Confidence in police on the rise
CONFIDENCE in local police’s ability to deal with crime and anti-social behaviour is rising.
Residents across Greater Manchester also believe that anti-social behaviour in their communities is on the decrease, according to the figures.
The county’s Police Authority has published a report about the force’s performance between April 1 and July 31 and it shows that the constabulary is meeting six of the 10 targets set by the authority to reduce crime and improve public confidence.
It shows that 51.7 per cent of people surveyed believe police and local councils are dealing with the crime issue and anti-social behaviour issues that matter in their local area - an increase of 3.1 percent from December 2009 and on track to meet the GMPA’s target of 53.8 percent by March 2010.
But of course that still means more than 48 per cent think it could do better.
The report also shows when compared with the same period last year:
l The force has reduced the percentage of people who think there is a high level of anti-social behaviour in their area to 15.6 per cent, compared to 21.6 per cent during the same period last year;
l The number of incidents of anti-social behaviour has been reduced by 15.9 per cent;
l The number of domestic burglaries has reduced by 15.5 per cent;
l Sanction detection rate for burglaries are up by 17.7 per cent;
l Vehicle crime has been reduced by 24.4 per cent;
l Detection rates for vehicle crime, domestic abuse, racially or religious aggravated offences and serious sexual offences are all up.
Of the remaining four performance areas, Greater Manchester Police is within 10 per cent of each target.
Deputy Chief Constable Simon Byrne said: “It is very pleasing to see the force is meeting more than half of the ambitious targets set by the Greater Manchester Police Authority.
“And, most importantly, that more and more people have confidence that we are tackling the real day-to-day issues that matter to them.
“The phrase on everyone’s lips at the moment is anti-social behaviour and we have recognised we need to meet this issue head-on.
“We are committed to driving down crime to its lowest possible level so the figures are encouraging, but people’s perception of the force is equally important.
“So it is especially pleasing to see that not only are the number of incidents of anti-social behaviour dropping, but that people have confidence we are tackling the issue.”
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