The Crime Survey of England and Wales released today by the Office of National Statistics shows that reporting of sexual offences has increased by 32 per cent in the last year

The new body to coordinate operational policing and collaboration amongst forces at the national level is established today.

The Home Affairs Committee has released a report today stating that communication between the police, schools and parents is in need of vast improvement if we are to stop young people from travelling to conflict zones.

A report released today by the Office of National Statistics shows an increase over the last year in people's confidence that the police are doing a good job and providing a good service to victims of crime

In response to the increased community tension threat levels experienced by Jewish and Muslim communities in the UK, police have reached an agreement to share hate crime data with the Community Security Trust (CST) and TELL MAMA.

Police are committed to improving after a HMIC report released today finds "Police forces have made disappointingly slow progress in improving their use of stop and search powers since 2013"

ACPO has responded to today's Home Affairs Committee report on Police Bail, emphasising that all complex police investigations must be carried out with the appropriate level of sensitivity, care and attention to detail. An initial 28 day time limit is likley to be unhelpful.

Research has shown that on average it takes seven years for children to disclose sexual abuse as they either have no one they trust to turn to, no one who listens or no one who asks. Police are today joining up with the charity NWG Network to raise awareness of child sexual exploitation (CSE) and encourage people not to ignore the signs.

The inquiry will help us with the work that is already underway to make sure that the unacceptable behaviour of some officers in the past never happens again.

The Rape Monitoring Group (RMG), has today published 42 local digests bringing together for the first time published data on rape from the Home Office, Office for National Statistics, Crown Prosecution Service and Ministry of Justice

A report published today by Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary (HMIC) has found that children, people who are mentally unwell and other vulnerable members of society are being locked in cells and sometimes unnecessarily criminalised because police custody is being used as a substitute for social and health care

A Freedom of Information request from the Press Association has shown that 396 registered sex offenders across the UK are wanted because their whereabouts are unknown