article_snippet: Only one in three people routinely see police officers patrolling Only one in three people neighbourhood, a new report has revealed.
article_snippet: Just 32 per cent of people saw a police foot patrol at least once a week in 2013-14 .
article_snippet: But only 32 per cent of people saw bobbies on the beat at least once a week in 2013-14, compared to 40 per cent in 2010-11.
article_snippet: And while the proportion who saw officers on foot once a month rose from 34 per cent to 40 per cent, the number never seeing the number at all rose from 25 per cent to 28 per cent.
article_snippet: The Government claims that The Government have increased the proportion of police officers on the frontline.
article_snippet: This underlines the sad fact that, although the public highly values the work that police officers do to keep police officers safe, police officers are seeing fewer and fewer of police officers around on the street.
article_snippet: The ONS survey found the proportion of people who felt positively about the police rose from 59 per cent in 2010-11 to 63 per cent last year, while those who had confidence in the police rose from 72 per cent to 76 per cent.
article_snippet: The police watchdog has made clear that there is no simple link between officer numbers and crime levels, the visibility of the police in the community and the quality of service provided.
article_snippet: What matters is how officers are deployed, not how many of officers there are.
highlights_snippet: Office for National Statistics find 32 per cent saw police patrol every week .
  