Your neighbourhood

Neighbourhood Policing is at the heart of Greater Manchester Police. We want Greater Manchester to be a better place to live, work and play.

It is about putting people at the heart of what we do, really caring and having a strong working relationship with our communities. It is about having the right people in the right place at the right time tackling everything from anti-social behaviour and burglary to terrorism and organised crime.

Greater Manchester Police has 12 geographical areas known as Divisions. Each of these divisions has a combination of Neighbourhood Policing Units, each of which is managed by a Neighbourhood Inspector. These units have specific areas of responsibility and consist of smaller, localised, Neighbourhood Policing Teams which include your local police officers and Police Community Support Officers.

These Neighbourhood Policing Teams are focused on your needs. They have regular meetings where you can help set the priorities for your community. You can also find out who your local officers are and read about policing news from your area.

Use these pages to find out what's happening in your local area. Get the latest police updates, meet and contact the team, find out about community meetings and discover how we're tackling your local policing priorities.

Assistant Chief Constable Garry Shewan
  • Your community
  • How Neighbourhood Policing works

Select your local area from the left menu or enter your postcode to find your community:


Neighbourhood Policing Teams are led by an Inspector, with a mix of Police Constables, Police Community Support Officers, Special Constables and volunteers who are dedicated to that community.

The Neighbourhood Policing Team works with communities, Local Authorities, businesses, the voluntary sector, and elected members to make their areas better and safer places to live, tackling local issues.

Neighbourhood Inspectors

The Neighbourhood Inspector is there to address community needs and develop strong links in order to ensure that action is taken to deal with local issues.

They are accountable for the performance of the Neighbourhood Policing Team, and the Neighbourhood Communities that sit beneath it.

The Inspector ensures that crimes and incidents are recorded properly and that a problem-solving approach is used. This includes forging strong community links with a citizen focus and a commitment to high-visibility policing. This includes developing community engagement networks, consultation, media liaison and communications.

Neighbourhood Sergeant

The Neighbourhood Sergeant supports the Inspector and supervisors Police Constables, Police Community Support Officers, Special Constables and other members of the Neighbourhood Policing Team, such as volunteers.

They represent the Neighbourhood Policing Team at meetings, ensure that high-visibility activity is undertaken to reassure the community and helps promote the work being done in the area.

They also work with partner agencies to help solve community problems.

Neighbourhood Police Constable

Neighbourhood Police Constables are dedicated officers for a particular community. They keep track of local issues and concerns, including hotspot crime and disorder locations.

They carry out regular high-visibility patrols, form strong links with local community members, representatives and partners, submit community intelligence and attend meetings to discuss local problems.

Neighbourhood Police Community Support Officer

Neighbourhood Police Community Support Officers play a key reassurance role in Neighbourhood Policing. They are a highly-visible presence, patrolling on foot or bicycle, helping to deter criminal and anti-social behaviour. As the eyes and ears they will be central in gathering community intelligence.

Special Constables

Special Constables are volunteers who, after training, have the same powers as regular officers. They can be deployed to neighbourhood areas to deal with a vast range of crime and anti-social behaviour issues. They are a key part of the team through their valuable local knowledge.

Volunteers

Volunteers from the community undertake a range of tasks help complement and support the Neighbourhood Policing Team. These can include contacting victims of crime by telephone to provide reassurance and feedback, maintaining communications links, administration work, undertaking crime prevention leaflet drops and running property-marking services.

Greater Manchester news

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Phone containing voice message from soldier killed in action returned to victim

A woman who was robbed of a phone containing a sentimental voice message from a soldier killed in action has had the item returned to her.

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Next of Kin appeal

Do you know James Michael Bray? Police are appealing for his Next of Kin

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Woman sexually assualted

A woman was sexually assaulted as she walked in Gorton.

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Next of kin appeal

Police are appealing for the public’s help to trace the next of kin of a man from Levenshulme.

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Kurt QuinnPolice are hunting a man in connection with an arson attack.

Kurt Joseph Quinn, 42, is being sought in connection with a fire at a farm in the Marple Bridge area at about 11pm on 5...Read more
Dale HallBolton Police are hunting a man wanted on a recall to prison. Dale Hall (31/12/1984) was released from prison in January 2012 on prison licence after originally being sentenced to 56 months...Read more
Dean CoxPolice have issued a picture of a man wanted for breaching a molestation order.

Dean Cox (09/06/1985) is wanted after breaching the order in January 2012.

Cox has known...Read more
Joseph BoscombePolice are hunting a 29-year-old Manchester man who is wanted on suspicion of assault and witness intimidation. Joseph Boscombe (born 11/06/82), of the Fallowfield area, is wanted by police in...Read more
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Kayleigh PearsonConcern is growing for a 16-year-old girl who has not been seen since Friday 27 January 2012....Read more
Brian LingardPolice are growing concerned of the whereabouts of a man missing from Whalley Range....Read more
James McEwanOfficers are re-appealing for the public's help in tracing a missing Crumpsall man after a woman came forward to say she had seen him....Read more
MISSING Ahmed AbubakerGreater Manchester Police is investigating the disappearance of a woman and her two children from...Read more
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