Campaigns

Once a week I go out into the Community to meet the public and those working on the frontline to find out what is going on in the real world. This time with the...

Violence against women and girls includes harassment, stalking, rape, sexual assault, murder, honour-based abuse, coercive control, but is not limited to those...

To Protect our High Streets vote for Rupert Matthews on Thursday 2nd May Much neighbourhood crime and anti-social behaviour centres around our high streets...

Heritage Crime can have a devastating effect on communities. Whether it is stealing lead from church roofs, plundering archaeological sites of irreplaceable...

Road safety, speeding and dangerous driving blight far too many of our rural villages and urban neighbourhoods. In 2022, a total of 28 people were killed on the...

When I took over as Police and Crime Commissioner, I found that our rural communities had been shamefully neglected under Labour. That has changed. We now have...

Knife crime and violence on our streets is unacceptable. Law-abiding citizens should be free to go about their business without fear of attack. Violent crime is...

Britain is a democracy in which the vast majority of people accept that the way to effect political change is through peaceful debate, discussion and elections...

High visibility policing is key to effective neighbourhood policing. I intend to make sure that police officers and staff will be more visible to actively deter...

Neighbourhood Policing is the bedrock of British Policing. The skills, dedication and courage of our neighbourhood officers are key to keeping our streets safe...

Police and Crime Commissioner Rupert Matthews has pledged to boost neighbourhood policing with greater police visibility, more police stations and a clear focus...

Rupert Matthews has unveiled his Action Plan to Reduce Crime in the city of Leicester. It can be downloaded as a PDF below. Rupert's Ten Point Plan for Safer...