GMP showcases strong results during Neighbourhood Policing Week of Action

A week of intensified activity across the region took place as part of the national Neighbourhood Policing Week of Action, delivering visible policing, targeted enforcement, and strengthened community engagement in response to local concerns.

Neighbourhood teams across all 10 districts carried out proactive operations aimed at tackling the issues that matter most to residents, including anti-social behaviour, drug dealing, shoplifting, and vehicle crime.

Throughout the week, officers executed warrants, conducted hotspot patrols, and disrupted criminal activity, alongside working closely with partners and communities to address longer-term problems.

Across Greater Manchester, neighbourhood officers delivered a series of targeted results, including:

• Proactive patrols in led to the seizure of vehicles and e-bikes linked to anti-social use, responding directly to concerns raised by residents.
• Plain-clothes operations targeted drug dealing, resulting in arrests and the disruption of organised criminal activity.
• Officers dismantled cannabis farms after acting on community intelligence, removing illegal drugs from neighbourhoods.
• Additional patrols and enforcement activity in key areas such as Manchester’s Northern Quarter were deployed to address issues raised by residents and businesses.

Alongside enforcement, neighbourhood teams prioritised engagement with local communities, recognising its vital role in building trust and preventing crime.

Neighbourhood policing continues to play a key role in reducing crime across Greater Manchester. Over the past year, neighbourhood crime has fallen by 15% across the force, alongside significant reductions in burglary and vehicle crime and increased enforcement activity.

We have made it our priority to reduce and prevent the crimes that matter most to our communities. In 2023, we guaranteed that every district ward has a named local police officer which can be found and contacted via our website, and that we will tell our communities the work we are doing through our community engagement service Bee In The Loop. 

Our proactive crime-fighting his has meant that since 2021 we have reduced burglary by a third, vehicle crime by a quarter, and are bringing to justice 100 shoplifters a week.

Every area of GM has neighbourhood tasking teams (NTTs) to proactively tackle crime, neighbourhood crime teams (NCTs) to bring offenders to justice, neighbourhood policing teams (NPT/NBOs) to patrol our streets and ensure community safety, and a prevention hub to solve problems and reduce crime.

During the week of action, Chief Constable Sir Stephen Watson visited neighbourhood policing teams in Stockport and undertook a warrant in Woodley aimed at safeguarding a potential victim of cuckooing.

Chief Constable Sir Stephen Watson said: “Neighbourhood policing is not merely a nice thing to have; it is an essential cornerstone of our operating model. It means we can manage recurrent demand such that we can simultaneously respond effectively and quickly, investigate crime properly and bring people to justice.

“This important cornerstone of policing has enabled GMP to perform as we have done over the past five years with a year-on-year improvement, which is thanks to the officers we have across Greater Manchester in their dedicated neighbourhood policing teams, supported by PCSOs and our wider partner agencies who have made a difference to people’s lives.

“This week has showcased the dedication of our neighbourhood teams – from proactive patrols and enforcement activity through to meaningful engagement with residents, businesses, and partners.”