Overview

• Greater Manchester Police officially rolled out its Safe4Summer campaign on July 2 as part of the Home Office’s three-month Safer Streets Summer initiative running until September 30.
• Merseyside Police began visible multi-unit deployments on June 30, using air support, traffic, mounted officers and hotspot patrols to tackle burglary, knife crime and personal robbery.
• Cumbria’s Safer Streets Summer scheme, led by Commissioner David Allen, has recorded 985 fewer anti-social behaviour incidents year-on-year across seven key town centres.
• Community partners like Cumbria Youth Alliance and Remedi are emphasising youth diversion and raising awareness of existing services to prevent young people drifting into offending.
• Regional forces are combining enforcement measures – from stop-and-search operations and vehicle seizures to Public Space Protection Orders and Community Protection Notices – with community surgeries and surveys to target local crime hotspots.