Community safety and crime reduction
Together we are cutting crime!
Crime prevention partners in Salford, including the police and Salford City Council, are working with communities to reduce crime.
Our efforts in the last year have led to substantial year on year reductions in crime. The latest crime figures show a reduction of 7.9% in recorded crime in the year between April 2008 and March 2009 compared to the same period in 2006/07. This means there were 2,283 fewer offences and victims of crime.
The biggest reductions have been in the areas of:
• Criminal damage and arson, with 962 fewer offences, a reduction of 14% on the 2007-8 total; and
• Vehicle crime where we achieved a 10.7% reduction with 551 fewer offences.
Other crimes that have been reduced include robbery, rape and less serious assaults.
Councillor David Lancaster, Salford City Council’s lead member for Community Safety said: “These figures are really encouraging for those working hard to fight crime and anti-social behaviour. Many communities have been involved in supporting our activities and operations, sending out a clear message that crime will not be tolerated in our city".
For up-to-date crime figures for Salford, visit the crime data on the GMP website.
For information about the standard of service you can expect to receive from the police force see GMP's Policing Pledge.
Find out more about:
- How we are tackling environmental crime, burglary, vehicle crime and criminal damage
- Safety on buses
- Dealing with antisocial behaviour
- How to get involved in your community
- How to contact your Neighbourhood Policing teams
- How the Crime and Disorder Crime Partnership has performed against its targets
- Using CCTV cameras to cut crime
- Greater Manchester Police 2007 review
- Salford Community Safety Strategy 2008 - 2011
You can also download a copy of the 2007 Crime and Disorder Review below:
Downloadable documents
- Crime review 2007 (Adobe PDF format, 1.2mb)
- Salford Agreement 2007 - 2010 (Microsoft Word format, 4.7mb)
If you are unable to view documents of these types, our downloads page provides links to viewing software.
Who to contact
- Name
- Community Safety Unit
- Address
- Freepost NWW1358
SALFORD
M27 7BD
- Telephone
- 0161-793 3576
- community.safety@salford.gov.uk
This page was last updated on 22 June 2009
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