Small-time crime is out of control and to public anger, the police often don’t seem interested. A third of people have had their mobile phones stolen, shoplifting is at record levels and burglars seem to operate with impunity – but often all the police offer is a crime number and victim support. Former Met Commissioner Bernard Hogan-Howe and ex-Mirror editor Alison Phillips ask: Do the police need to get back to basics on the crimes that really matter to ordinary people?

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Presented by Bernard Hogan-Howe and Alison Phillips. Audio production by Tom Taylor. Music by Simon Williams. Produced by Managing Editor Jacob Jarvis and Group Editor Andrew Harrison. Executive Producer: Martin Bojtos. Thanks to Helen Purvis at Knight Ayton Management. CRIME SCENE is a Podmasters Production

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