76% of the young men in prison in England and Wales had absent fathers and there is also plenty of evidence to suggest that the absence of a father has an adverse impact on daughters too.

Matthew Barber, Thames Valley’s Police & Crime Commissioner, says policing locally will benefit from more than £400,000 of funding towards technology and data to help prevent crime

JUST PUBLISHED: Read my Annual Report for 2021/22, setting out progress in delivering the Police & Criminal Justice Plan.

The report details some of the important steps being taken to deliver on my plan for Thames Valley in order to make all of our communities safer.

Read the Annual Report on the PCC’s official website here.

Following the announcement by the Metropolitan Police that they are to offer a £5,000 cash incentive to police officers transferring from other forces, I have joined with Police & Crime Commissioners from across the South East to condemn the move.

Police & Crime Commissioner for Thames Valley, Matthew Barber, has today (31 May) published the findings of an independent review of the work to reduce reoffending across Thames Valley.

The 999 Performance Data which was released today as part of the Government’s Beating Crime Plan details the time it takes for forces to answer 999 calls.  Thames Valley Police answered 83% of 999 calls in under 10 seconds.