Labour is promising another 300 front-line police, and new laws to crack down on gangs, if it wins the election.
The Government has already lifted police numbers by 1,800 since 2017.
But in the year to July 2023, crime as a whole rose 25-percent, and while assaults and burglaries declined as a percentage of crimes, numbers are up.
Petty crime and theft rose to nearly 70-percent of all crimes, including shoplifting, car theft, and thievery.
So what needs to be done to keep people and property safe?
Labour Party police spokesperson Ginny Andersen and National police spokesperson Mark Mitchell spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss.
