Labour will introduce a new Neighbourhood Policing Guarantee restoring patrols to our town centres by recruiting thousands of new police officers, police and community support officers (PCSOs), and special constables.
These new recruits will be paid for by tackling waste through a new Police Efficiency and Collaboration Programme for England and Wales.
The programme will set nation-wide standards for procurement and establish shared services and specialist functions to drive down costs.
Cracking down on antisocial behaviour
Labour will introduce new Respect Orders - powers to ban persistent adult offenders from town centres, which will stamp out issues such as public drinking and drug use.
Fly-tippers and vandals will also be forced to clean up the mess they have created.
Labour will scrap the effective immunity for some shoplifting and create a new specific offence for assaults on shopworkers that will protect them from threats and violence.
Knife crime action plan
Labour aims to halve knife crime in a decade.
Labour will end the practice of empty warnings by ensuring knife carrying triggers rapid intervention and tough consequences.
Every young person caught in posession of a knife will be referred to a Youth Offending Team and will receive a mandatory plan to prevent reoffending, with penalties including curfews, tagging, and custody for the most serious cases.
Labour will ban ninja swords, lethal zombie-style blades and machetes, and strengthen rules to prevent online sales.
Executives of online companies that flout these rules will be held to account through tough sanctions.
Labour will create a new Young Futures programme with a network of hubs reaching every community.
Local prevention partnerships will identify young people who could be drawn into violence and intervene.
We will place youth workers and mentors in A&E units and Pupil Referral Units to offer young people a pathway out of violence, funded by full recovery of the cost of firearm licensing.
Labour will introduce a new offence of criminal exploitation of children, to go after the gangs who are luring young people into violence and crime.
Tackling violence against women and girls
Labour will introduce specialist rape and sexual offences teams in every police force.
The most prolific and harmful perpetrators will be relentlessly targeted, using tactics normally reserved for terrorists and organised crimes.
Labour will fast-track rape cases, with specialist courts at every Crown Court location in England and Wales.
We will introduce domestic abuse experts in 999 control rooms so that victims can talk directly to a specialist.
We will ensure there is a legal advocate in every police force area to advise victims from the moment of report to trial.
Labour will ensure schools address misogyny and teach young people about healthy relationships and consent.
Labour will strengthen the use of Stalking Protection Orders and give women the right to know the identity of online stalkers.
Labour will introduce a new criminal offence for spiking to help police better respond to this crime.
We will strengthen the rights and protections available to women in co-habiting couples, as well as for whistleblowers in the workplace, including on sexual harassment.
Better policing
Labour will give His Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary, Fire & Rescue Services new powers to intervene with failing forces.
We will introduce mandatory professional standards on vetting, checks and misconduct for individual officers; and stronger training on racism and violence against women and girls.
Anyone with a history of violence against women and girls will be barred from the service and we will introduce automatic suspensions if officers are investigated for domestic abuse and sexual offences.
Labour will introduce new legal safeguards around strip-searching children and young people.
Labour will introduce a new expanded fraud strategy to tackle the full range of threats, including online, public sector, and serious fraud.
We will work with technology companies to stop their platforms being exploited by fraudsters.
We will work with national policing bodies and police staff to standardise approaches to procurement, IT, professional standards, and training.
Solving crime
We will roll out a direct entry scheme for detectives to boost investigation skills.
A justice system that puts victims first
Labour will ensure more prosecutors are available by allowing Associate Prosecutors to work on appropriate cases.
We will introduce new protections for victims of crime and persistent antisocial behaviour, by increasing the powers of the Victims' Commissioner, and ensuring victims can access the information and support they need.
Labour will carry out a review of sentencing to ensure it is brought up to date.
Getting a grip of our prisons and reducing reoffending
Labour will use all relevant powers to build the prisons so badly needed.
We will work with prisons to improve offenders' access to purposeful activity, such as learning, and ensure they create pre-release plans for those leaving custody.
We will support prisons to link up with local employers and the voluntary sector to get ex-offenders into work.
We will ensure that the children of those who are imprisoned are identified and offered support to break the cycle.
Labour will conduct a strategic review of probation governance, including considering the benefits of devolved models.
Historical injustices
Labour will act on the findings of the Infected Blood Inquiry and respond to the findings of the Grenfell Inquiry and the Covid-19 Inquiry, to ensure swift resolution.
Labour will introduce a 'Hillsborough Law' which will place a legal duty of candour on public servants and authorities, and provide legal aid for victims of disasters or state-related deaths.
We will ensure the victims of the Windrush scandal have their voices heard and the compensation scheme is run effectively, with a new Windrush Commissioner.
Labour will ensure, through an investigation or inquiry, that the truth about the events at Orgreave comes to light.