Inspector Steve Gilbertson gave us an update on crime around the area. The good news is that – for the most part – crime continues to fall. Metal thefts, shoplifting and theft of vehicle registration plates remains a concern. Business Watch in Cheadle and Gatley is proving successful, with businesses sharing more information on shoplifters. [...]

Police have been reporting that, whilst crimes like anti-social behaviour and burglary are down, shoplifting has been on the rise in the last few months. Action has been taken, with traders working more closely together to identify shoplifters and let each other know when known individuals are spotted in the area. Police have made four [...]

At 1.15pm today the police received a 999 call reporting an armed robbery in progress at Carphone Warehouse, High St, Cheadle. As the local Neighbourhood Policing team are now based at the police post in Cheadle, officers were in the area and immediately attended the scene. The two offenders were detained as they were fleeing [...]

Across the Stockport West area (which includes Cheadle, Gatley, Heald Green and Cheadle Hulme), the latest police figures show a drop in several types of crime. Domestic burglaries are down 14.9% for the year to date (73 fewer victims compared to the previous year). Theft of or from vehicles is down 8.8% (41 fewer victims) [...]

Local neighbourhood police are to move out of the Cheadle Heath police station into the Cheadle police post, which has been closed for several years. The post will be staffed, but won’t have a public desk (residents will be able to make an appointment to see the police there). Local police are looking forward to [...]

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Sergeant Dave Lithgow and his colleagues came to Cheadle Area Committee to update us on policing issues. There have been a spate of wing mirror thefts from Mercedes cars (so far, mostly in Bramhall and Cheadle Hulme). The Cheadle & Gatley Business Watch is starting to work well – it aims to tackle the spate [...]

The new non-emergency number for contacting the police across Greater Manchester has gone live today, 23rd November 2011. From now on, just dial 101 to speak to the police, or 999 if it’s an emergency. When to call 101? You should call 101 to report less urgent crime and disorder or to speak to your [...]

From 23 November, 101 will be the number that members of the public should call when they want to contact GMP when it’s less urgent than 999. Until now, each UK Police Force has had a different non-emergency number from each other, most of them equally hard to remember such as GMPs 5050 – but [...]

Police have issued computer-generated images of a couple who have been preying on the elderly across Manchester , targetting at least 18 homes, including in Gatley as we reported a few days ago. The couple have used a wide variety of stories to trick their way into the houses of elderly people before stealing money [...]