KMTV package on the latest Kent PCC crime figures
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00:00A 10% cut in crime over four years.
00:05The big headline from the Kent and Police Crime Commissioners' Performance and Delivery Board.
00:12Not the catchiest name in the world, but these meetings are the elected commissioners' main way of holding the Chief Constable to account to see if Kent Police are delivering.
00:26We've seen crime fall by 10% over the last four years.
00:29In real terms, that means 15,000 fewer victims of crime and they're addressing the issues that matter.
00:35They attended 98% burglaries, that burglary fell by 27%, robberies are down and rural thefts are down as well.
00:42So some really positive progress.
00:44We're not complacent because there's still some more work to do in order to bring crime down further, but a real step in the right direction.
00:51It's not all positive, however, with shoplifting, sexual offences and fraud seeing a sharp spike in the last year.
01:03But we've still got some work to do around some issues of trust and a lot of that is around the visibility of policing.
01:09It's about victims getting outcomes and justice being seen to be done as well.
01:14So we're working on all of those things as well together, a partnership between my office, the police and also those other agencies who are responsible,
01:21like the CPS and the courts, to make sure that we continue to build on those step changes.
01:26With a new police and crime plan in place and the force putting 65 new neighbourhood officers on the street,
01:36all eyes will now be on the force and the commissioner to see if they can deliver.
01:45Oli Lieder in Maidstone.