Increased use of police Designing Out Crime Officers
Angiolini Inquiry · Angiolini Inquiry Part 2 First Report: Prevention of sexually motivated crimes against women in public spaces · Issued 2 December 2025 · Addressed to: Home Office
Source — verbatim from the inquiry
●Inquiry recommendation, Recommendation 18
By November 2026, the Government should explore how to improve the impact that the safety advice provided by police Designing Out Crime Officers could have on the prevention of sexually motivated crimes in public spaces, including by amendments to policies and changing their status within relevant planning legislation.
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Published evidence summary
Publicly available evidence relating to this recommendation:
- Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State Jess Phillips made a written statement to Parliament (HCWS1122) on 2 December 2025 accepting all 13 Part 2 recommendations (Written Statement HCWS1122, 2 December 2025).
- The recommendation was accepted less than 4 months ago at the time of this assessment, and the deadline is not until November 2026.
- No specific actions to conduct this exploration have been publicly documented as of March 2026.
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Response — verbatim from government
●No formal government response recorded
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