John, nearly 6,000 crimes went unsolved every day in the year ending September 2024 - that’s over 2.1 million across England and Wales, or 40% of all recorded crimes.

Thousands of victims are being left without the justice they deserve and public confidence in policing is plummeting.

Our latest polling shows that half of people aren’t confident the police would turn up for a burglary or car theft. 8% have even delayed calling the police, worried they’d take too long to arrive or wouldn’t take their crime seriously.

We need a return to proper community policing, where officers are visible, trusted and focused on solving the crimes that impact local communities the most.

Years of ineffective resourcing from the Conservatives left forces overstretched and underresourced, and the government’s latest £100 million pledge for community policing is just a drop in the ocean. We’re pushing Labour to be much bolder.

But it’s not just our streets at risk. Crime is rising online, too.

Last year, online shopping fraud cost consumers £56 million—a 20% increase, with 68,000 cases from 2023-24. Just as policing hasn’t kept up in our communities, it’s also failing in the digital world.

That’s why we’re urging the government to set up a new Online Crime Agency to tackle fraud, bring online criminals to justice, and free up police time to focus on keeping our communities safe.

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Keeping people safe is a basic duty of government, John.

The government must urgently deliver the change they promised by listening to our proposals to restore the public's trust in policing.

Best wishes,