GREATER Manchester has the worst level of household burglaries in the country

GREATER Manchester has the worst level of household burglaries in the country, a meeting of a police watchdog heard.
Greater Manchester Police Authority was yesterday told that burglary figures for the region were the worst in the country per 1,000 households.
Chief Constable Peter Fahy said: “For some reason there seems to be something in Greater Manchester that produces more burglars than anywhere else.”
The meeting was told that the region fared better in other areas like serious violent crimes and was told that it was something in the “make up” of the region that made it a hotspot for burglary.
Cllr Paul Murphy, chairman of the Greater Manchester Police Authority, said: “It’s a fact we have still got the worst burglary figures in the UK. It’s just staggering.”
Cllr Murphy said there needed to be investigations to get behind the problem which, he said, was connected to social inequality.
He added: “Once we understand the dynamics, we can understand the problem and begin to address the problem.”
The meeting was also told that police are drawing resources from areas of Greater Manchester to enable them to focus on more troubled neighbourhoods.
Mr Fahy said the force needed to concentrate on “hotspot areas” which it did by using officers from divisions where crime was lower.
He said: “What is very clear is that certain areas experience more crime and criminality than other areas so the best thing we can do is to concentrate very much on those areas.”
He said the officers are used during force-wide operations and crackdowns and that it enabled police to target persistent offenders.
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