Sizeable fall in crime rates

There were 28,000 fewer recorded crimes in the force area during this time, which is the first real reduction in year-on-year recorded crime comparison data.

Even though the crime figures went down, Greater Manchester Police still received a similar amount of calls to its operational communications branch - around 1.15 million each year.

This data was extracted using iOPS Cognos, which is part of the new IT system launched at GMP in July 2019. This gives the organisation access to a large amount of data and a range of analytical tools that can extract the data and provide us with reports to use internally and to share with partners.

The improvements and availability of management information, development of the performance dashboard and the variety of iOPS PoliceWorks reports available, have all positively contributed to achieving a position whereby we are confident we now have accurate crime recording data.

Assistant Chief Constable Chris Sykes said: “Crime recording standards in GMP have improved significantly in the past few years and we are still on that upward trajectory.

“This data shows that recorded crime in Greater Manchester was eight per cent lower in 2019 compared to 2018.

This represents a real reduction in recorded crime. However, we still have improvements to make to ensure crime data is accurate and in-line with National Crime Recording Standards (NCRS) requirements.

“The NCRS and Home Office Counting Rules definitions of crime data are regularly revised, which adds challenges to having all officers at every rank having a detailed understanding of these rules.”