What police are doing to crack down on burglaries in Greater Manchester

Superintendent Chris Foster is a busy man. As Greater Manchester Police’s lead for burglary his work feeds into the new neighbourhood model. That model - said to be the biggest change in a generation - will see 264 police officers posted to neighbourhood teams in the hope of better tackling crimes like burglary, drug dealing and car theft.

He insists tackling burglary is a priority for GMP and things have improved via Operation Castle - with more suspects arrested and more cases progressed to the courts. And he says the new neighbourhood policing model will increase visibility and improve accessibility to officers. “They’re looking at whether it’s the same person doing the job," he says. "So rather than one individual looking at that in isolation, we’re coordinating the approach to make sure we’re detecting more of those types of crimes."

Victims will also be told how to preserve a scene, offered a home security checklist and items such as light timers and window alarms. It’s hoped this approach will improve confidence in officers and encourage people to report more suspicious activity to police. GMP point to more up-to-date statistics. They show the Greater Manchester-wide rate to be 14 burglary crimes for every 1,000 households in the 12 months to February. In that time GMP recorded 688 fewer burglaries than the year before. Despite this, Supt Foster feels there are still improvements to be made.

“But if you have got someone with a knife in your home and you call 999, we’re going to be there within 15 minutes. We’re going to make sure it’s assessed properly within the force communications centre and officers will get to that incident within the time expected.

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