Greater Manchester Police Statistics
Last updated: 07 Jun 2026
The crime rate in Greater Manchester Police's force coverage area is 0.12 crimes per 1,000 people, for the 12-month period ending July 2019. The most commonly-reported crimes are violence and sexual offences, reported at a rate of roughly 0.12 reports per 1,000 daytime population.
Greater Manchester Police Crime Map
Incidents mapped in Greater Manchester Police's service area represent the time frame between January 2016 and July 2019. Each point on the map represents an area where crimes have been recorded locally.
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Crime data status: caution advised
Greater Manchester Police are behind schedule with their crime data updates, and the most recent data on data.police.uk for Greater Manchester Police is for July 2019.
The most recent month for all other forces is April 2026. This affects all platforms, systems, and users that rely on data.police.uk.
We advise exercising caution with statistics for areas within Greater Manchester Police's boundaries, particularly if comparing against areas with more recent data, until Greater Manchester Police are back on schedule.
Crime data on data.police.uk is typically updated once per month, and includes new data with a two-month delay.
Introduction to Greater Manchester Police's crime statistics
This crime profile provides a detailed view of crime and safety around Greater Manchester Police up to July 2019, the most recent data release available. The crime figures and statistics have been calculated across each of Greater Manchester Police's 139,319 postcodes using three area sizes for comparison:
- Within a Five-Minute Walk
- Within a Ten-Minute Walk
- Within a Fifteen-Minute Walk
Individual crime risk scores and index figures are for the 12-month period ending July 2019 unless otherwise stated.
Crime Risk Scores
Greater Manchester Police • 12 Months Ending July 2019
The typical five-minute walk within Greater Manchester Police has a crime risk score of 51. This is based on analysis of 139,319 nearby areas within Greater Manchester Police, with "most" referring to roughly two thirds of the nearby locations.
Crime risk scores are on a scale of 1 to 1,000 and consider the severity of the crimes involved, as determined by sentencing guidelines. A score of 1 represents the lowest risk, and 1,000 the highest risk. This approach ensures that - unlike overall crime rate figures - bicycle theft is not given the same importance in Greater Manchester Police's risk scores as, for example, robbery, or violence & sexual offences.
Within a five-minute walk of the typical location in Greater Manchester Police, crime risk scores are typically around 51, while in National they are average 500.
Areas within a ten-minute walk typically see crime risk scores of 17 (500 for National), and scores within a fifteen-minute walk are most often around 0 (National 500).
Trends in Crime Risk
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Calculated via Seasonal and Trend decomposition using Loess, the Seasonality Adjusted line represents the original data with seasonality subtracted, and the Trend line has been plotted unadjusted. Overall trend direction has been identified using the Mann-Kendall trend test, and rate calculated from the slope of the best-fit line identified from linear regression.
Over the last year, Greater Manchester Police's crime risk score has shown a downward trend of approximately 41%, indicating that the risk profile is going down. This is an extremely short time period for crime trend analysis, and caution should be exercised when interpreting this figure.
Crime Rates and Indexes
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The CrimeRate Index shows how crime rates compare against the national average.
1.0 equals the average
2.0 is double
3.0 triple
0.5 is half and
0.25 a quarter.
Highest Crime Rates
Greater Manchester Police • 12 Months Ending July 2019
Excluding other crime and other theft because their geographic location is often not relevant, anti-social behaviour as its definition is too wide, and bicycle theft for its specificity.
Burglary offences have a crime rate of 0.00 reports per 1,000 people in Greater Manchester Police, which is - times the national average. This figure is calculated from 42 crime reports logged by Greater Manchester Police during the 12-month period ending July 2019.
For the same period, Greater Manchester Police recorded 41 reports of Criminal Damage and Arson in Greater Manchester Police, resulting in a crime rate of 0.00 reports per 1,000, and a CrimeRate Index of -.
The crime rate for Drugs is - times the national average at 0.00 reports per 1,000. This is from 19 crime reports reported to Greater Manchester Police.
Most Significant 3-Year Increases in Crime Types
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Excluding other crime and other theft, anti-social behaviour, and bicycle theft, and calculated with the same STL method described in Trends in Crime Risk, using CrimeRate Index figures to identify crime types that are trending above or below the national average, and the analysis timeframe limited to the last three years.
No significant increases identified.
Most Significant 3-Year Decreases in Crime Types
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Calculated with the same methodology as the largest increases section above.
No significant decreases identified.
Crime Type Breakdown & Heat Map
Greater Manchester Police • 12 Months Ending July 2019
Size and colour reflect the CrimeRate Index figures for each type of crime.
