‘We’re taking it seriously’: how police in Manchester cut burglaries by third

Officers in Operation Castle attend every reported break-in and no longer treat such crimes as low level'

When Sean Edwards found his car and his neighbours' houses had been broken into in Longsight, Greater Manchester, in 2022, he was not expecting much from the police based on previous experiences.

I expected them to dust for prints and take statements, then give us a crime reference number and nothing else happen," he said.