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The increase will help to deliver on the Government’s Beating Crime Plan, which focuses on ending neighbourhood crime, making streets safer and driving down homicide rates.

The boost will also see Police and Crime Commissioners given an additional £796 million to use according to local needs, while counter-terrorism policing has surpassed £1 billion for the first time.

Recent figures show that the Beating Crime Plan had already had a significant effect in taking dangerous offenders off the streets, according to Mr Smith.

More than 1,500 county drugs lines have been closed since 2019, with over 7,400 arrests and £4.3 million in drugs seized.

Almost 16,000 knives and dangerous weapons have also been removed, while 300,000 at risk young people have been supported through Violence Reduction Units.

The funding will also further support the creation of a National Crime Laboratory – to drive the use of innovative data science in preventing crime – as well as improving 999 response times, investing in law enforcement intelligence, and upgrading critical IT infrastructure.