Overview
- Suffolk’s £15 increase for a Band D property, a 5.2% rise, was approved by the Police and Crime Panel by 8–1 with one abstention.
- The Suffolk precept change takes effect from April following the panel’s decision at the end of January.
- Hampshire and Isle of Wight’s PCC has proposed a 5.45% Band D rise, equal to £15, with the police and crime panel set to consider it on Monday, 2 February.
- The Hampshire and Isle of Wight plan outlines £9.9 million in initiatives and 36 posts, including five local officers, 16 neighbourhood officers, and a 15-officer fugitive team supported by three analysts, plus investment in technology, forensics, estates and staff wellbeing.
- Consultations reported majority support: 57.1% of 1,206 Suffolk respondents backed the rise, while over 92% of 4,154 Hampshire and Isle of Wight respondents answering the precept question supported a higher charge.