Greater Manchester Police (GMP) has announced that burglaries across Stockport have fallen by almost one quarter over the past year, whilst arrests are up. 

GMP reports a 23.6% decrease in incidents and a 16.2% increase in arrests. 

There have been 1,653 reported incidents in the borough in the past 12 months compared to 2,165 in the previous year.

Detective Chief Inspector Richard Arthern puts the success down to several factors, including Operation Castle and the creation of a dedicated Neighbourhood Crime Team in 2022.

Operation Castle is a "forcewide response to tackling burglaries from both a residential and commercial perspective". As part of the operation, GMP pledged to attend every burglary in Greater Manchester and send a forensics team within 24 hours. 

DCI Arthern said: "Fighting burglary is a priority for GMP and, under Operation Castle, GMP is arresting more suspects and seeing more cases going to court. [...]

"Burglary offences have been a real focus for Stockport - the formation of a dedicated Neighbourhood Crime Team has been key to more charges and more arrests over the past year.

"Evidence shows that you are significantly less likely to be burgled if you live in an active Home Watch area, so over the next 12 month our Neighbourhood Police Community Support Officers will be actively looking for people to volunteer as co-ordinators and streets to sign up."

Stockport previously had a burglary detection rate of around 1.5% - the detection rate for the past 12 months is 10% for residential burglaries and around 20% for commercial offences.

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