A crime crackdown plan in Rochdale has been approved. The council’s cabinet met at Number One Riverside to push through their Serious Violence Strategy - which aims to tackle the root cause of crime in the borough.
According to a report put before the councillors, Rochdale had the second highest rate of offences in Greater Manchester behind Manchester with 136 crimes per 1,000 people. Try MEN Premium now for FREE...
just click here to give it a go. This had increased from 128 crimes per 1000 compared to the previous 12-month period.
Between 2022 and 2023, Rochdale saw 2571 violent offences with injury, five murders and 10 deaths or serious injury due to dangerous driving, according to the strategy report.
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