31 January 2025 PCC confirms £14* a year policing precept increase for 2025/26 Suffolk’s Police and Crime Commissioner, Tim Passmore has today (Friday 31 January), confirmed the policing element of the council tax will increase by 27p a week (*based on a Band D property) for the next financial year. At its meeting this morning, Suffolk’s Police and Crime Panel, the scrutiny body for PCC, supported the PCC’s proposal to increase the precept by 5.1%, which equates to £14 a year for a Band D property. An on-line survey held earlier this month supported the PCC’s proposal to raise the precept; of the 465 respondents, 59% supported the proposal. SURVEY FEEDBACK: Survey results YES RESPONSES (PDF, 127 KB) Survey results NO RESPONSES (PDF, 158 KB) This is what the increase means to households across all of the Council Tax Rate Bands in 2025-26.