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| Crime Type | Count | Rate | Index | Count | Rate | Index | |||
| Anti-Social Behaviour | 124 | - | - | 1,344,224 | 21.25 | 1.00 | |||
| Bicycle Theft | - | - | - | 86,349 | 1.37 | 1.00 | |||
| Burglary | 42 | - | - | 388,686 | 6.15 | 1.00 | |||
| Criminal Damage and Arson | 41 | - | - | 528,808 | 8.36 | 1.00 | |||
| Drugs | 19 | - | - | 145,816 | 2.30 | 1.00 | |||
| Other Crime | 16 | - | - | 95,159 | 1.50 | 1.00 | |||
| Other Theft | 67 | - | - | 509,577 | 8.05 | 1.00 | |||
| Possession of Weapons | 1 | - | - | 41,254 | 0.66 | 1.00 | |||
| Public Order | 27 | - | - | 383,528 | 6.06 | 1.00 | |||
| Robbery | 1 | - | - | 76,846 | 1.21 | 1.00 | |||
| Shoplifting | 5 | - | - | 345,484 | 5.46 | 1.00 | |||
| Theft From the Person | 5 | - | - | 90,004 | 1.43 | 1.00 | |||
| Vehicle Crime | 47 | - | - | 429,572 | 6.78 | 1.00 | |||
| Violence and Sexual Offences | 214 | 0.07 | - | 1,703,287 | 26.92 | 1.00 | |||
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Total Crime by Year
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| Year | Count | Rate | Index | Count | Rate | Index | |||
| 2019 | 485 | 0.07 | - | 4,824,370 | 76.25 | 1.00 | |||
| 2018 | 376 | - | - | 4,484,151 | 71.12 | 1.00 | |||
| 2017 | 386 | 0.01 | - | 4,011,470 | 63.94 | 1.00 | |||
| 2016 | 71 | - | - | 1,195,221 | 19.07 | 1.00 | |||
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Greater Manchester Police Stations
| Police Station Name | Police Station Address | Description & Opening Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Ashton Police Station | Manchester Road, Ashton, OL7 0BQ | Normal Opening Times Monday - Friday 8am - 8pm Saturday - Sunday 10am - 6pm Bank holidays 10am - 6pm |
| Bolton | Scholey Street, off Manchester Road, Bolton, BL2 1HD | Standard opening times Monday - Friday 8am - 8pm Saturday - Sunday 10am - 6pm Bank holidays 10am - 6pm |
| Bury Police Station | Dunster Road, Bury, BL9 0RD | Monday - Friday 8am - 8pm Saturday - Sunday 10am - 6pm Bank holidays 10am - 6pm |
| Cheadle Heath Police Station | Spectrum Way, Stockport, SK3 0SA | Monday - Friday 8am - 8pm Saturday - Sunday 10am - 6pm Bank holidays 10am - 6pm |
| City Centre Public Enquiry Counter | Ground Floor, Mount Street Elevation, Town Hall Extension, Manchester, M2 5DB | Normal Opening Hours Open 24 hours per day, 7 days per week. |
| Longsight Police Station | Grindlow Street, Longsight, M13 0LL | Normal Opening Times Monday - Friday 8am - 8pm Saturday - Sunday 10am - 6pm Bank holidays 10am - 6pm |
| North Manchester Division Police Station | Central Park, Northampton Road, Manchester, M40 5BP | Temporary closure Our front desk is temporarily closed from 15/01/2024 reopening on 20/01/2024 due to refurbishment. Standard Opening Times Monday - Friday 8am - 8pm Saturday - Sunday 10am - 6pm Bank holidays 10am - 6pm |
| Oldham Police Station | Barn Street, Oldham, OL1 1LR | Monday - Friday 8am - 8pm Saturday - Sunday 10am - 6pm Bank holidays 10am - 6pm |
| Rochdale Police Station | The Esplanade, Rochdale, OL16 1AG | Monday - Friday 8am - 8pm Saturday - Sunday 10am - 6pm Bank holidays 10am - 6pm |
| Stretford | Talbot Road, Stretford, M32 0UX | Temporary Opening Times Monday to Friday 0800 - 1800hrs (8am - 6pm) Saturday and Sunday 1000 - 1800hrs (10am - 6pm) Normal Opening Times Monday - Friday 8am - 8pm Saturday - Sunday 10am - 6pm Bank holidays 10am - 6pm |
| Swinton Police Station | Chorley Road, Swinton, M27 6BA | Monday - Friday 8am - 8pm Saturday - Sunday 10am - 6pm Bank holidays 10am - 6pm |
| Wigan Police Station | Robin Park Way, Wigan, WN5 0UP | Standard Opening Times Monday - Friday 8am - 8pm Saturday - Sunday 10am - 6pm Bank holidays 10am - 6pm |