Three Stockport councillors have written an open letter to the British Transport Police (BTP) to discuss the possibility of a policing post at Stockport train station. 

Cllr Matt Wynne, Cllr Frankie Singleton and Cllr David Meller argued in the letter that a policing post would mean BTP officers could stay at the station for longer periods of time, which in turn would create a stronger police presence. 

It comes in response to 'increasingly common' instances of anti-social behaviour and other crime at the station. 

In July 2023, a man was jailed after threatening to kill railway staff with a knife. Generally, incidents of crime at the station have increased by 20% from June 2022 to June 2023, the letter states. 

"A post at the railway station would provide a more regular presence at an increasingly busy railway station", the councillors propose. 

"If there was signage at the station indicating a BTP police post presence, this would help act as a deterrent."

Stockport is the busiest train station in Greater Manchester outside the city centre, and is in the unusual position of doubling up as a thoroughfare from the town centre to Edgeley, particularly on match days. 

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