On 1 February 2018, the Shared Data Unit out of around 11,000 police officers lost from 2012-17 across forces in England and Wales, 1,500 worked in neighbourhoods - around one in seven.
At the same time around nearly one in three PCSOs - originally intended to be the "eyes and ears" of the community - were also axed, according to our analysis of Home Office figures.
The government said it had promised an extra 拢450m for policing starting next year and nature of crime was changing; officers were now needed to deal with growing problems in non-traditional areas like online fraud and identity theft.
Local campaigners said a visible police presence in communities deterred criminals and helped to gather intelligence.
The Shared Data Hub makes data journalism available to news organisations across the media industry, as part of a partnership between the 大象传媒 and the News Media Association. Stories generated by the partnership included:
- Liverpool Echo:
- Belfast Telegraph:
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- Planet Radio:
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- The story was also covered by 大象传媒 Radio 5 live, 大象传媒 Radio 4 - World at One, 大象传媒 Radio Wales, 大象传媒 Radio Kent, Good Morning Ulster, 大象传媒 Radio London, Midlands Today, North West Today, 大象传媒 Somerset, 大象传媒 Radio Berkshire, 大象传媒 Wiltshire, 大象传媒 Radio Devon, 大象传媒 Radio Cornwall, 大象传媒 Radio Nottingham, 大象传媒 Radio Lincolnshire, 大象传媒 Radio Shropshire, 大象传媒 Radio Stoke, 大象传媒 WM, 大象传媒 Lancashire, 大象传媒 Hereford & Worcester, 大象传媒 Coventry & Warwickshire