Abstract
For some time, violent crime had been rising across England and Wales resulting in the government’s Serious Violence Strategy 2018. This was set against a background of austerity, but just as re-investment in policing numbers was underway, the Covid-19 pandemic struck. As a result, crime patterns changed dramatically as did policing practices. In this chapter, we analyse the impact of the pandemic on crime figures but also show the development of changing policing practices. Focusing on one region and using the most recent police data from a county police service in the UK that we will refer to as ‘Midshire’ police, it will show how the pandemic saw reductions in many crime types but also allowed the introduction of innovative policing practices such as a public health approach. The pandemic may therefore leave a legacy of more focused public health approaches to violence reduction.KeywordsCovid-19Rule of lawLaw enforcementCriminal opportunityCrime trends
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