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Additional training will be given to police officers to tackle burglaries in Bolton - and across Greater Manchester. Operation Castle was launched in Bolton in 2021 and given its success from the pilot operation in Greater Manchester Police, the Home Office announced that all police forces across the country would be required to attend every report of domestic burglary. Nearly three years on from its creation, the force has invested in additional training for officers and staff to improve their investigative skills.

Operation Castle works by using resources across the force to promote crime prevention, improve detections, and also improve public confidence that an attendance at every burglary achieves. Officers and staff working in neighbourhood crime teams across districts have arrested a number of offenders and ensured that residents and business owners are given crime prevention advice to reduce repeat incidents together with dedicated burglary cars across districts to support response colleagues in getting to victims quicker. GMP says that since its creation in July 2021, residential burglary has seen an overall decrease of 30 per cent since May 2021, along with a 15 per cent decrease in business and community burglary.



Arrests for total burglary crimes have seen an increase of 15.5 per cent from 1,752 in 2021 to 2022 to 2,023 in 2023 to 2024. The proportion of these arrest that resulted in a charge has risen from 32.

2 per cent to 38.2 per cent, with an additional 209 cha.

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