The Tories have been accused of being "asleep at the wheel" on neighbourhood crime as new figures reveal drastic cuts to police support officers.
Analysis by the House of Commons Library found that PCSO numbers plummeted by more than 4,000 since 2015 across England and Wales.
There were 12,331 PCSOs in 2015, but by September 2022 this number had fallen to just 8,263 - a drop of 4,068 officers, the data shows.
