to establish a benchmark for feelings of safety and confidence in policing. In addition, the public were asked about the priorities for Gloucestershire. The results of this survey show that the public want to see a reduction in anti-social behaviour (ASB) and neighbourhood crime.”

“Our communities are diverse and face different types of crime. In the next five years, we will work in collaboration with Community Safety partnerships, partners and commissioned services to develop a tailored response for each community to make them feel safer. I strongly believe that community safety is everyone’s business. All the public sector have a vested interest in working with residents to promote safer and stronger communities and in doing so we will help make people safer and build trust and confidence.”

Achievements to date

ASB Hotspots (Operation ASH). Securing £1 million in 24/25 from the Home Office to deliver an additional 5800 hours of policing identified areas resulting in 195 arrests

ASB Case Reviews. Implemented a county approach to tackling ASB through improved case review mechanisms

Strengthened Safer Gloucestershire. We structured the Safer Gloucestershire Board to meet the priorities of the Police and Crime Prevention Plan, which included preparation of a three-yearly community safety strategic assessment. Safer Gloucestershire activity has also been supported through additional safer streets funds, totalling more than £4 million, that has been awarded following bids made to the Home Office by the OPCC

Op Vanquish. Since 2022, there have been over 1,000 arrests, around £1.5 million in cash recovered and huge quantities of crack cocaine, heroin and cannabis seized, together with a number of weapons.