You might have seen the poster around Northamptonshire - the one listing all our police forces's priorities on it.
Serious and organised crime, child abuse, rape and sexual violence, preventing road fatalities, residential burglary and domestic abuse; it's a comprehensive list of the most serious crimes in the county.
From September 2 to 6, BBC Radio Northampton is spending a week looking at the various ways Northamptonshire Police intends to tackle these issues. It is a comprehensive piece of work put together by my colleague Elinor Cross.
As part of the project, I spoke to Northamptonshire Police's Paul Rymarz. Detective Superintendent Rymarz's officers dealt with 780 rapes and 1,300 other sexual offences last year. I asked him about those numbers...
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Read more about Northamptonshire Police's priorities here: https://www.northants.police.uk/police-forces/northamptonshire-police/areas/northamptonshire-force-content/about-us/about-us/policing-priorities/
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