Our priorities
The Police and Crime Priorities for Gwent are driven by the issues you told the Police and Crime Commissioner are important to you. They form the basis of his Police and Crime Plan for Gwent.
- Reduce public order offences and anti-social behaviour, and the number of people who repeatedly carry out these acts
- Reduce acquisitive crime and repeat offenders
- Improve the safety of roads throughout Gwent
- Commission and invest in effective crime prevention initiatives
- Reduce the number of repeat victims of child criminal and sexual exploitation
- Increase disruption of serious organised crime, and reinvest assets seized back into communities
- Improve the overall criminal justice response to violence against women, domestic abuse and sexual violence
- Commission and invest in services that work with perpetrators of serious crime to prevent and reduce re-offending
- Improve victim services and ensure that the needs of victims are identified and responded to appropriately through Connect Gwent and the Victim Care Unit
- Further improve our work with partners to protect those most vulnerable
- Increase the timeliness of police investigation updates provided to victims
- Commission and invest in specialist services to support victims throughout the criminal justice process
- Increase the effectiveness of officer and staff engagement with residents in their communities, and community confidence and trust in Gwent Police
- Improve the accessibility of neighbourhood police teams through a variety of contact channels that meet the needs of the public
- Increase reporting of crime by communities that are less likely to engage with the police
- Further increase officer and staff diversity to ensure our police service reflects the communities that we serve
- Ensure Gwent Police have the right number of officers, staff, and volunteers in the right places
- Increase investment in and adopt 21st Century policing technology to meet tomorrow’s challenges today
- Enhance health and well-being support for officers and staff to ensure our workforce is fit and ready to meet the challenges of policing
- Reduce the environmental impact of policing in line with Welsh Government’s carbon neutral targets and the Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015