The Safer Stockport Partnership (SSP) has launched its Christmas Safety campaign in a bid to keep residents safe over the festive period. The SSP, which includes Stockport Council, Greater Manchester Police (GMP) and the Fire & Rescue Service, is looking to raise awareness among residents to ensure they have a safe Christmas whilst out and […]

From the Safer Stockport Partnership: Residents in Stockport are being warned about fraudsters posing as police officers over the phone after a recent spate of 12 offences in the area. Criminals have been telling elderly victims that someone has been arrested for committing a fraud against them, but that they need to withdraw money to […]

As we work to cut crime, we know one of the most important aspects is to stop young people being ensnared in the criminal system in the first place. Once a young person is on that road, it becomes a whole lot more difficult to get them off it. This is measured nationally as the […]

On Thursday I made the trip up to Bury Town Hall for a meeting about Crime and Policing across Greater Manchester. At the time my fellow councillor Keith Holloway was also away – talking to other councils from around England about how we can best deliver adult social care. I represent Stockport on the Police […]

Stockport Council is warning residents about a text message scam involving a loan that is not paid out. Earlier this month a Stockport resident received an unsolicited text message from a business purporting to be a loan company. The message stated: ‘Dear Customer, the loan you applied for recently has been approved. The loan will […]

Update: Peter Thomas has been arrested by Police, and has pleaded guilty to a number of charges in court. From GMP: Police are hunting a suspected armed robber who has hit 11 premises in the Greater Manchester area in the space of just 11 days. Officers want to trace Peter Thomas (born 10/03/1987) in connection […]

Good advice from Greater Manchester Police on avoiding becoming the victim of car crime – in just 60 seconds.

A variety of surveys are carried out into where people are happiest across the country and Stockport tends to come out pretty high on them. In the latest RightMove Happy at Home survey, Stockport residents were happiest of any of the 14 towns and cities surveyed across the North West and fourth happiest across the […]

We’ve had several reports of thieves tampering with the Barclays cash machine in Gatley to steal cards and money. Typically the thieves will attach a device to the machine that looks like part of the normal apparatus. When you put your card in and enter your PIN, it records the buttons you push (or possibly […]

I’ve had a report of a debit card being grabbed by a cash machine and cloned in Gatley – presumably with some bit of kit added on to do it. The victim then had hundreds of pounds stolen from their account. Keep an eye out for anything that looks odd or out of place on […]