Crime on Merseyside drops 8% - police and crime commissioner

Crime on Merseyside has dropped 8% according to newly released figures from the Police and Crime Commissioner.

The figures show decreases in gun discharges, serious violence and burglary between April and December 2024.

The reductions will be confirmed at the Police and Crime Commissioner’s public Scrutiny Meeting.

This meeting, which reviews Merseyside Police’s progress against the priorities set by Emily Spurrell, showed there were nearly 9,000 fewer crimes in 2024 compared to 2023.

The meeting will also show significant decrease in road traffic collisions – over 9% - and an increase in enforcement activity by Merseyside Police with over 4,100 drink/drug drivers arrested and more tickets given for speeding and not wearing a seatbelt than the previous year.

In this financial year up-to-date, anti-social behaviour has reduced by almost 4% across all 25 hotspot areas.

Merseyside’s Police Commissioner Emily Spurrell said: “It’s hugely reassuring that crime continues to fall across Merseyside.

“It means less people are being harmed, fewer families living in fear and safer, stronger communities across our region. This is what we all want to see and what the Chief Constable and I have been working with so many partners to deliver.

“It’s really significant that we also continue to see the use of guns on our streets lowering year on year."

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