Latest Cheadle newsletter from our neighbourhood police.

Quite a few local residents have contacted us, having received plausible-sounding phone calls from a company saying that they are due a refund on overpaid council tax. This is a scam. You cannot get a refund on past council tax. If you want to get your council tax band checked, you can do it without […]

The November newsletter for Gatley from our neighbourhood police, plus advice on securing your home

A very nasty crime in the car park at Gatley Tesco on Thursday early evening – a mother and son robbed at knifepoint. I heard about it on Facebook and, having spoken to the officer investigating the crime on Friday morning, was able to update the group with the facts. As the Manchester Evening News […]

Speaking to Cheadle Area Committee last week our new Stockport West Inspector, Dave Barrett told us that some of the days when the weather was hottest were busier for the police than New Year’s Eve. Although making clear that crime overall is down, and has been falling for nine years in Stockport, Inspector Barrett said […]

Recorded crime in Stockport more than halved between March 2003 and March 2013. In the year to 31st March 2003 there were 34,619 offences recorded. In the year to 31st March 2013 there were 15,862, a fall of 54%. Within those numbers, different types of crime have fallen by different amounts: Criminal damage and arson […]

Local landlord Steve Bates has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after attacking a 46 year old man with a hammer in his pub, the White Hart Pub, Cheadle. Police were called to the pub shortly before 5pm on Thursday 18th July. The victim, who had a serious puncture wound to the neck, has […]

Police are urging residents to be wary of scam where offenders claimed to be police officers. Just before 11.10am on Saturday 1 June 2013, police received a call from an elderly couple from the Cheadle Hulme area of Stockport to report a fraud. They had received a phone call from a man around noon on […]

Forty two year old Dawn Barr, from John Avenue, Cheadle (off Brookfield Road) has been found guilty of manslaughter and sentenced to nine years in prison after killing her 32 year old ex-boyfriend Darren Orrett. Darren Orrett was stabbed in the neck at the house on John Avenue around 11.30pm on 20th November 2012.

Inspector Peter Smith from the Stockport West Police is asking local residents to report any illegal off-road bikes. They tend to be more of a problem in the warmer weather and are often seen around the Oak Road area of Cheadle. Police have already seized two bikes recently and want to get more, so please […]