The Prime Minister has outlined a wide-ranging new strategy on crime that identifies new challenges facing the UK and action the Government plans to take to deal with them.
During a speech at the Crime & Disorder Reduction Partnership conference in London, Gordon Brown urged local authorities and police to prioritise the fight against crime, anti-social behaviour and fear in communities.
He said a “more visible, locally accountable and innovative police service” needs to be at the heart of the new approach.
“We face new kinds of crime - especially knife crime, organised crime, e-crime and identity theft - and now, of course, the new challenge of preventing what happened in previous recessions - where crimes like burglary and robbery went up.”
He said the country also faces new causes of crime including binge drinking, youth gangs, and problem families.
“We need new ways of responding - for government, the police, courts, local authorities and communities themselves.”
The new strategy outlined by Mr Brown was based around four key areas: burglary and robbery, organised crime, police reform and the courts.
The Home Office and the Ministry of Justice will launch a new programme bringing together all their work on burglary and robbery.
A new strategy will also be published shortly, setting out how the Government plans to overhaul the approach to organised crime, including e-crime and the full range of government powers to close down front businesses of known criminals.
The PM also outlined plans to use new technology to drive reform of the justice system.
The Government also has plans to expand a range of projects such as youth services on Friday and Saturday nights and tough family intervention projects.
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