Overview
- Neighbourhood policing teams across Wiltshire carried out a concentrated programme of outreach and enforcement during the national Neighbourhood Policing Week of Action on Saturday, June 20, 2026, including 23 school visits, 13 community consultations and 10 local authority meetings.
- Swindon says it has increased neighbourhood officer posts by just over 25% in the past year and reports a combined crime detection rate above 40%, more than 800 community engagements, over 60 closure orders and 20-plus warrants.
- Officers worked with partners to carry out welfare and immigration checks at commercial premises, and made 120 joint property visits with Trading Standards to safeguard vulnerable people and reassure businesses about theft and staff assaults.
- Enforcement during the week targeted prolific offenders, retail crime, human trafficking, modern slavery, immigration offences and organised crime, and local teams supported wider regional operations such as County Lines Intensification Week.
- Residents can expect more visible patrols, rural target-hardening advice and partner referrals in affected areas, a shift that police say could deter repeat offences and increase safeguarding but may require ongoing funding and partner capacity to sustain results.