Stockport’s figures show that recorded crime in Stockport more than halved between March 2003 and March 2013 falling 54%.
Specific areas of crime that came down in that time include
• Criminal damage and arson down 60%
• Domestic burglary down 60%
• Fraud down 67%
• Robbery down 65%
• Vehicle offences down 71%
• Violence with injury down 47%
Exceptions to the trend include sexual offences, reported up 2%,”Violence without injury” has also gone up, a category that includes assault without injury but also possession of weapons and harassment.
Away from the raw statistics, the Crime Survey of England & Wales confirms the falling trend.
But more needs to be dene to combat crime in Stockport. That is why the Council helped create the Safer Stockport Partnership to work closely with the Police and other key agencies in the borough to make sure the trend downwards continues.
