Crime has reduced eight percent overall over the last twelve months, accounting for more than 25,000 fewer crimes in Greater Manchester compared to last year. Neighbourhood crime is down 17 per cent overall and across every category including a reduction in theft from person (26%), vehicle offences (19%), robberies (12%), and burglaries (10%). The police say their proactive mule-agency approach to knife crime has helped decrease hospital admissions by a quarter.
A spokesman for Greater Manchester Police said: "In 2021, we made a commitment to ensuring we attended every household burglary. Since then, burglary arrests have increased by 15.5 per cent and every month there are hundreds fewer victims of this invasive crime across GM compared to three years ago.
READ MORE: Operation Castle to reduce burglaries to get more investment Bolton police officers to go back-to-basics in shake-up "More crimes are being solved with around 10,000 more victims of crime receiving justice compared to three years ago, with HMICFRS recognising us as the only force to improve its investigative standards in the last year. "This has seen 1,500 more domestic abuse victims receive justice in the last year compared to three years ago and 3,500 more shoplifting offences be solved compared to the year up to March 2021. "Our victim-focussed approach has seen victim satisfaction reach 64% and we aim to only increase it.
"The progress continues from our ‘back to basics’ approach set by Chief Constable S.