Tom Bucke is Head of Social Research at the UK Home Office. He has held research roles covering policing, migration, drugs and offending across the Home Office, Ministry of Justice and the Independent Police Complaints Commission.

In his current role he leads a group of analysts investigating a range of crime areas including gender-based violence. Their work programme supports the government’s mission to reduce violence against women and girls by providing insight on what works, evaluation of interventions and progress against targets. The wider work of his unit focuses on other areas linked to vulnerabilities and policing such as child criminal exploitation and modern slavery.