Cracking down on knife crime

Knife crime must be tackled head to keep communities safe across Britain, including Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton. We have a plan and are acting on it to 𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐟 𝐤𝐧𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐱𝐭 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐝𝐞:

From legislating to ban ninja swords, lethal zombie-style blades and machetes; to the successful GMP operations AVRO and Venture to seize weapons & make arrests; and the launch of the GMCA’s Violence Reduction Unit: Labour is taking back our streets – one of our five missions for government.

One of our priorities for local people in Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton at the election was creating 𝐚 𝐬𝐚𝐟𝐞 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞. Data shows that, thanks to the hard work over the last year by the Oldham district team and the Labour-led council, arrests, solved crime rates, and emergency responses are up while thefts, burglaries, robberies and vehicle offences are down.

I am pleased to see the work the police are doing on a daily basis to ensure we can be confident and safe where we live, work which will be bolstered by the 𝐂𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐁𝐢𝐥𝐥 to rebuild community policing and the 𝐕𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐬, 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐭𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐏𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐁𝐢𝐥𝐥 to ensure victims get the support they deserve.

Prevention and tackling the causes of crime is just as important as tackling crime itself. We have created the 𝐂𝐨𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐓𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐥𝐞 𝐊𝐧𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐂𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐞 which will bring together campaign groups, families of victims, young people & community leaders, along with investing in a 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡 𝐅𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐦𝐞 to deter young people from being drawn into crime.

With Labour in power at every level of government, we are taking back our streets from crime and creating safer communities.