Commissioner to present Annual Report to Police, Fire & Crime Panel

Staffordshire Commissioner Ben Adams will present his Annual Report at the Police, Fire & Crime Panel meeting on Monday (28 July) at 10am. 

The Annual Report covers the work of Staffordshire Police, Staffordshire Fire and Rescue and the Staffordshire Commissioner’s Office (SCO) over the last year. 

Highlights from the Annual Report include:

A 7.25% increase in the number of arrests made

An 8.6% decrease in neighbourhood crime (residential burglary, personal robbery, theft from/of vehicles, vehicle interference and theft from a person)

The force’s new Road Crime Team made 467 arrests, carried out 2,392 roadside tests, recovered 124 stolen vehicles and seized almost £3m-worth of criminal assets in its first six months

Staffordshire Fire & Rescue was rated ‘outstanding’ at responding to major and multi-agency incidents by His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services (HMICFRS) 

Between April 2024 and March 2025, Staffordshire Fire & Rescue supported the local NHS by responding to 1,188 incidents of vulnerable people falling in their homes; the Home from Hospital scheme was supported with 1,555 mobilisations

The SCO awarded £850,000 to Community Safety Partnerships to fund local initiatives to drive down crime and ASB

Over 8,500 children aged 8-17 attended over 2,500 SCO-led Space events, designed to increase their skills, improve health and wellbeing and reduce ASB over the summer holidays

Watch the meeting online here: https://staffordshire.moderngov.co.uk/ieListDocuments.aspx?CId=1150&MId=17907&Ver=4