Violent crime in Greater Manchester up by 40%
Date published: 19 July 2015
Violent crime in Greater Manchester rose by 40% in the last year, according to the Office for National Statistics.
In the year to March 2015, there were 41,176 such crimes recorded, compared with 29,466 during the previous year.
Reported sexual offences increased by 55% to 4,970 in 2014-15 while there was a 33.4 % rise in domestic violence in the region, with 19,621 recorded crimes.
Overall crime in Greater Manchester was up 10% during the same 12-month period.
There were a total of 200,432 crimes recorded by Greater Manchester Police - a 10% rise, compared to 3% nationally.
On an average day, GMP deals with 532 crimes, including 51 daily victims of domestic abuse, 12 sexual assaults and 10 hate crimes.
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