Is the government meeting its key pledges on crime?

Met Police Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley has today warned that more funding is needed for policing if the government wants forces to meet its key commitments to cut crime.

His comments on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme [2:11:11] follow reports that chancellor Rachel Reeves is set to announce real-terms reductions for several departments, including the Home Office, at the upcoming Spending Review on 11 June. Sir Mark is one of six police chiefs warning that specific pledges to tackle crime may not be feasible without an increase in funding.

Full Fact’s Government Tracker assesses how much progress the government has so far made in fulfilling its pledges to raise confidence in policing and in the criminal justice system.

The government has also committed to halving serious violent crime by the end of the parliament. Our tracker has rated this pledge “wait and see”, as it is not clear which offences Labour is covering under this promise or how they intend to measure it.

We’ll be adding more pledges to the tracker over the coming weeks, including the government’s commitment to introduce a Neighbourhood Policing Guarantee.