Gareth Davies, head of the NAO, said: “Improving the productivity of the police is crucial to helping them manage financial pressures while supporting their ability to respond to changing demands.

The Metropolitan Police Service’s (MPS) use of live facial recognition (LFR) technology is making London safer, according to ...

The HMICFRS integrity inspection, which took place in January this year, highlighted “concerns” around the lack of senior ...

Police Scotland says drug-driving offences have risen by 60 per cent in the past three years and is now almost higher than drink-driving. In 2024, there were 2,971 drug-driving offences identified by ...

The new law, passed by Parliament last week, closes a gap identified following a Supreme Court judgment in February 2025, ...

According to the latest figures released today (October 23) by the Office for National Statistics (ONS), police in England ...

The Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) is to trial the use of ‘first responder’ drones in emergencies. The remotely-controlled ...

Former Home Secretary Lord Blunkett is to chair a Commission on police leadership to examine its development at every level ...

Knife murders have fallen by 18 per cent in the past year with almost 60,000 knives seized or surrendered, according to latest Home Office figures.

Of the 55 persons accused of homicide in the latest year, 91 per cent (50) were male and nine per cent (five) were female. Scotland’s Chief Statistician said this is “the lowest number of recorded ...

Malcolm McHaffie, head of the CPS’s Special Crime Division, said: “We have decided to prosecute former Northamptonshire ...

More than £2 million of stolen vehicles have been seized and 154 people arrested, many with links to serious and organised crime, during the second national vehicle crime intensification week.