Crime down and outcomes up in past year, as GMP strives for even safer 2026

We’ve been working tirelessly all year round to help reduce crime and keep people safe in communities across Greater Manchester.

In the past year, we’ve helped reduce burglary (21%), robbery (16%) and knife crime (13%).

There have also been clear reductions in serious violence, vehicle offences and serious and organised crime in prisons.

There was a total of 10,000 fewer crimes in 2025 thanks, in part, to our proactive local policing and problem-solving approach to tackling the crimes that matter to our communities.

This has included local policing initiatives in every Greater Manchester district, such as the Home Office’s Safe 4 Summer and Winter for Action campaigns which have seen increased patrols and marked reductions in shoplifting, theft, and street crime.

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