We were very pleased to see the inspection report of Stockport’s Youth Offending service praise our success in reducing reoffending rates – something that’s contributed to the fall in crime and anti-social behaviour in the borough. The Lib Dems have always championed evidence-led work to tackle crime and, though one crime is one too many, it’s positive to see things moving in the right direction, and Stockport outperforming the England and Wales average by some margin.

The published reoffending rate for Stockport was 30.8%. This was substantially better than both the previous year (34.6%) and the England and Wales average (36.1%). Improvement had taken place in many aspects of work since our previous inspection in 2009. Staff were knowledgeable, keen to improve, committed to their work with children and young people who had offended, and understood them well.

The report identifies many strengths, and also raises some areas we can improve on further, which we’ll be following up. You can see the full report here.

 

 

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